Useful Links

Links are organised under the following categories. As far as possible we've tried to avoid repeating a site - each is listed according to its major focus only.

Note: The Web sites listed on this site were valid when the pages were posted. However, the Web is volatile, and we have no control over these other sites. Please e-mail if you have an update for a link.

 General sites - for Teachers and Students

• BBC World Service - Learning English
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
• Dave's ESL Cafe
  http://www.eslcafe.com/
• About ESL
  English as 2nd Language from Kenneth Beare. Provides lesson plans for the four macro-skills, and the tips for teaching.
  http://esl.about.com/
  http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/blreadingplans.htm
• English Club.com
  Free site for learning English
  http://www.englishclub.com/
  Many sub-sites. e.g.
  http://reading.englishclub.com/
  http://speaking.englishclub.com/
  http://writing.englishclub.com/
  http://listening.englishclub.com/
• English-to-go
  Samples of exercises/lessons: some for free, some to buy.
  http://www.english-to-go.com/
• Karin's ESL Partyland
  http://www.eslpartyland.com/default.htm
• The  Internet ESL Journal
  Also has activities for ESLEFL students and teachers
  http://iteslj.org/
• UsingEnglish.com
  Access to a large collection of free English language resources.  Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL and EAP subject areas.
  http://usingenglish.com

 General sites - for Students

• Activities for ESL Students
  http://a4esl.org/
  http://a4esl.org/q/h/holidays.html
• agendaweb
  For grammar, vocabulary, listening and pronunciation.
  http://www.agendaweb.org/
• English Exercises: Learning English Online-information for learners of English as a foreign language
  Over 300 on-line exercises
  http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/index.htm
• Interesting Things for ESL Students
  Many, many things for ESL students, including word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang and proverbs.
  http://www.manythings.org/

 General sites - for Teachers

• Eric Digests on ESL issues
  http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/teacher.html
• Sites for Teachers
  http://sitesforteachers.com/index.html
• UVic's Language Teaching Clipart Library
  Lots of pictures to supplement language materials, work sheets and web-based projects.
  http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/
• esl-lounge.com
  Large range of free ESL lesson materials and ESL lesson plans.
  http://www.esl-lounge.com/

 Bookshops

• Language Book Centre
  http://www.languagebooks.com.au/

 CALL

• ESL_Home A Web Resource for CALL Lab Managers and for Teachers and Learners of Languages Online
  prepared by Vance Stevens
  http://www.vancestevens.com/esl_home.htm 
• CALL on the Web
  http://edvista.com/claire/call.html
• Globe-Gate Call Research Centre
  http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/call.html
• What has CALL really achieved?
  http://edvista.com/claire/what.html
• IATEFL Computer SIG (the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Computer Special Interest Group)
  http://ltsig.org.uk/about.html 

 CALL - Software

• The English Language Institute - TESOL CALL Interest Section
  http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/softlist/
• Sources of Software for Language Teaching
  http://www.ruthvilmi.net/ 

 Dictionaries

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
• Merriam-Webster Online
  http://www.m-w.com/
• Free on-line English/(Other Language) dictionaries
  http://www.freedict.com/

 ESL Web authoring

• A system for the evaluation of ESL websites
  http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~jtnelson/thesis/complete_thesis.html
• Thriving on screen: web-authoring for L2 instruction
  http://iteslj.org/Articles/Kimball-WebAuthoring.html

 Forums

• The WWW Home Page of Ruth Vilmi
  http://www.ruthvilmi.net/ 
• Mind, Culture, and Activity Journal
  http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/

 Grammar

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ 
• Kid Info Grammar Helper
  http://www.kidinfo.com/Language_Arts/Grammar_Helper.html
• Literacy Cluster Companion Website Chapter 1 -- Web Links
  Phonics; Spelling; Grammar; Vocabulary
  http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_literacy_cluster_1/ 

 Journals

• Mind, Culture, and Activity Journal
  http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/Journal/index.html
• Teaching English with Technology
  A Journal for Teachers of English
  http://www.tewtjournal.org/ 
• CALL-EJ Online
  http://callej.org/
• Internet TESL Journal
  http://iteslj.org/
• Language Learning & Technology
  http://llt.msu.edu/
• Prospect : A journal of Australian TESOL
  A major forum for research articles and commentary on applied linguistics and teaching issues in ESL and literacy education, assessment and curriculum development, can be viewed at
  http://www.ameprc.mq.edu.au/resources/prospect 
• TESL-EJ Main Page
  http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/ 
• TESOL in Context
  An important Australian journal published by the Council for TESOL Associations, can be viewed and ordered at
  http://www.tesol.org.au/Publications/TESOL-in-Context
• TESOL Quarterly
  http://www.tesol.org/pubs/magz/tq.html
• The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal
  A peer-reviewed professional journal interested in exploring issues related to L2 reading, L2 literacy in a broader sense, and other issues related to second language learning and teaching.
  http://www.readingmatrix.com/journal.html

 Linguistics

• SIL Home Page (formerly Summer Institute of Linguistics)
  SIL International Partners in Language Development
  http://www.sil.org/

 Listening

• eViews English Listening Exercises
  For intermediate to advanced English students looking for listening practice.
  http://www.eviews.net/

 Literacy

• SIL International.
  Focuses on developing programs in lesser-known and endangered languages and emphasizes using the mother tongue as the gateway to basic literacy. Contains links to articles, bibliographies and other resources
  http://www.sil.org/literacy/

 Reading - how to

• Elementary Language Arts - Reading
  http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/ElemLA/elareading.html#content

 Reading - to read

• Short Stories
  http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/indexframe.html
• The English Server Fiction Collection
  http://eserver.org/fiction/short.html
• The English Club.com
  http://reading.englishclub.com/
• Children's Story books On line
  Online stories for different ages and reading abilities. Most include pictures, some include sound and animation.
  http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html

 Resources

• Global Books in Print
  http://www.globalbooksinprint.com/bip/
• TESOL Publications: Technology
  http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/seccss.asp?CID=6&DID=7 
• Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
  The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training.
  http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki/index.php/Main_Page 
• WWW ESL Resources
  http://www.catesol.org/resource.html
• TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
  Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language
  http://iteslj.org/links/
• The University of Wollongong Library
  provides links to TESOL resources at
  http://uow.libguides.com/tesol 

 Speaking - how to

• ALOUD
  A free online practice site for English conversation.
  http://esl-aloud.com/ 
• ESLgo.com
  ESL speaking activities for TESL TESOL & TEFL classrooms
  http://eslgo.com/resources/sa.html
• FocusEnglish
  This is the University of Iowa's ESL site with multimedia software - integrating listening and speaking skills.
  http://www.focusenglish.com
• Pronunciation Power
  http://www.englishlearning.com/en/index.html

 Specialised areas

• Task-based syllabus design 1
  Literature review: EFL syllabus design
  http://www.finchpark.com/afe/tbsyll.htm
• English International Lyon
  Exercises in English for Business
  http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html

 Vocabulary

• Self-Study English Vocabulary Quizzes
  http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

 Writing - how to

• Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/lab/owl/index.html