ESL Internet Resources

Free ESL web sites	Practice with other students	Online writing labs
Dictionaries	Finding articles & student writing	Especially for teachers
Especially for Spanish Speakers	Making your own tests and flashcards	Other recommended linking sites

New to computers or the internet?

Just for fun, start out with J-track 3D, an interactive overview of real outer space Internet satellites. Hold down your mouse and turn the world around at your command! Then go to "Mouserobics" to learn more details of how to use a mouse and other basics.That's all you will need to use the exercises below.

	Web Site	Level	Comments
1	Activities for ESL Students	All	TESOL pages. Hundreds of great quizzes and games with answers submitted by ESL teachers. Covers American culture, grammar, vocabulary, and games. A fun, clear, informative, and easy-to-use site for students and teachers. Free
2	Adult and Family Education	All	An easy to use collection of life-skill language and grammar activities for ESL learners as well as some links to other sites on this page. Exceptional for its variety of exercises that include pronunciation and moving graphics. A fun and practical site. Free
3	Business English Course	Intermediate/ Advanced	High level grammar and vocabular quizzes, games and exerscises focused on using English at work. Also wonderful links to clear grammar explanations, listening practice and even special sections like "making presentations in English". Well organizied and easy to use. Free
4	Dave's ESL Cafe	All	Online help for teachers and students. Great place to meet other ESL students. Good for idioms and proverbs. Excellent links. Free
5	EnglishCLUB.com	All	British English. Excellent site for 8 parts of speech, grammar and spelling. Easy to read tables. Fine reference section. Business section includes tips for cover letters, resumes, etc. Free.
6	English Language Center	All	From the University Language Center in Victoria BC, an excellent collection of grammar and reading exercises at five different levels. Well organized for clarity and accessibility. Unusally good range of exercises on word order and sentence structure. Free
7	English Page	Intermediate/ Advanced	Excellent vocabulary and grammar lessons based on real life topics including jobs, the Internet etc. Great for phrasal verbs and verb tense practice - especially conditionals. CNN articles with vocabulary and a bulletin board to post questions. Free
8	English for ALL	All	This web site features 20 15 minute videos on daily life for a hispanic immigrant family in Los Angeles. There are also interactive student activities, and a course management system if teachers want to track student progress. Free with registration
9	ESL Blues	Intermediate	Tired of boring grammar exercises? This is the site for you. Great "Flash" games, animated tutorials and sound effects to help you learn a wide variety of grammar, reading, and vocabulary topics. Free
10	ESL Gold	All	ESLGold provides hundreds of pages of English teaching and learning materials for both students and teachers. All resources are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access. Links to free online practice sites for the TOEFL test. One unique feature - with one click you can translate the whole site into 15 different languages, from Arabic to Chinese to Korean to Turkish. Free
11	Google Language Tools TRANSLATION!	All	Fabulous, easy to use translation helper. Translate text or put in a web address and translate (with occasional funny errors) a whole web page! Over 80 world languages supported plus a few just for fun, (Want to know how "Elmer Fudd" would say it in Esperanto?) Free
12	Guide to Grammar and Writing	High Intermediate/ advanced	The most comprehensive grammar and writing site we have yet found on the Internet. Clear - even charming - high level explanations of all aspects of grammar and writing with 170+ interactive quizzes. Features downloadable Powerpoint explanations of a wide variety of writing topics such as clauses. Free
13	Interlink ESL Resource Center	All	Contains good exercises in reading, writing, pronunciation, listening and grammar links with good Parts of Speech exercises. Also Games, and a great linking page for studying with music online. Free
14	Interesting Things for ESL Students	All	A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more. Free
15	Learning Resources	Intermediate/ Advanced	"The best reading/vocabulary site of all" (Kate Giles - Cabrillo writing lab LIA) Current CNN San Francisco news stories are provided in outline form, simplified form, and full form with audio or video with a variety of comprehension exercises in a very clear layout. Free
16	Lingual net	Intermediate/Advanced	"I did a Google search for ESL videos and found a wonderful resource called atwww.lingual.net. This site has many short video clips ofvarious genres (movies trailers, music videos,informational videos, etc.). Each video has subtitles in English and comprehension quizzes. Students in our lab really enjoyed using this site." Kristi Vanderhoof Cabrillo Writing Lab LIA Free
17	Phonetics: The sounds of American English	All	A great way to improve your pronunciation! Videos and graphics show exactly how a native speaker moves her tongue and palate to produce the vowels and consonants of English. Created by the University of Iowa Free
18	Randall's ESL Cyber Listening lab	All	Outstanding selection of interactive listening exercises for all levels. Clearly organized and easy to use. Includes long conversations on video, some at an advanced level. Free
19	Road to Grammar	All	A wonderfully direct, easy to use site with grammar exercises on a long list of grammar topics. It also includes "find the word" puzzles and good links. Free
20	Slang City	Intermdediate/Adv	Did you ever want someone to help you with American slang? Use this funny, well- organized site to learn and practice the slang used in modern songs and movies including body part language it would be difficult to ask you teacher about in class! Complete song scripts with slang definitionsincluded on this site ! Free
21	Spelling City	All	A great place to practice your spelling! You can create your own lists of spelling words or select from spelling word lists that teachers have posted. Site includes several games and a test for each list. Tests even allow you to hear the word! Free.
22	TOEFL Podcasts	Intermdediate/Adv	Great collection listening activities created by the Center for Educational Development. Native speakers talk and discuss topics similar to those that will appear on the TOEFL® or IELTS exams. You may listen online or download to an Ipod. Each TOEFL Podcast lasts 10-20 minutes, and has four parts at different levels of difficulty. Free
1.	Especially for Spanish Speakers Explicaciones en espanol Pumarosa "Aprende Ingles in 30 Dias"	empezando/intermedio	Un gran sitio para ayudar a los hablantes de español ganar un vocabulario básico y conceptos clave en la gramática de Inglés al Español. 15 lecciones para principiantes y 15 lecciones intermedias. Todas las nuevas palabras también ofrecen Pronunciación de voz. Los ejercicios están basados en la traducción. Gratis
2	Especially for Spanish Speakers Explicaciones en espanol www.TheIrregularVerbs.com	Todos niveles	Todos los verbos irregulares del idioma inglés. Conjugación, pronunciación, traducción y ejemplos con dibujos divertidos. Gratis
3	Especially for Spanish Speakers Explicaciones en espanol www.TheEnglishVocabulary.com	Todos niveles	Vocabulario del idioma inglés, organizado por categorías y tópicos, con traducción al español y pronunciación. Gratis
4	Especially for Spanish Speakers Explicaciones en espanol www.FunnyLessons.com	Todos niveles	Aquí podrás aprender el idioma a través de lecturas con humor. El desafío es doble… tendrás que entender el inglés y además el sentido del chiste. Cada lección cuenta con su vocabulario, pronunciación, etc. Gratis

