Internet Sites for English Teachers and about English

ttp://www.esl-lounge.com/ Lesson plans, activities and ideas for those days when you don’t
have one.
http://www.eslcafe.com/ Seems kind of obvious, doesn’t it? Here you will find, amid all the
carping about jobs; short, quick ideas from folks that are out on the frontlines.
http://www.englishclub.com/ Links here for teachers’ resources, ideas and lesson plans.
http://iteslj.org/ The Internet TESL Journal gives you articles, ideas and links to other
resources. This is a monthly journal and pretty good if grammar gives you the willies
because many articles are written by non-native speakers sharing their grammar
explanations and activities.
http://www.tefl.net/ Articles for background reading.
http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers.php Hundreds of handouts and printable exercise
sheets. Great quizzes and teaching ideas.
http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php Teaching English with movie trailers. The sites a
little cluttered in front, but links to movie studios offers good quality movie clips.
http://esl.about.com/ Great site hosted by a teacher who has obviously been there. Except
for the annoying advertising pop-up this is a two thumbs up site for background articles,
grammar help, semi-lesson plans and ok activities. Also has online activities you can assign
your SS for practice.
http://www.onestopenglish.com/
Good full-service site with lesson plans, resources, etc. Recommended by other teachers in
Thailand.
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ Hosted by The Discovery Channel this incredible site allows
you to create your own crossword puzzles, word searches, etc. Great vocabulary tools or
wonderful fillers.
http://www.eslgo.com/resources.html Good speaking activities, online activities for your Ss,
lesson plans and Business English ideas.
http://www.longman.com/ae/download/f...mmar/home.html Can help you when you are
stuck for things to do for grammar practice.
http://www.scopes.com Trivia to use in the classroom. Great debunker of many common
myths. Good for conversation starters with students who have language.

Teaching Children
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/langarts.html
http://www.sitesforteachers.com is a ranking site with links to the top 100 sites for the
primary age group. www.bogglesworld.com (currently unavailable) is particularly popular.
http://www.eslgold.com is a recent discovery, as is http://www.handoutsonline.com
http://members.tripod.com/~towerofenglish/ has a lot of ideas for both teachers and
students.

Lesson Plans and other Teacher Resources

CD-ROM Lesson Plans www.mls.co.jp
Clip Art Collection for FL instruction
www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/default.html
ESL Plans www.csun.edu/~hcedu/eslplans.html#LessonPlans
 Internet Sites for English Teachers and about English

ESL Plans from California www.csun.edu/%Ehcedu/eslplans.html

ESL Teacher Connection, Michigan www.sils.umich.edu/~jarmour/etc/etchome.html
Gessler Teacher Tips www.gessler.com/gessler/teach.html
Lesson Plans from a New York teacher members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html
Links to ESL/EFL Lessons on the Net (ITESLJ)
www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Links/LessonLinks.html
OTAN Forum www.otan.dni.us/cgibin/webdir.pl?dir=%FLesson%Plans%FESL
Searching the Web: Handout www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/search.htm
TESL/TEFL Game: Wham! www.rede.com/eslgames/wham.htm
ProTeacher - Resources http://www.proteacher.com/
Word Search Maker! http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/word_search/
Linguarama Index of other exercises in Postscript
http://www.linguarama.com/ps/other.htm
Worksheets, Teaching Tips, and Rubrics from Teach-nology.com www.teach-nology.com
Children Only ESL-EFL games, clip art flash cards, stories, songs for download
http://www.childrenonlyesl-efl.com/
Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
Games for learning and teaching English. ELT, ESLTeaching writing in English for ELT-ESL
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Games/Index.htm
Free Coloring Pages http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
ESL go link to sites for English as a Second Language + EFL teachers
http://www.eslgo.com/tlinks.html
englishbanana.com - 400+ Free Printable Worksheets - www.englishbanana.com
Resources http://perso.wanadoo.es/tobyrob/
www.englishteacherx.com
www.efl4u.com - EFL _ ESL FUN English Teaching Lesson Worksheets
Handouts Online_ Supplementary English Resources and Materials for EFL _ ESL _ TEFL
Teachers http://www.handoutsonline.com/
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles--November - December 2004
http://www.kidcrosswords.com/
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Contents.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learni...-resources.htm
http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx
http://www.edhelper.com ( mostly American oriented )

