ESL Sites for teachers
The following list of sites are provided to assist teachers in an ESL class, whether in the United States or abroad. There are some sites with good advice for teaching English, and all aspects for learning English are covered: reading, writing, and listening. And while some sites contain interactive activities using a computer, many can be modified for use without a computer.
TEACHING
Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/
Lesson Plans, teaching techniques, games, and powerpoint presentations.
Everything ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/
A collection of lesson plans, teaching tips, and other resources.
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
http://www.cal.org/caela/
Instructional tools and program development tools along with ESL resources for adult learners. A 238-page Practitioner Toolkit can be found at http://www.cal.org/caela/tools/program_development/CombinedFilesl.pdf.
ACTIVITIES
UsingEnglish.com
http://www.usingenglish.com/
Many practical activities for ESL students at the beginner or intermediate levels: discussion forums, blogs, quizzes, word checker, audio listening and much more.
Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/
Quizzes covering many languages, plus many other games and puzzles.
Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/
Word puzzles, pages with sound, slang expressions.
Dave’s ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
Stuff for teachers, students, and everyone. Lots of ideas.
ESL – English Exercises
http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/contents.htm
Different levels of online quizzes.
TRANSLATION
Babel Fish Translation
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Will translate single words or paragraphs up to 150 words from and to the most popular languages. Be careful though – this is computer-generated and mistakes in grammar are common.
Promt Online
http://translation2.paralink.com/
Translator service for major languages. This is a pretty good one.