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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (Drill and Practice)

Author: Randall S. Davis
Helps ESL/EFL students improve their English listening comprehension skills through practice with
Location: http://www.esl-lab.com/

Internet TESL Journal (Tutorial)

Author: Internet TESL Journal Team
The Internet TESL Journal is a monthly web journal featuring lessons and lesson plans for all levels
Location: http://iteslj.org/

Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual and Foreign Language Teachers (Reference Material)

Author: Martin Levine, Professor Emeritus
Many ESL and FL lesson plans and resources. This rich site has been up since 1996 and is regularly
Location: http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html

The Internet Picture Dictionary (Reference Material)

Author: pdictionary.com
The Internet Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary
Location: http://www.pdictionary.com/

ESL Flow (Collection)

Author: Peter Snashall
Searchable source of thematically-based ESL lessons in grammar, speaking, vocabulary, pronunciation,
Location: http://www.eslflow.com

The English Learner Movie Guides (Reference Material)

Author:
Each individual guide is a detailed synopsis of a popular movie, which consists of the following:
Location: http://www.eslnotes.com

Aaron Shepard's Readers Theater Page (Simulation)

Author: Aaron Shepard
Readers theater scripts for elementary and middle school students. Suitable for ESL and native
Location: http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html

ESL Blue(s) (Collection)

Author: Eifion Pritchard
Excellent collection of ESL grammar and reading materials includes animated grammar tutorials,
Location: http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouind...

The ESL Wonderland: Activities and Lesson Plans (Drill and Practice)

Author: Kent G. Trickel
For independent learners, this site offers listening comprehension activities based on audio clips,
Location: http://www.eslwonderland.com/

Dave's ESL Cafe (Collection)

Author: Dave Sperling
A staple for ESL professionals and their students. Games, exercises, links, chats, job information
Location: http://www.eslcafe.com

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (Simulation)

Author: Purdue OWL Tutors
Provides online tutoring, handouts, and interactive PowerPoint presentations on writing-related
Location: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Tree or Three? (Drill and Practice)

Author: Jieun You
This English pronunciation site is for high beginner and intermediate ESL students. Two pairs of
Location: http://www.albany.edu/~jy0507/call/home.html

The Virtual Language Centre (Collection)

Author: Chris Greaves
The Virtual Language Centre comprises language learning activities for students of ESL/EFL and a
Location: http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/

CNN Newsroom and Worldview for ESL Web Exercises (Drill and Practice)

Author:
Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises based on CNN's daily thirty-minute broadcast
Location: http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html

English Exercises Online (Collection)

Author: Leo Jansegers
Interactive quizzes and exercises to improve vocabulary, grammar, reading, spelling, and listening
Location: http://www.smic.be/smic5022/

English Lessons and Tests (Drill and Practice)

Author: Elek Mathe
Self-scoring lessons, cloze exercises, and multiple-choice tests for ESL reading, grammar, and
Location: http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html

Pizzaz! People Interested in Zippy and Zanny Zcribbing (Simulation)

Author: Leslie Opp-Beckman
An ESL site that contains copyable handouts that help instructors create simple creative writing and
Location: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

Many Interesting Things for ESL Students (Collection)

Author: Charles Kelly
A metasite of grammar, listening, reading, writing materials for learners and teachers of ESL.
Location: http://www.manythings.org/

LearnEnglish (Collection)

Author: British Council
Metasite for ESL/EFL that includes language learning activities, games, readings, songs with lyrics,
Location: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/

English Insight (Collection)Author: Don Sorsa
ESL practice in listening-speaking, conversation, composition, critical thinking, American culture.
Location: http://condor.depaul.edu/~dsorsa/insight/index.htm...

