ESL Resources for the busy teacher
Title | Description | Category | Visit |
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| 1062 Vocabulary Words | Here word lovers discover a 1062-word vocabulary that is practical for everyday usage. The list emphasizes words that are needed to build a functional foundation for a comprehensive vocabulary. 1062 words you probably don't think about on a regular basis but have to know to fully appreciate literature. | General use | Link |
| Audio Books for Free | Free to download audio books. A lot more interesting to listen to than the standard TOEIC and TOEFL audio tapes. | Stories | Link |
| Childrens short stories for printing | A great selection of short stories for children. Ready to be printed out for the classroom. | Stories | Link |
| Create your own ESL textbook template | Textbook Template give straight forward instructions on planning and organizing your own ESL workbook. As well it includes templates for the building of your textbook. | Books | Link |
| Crossword Puzzlemaker - online creater | Create A Crossword Puzzle Enter up to 20 words and hints (clues) below to create your own puzzles. There's no need to use all 20 words, you could use as little as two. Hints can be left blank. This free online crossword creator software can be a great tool for educators. Add puzzles to web sites for fun. Create crosswords for family or company newsletters and more... | Games | Link |
| Discovery School | DiscoverySchool offers clipart, free teaching resources and personalized classroom materials at DiscoverySchool.com. It's a great all purpose website for ESL teachers. | General use | Link |
| Discovery School's Puzzle Maker | Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. | Games | Link |
| Gutenberg Free EBooks | Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. This collection was produced by hundreds of volunteers. | Books | Link |
| Idioms and their meanings | One great page of English language idioms and their meanings. | General use | Link |
| KidsDomain | Tons of activities, clip art, crafts, suggestions to keep any child entertained. Very well done website. | Games | Link |
| Language is a virus | A huge resource of toys to help with writers block. It's filled with online toys like magnetic poetry, forums, articles, that can aid in teaching english. | Games | Link |
| Movie Scripts for reading purposes | It's a great option to have a class read through a modern movie script that you can tie in with a screening of the movie itself. Which will be a lot more interesting than having to read through Daddy Long Legs which has absolutely no reference to their lives. | Stories | Link |
| Ogden's basic english, the most powerful 850 words in the English language | Charles K. Ogden put together a list of the most powerful words in the English language, stripping away a lot of the words until he came up with a list of 850 words that can cover 90% of standard English concepts. | General use | Link |
| Proofreading symbols | Believe it or not there really is official proofreading symbols. Impress your students with your proofreading awesomeness. | General use | Link |
| Schoolhouse Rock | Loaded down with all those great songs including my favorite: Conjunction Function. | General use | Link |
| Speed reading test engin | Submit any text you want and it places it into a speed reading test engine that rapidly speeds the individual words along. The speed of playback can be varied as slow or as fast as you want. Great for seeing how fast a reader you are or for increasing your reading speed. | General use | Link |
| StorySquared | Website description: "Want to be creative but don't have the time? Start a story on StorySquared and see where it goes. Friends and family contribute to a story thread that you create. The results can be funny, imaginative, or just plain strange. Try it out now and see!" | Stories | Link |
| Teaching using the Socratic Method | It's a description of how to teach basic to advanced concepts using only questions rather than statements. | General use | Link |
| TESOL - the offical site | Teachers of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) refers to the field itself as well as the professional association. Founded in 1966, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), has approximately 13,000 members in over 120 countries, and is recognized as a nongovernmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations Department of Public Information. | TESOL | Link |
| Topics for discussion and conversation | Conversation questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom to get the discussions going. | TESOL | Link |
| Variety Games Online Crossword Puzzle Maker | A fast simple to use crossword puzzle generator. Creates puzzles in a number of formats for easy printing. | Games | Link |
| WorldChamp - vocabulary lists - with audio | Great for creating huge lists of Nouns, Verbs, etc. Also give you and audio playback of each word. Includes flashcards for the kids. | General use | Link |
| Zoho Show | Online Power Point style website. It's ideal for creating presentations without having to use Power Point. Also allows the presentation to be viewed anywhere through the web. | General use | Link |