Current Events
http://readbangkokpost.com/ Good for topical information on the day’s events for students
in Thailand. Site is being built, but useable now. They also have a weekly section for teen
learners http://www.student-weekly.com/thisweek/index.html
www.breakingnewsenglish.com Good for adults and advanced students. Fairly well laid out
lessons, but not good for lower levels.

Background Reading
Humanising Language Teaching http://www.hltmag.co.uk is a monthly magazine sent free
from Pilgrim’s School in Canterbury. Mario Rinvolucri is the editor. He takes contributions
 Internet Sites for English Teachers and about English

from experienced teachers from all over the world.

Newsletters
Some of the sites that send out free teaching ideas and tips which you can subscribe to:
http://towerofenglish.com
http://www.developingteachers.com
http://www.englishclub.com/teach-english.htm

Holiday Resource Sites

www.scary.com, http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/holidays/halloween
http://www.animatedhalloween.com
http://www.hersheys.com/trickortreats/games

Phonetics
http://www.esl-lounge.com/pronunciationindex.shtml
Scriptwiter http://phonmap.com

General
Aardvark's EFL Resources www.ilcgroup.com/aardvark/
Commercially available TESL material www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Links/Commercial.html
Digital Education Network Home Page www.go-ed.com/
EFL: An Independent Site www.globalnet.co.uk/~efl/
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching & Education www.ericsp.org/index.html
www.eslgold.com
ESL Home Page: University of Illinois UC www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li/esl/
ESL Loop www.webring.org/cgibin/webring?index&ring=esloop
ESL Virtual Catalog www.pvp.com/esl.htm
Pilgrims Online www.pilgrims.co.uk/
Resources for teachers of EST www.cibnor.conacyt.mx/est/est.html
TEFL Links www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/ESL.html
Volterre- Fr www.wfi.fr/volterre/
Yahoo! - Education:Languages:ESL www.yahoo.com/Education/Languages/
Work Abroad ESL http://www.workabroadesl.com/site/default.asp
EducationGuardian.co.uk TEFL http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl...480994,00.html
http://www.edhelper.com/ This one is a mix of paid content and free stuff.

Flashcards

http://bogglesworld.com/cards.htm
http://www.1-language.com/eslflashcards/
http://www.thefrankes.com/esl/eslflashcards.htm
Clothing: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/...clothing?cc=th
Food: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/articles/food?cc=th
http://www.moec.gov.jm/resources/earlychildhood/
 Internet Sites for English Teachers and about English

Computers
http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/computer/lesson.html
http://www.talesetc.com/shortstoryindex01.htm
http://www.gutenberg.net/

Telling Time
http://sln.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html

Geography
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/

for adults
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

Report Card Writing

www.rayslearning.com/report.htm free
www.gradekeeper.com Not free but click 'pay later' each time and it is

Wordsearch Generators
http://www.schoolhousetech.com

Testing and Examinations

Bibliography for Language Testing (Kitao)
ilc.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/biblio/testbib.html
CILTS www.edunet.com/ciltsrsa/
College of Preceptors www.preceptors.ac.uk/preceptors
Analytical Writing (high level) http://www.ucop.edu/sas/awpe/sample.html
ESL Placement Test http://www.testingoffice.uci.edu/AE.html
Language Testing Articles Database www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/langtest/ltfind.html
Language Testing Research Group (Lancaster) www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/groups/ltrg/index.htm
Resources in Language Testing Page www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ltr.html
Test Suites for Natural Language Processing (Essex)
www.essex.ac.uk/group/projects/tsnlp/
The British Council: English Language Tests www.britcoun.org/english/insengte.htm
TOEFL OnLine www.toefl.org
Cambridge FCE Practice Tests http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/tsindex.htm
Cambridge CAE Practice Tests
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/student...s/pt1index.htm
Cambridge CPE Practice Tests
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/tests/index.htm
University Of Cambridge ESOL Exams http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/index.htm