The Phrasal Verb Dispenser (Animation)

Author: Steve Woods
This ingenious interactive machine helps learners of ESL study phrasal verbs - a highly troublesome
Location: http://www.stuff.co.uk/phrasal.htm

Sounds of English (Reference Material)

Author: Sharon Widmayer and Holly Gray
Information about English pronunication for learners and teachers. Includes sounds of all English
Location: http://www.soundsofenglish.org

ESL Through Music (Reference Material)

Author: Suzanne Medina
This site provides articles, lesson plans and materials for ESL teachers who want to foster the
Location: http://forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/index.htm

Activities for ESL Students (Collection)

Author: Many authors
A collection of more than 1000 activities including grammar quizzes, vocabulary quizzes, crossword
Location: http://a4esl.org/

Taiwan Teacher (Drill and Practice)

Author:
Collection of online exercises and quizzes for teachers and learners of ESL/EFL.
Location: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/gramma...

Schmooze U. (Simulation)

Author: Jon Wanderer
An online MOO community designed for learners of ESL. A menu of commands is used to find one's way
Location: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/

Interactive Chaos Tutorial (Tutorial)

Author: Jeff Sale
This tutorial was developed in collaboration with David Lesley, Ph.D., for the SDSU Sciences Summer
Location: http://www.banyantree.org/jsale/chaos/index.html

Boggle's World (Collection)

Author: Chris Gunn
Boggle's World is a resource site for ESL/EFL teachers. Lesson plans, worksheets, job board, and
Location: http://bogglesworld.com/

English Structure for Academic Purposes (Tutorial)

Author: Ann Salzmann
Collection of grammar resources used in an Advanced ESL course at the University of Illinois. An
Location: http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/structure/structure1/salzm...


WHO Guide to Good Prescribing (Simulation)

Author: Th. P.G.M. de Vries,R.H. Henning,H.V. Hogerzeil,D.A. Fresle
A guide to the theory and practice of good medication prescribing.
Location: http://www.med.rug.nl/pharma/who-cc/ggp/homepage.h...

English Grammar Links for ESL Students (Quiz/Test)

Author: Karen M. Hartman
Do you have a question about prepositions, you need to find out how to use the future tense, or you
Location: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~kpokoy1/grammar1.htm

ESL Lounge (Simulation)

Author:
This site has lesson plans for esl classes (all levels)
Location: http://esl-lounge.com/

Nutrition (Tutorial)

Author: Nadia Kayaleh
Nutrition unit for adult esl students. Content includes nutrition vocabulary, food pyramid
Location: http://www.geocities.com/nutritionproject2001/

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (Reference Material)

Author: Margaret E. (Maggie) Sokolik, TESL-EJ Editor
TESL-EJ is a freely-distributed academic journal online. It is an internationally-recognized source
Location: http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/index.html

Resources for Teachers of English (Collection)

Author:
Links to online TEFL/TESL resources. Interactive tests and quizzes, writing and speaking activities.
Location: http://www.englishlearner.com/teachers/

Karin's ESL Partyland (Collection)

Author: Karin M. Cintron
Interactive quizzes, discussions, interactive lessons, a chatroom, and links for students and lesson
Location: http://www.eslpartyland.com

World Wide Web Resources for Applied Linguistics and TESL (Collection)

Author:
Internet guides, cites of professional interest, cirriculum materials, databases, e-journals,
Location: http://library.concordia.ca/research/subjects/appl...

The Quiz-Zone (Drill and Practice)

Author: V. Magistrale
Award-winning site offering interactive java script ESL exercises including readings, crossword
Location: http://www.geocities.com/scandro/esl99.html

ESL 471: Advanced Writing (Reference Material)

Author: Michael Krauss
Advanced ESL writing course from Lewis and Clark College including assignments, culture capsules,
Location: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/advwrf99/home.html


Interesting Things for ESL Students (Collection)

Author: Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
For ESL, EFL, and native English speakers too. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and
Location: http://www.ManyThings.org

The Verb Machine (Reference Material)

