The links are a general collection aimed at ESL/EFL teachers. They include lesson plans, ideas, articles and resources primarily for ESL/EFL. I have also included a few self-study sites to present in my class. Some of these links are repeated within the links on the Resources page with downloads and printables. Be sure to search the main Link Library too, there will be more there.
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Teach
- 31 FREE Tongue Twisters Worksheets
- 365 Free ESL short stories – Intermediate Intermediate Stories + Audio + 3 Exercises: Cloze, Crossword, Dictation
- 5 Minute English – ESL Lessons – Helping you learn English
- Advanced. Free Printable ESL materials. | ESL Lounge
- All Curricula and Guides (Education at the Getty)
- AzarGrammar.com » Classroom Materials Collection of grammar downloads - info, activities and worksheets
- AzarGrammar.com » Classroom Materials » BEG Teacher-Created Worksheets
- BBC Learning English | For teachers – lesson plans Archived lesson plans and materials for BBC Words in the News
- Beginners – Flashcards and Role Cards Page | ESL Lounge
- Beginners – Worksheets Page | ESL Lounge
- Beginners. Free Printable ESL materials. | ESL Lounge
- Bingo Card Maker – ESL Activities.com
- Book creator – Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With the book creator you can create a book containing wiki pages of your choice. You can export the book in different formats (for example PDF or ODF) or order a printed copy.
- Civics Lessons and EL Civics for ESL Students Site with lessons and activities
- Class Board Games. Printable board games for Teaching English, Page One. | ESL Lounge
- Cool Sites for ESL Students�Links to practice English grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing and more! Huge collection of a wide variety of links to sites for research, study, news, literature, etc.
- Create AMAZING Double Puzzles Online in Seconds! | BusyTeacher.org
- Create AMAZING Tile Puzzles Online in Seconds! | BusyTeacher.org
- Create AMAZING Word Puzzles in Seconds – For Free! | BusyTeacher.org
- Crossword Generator – ESL Activities.com Create online and printed puzzles
- David Brett's Home Page Tools/software to create your own online puzzles, fill-ins, listening, etc
- Democracy Web | Welcome to Democracy Web Comparative studies in freedom
- EFL Magazine – The Magazine for English Language Teachers
- Elementary. Free Printable ESL materials. | ESL Lounge
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson plans Large collection. Graded lessons, exercises and actives.
- ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE RESOURCES
- English Banana.com – Make Your Own Teaching Material
- English Language (ESL) Learning Online – UsingEnglish.com
A large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.
- English Language Articles and Reports – UsingEnglish.com
- English Lessons On American Presidents – U.S. Presidents Ready-To-Print Handouts, MP3s & Online Quizzes
- EnglishGrammar.org Comprehensive English grammar
- EnglishGrammar.org – Teach
- ESL Cafe's Idea Cookbook – Grammar Unique methods to teach grammar
- ESL Civics Crossword Puzzles
- ESL Desk Comprehensive well-defined English grammar, Teaching ESL, and more
- ESL Discussions: English Conversation Questions / Debates: Speaking Lesson Activities
- ESL Discussions: English Conversation Questions / Debates: Speaking Lesson Activities
- ESL EFL Teaching Activities Worksheets Lessons Games free materials
- ESL lesson plans
- ESL Lesson Plans | TEFL.net Ideas and activities arranged by level.
- ESL Lesson Plans | TEFL.net Lessons, activities, ideas, sources
- ESL library Resource site for English teachers
- ESL library – Flashcards Printable Flashcards
- ESL library – lesson plans and materials Large collection of lessons with printables
- ESL Lounge: Songs for English Teaching. Free song lyrics. | ESL Lounge
- ESL Printable Board Games, Card Games
- ESL Reading Worksheets – Short Stories – Free Characters facing everyday problems, PDF, T/F Q's, and writing prompts.
- ESL Teacher Handouts, Grammar Worksheets and Printables – UsingEnglish.com Graded level worksheets
- ESL Teacher Handouts, Grammar Worksheets and Printables – UsingEnglish.com Free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts, for English language and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and instructors to use in the classroom or other teaching environment.
