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Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web
Dave's ESL Cafe is an amazing site that includes the ESL Quiz Center & the ESL Help Center (both for students), the ESL Search Page (to help you find ESL resources), and the ESL Idea Page (where both teachers and students can share ideas). Still the premier ESL web site on the Internet
The Internet TESL Journal
A rich resource site with information on CALL, culture, world-wide associations and conferences, and job information.
TESL Electronic Journal
TESL-EJ provides on-line information on the teaching of ESL, as well as reviews of CALL materials and resources.
Linguistics/ESL @ CSUN
This site is for researchers and educators. It is brought to you by Cal State University, Northridge.
Cutting Edge CALL Demos
Demos of grammar and listening quizzes on-line with results. This site requires the various multimedia plug-ins, including Flash, Shockwave, Quicktime, and Real Player.
Closed Captioning Web
Many ESL teachers are finding the use of Closed Captioning with television programs and movies very useful in their instruction. Our link is directly with the page that has information for teachers on how to use Closed Captioning in their classrooms.
grammarONLINE
Five units: passive voice, adjective clauses, noun clauses, comparatives, and verb participles. Includes structure, recognition, and proper usage. URL was changed 05.22.2008.
The Newbury House Online Dictionary
This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based on the Newbury House Dictionary of American English. Providing simple and clear definitions, this online tool provides a wealth of sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures.
John and Sarah's TEFL Pitstop
Sarah provides several ideas for games that ESL/EFL teachers can use to reinforce language learning. Directions and gameboards to print out.
Antimoon.com: Learn English Effectively
This is an English learning site like none I have encountered. The focus of the site is motivation and techniques for effectively learning English. The authors of the site do not see grammar exercises as the way. There are reviews of techniques, pronunciation guides, and accounts of how the authors learned English. Requires an intermediate reading level.
Developing Teachers.com
Listed as a web resource for the developing language teacher, this site provides newsletters about teaching, teaching methodologies, lesson plans, and weekly teaching tips. Newsletters and tips are archived, but you can also subscribe to receive these by email. Developing Teachers.com is a commercial site that also offers email courses for language teachers.
everythingESL.net
Good things for elementary ESL classes. Includes lesson plans, teaching tips from a variety of sources, the owner's pick of ESL resources, and discussion boards. There is also a discussion board where you can ask the site owner questions. (updated 05.29.06)
English-Zone
A huge array of activities for English learners and teachers. There are online activities as well as lessons that can be reproduced for classroom use. There is way too much on the site for me to list it all here. All skills are covered, and there is also a phrasal verbs and a preposition dictionary with exercises for reinforcement. Check it out. (updated 10.26.04)
Real English
On the one hand, this is a commercial site advertising an English learning program available on videocassette and CDs. On the other hand, ten of the beginner-level units are available for free. Requires use of Real Player, and some of the downloads are pretty large. Includes a video clip, exercises, and vocabulary work. (updated 10.26.04)
1-Language.com
An extensive selection of resources for the ESL teacher, from flashcards to grammar lessons. There's realtime chat, for students who want to chat with others, and forums (although somewhat sparse in postings as of th
is listing). One of the best things are current news articles, which are available as readings and audio recordings. Each article is accompanied by various exercises.
Medical English Resources
A unique resource for ESL students who may be specializing in medical fields. An extensive selection of online exercises, including cloze, passage reconstructions, vocabulary, and grammar. If a student wants to practice his/her English in the context of a medical diagnosis, this is the place.
Using English.com
A compendium of quite a lot of different things. There are discussions, a bulletin board, a grammar reference, online tests, and more. Many more materials than when the site was first reviewed several years ago. (updated 10.26.04)
EnglishForums.com
Purely a discussion site with threads for general English questions, business English, and medical English. Lots of posts and still going strong after several years. (updated 10.26.04)
Aardvark's English-Forum.com
Yikes. The URL is only one letter different from the previous listing, but the content is much different. Many exercises for language practice, resources for teachers and students, guides to schools, message boards, and lots of links. (updated 10.26.04)
Mark's ESL World
A site with lots and lots of links, organized into resources for teachers, students, and job seekers. There are also chat and discussion pages. Nothing unique to this site, but it pulls together many things into one place.
