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 athttp://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
Last reviewed: 16 December, 2011
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