ESL Online Resources

Queen’s Library (wonderful literacy program in NY): www.queenslibrary.org or (excellent health literacy lessons): http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=ALP_English_Health

Dave’s ESL Café (everything!): http://eslcafe.com/

Puzzlemaker (make your own word searches, crosswords and more!): http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=12876080&CFTOKEN=28304945 or

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/

Lanternfish (worksheets and flashcards for ESL): http://bogglesworldesl.com/

Owl at Purdue (great grammar explanations): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/

Verizon’s Thinkfinity Community: http://community.thinkfinity.org

Pronunciation Lessons (including those crazy “–ed” endings!): http://www.eslflow.com/pronunciationlessonplans.html

California Distance Learning Project: http://www.cdlponline.org/

Developing Teachers Newsletter (chatting with other tutors/teachers): http://www.developingteachers.com/

USA Learns: www.usalearns.org

TEFL Games: http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.html

English Interactive: http://englishinteractive.net/

PBS Kids:  www.pbskids.org/lions/games  (Between the Lions Educators section/ Printable Activities)

Activities 4 ESL Students: http://a4esl.org/

English Zone: http://english-zone.com/index.php

Dave’s ESL Café for Students: http://www.eslcafe.com/students/

Wellington County Learning Center, Canada: http://www.thewclc.ca/edge/

Goodwill Community Foundation Learn Free: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/

BBC Skillswise: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise

Simple English Wikipedia: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

New York Times Learning Network: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

Tales of Mere Existence (repetitive language; humorous, illustrated tales of daily life): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYEkZL9KPM&feature=PlayList&p=93B5AB4DBF9F3DED&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=12

Khan Academy (advanced lectures with visual tutorials): http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse

We Are New York (immigrant stories in a TV learning show in NYC): http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/home/home.shtml

American Immigration Lawyers Association: http://aila.org/

Catholic Charities of Santa Fe (Center for Immigration and Citizenship Legal Assistance): http://www.ccasfnm.org/centers/immigration/

Somos Un Pueblo Unido (immigrant/worker rights—bilingual website): http://www.somosunpueblounido.org/mainpage.php

Cengage English Learner Materials (Heinle Picture Dictionary Publisher): http://elt.heinle.com/cgi-telt/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M80&discipline_number=301&subject_code=AYA01

Cambridge University Press: http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/?site_locale=en_US

Resources for Reading (lots of interactive teaching materials): www.abcstuff.com

New Reader’s Press: http://www.newreaderspress.com/

ALTA ESL: http://www.altaesl.com/index.cfm

ProLiteracy: http://www.proliteracy.org/

New Mexico Coalition for Literacy: http://www.nmcl.org/

National Center for Adult Literacy: http://literacy.org/

American Association for Adult and Continuing Education:www.aaace.org

The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL): http://www.caalusa.org/

Literacy Information and Communication Systems: http://lincs.ed.gov/

Center for Applied Linguistics: http://www.cal.org/