Teaching Resources
Accent Neutralization-Accent Reduction
Links to articles on how to reduce your accent.
http://esl.about.com/library/howto/htpronounce.htm
ESL/ELL links for beginners:
Virtual Language Center: http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk
Dolch Reading Books: http://www.netrover.com/~3384mary/storyall/index.html
English Pronunciation: http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
Beatrix Potter Online (Real Audio Books): http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
Focus on English: http://www.focusenglish.com/
Every Day English: http://www.everydayenglish.com/
Real English: http://realenglish.com/
Easton American English Pronunciation: http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/
Parts of a Sentence: http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/sentence/index.htm
Internet Picture Dictionary: http://www.pdictionary.com/
Babel Fish - Translate a Web Page Tool: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish
Fun and Games
Alphabetizing Games 1st and 4th Grade Levels
Make a Story by Filling in a Word Type
What's The Word?: http://www.funbrain.com/vocab/index.html
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/esl/esl.htm
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/beginning.html
http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/connections/Waters3.pdf
http://www.insideout.net/e-lessons.htm
http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html
http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.htm
http://www.languageguide.org/english/
ALL ABOUT COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
http://www.todayskills.com/introcomp/introcompute.htm#_Toc14573001
This is a very short description of all the parts of a computer and what they are used for.
http://training.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Basic_Keyboarding/Basic%20Keyboarding%20Skills.htm
Complete keyboarding skills for someone who has never used the computer.
http://www.typingpal.com/ Keyboarding practice and advice for free!
http://www.learn2type.com/ Free keyboarding practice.
http://www.senselang.com/ Free keyboarding practice.
SITES FOR PRACTICE
Reading or Reading plus
http://www.cdlponline.org/ Various reading, writing and listening activities about culture, employment, health and other issues for immigrants in the U.S.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/ Strategies for improving your reading.
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html Reading exercises for all levels.
http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/read/readdo1.html Reading exercises for all levels.
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html Short readings with exercises at about intermediate level.
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ Reading and listening from Voice of America.
Listening or Listening Plus
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/ Links to various listening activities on the Web.
http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Listening/ A wide selection of sites and exercises with ratings.
http://www.englishlistening.com/ A few free listening exercises at various levels with more available for a monthly fee.
http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/ Links to listening web sites with reviews of the sites.
http://esl.about.com/cs/listening/ Listening exercises at all levels.
http://www.1-language.com/esllistening/ Conversations among people with different accents. (A bit unnatural, but useful.)
http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html Short listening exercises with common idioms and expressions.
http://www.esl-lab.com/ Listening exercises of all levels with questions and transcripts.
http://www.englishlistening.com/ Listen to English from around the world. A few exercises are free, or you can sign up for $60 -$70 for three months.
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ Listening and reading from Voice of America.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/index.html Readings and videotaped interviews from PBS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ Stories in the news with video and audio.
Mixed Skills
http://towerofenglish.com/eslsites.html Links to various kinds of ESL and other sites about English.
http://www.eslpartyland.com/linkspages/links.htm Great list of links for all topics and skills.
http://iteslj.org/links/ A list of various sites covering all skills and levels of ESL.
http://www.manythings.org/ Various fun and grammar activities for all levels.
http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm?fuseaction=default A free Web-based multimedia system for adults learning English.
http://english-zone.com/index.html Many free pages, but for $20/year, you can access more than 2500 pages on various topics and grammar points. Site includes a chatroom, bulletin board and access to a teacher via email.
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm Mixed exercises at all levels.
http://www.soon.org.uk/ British and world English site with various information—an Ezine.
http://www.easyenglish.com/ Lots of quizzes and tests with links to sites for further study.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8255/begin101.htm Quiz Zone-various quizzes on all topics.
Grammar, Writing and Grammar Plus
http://a4esl.org/q/h/ Self-study quizzes in grammar, vocabulary and some holiday trivia.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ An excellent guide to grammar and writing.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ A writing guide from Purdue University. Click on OWL.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ A list of common errors in English.
http://www.rong-chang.com/ A list of grammar help sites, including Grammar Slammer, written by the maker of the list.
http://www.grammarbook.com/ An excellent resource for grammar rules and a few exercises.
http://www.top20composition.com/ A list of all kinds of sites, from grammar to professional writing.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm A list of some word roots and prefixes and their meanings.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html An excellent writing guide from the University of Wisconsin.
http://www.eslbee.com/verb_tenses.htm Review of verb tenses with quizzes.
http://www.englishpage.com/ Great explanations and grammar quizzes of verb tenses.
Vocabulary
http://www.englishdaily626.com/conversation.php?002 Idioms in conversational contexts.
http://www.english-zone.com/idioms/idioms.php Tons of idioms at English-Zone.
http://www.elfs.com/2nInX-Title.html Idioms in context with sound! Listen and take quizzes.
http://www.goenglish.com/Index.asp A great source of idioms with explanations, example sentences and quizzes. You can receive a new idiom every day for free on your computer.
http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ The famous Dave’s Café list of idioms.
http://www.idiomconnection.com/ Lists of idioms in categories—for example, animal idioms, clothes idioms, etc. with quizzes.
http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html Self-study idioms in quizzes.
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Idioms_and_Slang/ Links to many pages with idioms and slang.
http://www.idiomsite.com/ Written for native speakers; explains the origin and meaning of idioms.
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/IDIOMS/idiom.htm A small site with idiom quizzes.
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html English idioms and proverbs.
http://www.quia.com/jg/66234.html A few fun activities with idioms including parts of the face.
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/ A large selection of common idioms explained.
Other
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp An online visual thesaurus (list of synonyms and antonyms of words; can be used once without paying each time you log on.
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html Various activities to improve business vocabulary, grammar, letter writing, etc.; first 10 lessons free.
http://www.1-language.com/ Written for children but fun for all ages
http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm
http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm Links to several interesting sites for ESL students
http://www.peakenglish.com/slang/dailySlang.jsp Sign up for new slang expressions every week
http://www.ask.com/ “Ask Jeeves” uses a search engine that searches in a different way from Google
http://www.esl-english.com/english-place/esl-linklist.htm Links to sites for teachers and students.
http://www.esl-english.com/english-place/esl-linklist.htm
http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/lnxmainp.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html