ESL Webquest Projects
Webquests are cooperative Internet-based research activities that usually culminate in a written or oral research report. They involve research, critical analysis of sources, and organization of information found. This web site focuses on webquests and resources to support them. The author tries to break down webquests into its various components, and while the information is not always easily processed, it is comprehensive. These particular webquests are targeted more to secondary and higher.
Grammar Grabbers
Grammar can be deadly serious, so a little levity might be useful. Bill Cutler provides humorous but practical grammar and style advance on his website. Since it's humor, many ESL students will need to be somewhat advanced to get all the jokes, but teachers may find the points useful. (added 09.24.03)
The Reading Matrix: An Online Journal
The Reading Matrix is an international online peer-reviewed journal that
focuses on issues of reading and second language instruction. The journal is purely online, but it is indexed in ERIC. Articles are in PDF or HTML format. Access is free, and the journal also includes an archive of previous issues. Published twice a year. (added 11.17.03)
English Daily
An ESL site with a distinctively Asian bent. Grammar, idioms, folk tales, and lessons using advertisements. I contacted the owner to find out more about the site, and apparently it is just a work of love. (added 11.19.03)
Textalyzer
This is a website with a very specific function. You input a block of text or a website, and the textalyzer analyzes the text/website for complexity and reading level. You also get syllable counts and average words in a sentence. A potentially useful tool for any teacher who wants to use web materials with their class. (added 05.14.04)
esl Resource Center
A variety of lesson ideas for all areas, from pronunciation to grammar. The mission statement emphasizes that the site is free and developed by ESL teachers. You may find a useful lesson here for your next class. There are also areas for chatting and posting job stuff, but I didn't look at those features. (added 05.14.04)
Vocaboly
This is a website for a shareware program called Vocaboly. Using this program, you can review vocabulary through a variety of exercises, tests, and games. Of specific interest to EFL students is its TOEFL vocabulary. You can download the program for free and then pay for it if you find it useful. Teachers and learners can customize the program with their own vocabulary. The program is only available for Windows. (added 06.07.04)
Encomium: Online TOEFL Practice
Encomium provides a 40-question sample for the TOEFL Structure and Written expression_r_r_r test, a 15-item grammar quiz, and a quiz of the day. Challenging items. Click on \irections\of why your answer was correct or incorrect at the end. (added 08.31.04)
English Maze
A very technologically sophisticated site, using lots of Flash and interactivity. There is a diagnostic test, and you can choose from general or business English. The free lesson that I sampled had a very good cultural component (good reading practice, too), some grammar explanation, and a less than satisfying listening exercise where you have to spell-out idiomatic expression_r_r_rs (somewhat frustrating because of the speaker's pronunciation). I didn't sample the whole site, so I don't know how much is available for free. There is a fee for general access. Still worth a look. (added 08.31.04)
Rong-Chang Li's ESL Resources
Lots and lots and lots of links. There's a smidgen of original content. The usefulness of this site is in its categories of links. I found things I had never crossed before, so you will probably too. Covers everything ESL from jobs to listening exercises. Lots of Google ads. (added 10.26.04)
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
There are five online games for students to practice vocabulary: word search, crossword, hangman, matching, and multiple choice quiz. The vocabulary is grouped in categories. Since the items are fixed, you would need to check that your lesson includes the vocabulary used. The interfaces are very good, with cute graphics and sounds. (added 12.10.04)
UnivSource Vocabulary Builder
Another vocabulary builder, this one definitely geared for a much higher level. Students review vocabulary with contextualized sentences and then choose an appropriate antonym. Basically vocabulary drills. Hosted by a website that gives information about US universities. (added 04.15.05)
Breaking News English
Ready to use lesson plans that address speaking, reading, and listening skills. Each lesson plan has a reading (intermediate and a low-advanced
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