Author: Steven Tripp
The Verb Machine is a valuable tool for ESL learners at all levels who need work in understanding
Location: http://sextant.u-aizu.ac.jp/verbMachine.html

English as 2nd Language (Collection)

Author: Kenneth Beare
This web site is targeted to both ESL instructors and students who are learning English as a Second
Location: http://esl.about.com/mbody.htm

Literacy.org (Reference Material)

Author:
A great site that provides links for esl teacher, adult education and civics of English language
Location: http://www.literacy.org

ESL House (Simulation)

Author:
This site is great for teachers and students. It has an audio component that allows students to
Location: http://eslhouse.com

Teacher's Net (Reference Material)

Author:
On this site, teachers can communicate through chat rooms, find out about jobs, learn about the
Location: http://www.teachers.net

Teachnology (Simulation)

Author: Teachnology, Inc
The portion of this site posted relates to esl. There are articles for teachers about teaching esl,
Location: http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/esl...

The Linguistic Funland (Collection)

Author:
For ESL/EFL teachers, this cite contains links to materials and activities, articles and research,
Location: http://www.tesol.net

English Club (Collection)

Author:
Web guide to TEFL/TESL resources. Lessons in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening and
Location: http://www.englishclub.net

Learning In Deed: The Power of Service-Learning for American Schools (Reference Material)

Author: Leslie F. Herbert
Service-learning is a teaching strategy that combines classroom curriculum with community service,
Location: http://learningindeed.org/index.html


Military Aircraft Nose Art: An American Tradition (Collection)

Author: Leslie Broughton, Stuart Glogoff, James S.Griffith
During World War II, and again in the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars, colorful images appeared on
Location: http://dizzy.library.Arizona.EDU/noseart/

A World of Choices: Are We Better Off With International Trade (Tutorial)

Author:
This 20 page document provides an in-depth look at international trade's impact on the U.S. economy.
Location: http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/worldofchoi...

Collection of Java Applets for PID Controller Tuning (Simulation)

Author: Jukka Lieslehto
Collection of Java Applets for PID Controller Tuning
Location: http://ae.tut.fi/~juke/java/pidtuning/index.html

A Trip to New York (Drill and Practice)

Author: Ha Nguyen, Anne Hwang, Adileh Farzamian
A lesson plan for ESL teachers, which incorporates computer technology into language teaching.
Location: http://www.geocities.com/fhn532

Everything ESL (Reference Material)
Author: Judie Haynes
Resources for K-12 ESOL teachers featuring 51 lesson plans, 34 teaching tips, 169 downloadable
Location: http://everythingesl.net/index.php

Game Zone (Animation)

Author: English for Everybody
Over one dozen animated language games for ESL/EFL learners.
Location: http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.h...

Language Acquisition Resource Center's Digital Media Archive:ESL (Simulation)

Author: Language Acquisition Resource Center
This is the Language Acquisition Resource Center's Digital Media Archive (DMA) at San Diego State
Location: http://larcdma.sdsu.edu/dma/languages/ESL/index.ht...

La Mansi del Ingl (Tutorial)

Author: Craig Wealand & Domingo Blanco
This site is in Spanish to help native speakers learn English. The site includes many tutorials for
Location: http://www.mansioningles.com/

University Vocabulary Trainer (Collection)

Author: Kenneth Chan and Gregory James
This tool has been specially designed to help English learners with key words for more effective
Location: http://uvt.ust.hk/about.html

Change Agent (Reference Material)

Author:
A site housing a newsletter for educators who are interested in incorporating social justice issues
Location: http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/index.htm


The Ten Essential of RUP (Tutorial)

Author: Leslee Probasco
Top Ten essentials of the Rational Unified Process, an iterative software engineering process.
Location: http://www.therationaledge.com/content/dec_00/f_ru...

