East Hampton Union Free School District

ESL Resources

 

 

Professional links

 

http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp 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 New York State. Our interests include classroom practices, research, program and curriculum development, funding, and legislation

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

http://www.nysed.gov/ 

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 out the 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.

http://www.4teachers.org/

www.4teachers.org/profd/lep.shtml

 

 

English Links

 

-includes study guides, short stories, grammar, vocabulary, using newspapers

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/  PinkMonkey features over 395 booknotes/study guides/chapter summaries online

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://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://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://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

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

  

Center for Applied Linguistics-Addresses almost every facet of language learning and much more

http://www.cal.org/ 

International Reading Association

http://www.reading.org/

 

National Association of Bilingual Education

http://www.nabe.org/

 

National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education

www.cal.org/ncle

 

New York State Association for Bilingual Education

http://www.nysabe.org/

  

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 out the 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.

http://www.4teachers.org/

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.

www.mhss.org/bilingual_esl

  

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.

http://www.eslconnect.com/

 

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

www.nytimes.com/learning

 

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.

http://www.ctw.org/

www.sesameworkshop.org/passport

 

Channel Thirteen-Lesson plans and resources adaptable for ESL

www.thirteen.org/edonline

 

Picture Dictionary-Several Languages are offered

www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html

 

 

Cultural Sites

 

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

 

Social Studies

 

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/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

 

Technology

 

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.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

 

Music

http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/ ESL through Music

http://www.songs4teachers.com/ music and songs for classroom teachers

 

Math

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

Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

 

Science

 

 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

 

How stuff works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

 

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en/

 

 

Advocacy/ Language Policy

 

Center for Applied Linguistic

                                                www.cal.org

 

Center for Language Minority Education and Research 

                                                www.clmer.csulb.edu/

 

Center for Research on Education, Diversity, Excellence

                                                www.crede.ucsc.edu

 

CREDE”S Five Standards of Effective Pedagogy

                                                www.crede.ucsc.edu/standards/standards.html

 

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

                                                http://www.tesol.org/index.html

 

 

Spanish/ Multicultural/ Multilingual Search Engines.

All sites are like google or yahoo etc in various languages.

 

Algunos Lugares en Español     www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/Algunos/

 

CNN en Español                      http://cnnenespanol.com

 

EspanOle! Pagina Principal       www.espanole.org/

 

Juegos y Canciones Para los Niños       www.hevanet.com/dshivers/juegos

 

K-3 Resources for Bilingual Educators  www.estrellita.com/k3.bil.res.html

 

Learn Spanish                           www.studyspanish.com/

 

Trabalenguas (Spanish Tongue Twisters)           www.uebersetzung.at/twister/es.html

 

Web Spanish Lessons               www.june29.com/Spanish/

 

Alta Vista Spain                        www.altavista.com

 

Auyantepui (Venezuela)            www.auyantepui.com

 

EduHound Español                   www.eduhound.com/espanol

Good for NLA/ Spanish classes- All level

 

Euroseek (European)                www.euroseek.com

 

Galeon                                     www.galeon.com/aprenderaaprender/general/indice

 

Google                                     www.google.com

 

Lycos                                       www.lycos.com

 

Mexicoweb (Mexico)               www.mexicoweb.com

 

Mexmaster (Mexico)                www.mexmaster.com

 

Quepasa                                   www.quepasa.com

 

Spanish About                          www.spanish.about.com

 

Terra (Spain)                            www.terra.es/

 

Uruguay Total (Uruguay)          www.uruguaytotal.com

 

Yagua (Paraguay)                     www.yagua.com

 

Yahoo!                                     www.yahoo.com

 

Yupi (Latin American search engine)    www.yupimsn.com/

Internet in Spanish only

 

Translation Sites and Software

 

Alta vista Babel Fish Translation Service                       http://babelfish.altavista.com

(Good for middle)

 

Systran Information and Translation Technologies          www.systransoft.com

Wow Fast!

 

The Human Language Page                                           www.ilovelanguages.com

College Level

 

Your Dictionary (plus pronunciation)                                                     www.yourdictionary.com

 

Refugee Immigrant/ Cultures/ Demographic Information

 

Culture Grams                                                             

(Good for teachers researching student backgrounds)      www.culturegrams.com

 

The United States Nations Refugee Agency                   www.unhcr.ch

 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services        www.uscis.gov

 

U.S Department of Health and Human Services – Office Of Refugee Resettlement

www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr/

 

Visit a Refugee Camp (Curriculum on refugee issues)     www.refugeecamp.org

Teacher’s site- Reference Info

 

 

 

 

Research Sites for ESL Students

 

Content Area Instructions and Current Events   www.proteacher.com

Good for teacher

 

Questia- World’s Largest ESL Online Library   www.Questia.com

Great resource

 

 

State Subject Area Educational Standards

 

Developing Educational Standards                                http://edstandards.org/Standards.html

Teacher Studying

 

 

Differentiated Instructions

 

Teacher Vision                                     www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/

Graphic Organizers, worksheets, assessment, lesson, planning

 

 

The Annenberg CPB Math and Science Project            www.learner.org/teacherslab/

Science Projects: lights, shapes, space, seasons

 

Thirteen            http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month1/index.html

 

Education World                                              www.education-world.com

 

Edutopia Online- The George Lucas Educational Foundation    

                                                            http://glef.org/index.php

 

Global School Net                                www.gsn.org

 

Hott Linx: A link to differentiated instruction, includes definitions and models strategies, lessons, units, University of Virginia

                                                http://www.hottlinx.org

 

Kinds Online Resources (Great Math lessons)   www.kidsolr.com

 

Lear Web                                             http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/home/index.cfm

 

Kid Source                                           www.kidsource.com

 

Module Maker (higher level thinking research modules)

                                                http://questioning.org/module/module.html

 

New York Times Learning Network     www.nytimes.com/learning/

 

North Central Regional Educational Network    www.ncrel.org

 

PBS Teacher Source                                        www.pbs.org/teachersource/

 

ABC’s of the Writing Process                           www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

 

Anything Left-Handed                          www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk

 

 

 Multicultural Education

                                                                       

 

Center for World Indigenous Studies                 www.cwis.org/wwwvl/inding-vl.html

Great for student research on Indigenous people from various countries

 

 

 

Globe Gate Project for Teachers and Students of Foreign Language

                                                                        http://globegate.utm.edu/

Contains links to other websites for language learners

 

KIDLINK                                            www.kidlink.org

A place for kids to collaborate & Network with friends around the world

 

 

Latin American Resources for Primary and Secondary Education

                                                            www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/

Good for Spanish/NLA resources in Spanish from countries in Latin & South America

 

Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogue for Equity in Education

                                                            www.edchange.org/multicultural

For teachers- Links to workshops etc

 

Teaching Tolerance Organization                       www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

Information for parents and teachers (K-12) ideas for promoting tolerance focused on teens + kids.

 

The Human Languages Pages                            www.ilovelanguages.com

Translating dictionaries, online long lessons, and catalogue of 2400 links.

 

World Wise School      http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessons.html

Teacher resources, lesson plans, multimedia. Grades 3-12

 

Zhongwen.com Chinese Characters and Culture            www.zhongwen.com/m/hello.htm

Dictionary, links, reading, vocabulary, learn Chinese info on characters.

 

 

Multiple Intelligences

 

Educational Leadership: Teaching for Multiple Intelligences

                                                http: www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/199709/toc.html

Educational Leadership is a magazine directed at teachers & administrators

 

Multiple Intelligences: A Theory for Everyone   

                                                            www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr054.shtml

 

 

Multiple Intelligence: It’s not how you are. It’s how you’re smart!

                                                            www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr207.shtml

 

Multiple Intelligences for adult literacy and adult education

                                                http://literacyworks.org/mi

 

 

Online Professional Development

 

ASCD, website of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, has materials, an online course, conferences, etc.

                                                www.ascd.org

 

 

Brain-Based Education/Brain Research

 

Dr. Kathie Nunley’s Layered Curriculum           http: www.help4teachers.com/

 

 

 

Bilingual/ Multicultural/ ESL Resource Materials

 

Holiday Zone: Activities for English Language Learners

                                                                        www.theholidayzone.com

Great! Pintables, games, handouts, stories.

 

Interesting things for ESL Students                    www.manythings.org
Computer listening/speaking practice

 

Activities for ESL Students                               http://a4esl.org

 

Boggles World                                     www.bogglesworld.com

 

Dave’s ESL Café                                             www.eslcafe.com

 

English Club                                                     www.englishclub.net

 

ESL Café’s Web Guide                                    www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html

 

ESL and EFL Games, Songs. Lessons, and Resources

                                                                        http://eslgames.com

 

ESL Lessons Plans                                           www.esl-images.com

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Growth

 

***Free on-demand Web casts on how to teach ESL students in your classes***                     http://www.readingrockets.org/webcastas/ondemand

 

 

ELLs and their struggles with reading     www.NCCREST.org

 

Website for PTA information                            www.pta.org/

 

