Online Resources
Online Resources
American English Online serves as the United States Government's portal for teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language, and contains links to support both teachers and students.
There are thousands of web links to resources for English language teachers and students. It is virtually impossible to list them all. Below you will find links to some commonly used resources. They are arranged by content area and alphabetically within each content area.
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Assessment/Testing
Citizenship/Democracy
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Workbook (PDF_1.45MB)
Classroom Management
Content-Based Instruction
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- New York Times Daily Lesson Plan
- New York Times ESOL Guide
- Web Resources to Develop Content-Based Materials
- U.S. Culture on the Web: Resources for Teachers
- Zoom In On America Online Magazine
Curriculum
- ESL Standards for Pre-K-12
- Implementing Instructional Practices (PDF_443KB)
- Internet Tools and Curriculum Design for Young Learners WebChats
- Technology & Classroom Activities Design Web Chat
Dictionaries
- All Words by Categories
- American Heritage Dictionary
- AskOxford.Com
- Cambridge Dictionary Online
- Dictionaries, Thesauri & Acronyms
- Dictionary.Com Visual Thesaurus
- Dictionary Link
- HowJSay.Com: Pronouncing Dictionary with Sound
- Internet Acronym Server
- Internet Picture Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary
- Online Slang Dictionary
- Visual Dictionary
- VisuWords Graphical Dictionary
- Your Dictionary.Com
- Your Dictionary of Foreign Languages
ESP: English for Specific Purposes
- Business English Grammar Exercises
- Business English Vocabulary Exercises
- English Med.Com: Medical English
- Speak Legal English
Grammar of the English Language
- About.Com: Passive to Active Voice Transformations
- Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Rules
- Dr. Grammar for Writing
- English Grammar The Easy Way
- ESL Study Hall: Grammar Exercises
- Grammar Bytes
- Grammar Girl Tips
- Grammar-Quizzes.Com
- Grammar Slammer
- Guide to Grammar & Writing
- Houghton Mifflin Grammar Blast
- International House: Simple Present Exercises
- LBCC Grammar Lessons & Exercises by Level
- Web English Teacher Grammar
Listening Comprehension/Practice
- Elllo Listening Laboratory/Games
- ESL: Listening: Downloadable MP3 Files
- ESL Study Hall: Listening
- Listening: Tips for Teachers
- Randall's ELS Cyber Listening Lab
- VOA Special English
- VOA Special English Audio
Literature
Methodology/Teaching Techniques/Approaches
- Internet Resources for Students to Learn English Web Chat
- Internet TESL Journal
- TESL Teaching Techniques
Music in the English language classroom
News/Current Events
Publishers' Catalogs of ESL/EFL Materials
- Addison Wesley/Longman
- Alta Book Center Publishers
- Cambridge University Press ESL
- Delta Systems
- Cengage Learning
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- McGraw-Hill
- Prentice Hall Regents/Pearson
- Pro Lingua Associates
- University of Michigan Press
Reading Comprehension/Practice
Reflective Teaching
Testing/Exams
- GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test
- GRE: Graduate Record Examinations
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Speaking Test Preparation Materials
- SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test
- TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
Theory
- Applied Linguistics Without Tears
- Center for Applied Linguistics
- TESL-EJ: Electronic Journal
- TESL: Linguistics
Tools Online for Teachers/Students
- Language.Com
- About ESL.Com
- Activities for ESL Students
- Arlington Public Schools: Sample Site
- BBC Learning English
- Brainy Betty PowerPoint Graphics and Other Free
Resources - Capital School ESL Web Site
- Class Brain.Com Answers Questions
- Dave's ESL Café
- Education World
- EduFind.Com Language Resources
- EFL4U.Com: Lesson Collections
- English Club.Com
- English Learner.Com: Lessons & Tests
- EnglishPage.Com Online Lessons
- EnglishRaven.Com: Materials for Teachers
- English-Zone.Com for English Learners
- E.L. Easton Materials for Teaching and Learning
- ePals: Community of Connected Classrooms
- ESL-Lounge.Com: Lesson Plans & Activities
- ESL Notes: English Learner Movie Guides
- ESL Pod TV: Video & Audio Podcasts
- ESL Resource Center: Free Lessons
- ESL Site: Grammar, Vocabulary & Culture Exercises
- Exercises Online
- FreeOlogy.Com: Graphic Organizers
- Interesting Fun Things for Students
- Language Arts Presentations
- Learners Online Resources
- Learning English with Laughter
- MBC's Encyclopedia of Television
- Meriwether Lewis Elementary School: Sample Site
- NCLRC: National Capital Language Resource Center
- One Stop English
- Real English Videos and Lessons
- RHL School Learning Resources
- Selected Links for ESL/FL
- Study Zone
- Teachers.Net Lesson Bank
- Teachers Tech Nology.Com
- TESL Handouts for Classroom Use
- TESL Internet: Teaching with the Web
- TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
- Top English Teaching.Com
- UNESCO Practices: Teaching Speaking, Reading & Writing (PDF_120KB)
- Univ. of Oregon English Language Center
- UsingEnglish.Com
Translation
Speaking/Conversation/Pronunciation
- Developing Classroom Speaking Activities (PDF_ 64KB)
- Five Issues in Teaching Speaking Skills to Adult ESOL Learners (PDF_ 236KB)
- Phonetics: The Sounds of Spoken Language
Vocabulary/Idioms
- English Ch-Hilfen.De Vocabulary Exercises
- ESL Study Hall: Vocabulary
- Free-Rice Vocabulary Exercises
- Interactive Vocabulary, Grammar & Reading Exercises
Writing
- Asian EFL Journal
- Cengage Learning: The Writing Process
- EduChoices: 50 Best Websites for Writers
- Essays
- ESL Study Hall: Writing
- Five Paragraph Essay
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- OWL: Online Writing Lab
- Writing Process
Young Learners