100+ Resources for ESL/ELL Students, Teachers & Parents
From STEPS, Student Training and Education in Public Service.
Quizzes, tests, exercises, and puzzles.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry.
From the US Department of State. For teachers and English learners abroad.
An engaging, multimedia approach to teaching English. Features such as specially prepared news videos with accompanying text, an ongoing, animated YouTube series called The Flatmates. BBC Learning English informs and entertains students while teaching them language skills. Although the English used is British, ESL learners and instructors everywhere will find this site of value.
Features lessons based on current news stories. Lessons include the text of the story, along with reading, writing and listening exercises. Lessons and news stories in MP3 format can be downloaded.
CAELA Network (Center for Adult English Language Acquisition)
High-quality professional development resources and information for ESL teachers, administrators, and others who work with adult ESL learners. Included are briefs and digests, an ESL resource database, a quarterly newsletter, publications for order, bibliographies, and a calendar of upcoming CAELA events.
Center for Independent Language Learning
Exercises on grammar.
Exercises for grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, and more.
Listening lessons for beginners and intermediate students.
Free online English lessons.
Useful for both ESL students and teachers of English. Free lesson plans, games, and quizzes. Includes information on grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and business English. On-site registration allows access to the ESL Progress newsletter, ESL forums, and chat rooms.
1,500 ESL/EFL conversations on 25 topics. Practice speaking English with ESL robots.
Vocabulary, grammar, verb tenses, gerunds, articles, prepositions, a listening lounge, and more!
Learn English for free with 1,082 video lessons by experienced native-speaker teachers. Classes cover English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, IELTS, TOEFL, and more.
Eva Easton's Authentic American Pronunciation
Pronunciation for the alphabet, days of the week, months, numbers, the names of the states, and more.
Academic writing assistance for ESL college students.
Grammar, reading, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, slang/idioms.
Online English learning program.
Translate words and phrases from multiple languages.
Free study material that accompanies The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.
Practice points of English grammar.
Thousands of exercises to make teaching and learning English grammar simple and effective.
Learn vocabulary through a sound integrated guide.
Learn English with Jokes and Riddles
Over 300 jokes and riddles involving wordplay appropriate for all ages. Jokes can be viewed sequentially or by topic, and added to "basket" for printing out.
Learn English with Pictures and Audio
Over 400 words accompanied by pictures and pronunciations. Features several "Learn English" videos as well. Words included in the site are primarily frequently used nouns.
Videos with transcripts to follow along as speakers read aloud.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Over 150,000 words with sound files for pronunciation.
Interesting things for ESL students.
Includes parts of speech, practice, exercises, information about workplace writing, etc.
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
General listening quizzes along with links to information on grammar, etc.
Free online English teaching and learning materials.
Resources for those learning to speak English.
The official website for the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Register for, and learn more, about the test on this site.
Study guides, practice tests and exam info to help you pass your Texas Examinations of Educator Standards
A a wide variety of resources for both English language teachers and learners. Tools to improve grammar and vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening skills. Teachers will find lesson plans, teaching techniques and career information.
Free touch typing course.
Learn beginning and intermediate English for free. Watch video lessons and do 1,000s of activities. Practice English speaking, listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, spelling, writing and grammar.
A large and growing collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics, covering the full spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.
Voice of America (VOA) News: Special English
Each day Voice of America broadcasts a program with news and feature stories in simplified English. Some of the stories are read aloud on TV, with accompanying scrolling script. The English used has a core vocabulary of 1,500 words. This site offers transcripts from the radio broadcasts, along with the corresponding audio files, as well as a link to the TV feed.
Based on the principle that people learn words best by seeing them in context. More than 4 billion words of text (web pages, books, magazines, newspapers, etc.) mined exhaustively to demonstrate example sentences for any word of interest.
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