Englishclub.com http://www.englishclub.com
Catering to a worldwide ESL community, the site is user-friendly and
filled with comprehensive and tangible resources for students and teachers
alike. Students will find clear
information on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and the four
basic skills. Teachers will
find a treasure load of classroom activities, lesson plans, and handouts.
English @ home
http://www.english-at-home.com/
This site is helpful for those who want to teach themselves English.
It contains grammar, tense and verbs, pronunciation, vocabulary,
idioms, and tests. It also has special activities and strategies for learning English,
such as games and listening to live English radio stations.
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation http://www.grammarbook.com/
This site is a good reference site for English grammar and mechanics.
Besides clear explanations, there are sections for users to practice
and test their usage.
Dave's ESL Café
http://www.eslcafe.com/index.html
No list of ESL sites would be complete without this one known the
world over. It features vocabulary
lists, quizzes, chat rooms, and more for both teacher and student.
Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
Student-oriented, this site is part of BBC World Service, and uses radio,
magazines, and cassettes to teach English. It also offers multilingual services so that
Chinese learners can log on to BBC Chinese.Com and enter Learning English
to get materials especially tailored to Chinese speakers. It is also a good resource for teachers.
Iteslj.org
http://iteslj.org/links/
Maintained by the Internet TESL Journal, this site is a giant database
divided into two categories: one for students and the other for teachers.
Within each category, there is a list of subdivisions that cover
almost anything one wants to know. A search engine is attached so that users can
do an all-word or keyword search.
The Educator's Reference Desk http:www.eduref.org/
A Web-based service founded by the U.S. Department of Education, this
site provides information on various subjects. The component AskERIC Lesson Plans Collection
contains over 200 lesson plans.
The LinguaCenter Grammar Safari http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html
This site directs the user to look for real-world examples
of grammar on the Web and encourages them to compare the informal English
they find to the formal English and grammar they learn in the classroom.
Virtual Language Center
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
This is a resource-rich learning site integrating multimedia and
an online dictionary for students and teachers. It includes activities in such areas as grammar, reading, idiom,
and listening, each of which is linked to the VLC dictionary.
Adult Education ESL Teacher's
Guide
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/teacherguidemain
This site is designed for adult students but can be adapted for secondary
school students. Materials and
worksheets are provided with lessons for beginning, intermediate, and
non-literate students. Each
lesson is accompanied by teacher training modules.
Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL
Classroom http://iteslj.org/questions/
Good for teachers and those working with ESL students, this site is
a project of the Internet TESL Journal and covers a wide range
of topics with questions that can be used in conversation groups or
as journal assignments.
Karin's ESL Party Land
http://www.eslpartyland.com
This site provides teachers with lessons and materials to use in class. It has over 50 interactive quizzes for students, 15 discussion forums,
and additional links.
ESLgold.com
http://www.eslgold.com
This site contains resources and materials for both teachers and students.
This site is for both teachers and students. It has advertisements on it, but it has good
links to other sites of interest, good materials for self-instruction,
and material for downloading.
Purdue University's Online Writing
Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
This is an excellent site for students and teachers alike.
English Second Language Resources http://www.rong-chang.com/
This site is for teachers and students alike. It is regularly updated and its own good material
plus links to other good ESL sites offering free material.
TOEFL OnLine
http://www.gettoefl.com/
Although this site requires fees for some of its courses, other materials
and information are free on the site and it answers virtually every
question you can think of pertaining to TOEFL.
Sussex University's Virtual CALL Library http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-6.html
Good for students and teachers,
this site is point of access to the diverse collection of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) software available on the Internet for
downloading.
Grammar Bytes
http://www.chompchomp.com/
This is an interactive site for both students and teachers alike.
About Grammar
http://esl.about.com/blgrammar.htm
Although this site has annoying advertisements and certain materials
require fees, it is still good for its resources and list of topics.
|
|
| Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville |
