Bangkok Post Learning Post This site uses newspapers as a tool with EFL and ESL learners. Check out the Instant Lesson Archives.

Banned and Challenged Books  Lists the 100 most challenged books and authors in the U.S. and gives background information on reasons why a book might become challenged. NEW!

BBC World Service - Learning English A series of online courses which teach the language associated with a particular topic or skill (e.g., environment, computers, science, advocacy skills, telephone skills). Students read and listen to experts in the field as part of the course. There are also links back to the main BBC site for RealAudio files.

Core Knowledge Lesson Plans  Free lesson plans submitted by teachers for levels K – 8^th grade.

Discovery Channel School   Excellent source for lesson plans – organized by grade and subject - and other teaching resources.

Educator's Reference Desk  This site offers lesson plans across the curriculum.

English as a Second Language Created by Rong-Chang Li, this is a good starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English through the Web. Lots of web links can be found here.

English Exercises Online Assessments, lessons, resources, handouts and more for ESL teachers and students.

ELT Web The English Language Teaching Web has lots of links for the English language teacher.

English-Zone.Com This is a useful site for teachers and students. English-Zone.Com has a Teacher's Zone filled with ready-to-print materials usable for ESL teaching guides, worksheets, handouts, or quizzes.

ESL Lounge The ESL-Lounge gives free access to hundreds of ESL lesson plans and materials that can be used for teaching English lessons in the classroom. Be sure to check out the Song Lyric link for using popular music to help teach English.

everythingESL.net ESL, bilingual and classroom teachers working with K-12 language minority students will find a wealth of information, staff in-service, content-based lesson plans, activities, recommendations on classroom materials, discussion boards and more.

Exploring English Online English language tutorial covering grammatical terms and style elements.

FreeENGLISH.com This site houses a collection of free games for ESL/EFL learners. You can use the drop down menu to read and play the games in other languages.  You must be a member to get all the material on the site. 

I Want a Pet  A WebQuest for elementary ESL students.

Karin’s ESL PartyLand ESL students and teachers can find loads to do here. There are quizzes and on-line exercises, lesson plans, e-mail exchanges, discussion forums, job center, ESL links, and more.

Learning English Online The Applied English Center at the University of Kansas provides a variety of links to language learning activities including grammar, vocabulary and idioms.

LinguaCenter Homepage Lots of links and materials for ESL from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition  This site is funded by the U.S.   
  Department of Education and is responsible for collection, analysis, and dissemination of   
  information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse 
  learners in the U.S.

Online Writing Lab (OWL) ESL Handouts Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab has free ESL handouts for students and teachers.

PeakEnglish Distance Learning ESL Take an online English course, play language games, and make friends from around the world. Free registration for teachers.

Rainforest Australia  Provides text and images on different facets of the Aussie rainforests of Northern Queensland.

Spoken American English Collection of .wav files for American English contractions and shortcuts used in daily speech.

Taiwan Teacher: Child’s Play This Web page is dedicated to EFL, ESL language teaching and learning games and activities for children.

Teaching English As a Second Language with Colors Created by a teacher in Denmark, this site will appeal to teachers of younger learners of English.

TESOL School Administrator’s Guide to the ESL Standards This .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader) assists school administrators in understanding the ESL Standards.

Tools For College Writing This site is aimed at college level students, however to help older ESL students and students with learning disabilities, this Website is voiced and features an on-screen, online dictionary.

Word Central Merriam Webster’s award winning site where children learn to play with the English language.

World Wide Words Teaching and learning English from a British perspective.

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