Dictionaries

Audio English dictionary wonderfully clear dictionary for ESL learners with all the different meanings explained clearly and laid out with example sentences, synonyms, and parts of speech. Many idioms are included.
Bartleby.com All the classic reference books online from Roget's Thesaurus to Grey's Anatomy
Dictionary.com the largest and most trusted free online dictionary. Instantly look up accurate and extensive definitions and word meanings, and hear audio.
WWWebster Dictionary The famous Merriam-Webster Dictionary on line - including a thesaurus

Finding More Articles on the Internet

Cabrillo College Careers - wonderful linking page to all kinds of information to help you find a career, prepare a resume etc.
Encyclopedia.com The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia! More than 50,000 articles plus links giving you access to millions of articles and pictures.
Internet Public Library Includes an excellent reference center with an easy to use format and a huge collection of online magazines and international newspapers from ESL students' home countries. (Click on "newspapers"). Also over 400 sites with authors' biographies and critiques of their work and 15,000 online titles that can be browsed by author or title
New York Times Learning Network Designed for Grades 3-12. Current events of the day from one of America's top newspapers with summaries, vocabulary and current events quizzes linked to the articles with the answers, and a student letter-writing section.
The On-Line Books Page 25,000+ listings by Author, Title, Subject or Serial
Topics Online Magazine Charming link page to a wide variety of ESL student writing online, from personal narratives, to ghost stories to poetry.

Online Writing Labs - Help with writing essays

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Wonderful, extremely well written and well designed site. In-depth, very clear explanations of all aspects of the writing process. Great for dedicated students and writers.
Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab Truly outstanding writing site! Very well written handouts on a wide range of writing related topics, including style guides. Great guide to writing conventions and formatting etc in North American universities for ESL students.
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay A Great overview of all the steps in the writing process. You can download it all in pdf. format and add it to your notebook.

Practice with other students

Especially for Teachers

Online Powerpoints Quickly downloadable Powerpoint explanations of a wide variety of writing topics such as clauses, parts of speech etc. Well made with sound effects and humor to highlight examples and key ideas.
English Lesson Plans for ESL and EFL English lesson plans for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels including reading, writing, listening, grammar, speaking, pronunciation for adult and childrens' classes as well as Business English.
The Compleate Lexical Tutor The amazing academic vocabuary development website recommended by Frank Noji, with concordancer, vocabulary profiler, exercise maker, interactive exercises, and much more.
Drew's Script-o-Rama. THE place to find hundreds of free filmscripts to allow your students to read films you show in class.
Breaking News 1000+ complete lessons on breaking news topics. Each article is offered in written and audio versions with an extensive variety of exercises and activities to help students master content.
ESL Discussions.com Provides intelligent discussion questions for students in pairs - using a Student A list and Student B list format. 626 discussion topics on both everyday themes and controversial issues. Easy to download and print.
Lesson Writer Astonishingly useful site for reading comprehension lessons. Copy/paste in an article and the program produces elegant, detailed lesson handouts with a wide variety of question forms, vocabulary, pronunciation features etc - with easy control and editing by you.
Rubi Star Makes rubric writing a cinch with their templates. " You can use the rubrics as is, or modify the templates to better serve your particular students' needs. You can choose from six skill categories: Multimedia, Products, Experiments, Oral Projects, Research and Writing, and Work Skills."
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Make your own tests and flashcards

Last but not Least - Other recommended ESL site linking pages

Online ESL Help Resource Center

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