Web Sites for ESL Students
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Institute in California
http://www.lingnet.org/home.htm
http://www.eviews.net/references.html
Dave's ESL cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html
ttp://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/~allenq/netgrammar/
tp://www.amalnet.k12.il/meida/english/
http://www.su.edu/esl/langlab.htm
http://www.powerup.com.au/~ozesl
http://www.aec.ukans.edu/LEO/english/english.html
a collection of web sites for ESL
http://www.angelfire.com/id/uraisalamr/
"Ruth's Help Pages" documents to help students and
researchers
http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/LangHelp/
http://www.EnglishPractice.com
http://www.EnglishSuccess.com online self study
activities, TOEFL and
TOEIC test preparation, current news, games (from
Pearson Education)
Unscramble These Proverbs
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/js/ck/wo proverbs.html
(235 fairly well known proverbs)
Do those of you without webpages have unique ways to
encourage learners
to try new sites? The Tower of English is publishing
the Tower Tipsheet
http://members.tripod.com/towerofenglish/tipsheet.htm
It's a daily email newsletter for students that
recommends new and
unique web sites. Each Tipsheet will offer advice
on how to use the
site and a possible project. It's a fun way for
students to find those
"off the beaten path" sites.
http://towerofenglish.com The complete
archive can be found at:
http://www.listbot.com/cgi bin/subscriber?Act=view_archive&list_id=to
wertipsheet
http://www.monumental.com/richardx/index1.html
The ESL Independent Study Lab over 125 links to high
quality websites,
categorized into 9 different skill areas
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html
using pop music to teach ESL
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cphillip
http://www.dictionary.com
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction4.html
hundreds of
specialized on line dictionaries listed
letter writing resources.
http://www.orca.mila.edu.pl/archived/psi0181/index.htm
INS naturalization, citizenship
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/services/natz/index.htm
Sites with short stories for intermediate and upper intermediate
learners. http://www.indolink.com/Stories/index.html
Check out Dave's
ESL Cafe Web Guide under literature:
http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Literature/ From the
wonderful CALL Lab
University of Ohio: Reading Resources for English
Language Readers
http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/OU_Language/english/reading.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/index.html
a
fun map site
http://www.npr.org for listening practice with
National Public Radio
http://www.otan.dni.us/cdlp/education/ brief news
stories with outlines
and exercises
http://www.timeforkids.com current events in easy
English
http://www.americaslibrary.gov U.S. history in easy
English, from the Library of Congress
http://www.globalstudy.com/esl
College Opportunities On Line is your direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. You can search for a college based on its location, program, or degree offerings either alone or in combination.
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool
An introduction to the internet
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/connect.html
http://www.langoo.com Free email in your native
language with no special fonts or software Hindi, Japanese, simple Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean, Telugu, Gujarati,Russian, Urdu, and English With the Clicktionary you can easily and directlytranslate any word with a single mouse click
http://www.cleverlearn.com/en/index.html
Find a job in Illinois
http://www.IllinoisSkillsMatch.com
http://www.IllinoisJobsMatch.com
Web Sites for ESL Teachers
Adult Learning Resource Center
http://www.thecenterweb.org
Illinois TESOL/BE http://www.itbe.org
TESOL http://www.tesol.org
TESOL ESP Interest Section Web Site
http://www.u aizu.ac.jp/~t orr/tesol/index.html
ICIRR: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee
Rights
http://www.icirr.org
Illinois Adult and Continuing Educators Association,
Inc.
http://www.cait.org/iacea
National Center for ESL Literacy Education
http://www.cal.org/ncle/
Adult Education ESL Teachers Guide
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/Teacher/TeacherGuideMain
Here's an interesting article about ESL booming at
community colleges:
http://www.ccweek.com/currentasp/talking.asp
instantly create puzzles and games for class!
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
http://www.handsonenglish.com
The English Teacher's Assistant
http://www.etanewsletter.com/
http://www.esllessons.com
The Internet TESL Journal
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/
http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/
On Line Resources and
Journals: ELT, Linguistics, and Communication
http://litlink5.pbs.org/litlearner/ PBS Adult
Learners LiteracyLink
National Institute for Literacy NIFL
http://www.nifl.gov
http://nces.ed.gov National Center for Education
Statistics
Create fun visuals charts, graphs for your
students!
http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/index.asp
http://www.edu cyberpg.com/ using the internet to
aid teaching
United States Information Agency/The English
Language Programs Division
http://e.usia.gov/education/engteaching/intl/ieal ndx.htm
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC
http://www.cal.org
ERIC Digests (Research)
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/
http://www.everythingESL.net
Exchange ESL lesson plans
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/recipes for tesol
APA Writing Style Guide by William Borst
http://www.ldl.net/~bill/apatwo.htm
http://www.secondshotreading.org
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
The "writer's workshop" is a good source
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/techniquesmenu.html
International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org
NCAL National Center on Adult Literacy
http://www.literacyonline.org
http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.html
links to
international web sites!
Volterre Fr English & French language resources
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre
Articles by Stephen Krashen
http://www.languagebooks.com/education/2.0/articles/