Nada's ESL Island (Reference Material)
Author: Nada AbiSamra
Free resources for English / ESL / EFL teachers and students. A handful of organized links, online
Location: http://nadabs.tripod.com

The Role Of An ESL Tutor (Reference Material)
Author: Erin Fleming
This site provides people who want to be ESL tutors an idea of how to work with their ESL students
Location: http://writing2.richmond.edu/training/project/esl/...

TEFL.COM (Collection)
Author:
A valuable site for ESL/EFL professionals and students. It is a kaleidoscope for ESL/EFL teaching
Location: http://www.tefl.com/

ESL Learning Center Games (Drill and Practice)
Author: ENA.com & ESL Pro Systems
A variety of free games for students to practice learning English. The games require the Macromedia
Location: http://www.free-english-games.com/

Activities for ESL students (Quiz/Test)
Author:
This site contains diffrent kinds of quizzes, exersises, puzzles to assist ESL students in learning
Location: http://a4esl.org/

ESL-Images (Animation)
Author:
Website has ESL images helpful to the ESL teacher. Content includes Vocabulary images, Grammar
Location: http://www.eslxpress.com/

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (Simulation)
Author:
"The site has been designed with the specific goal and narrow focus of providing easy-to-use
Location: http://www.esl-lab.com/

Karin's ESL Partyland for ESL teachers and students (Quiz/Test)
Author: Karin M. Citron
Website has both student and teacher pages dedicated to chatting with peers, finding a job and
Location: http://www.eslpartyland.com/

Everything ESL (Reference Material)
Author: Judy Haynes
Website dedicated to teachers of Elementary ESL classes. Includes lesson plans on variety of
Location: http://www.everythingesl.net/


Writing webpages with Wesley (Tutorial)
Author: Wesley A. Fryer
The author best explains it:"Familiarize yourself with what makes a "good" and "bad" school webpage,
Location: http://www.wtvi.com/html/www1.html

The Copabacana Restaurant Foodquest (Simulation)
Author: Barbara Dieu
A Foodquest for Intermediate and Advanced Students of EFL/ESL - This webquest was developed as a
Location: http://members.tripod.com/the_english_dept/foodque...

Tapped In (Simulation)
Author: SRI International
A virtual meeting place (MOO) for teachers and learners. The Webheads resource is an active
Location: http://ti2.sri.com/tappedin/

Disabilities (Reference Material)
Author: Leslie B. G. Goldberg and Lucinda M. O'Neill
An article providing reasons on why using technology in the classroom is important and beneficial
Location: http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=960

ESL Go (Collection)
Author: James Trotta
ESL go.com is a free English web site for learning English as a second language or teaching English
Location: http://www.eslgo.com

Collaborative Writing Projects (Reference Material)
Author: Nellie Deutsch
Easy to follow instructions on collaborative writing projects. WebQuests for both ESL and regular
Location: http://www.nelliemuller.com

OELP Online English Language Center (Collection)
Author: Leslie Opp-Beckman
This purpose of this site is to introduce educators and learners to resources available through the
Location: http://oelp.uoregon.edu/

INTERNET-BASED PROJECTS FOR ESOL AND BUSINESS "NETWORKING" (Collection)
Author: Leslie Opp-Beckman and Kay Westerfield
English for Specific Purposes-Business (ESP-Business) is a dynamic, growing field in the world of
Location: http://aei.uoregon.edu/esp/

Christine Bauer-Ramazani (Collection)
Author:
a resource compendium of links to TESL/CALL Web sites
Location: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/links/u...

Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy (Case Study)
Author: Okhee Lee
This series provides an effective training program for K-12 Bilingual/ESL teachers that can be used
Location: http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/products/multimedia/mult...