Great site to gain understanding of ELLs and the learning strategies of ELLs and the learning strategies to use

                        http://origin.eastbaymedia.com/~weta/presentations/rr-webcast-1005.htm

 

 

Teaching Resources

 

TV Archives of 70 yrs of NBC news                www.hotchalk.com/nbc.html

 

Science/Hispanic Scholarships              www.hispanichealth.org

 

 

 

Out to Hispanic Parents of English Language Learners

                                                http://www.colorincolorado.org/guides/toolkit.php

 

50,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans

                                    http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx

 

Research-based recommendations for the education of English language learners

http://www.centeroninstruction.org/resources.cfm?category=ell&grade_start+grade_n=12&subcategory=research

 

Glossary of terms relevant to the ESL profession

            http://bogglesworldesl.com/glossary.htm

 

EFL/ESL lessons that make use of the Internet

            http://iteslj.org/t/ws/

 

Jigsaw technique into your teaching repertoire to enhance ESL students’ learning experiences

                        http://jigsaw.org

 

 

Assign a buddy or a cross-grade tutor to an English language leaner

            http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/buddies.php

 

A site designed for ESL teachers who want to write evaluations, student assessments or report cards more easily

                        http://www.esltool.com/

 

Songs can be used in ESL classrooms

                        http://www.esl-lounge.com/songstop.shtml

 

Teach the alphabet to English language learners

            http://www.nps.gov/archive/cuva/kidstuff/alphabet/index.htm

 

Free interactive reading lessons: English, Chinese, Spanish, French and other languages.

            http://learntoreadfree.com/

 

Give children a head start on reading

http://www.sillybook.net/

 

Unique series of audio recording

            http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/podcasts/47162/The+SLJ+Podcast.html

 

Updating proverbs from around the world

            http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=186

 

Share the traditions, folklore, and history of Latin America through charming and fun-loving characters.

                        http://www.frijolitosinc.com

 

Complete you social studies instructions with photographs from Communities around the World database

            http://filemaker3.mcps.k12.md.us/webimages

 

Introduce English language learners to environmental issues

            http://www.missmaggie.org/

 

Check out ESL science

            http://bogglesworldesl.com/esl_science.htm

 

The Exploratorium Science Snacks: Perception, mechanics, reflection, light, math

            http://exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html#science

 

Free songs to address rhyme, alliteration and other wordplay

            http://www.songsforteaching.com/phonemicawareness.htm

 

Complement your phonics instruction

            http://www.starfall.com

 

Engaging phonics resources

            http://www.kizclub.com/consonant.htm

            http://www.kizclub.com/stories.htm

 

Develop student’s fluency through the use of poetry

            http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary and More for Students

 

Great site for learning activities

            http://a4esl.org/a/v.html

 

Academic content vocabulary for kindergarten through grade 8, essential academic content vocabulary for high school students English and Spanish

            http://www.u-46.org//roadmap/dyncat.cfm?catid=60

 

Expand children’s vocabulary repertoires by reading aloud to them.

            http://www.kinderkorner.com/readalouds.html

 

Internet Picture Dictionary

            http://www.pdictionary.com/

Convert the words on any Web page into links so students can look them up with just a click

            http://www.voycabulary.com/

 

Literature circles- free ideas to help you guide students to deeper understanding of what they read

            http://www.litcircles.org/Overview/overview.html

 

Choose the correct preposition

            http://www.free-english.com/Games.aspx

           

 Conversational language, learn American idioms, slang expressions and proverbs

            http://www.englishdaily626.com/

 

Dave’s ESL Café on the web is open 24 hours a day for ESL students and teachers from around the world.

            http://www.eslcafe.com

 

More than 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussions forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics.

            http://www.eslpartyland.com/students/inter.htm

 

Explore the past by moving a Magic Lens over old manuscripts

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/magic_lens/index.html

 

Students can watch brief videos to learn how early American tools worked.

            http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/tools/index.html

 

Celebrates democracy and every national and local election with 12 election vocabulary comic-strip stories

            http://www.vocabulary.com/election.html

 

Reconstruct John Smith voyages of exploration

            http://www.virtualjamestown.org/smith_voyages/jsmith_voyages.html

 

Patterns of Settlement Map

            http://www.virtualjamestown.org/jamestown_development/settlement_v2.html

Math

 

 

Action packed educational site for elementary and middle school students.

            http://www.mathplayground.com/

 

Cool math is an amusement park of math activities

            http://www.coolmath.com/

 

Students learn about fractions using shapes and patterns

            http://www.math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/

 

Fractions, percents, geometry, algebra and probability

            http://www.actionmath.com/