Grammar & Quizzes

Elementary Grammar www.hiway.co.uk/~ei/intro.html
ESL Quiz Center (ESLCafe) www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/#grammar
Grammar and Style Notes www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html
 Internet Sites for English Teachers and about English

Grammar Help www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/LangHelp/Grammar/

Grammar Links www.gl.umbc.edu/~kpokoy/grammar.htm
INTALL (Internet Aided Language Learning) www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum//test.html
Language Net www.point.co.uk/lnet/
On-Line English Grammar (Edunet) www.edunet.com/english/grammar/toc.html
Self-Study Quizzes www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/

Introduction to Composition: http://bol1800-01.k12.fsu.edu/compositionpage.html

Guide to English Grammar: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm
Guide to Grammar and Writing (quick links):
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
PowerPoint Resources: http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/a...resources.html
More PowerPoint Resources: http://jc-schools.net/write/ppt.html

Stories for learners of all ages: http://www.talesetc.com/index.html

Literature activities and lesson plans ( intermediate and advanced learners):
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readam...activities.htm

www.TotalESL.com
To help ESL/EFL teachers and schools (international, private, government and institute)
communicate and find each other. Dedicated to all of Asia (including the Middle East), as
well as Australia and New Zealand. The whole site is free and you can upload, post and
search every country in Asia for schools, jobs, resumes, yellow pages (English friendly
businesses), general information topics, classifieds and lesson plans.

Interesting activities for EFL students: http://www.manythings.org/

Concise guide to English grammar: http://englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm
English curriculum for young learners http://www.genkienglish.net/curriculum.htm

Organizations
AAIEP www.outfitters.com/com/aaiep/ The American Association of Intensive English
Programs
ARELS www.edunet.com/arels/ Association of Recognized English Language Schools
BAAL www.swan.ac.uk/cals/baal.htm British Association of Applied Linguistics
BASELT www.wwt.co.uk/baselt/listbs.html The British Association of State English Language
Teaching
BATQI www.u-net.com/eflweb/batqi.html British Association of Teacher Qualifying
Institutions
British Council www.britcoun.org
CALICO www.calico.org/ US Consortium for CALL
CILT www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/CILT/
Centre for Information on Language Teaching (UK)
ELICOS www.elicos.qut.edu.au/association Australia
IALL www.eleazar.dartmouth.edu/IALL/ International Association for Language Learning
Technology
(US)
 Internet Sites for English Teachers and about English

IATEFL www.man.ac.uk/IATEFL/ International Association of Teachers of English as a

Foreign
Language
JALT Japan Association of Language Teachers http://www.jalt.org
Materials Developers Association http://www.matsda.org.uk/index.html
NATE www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/Nate/index.html
National Association of Language Teachers (UK)
NCELTR www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/home.html National Council for English Language Teaching
(Australia)
NCTE www.ncte.org/ National Council of Teachers of English (US)
TESOL www.tesol.com/ Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TOEFL web.toefl.org/ Test of English as a Foreign Language
TOEIC www.toeic-usa.com/ Test of English for International Communication
UCLES www.edunet.com//ucles/index.html University of Cambridge Local Examinations
Syndicate
University Of Cambridge ESOL http://www.cambridgeesol.org/index.htm
USIA www.usia.gov/ US Information Agency
World of Language www.worldoflanguage.com/

Non-ESL related but useful grammar sites

(common errors in English) http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
(idioms) http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/
(more idioms) http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html
(anagrams) http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
(conversation questions, PDF format) http://iteslj.org/questions/
(language puzzle generators) http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
(complete guide to the phonetic alphabet for English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...et_for_English

Forums
English Language Teaching Web Discussion Forums
www.eltweb.com/laison/discussion_forums
ESL Cafe Job Discussion Forums http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/
ESL Cafe - Forums http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/
ESLEFLjobs.com Forum http://eslefljobs.com/forum/index.php