ESL
Resources
http://www.tesol.edu/ TESOL
connects you to a global community of professionals teaching English as a
second or other language
http://www.nystesol.org/ non-profit group of professionals concerned
with the education of English language learners at all levels of public and
private education in
http://www.reading.org/ a professional organization dedicated to
promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading
instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and
encouraging the lifetime reading habit.
http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/index.htm
A link for EVERYONE! This site explains
what MAINSTREAM teachers can do, what they need to do and how to do it.
http://iteslj.org/links/
resources for teachers working with ESL students
http://iteslj.org For Teachers of English as a Second Language
(Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching
Ideas & Links)
http://www.allkindsofminds.org/
A nonprofit Institute for the understanding of Differences in Learning
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/esl/policy/classplanning.htm For all teachers-this site answers questions
of teachers who face the challenge of meeting all students needs.
http://www.fcps.edu/dis/OESOL/dla/clides.htm
One school’s example of providing for Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Students (CLiDES)
with aHandbook
and Flowchart and corresponding narrative can help schools develop
appropriate intervention plans for at risk and struggling students.
http://www.ldrc.ca/ a
provider of online resources and professional development opportunities for
educators and parents of students with special needs
New York State Education Department Home Page
ERIC Cross-Site Indexing Search Page-Search page of all Educational Resources Information
Centers
www.search.ed.gov/csi/eric.html
University of Kansas, High Plains Regional Technology in
Education Consortium
This is the online space for teachers integrating into the
curriculum. There are many valuable resources. Check ou tthe Track-star and Rubi-star! The second link goes directly to the Cilingul Ed/ES: page. It includes links to resources
including Spanish literacy, a Spanish-English glossary of Internet and
technology terminology and much more.
www.4teachers.org/profd/lep.shtml
Great sites
for teachers to develop interactive exercises for ELL students
http://makers.cet.middlebury.edu/
http://lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/
English Links
-includes study guides, short stories, grammar, vocabulary, using newspapers
www.pinkmonkey.com PinkMonkey features
over 395 booknotes/study guides/chapter summaries
online
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Ersoz-Games.html-
why use games in an ESL classroom?
http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html-
Basic Guide to American Sign Language
http://abcteach.com/directory/fun_activities/easy_puzzles/
Great page to find puzzles to learn/reinforce vocabulary
http://www.infomotions.com/etexts/literature/english/1800-1899/carroll-alices-99.txt
Short version of Alice in Wonderland
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
Amazing website that translates of webpage into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese,
Korean, Japanese, Chinese and French.
Warning not everything translate exactly but for the most part, it does
a good job.
http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/hotpot/april.html
History of April Fools Day
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Languages/Bilingual_Education.html
many links on grammar, short stories on the web, and language learning. Also
great links for foreign language learning-French, Chinese, Russian and many
more
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Title_Search/Books_(Free)_on_the_Web/Books_(Free)_on_the_Web.html
Search for free books on the web
http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
Biographies for kids-presidents, composers, explorers, women, etc. good K-6
site
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomak2.htm
- biography builder site
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Pudwell-Similes.html
Working with Similes in and ESL classroom
http://eleaston.com/methods.html
Resources for teaching language
http://a4esl.org/
activities for ESL students. Also has
bilingual work for many languages including Greek, Polish, Finnish and many
more
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/
For the ESL classroom-many resources on Grammar, games, using the Internet,
Culture, reading, pronunciation, and using music in the classroom
http://www.rong-chang.com/
site for ESL teachers-quizzes, lesson plans, many ESL links
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
Business English-English for specific purposes
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
English grammar quizzes
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html
ESL links and lesson Plans
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
Research languages, origins and families
http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/exos.html
Reading comprehension exercises using newspapers and short stories
http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp?resource=pag_stu_grammar_expl_exa_exer&sk=FY1NBHo4tyexx5Z9
many, many examples of grammar points with audio
http://www.folkart.com/~latitude/folktale/folktale.htm
Mayan Folktales
http://conversa1.com/grammarseries.htm
Video clips of English Grammar lessons-you made want to click “play with
default player’ if you don’t want to download their player.
http://iteslj.org For Teachers of English as a Second Language
(Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching
Ideas & Links)
http://www.1-language.com/
Good site for Intermediate ESL Learning to write paragraphs, phonetics and
using a dictionary
http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/educ/LESSON.HTM
website with lesson plans across the curriculum including an ESL section
http://www.wildgear.com/stories/intro.html
short stories that teach traditional
values (kindness, friendship, sharing, humbleness, among others)
http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/index.htm
A link for EVERYONE! This site explains what
MAINSTREAM teachers can do, what they need to do and how to do it.