- ESL Teacher Resources – UsingEnglish.com
- ESL Textbook Evaluation for ESL Teachers
- ESL Vocabulary Lists | ESL Lab 20 minute listening and reading exercises
- ESL Worksheets | TEFL.net Worksheet generator, skills based worksheet, topic based workshhets
- ESOL Courses – Free English Lessons Online Graded lessons for kids and adults, games, songs, lessons, quizzes
- For students and teachers | Oxford English Dictionary The definitive record of the English language
- Free ESL Materials.com | Sean Banville's Websites, Lesson Plans, Handouts, Worksheets Huge set of topic links and lessons on news, movies, people, business, US presidents
- Heads Up English | ESL Lessons – Frontpage Lot of lessons - with material to download, listen, speak, and media. Teach using news, there are also skills, done in levels
- History : The USA – ESL Resources Indexed by topic - variety of materials, books, articles, video, brief entries
- History / Social Studies – ELL Teacher Pros Links to sites and resources
- Home – ESL Articles | EFL Articles | TEFL Articles | TESOL articles | English Teaching Information
- Home | English-Guide.org
- Internet TESL Journal (For ESL/EFL Teachers)
- Language through Art (Beginning Level) (Education at the Getty)
- Language Through Art (Beginning) (Education at the Getty)-lesson plans
- LearnEnglish Kids | British Council |
- Lessons On Movies.com – Film English | Movie Lessons Free Handouts, MP3s & Online Quizzes on Film English
- Listen A Minute: Easier English Listening and Activities 479 Listenings, 9-Page Handouts & Online Quizzes - Listen Up
- Live and Online English Teacher Blog This blog is about my adventure into live online language teaching! The pitfalls and the triumphs, the successes and the failures...the creations and the not so creative.
- News English Lessons: Free Lesson Plans for Current Events Easier news for ESL, extensive resource for graded level materials and plans based on news stories.
- Onestopenglish: Number one for English language teachers
- Parts of speech in English for ESL teachers: activities/ worksheets
- Pre-Intermediate. Free Printable ESL materials. | ESL Lounge
- Randall's ESL Vocabulary Quizzes Follow up to lessons, graded by level
- Reading Worksheets, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Lesson Plans –
- short stories: teaching resources The Study Rooms at East of the Web are a place where teachers can create custom word list and quiz-based games for their students.
- short stories: teaching resources material to accompany the short stories on the site
- Teach English | EnglishClub
- Teach English With This Week in History | EnglishClub.com
- Teachers | iCivics From Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner
- Teaching ESL to Adults This website is a growing resource for teachers and tutors teaching English as a Second Language to adults.
- Teaching ESL to Adults
- Teaching verbs with activities
- TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC
- TEFL Links : ESL Worksheets | TEFL.net Links to sources for worksheets
- TEFL Links | TEFL.net Huge list of lists to teaching resources.
- teflgeek | thinking about language teaching
- Teflnet TEFL pages include worksheets, articles, advice, forums, job ads and lessons.
- The Learning Network – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com Teaching and learning with the NYT
- Things for ESL/EFL Teachers (I-TESL-J)
- Total ESL | ESL Teaching Jobs Updated list of openings for ESL Teachers
- Total ESL | ESL Training Course | English Certification A lasting of places to get training to teach English
- Upper Intermediate. Free Printable ESL materials. | ESL Lounge
- Worksheet Generator | TEFL.net Make your own worksheets with Worksheet Generator
- World English – absolutely massive! Liberal arts, pen pals, reference, more…
Learn
- 5 Minute English – ESL Lessons – Helping you learn English
- BBC Learning English – Learning English
- BBC words in the news
- BBC World Service – grammar challenge Every programme is downloadable as an mp3 and features an expert commentary on that week's grammar. The website contains fun interactive quizzes, grammar tables and an area for you to practise your written English.
- Cool Sites for ESL Students�Links to practice English grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing and more! Huge collection of a wide variety of links to sites for research, study, news, literature, etc.
- Easy English ~ Lessons
- Ebaby! Celebrity Lessons
- Ebaby! Celebrity Lessons English lessons featuring celebrities
- ELC Study Zone: Level 200 — Upper Beginner Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Puzzles
- ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE RESOURCES
- English e-books | free, for learning English GRADED READERS EBOOKS – BEST CHOICE TO LEARN ENGLISH. DOWNLOAD EBOOKS FOR YOUR DEVICE FOR FREE!
- English Grammar Lessons – Learn English Grammar online Lessons followed by exercises
- English grammar lessons with exercises | Learn English Today
- English Language (ESL) Learning Online – UsingEnglish.com
A large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.
- English Language Games Online games
- English Lessons | English, baby! Free lessons
- English Prepositions List – free eBook download A list of all prepositions with examples - not definitions
- ESL Desk – for learners Huge site with info and activities. Very good site.
