Student Links
Reading Skills for Today's Adults - This link to the Marshall Adult Education site provides two levels of stories for reading. Level 1 stories, which are divided into 9 levels ranging between level 0.7 and 4.5, are appropriate for ESOL classes. Most of the stories are on topics that help adults become better readers and more informed consumers, parents, employees, citizens and community members such as health and wellness, civics, employment, community, family, housing, school, shopping, and government. The stories are also located on the TRA student ESL link page. This teacher link also has access to printouts for each story with comprehension questions.
New ESOL Draft Frameworks (released Sept 2005) - these frameworks should be carefully studied by all TRA ESOL teachers and integrated into ESOL lesson plans.
Movie Scripts and Screenplays - this site contains scripts of many popular movies. These may be used as content for ESL reading lessons, read along with the movie to increase student's reading fluency or acted out as a listening and speaking lesson.
Dave's ESL Cafe- popular ESL website created by Dave Spirling which includes a wide variety of features for students and teachers alike including news, discussion pages, chats, quizzes, e-mail and job postings. Also included are a wide variety of lesson materials on idioms, slang, verbs and quizzes.
ESL
Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers - A huge
listing of ESL references for teachers including many ideas for lesson
plans, classroom activities, prompts for conversation and writing assignments,
exercises, quizzes, games, grammar and vocabulary, clipart, and classroom
materials.
One Stop English - large site for ESL teachers
Internet
TESOL Journal - monthly web journal from Teachers of
English as a Second Language (TESOL) which includes articles, research
papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching techniques, classroom
games and jokes, and previous issues.
About
the Human Internet: English as 2nd Language - ESL section
of a major internet site devoted to providing information on a number
of topics on the internet. Claims to include over 700 ESL links.
Also provides its own features and a catalogue for finding ESL
information.
Cookbook of Ideas for the ESL Classroom - a feature of Dave's ESL Cafe which includes a large collection of of more than 500 ideas and tips for teachers of ESL arranged into more than 20 categories including reading, grammar, pronunciation, writing, vocabulary, discipline, books, software and games.
Adult Education ESL Teacher's Guide - the lessons and activities provided at this site are designed for adult learners. Features include: Beginning ESL Lessons and Accompanying Teacher Training Modules; Intermediate ESL Lessons and Accompanying Teacher Training Modules; and Teaching Non-Literate Adults. All materials and worksheets are provided.
Guide to Grammar and Writing - provides an excellent and comprehensive guide to English grammar, sentence construction, spelling and composition. Also find categories for Forms of Communication Ask Grammar and Online Interactive Quizzes.
Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom - a wide range of topics, each with a set of questions, that teachers will find useful as springboards for oral production practice or as prompts for journal writing assignments. Opportunity is also provided for teachers to add topics and questions.
Online Crossword Puzzle Maker - easy program for teachers to make online crossword puzzles for your students on any subject just by making a list with the words and their clues.
EFL/ESL
Class Handouts - several of these handouts could
be used as home practice
for your students.
ESL Partyland for Teachers - lots of resources for ESL teachers, including lesson plans, activities, and reproducibles.
Beginning ESL Lessons many of these lessons can be printed out for homework. They cover dialogue practice, drills, telling time, etc., as well as modules on how to teach: teaching pronunciation, teaching time, etc.
Intermediate
ESL Lesson same as above, for more advanced students.
Topics cover asking directions, shopping for groceries, dictation exercises,
and more. They are written for adult ESL
learners, but can also be used for high school students.
English to Go Lesson Plans - offers a free weekly lesson in some facet of the English language, called a Weekly Warmer, for all levels. While the weekly warmer is free however, be warned that using the archives of past lesson warmers requires a paid subscription.
Activities
for ESL Students - large collection of quizzes and crossword
puzzles for all levels of ESL students on vocabulary, grammar, and content
areas. Allows teachers to create their own drills and puzzles
to add to the collection.