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/pastverb.htm
all about past tense verbs
http://bogglesworld.com/lessons/animal_parts.htm
Teach animal body parts
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html local index includes more than 20,000 English works in various formats that meet these criteria. All should be free for personal, noncommercial use
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and
Language Instruction Educational Programs-technical
assistance and a wealth of other information
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics-Digests, resource guides, parent information
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and communication-Educational materials, resources and coursework for
language arts
Center for Applied Linguistics-Addresses almost every facet of language learning and much more
International Reading Association
National Association of Bilingual Education
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education
New York State Association for Bilingual Education
Royalty Free Clip-art
Collection for Foreign and Second Language Classes-There are many cute pictures
for classroom use here. When you go to the site, it might ask you to download
Japanese language support. Just click cancel, you will be able to view
the site with no problem. The links to the pictures are at the bottom of
the page.
www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/Flclipart/
University of Kansas, High Plains Regional Technology in
Education Consortium
This is the online space for teachers integrating into the curriculum. There are many valuable resources. Check ou tthe Track-star and Rubi-star! The second link goes directly to the Cilingul Ed/ES: page. It includes links to resources including Spanish literacy, a Spanish-English glossary of Internet and technology terminology and much more.
www.4teachers.org/profd/lep.shtml
Manhattan High Schools Superintendency
Bilingual.ESL Network-Used in the BESARS training, this site addresses the ESL Regents task by
task for ESL and Bilingual students. The links on the left side include
Spanish and Chinese language arts resources as wwell
as links to bilingual glossaries for content area subjects.
Time for Kids
-The popular Time
magazine supplement for K-1, 2-3, 4-6 is available online with lesson ideas for
teachers. It is also available in Spanish for 2-3 and 4-6 ( The English
and Spanish versions are the same so they can be used side by side in the
classroom) The link below takes you to a listing of available stories and
resources in English and Spanish
www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines
Hoy
A Spanish language newspaper from Long Island covering
issues affecting 'la comunidad hispana'
ESL Connect
a website created by Marie Nuzzi,
the ESL teacher and Foreign language Department chairperson at Garden City High
School. This site includes a vast collection of links for teachers as
well as activities for classroom use.
Web English Teacher-Links to lots of websites for ESL and
Bilingual teachers
www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html
Lesson Plans and resources for ESL, Bilingual and Foreign
Language Teachers-A site maintained by Marty Levine, Professor Eneritus at California State university Northridge
www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html
Schools of California Online Resources for Education-Spanish Literature and literary resources
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/bilingual/bilingual.html
New York Times Learning Network-Lesson plans and curriculum for teachers to incorporate current events
into their classrooms. The lessons address many content areas, not just Social
Studies
Children's Television Workshop-Resources and information about the shows produced by CTW. Check out the
Passport kids link where 'kids around the world can learn about each
other." Communication in 10 different languages is possible.
www.sesameworkshop.org/passport
Channel Thirteen-Lesson
plans and resources adaptable for ESL
Picture Dictionary-Several
Languages are offered
www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html
Guide to Grammar and writing
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=378
Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit,
Lakota, & Cherokee
http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/world_helloday.php
learn how to say Hello in different languages
http://chineseculture.about.com/bl_index.htm?PM=ss13_chineseculture
learn about Chinese language and culture
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
Amazing website that translates of webpage into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese,
Korean, Japanese, Chinese and French.
Warning not everything translate exactly but for the most part, it does
a good job.
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/
For the ESL classroom-many resources on Grammar, games, using the Internet,
Culture, reading, pronunciation, and using music in the classroom
http://www.sfett.net/1_iCan/3_ican3/5_cesarchavez/cesarchavez.html
site with student made movie on Cesar Chavez.
Other good student made films on this site
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=272-
Lesson plan to discuss growing up in a different culture
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/
cultural diversity resource site
http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/index.htm
A link for EVERYONE! This site explains
what MAINSTREAM teachers can do, what they need to do and how to do it.
http://website.education.wisc.edu/rla/
great facts about the USA
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Peng-Geography.html
A write to learn site for learning English and geography
Newspapers from every state and around the world
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-6.html
The Virtual CALL Library
aims to be a central point of access to the diverse collection of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) software scattered
across the Internet and available for downloading.
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/visitors/kenji/teacher.htm site with links to Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) sites
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/internet_resources.php
teacher resources for Using the Internet for content based instruction
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/teach.html
great tips for teaching English using the Internet
http://www.1-language.com/
Lots of ESL links, listening center, and a world fact book that is easy to use
with ESL or younger students
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
Great interactive online map game to learn the countries of the Middle East
http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/
ESL through Music
http://www.songs4teachers.com/
music and songs for classroom teachers
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm
Oswego City School District Math A Regents Prep
http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/mathre/regentmatha.html
Math prep with links to Spanish, Creole, Russian, and Chinese
http://users.erols.com/toftness/BasicMath/
basic ESL math
Math Glossary
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/math/edmath/glossary.index.h
Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
http://www.geocities.com/colettejay/esl_home.htm
This page is designed to help science teachers create an environment
that is safe and conducive to learning for students who speak English as a
second language by integrating science content with language skill development.
http://bogglesworld.com/esl_science_archives.htm
Articles for ESL students on the differences and similarities
of reptiles and amphibians
http://bogglesworld.com/esl_science.htm
Learning ESL through Life Science Content
http://www.canby.com/hemphill/fyispn1.htm
this is a voluminous source of information for science teachers. A
teacher will find a huge amount of information and links on almost any topic
she or he is teaching. For teachers with Spanish-speaking ESL students in
their science classes, the web also offers resources that may make it easier
for a Spanish speaking student to access terms and subject information being
presented in class.
Science
Astronomy site of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Endangered Species/US Fish and Wildlife Service
http://endangeredfws.gov/endspp.html
How stuff works