Summer Schools (Reference Material)
Author: Summer Schools
Summer Schools: directory on summer and year-round courses in the UK. Subjects: English, ESL, EFL,
Location: http://www.summer-schools.info

English Language Listening Lab Online (Simulation)
Author: Todd Beuckens
Online listening ESL lab that offers audio clips of English Speakers from all over the world. There
Location: http://www.elllo.org/

Understanding USA (Lecture/Presentation)
Author: Richard Saul Wurman
A useful site for those who want to understand the culture and inner workings of the United
Location: http://www.understandingusa.com/intro.html

English Teacher's Desk (Collection)
Author: SMU-TESOL
English Teacher's Desk has excellent authoring tools and resources for ESL/EFL instruction. ETD
Location: http://tesol.sookmyung.ac.kr/05_feature/english_in...

Working Simulations (Simulation)
Author: Lexicon systems
A free interactive simulation practicing 21st century workplace skills. Excellent practice for adult
Location: http://www.workingsimulations.com/theOffice.html

English Bites (Collection)
Author: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Video news stories with scripts, definitions of idioms, and suggested uses for the ESL classroom.
Location: http://abcasiapacific.com/englishbites/

Lord of the Rings Video Cloze Exercise (Collection)
Author: Sara Martin
ESL students can watch the trailer for the film, Lord of the Rings, and complete a cloze exercise
Location: http://www.elrebumbio.org/lord/lord.htm

Washington, D. C. vs. Washington State Webquest (Collection)
Author: Katherine Haffner-Zoccatelli
In this activity ESL learners visit web sites to find out where these two Washingtons are located
Location: http://www.clta.net/lessons/esl/washington.html

Exploring English (Reference Material)
Author: Knowledge Explorer
Brief, articulate summary of English parts of speech and punctuation. Good reference for ESL/EFL
Location: http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/engl...

Museum Hunt: ESL through Art (Lecture/Presentation)
Author: Sei-Hwa Jung
As a WebQuest, this website is intended to teach English Language through culture and art. Working
Location: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~seihwaj/WebQuest


Stories Behind the Songs (Reference Material)
Author: Johnathan Chase
An excellent language/culture resource for ESL/EFL. This interdisciplinary reference guide will
Location: http://www.wpe.com/~musici/Introduction.html

Sarah and John's TEFL Pitstop (Tutorial)
Author: Sarah Brenchley, John
At the TEFL Pitstop,language teachers can print ready-to-use games and learning materials, perfect
Location: http://www.lingolex.com/jstefl.htm

The ESL Study Hall (Collection)
Author: Christine Meloni
An excellent set of links to independent work with grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and
Location: http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/eslstudyhall/

E. L. Easton (Reference Material)
Author: Easton Language Education
This well-recognized site provides excellent resources for the teaching and learning of ESL and
Location: http://eleaston.com/index.html

ELFS (Collection)
Author: Adam Rado
Collection of activities and resources for ESL students and teachers.
Location: http://www.elfs.com/

BBC English (Collection)
Author:
BBC World Service uses radio broadcasts as a basis for teaching ESL/EFL with explanations of English
Location: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

ToLearnEnglish (Collection)
Author: Laurent Camus
Courses, grammar exercises, word jumbles, games, jokes, email, recommended books and links, clipart,
Location: http://www.ToLearnEnglish.com

ICL2C (Reference Material)
Author: Lia Kamhi-Stein
This site provides information competence materials for ESL /EFL teachers, students, teacher
Location: http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/tesol/index.htm

SHINE and SAIL Community Service Learning Programs (Simulation)
Author: Gail Weinstein
SHINE and SAIL are two Community Service Learning projects in which students from San Francisco
Location: http://www.shinesf.org

Email Projects HomePage (Collection)
Author: Susan Gaer
The purpose of this website is to develop collaborative learning online. Although most of the
Location: http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email....


Internet Resources

Conversation

Technology and ESL

Grammar

ESL Games

Writing Helps

Reading Helps

Articles (a,an and the)

Punctuation

Prepositions

Verb Forms

Parts of Speech

 

General Activities

For Beginners

Listening

Games

Quizzes

 

Webquests

Songs

Publications

Student Resources

Journals and Articles