- ESL Fast – A huge free online English learning resource
- ESL Resource Center – parts of speech lessons and quizzes Introduction to grammar concepts through parts of speech
- ESLGold.com – ESL English as a Second Language free materials for teaching and study. The best resources to help you learn English online ESLgold.com provides thousands of free resources and information for both students and teachers. All materials are organized by skill level for quick and easy access, Just click on a link to get started.
- FluentU English Learning Blog – Learn English Online
- Free ESL Materials.com | Sean Banville's Websites, Lesson Plans, Handouts, Worksheets Huge set of topic links and lessons on news, movies, people, business, US presidents
- Learn English | e Learn English Language – Grammar
- Learn English | EnglishClub Everything for students of English, from lessons to games and chat.
- Lessons On Movies.com – Film English | Movie Lessons
- Listen A Minute: Easier English Listening and Activities 480 Listenings: 9-Page Handouts & Online Quizzes - Listen Up!
- Randall's Basic Self-Study Guide Site resources organized for self study. Topic based.
- Randall's Basic Self-Study Guide A lot of lessons - vocabulary, listening, understanding, speaking
- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab – For English as a Second Language A lot of lessons - listening to everyday conversations and quizzes
- Randall's ESL Vocabulary Quizzes Follow up to lessons, graded by level
- Readable Blog
Relax and improve your English
- Study resources for learners of English | Learn English Today Links to a large variety of sites and ESL levels
- Teach English With This Week in History | EnglishClub.com
- The Learning Network – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com Teaching and learning with the NYT
- Verbs (English Club) Definitions and quizzes
- VOA Learning English – Level Two Voice of America program with videos, exercises and more.
- Welcome to ESLgold website – Helping people speak English all over the world
- World English – absolutely massive! Liberal arts, pen pals, reference, more…
Lesson Plans
- BBC Learning English – Words in the News
- C-SPAN Classroom | Free Primary Source Materials For Social Studies Teachers
- EFL/ESL Lessons and Lesson Plans from The Internet TESL Journal
- ESL Articles ESL articles and lesson plans
- ESL Lesson Plans | TEFL.net Lessons, activities, ideas, sources
- ESL Lessons | Total ESL Teaching | Teaching English Abroad
- ESL Life Skills Lessons – Daily Living Skills
- Famous People English Lessons: Biographies and ESL Lesson Plans Reading passage with MP3. PDF and execises
- For students and teachers | Oxford English Dictionary The definitive record of the English language
- Heads Up English | ESL Lessons – Frontpage Lot of lessons - with material to download, listen, speak, and media. Teach using news, there are also skills, done in levels
- Language Through Art (Beginning) (Education at the Getty)
- Lanternfish ESL: Lesson for Adult Classes
- Lesson Plan Archive A set of lesson plans with handouts and activities
- Listen A Minute: Easier English Listening and Activities 479 Listenings, 9-Page Handouts & Online Quizzes - Listen Up
- Teachers | iCivics From Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner
- Tongue Twister Lesson Plan
- Topic-based reading lesson plans | Onestopenglish
Exercises and Quizzes
- 5 Minute English – ESL Lessons – Helping you learn English
- Activities for ESL/EFL Students Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language
- BBC World Service – grammar challenge Every programme is downloadable as an mp3 and features an expert commentary on that week's grammar. The website contains fun interactive quizzes, grammar tables and an area for you to practise your written English.
- Cities around the World: ESL practice exercises | ESL grammar/vocabulary: World Cities Grammar and vocabulary while learning about different cities around the world
- Easy English ~ free online English tests Tests with feedback and a new daily question
- Easy Things for Beginners (Interesting Things for ESL Students)
- ELC Study Zone: Level 200 — Upper Beginner Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Puzzles
- ELC Study Zone: Level 200 Grammar Topics and Exercises All levels
- EnglisgMaven | Free Online English Lessons and Exercises
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson plans Large collection. Graded lessons, exercises and actives.
- English exercises – grammar exercises – learn English online
- English Grammar Lessons – Learn English Grammar online Lessons followed by exercises
- English Grammar Quizzes – Difficult (ESL, EFL)
- English Grammar Quizzes – Easy (ESL, EFL)
- English Grammar Quizzes – Medium (ESL, EFL)
- English Grammar Tests for ESL Students – English Grammar Practice Quizzes
- English Language Centre Study Zone: Welcome! The site is designed for our adult English language learners, but all are welcome to read the lessons and use the exercises.
- English Lessons | English, baby! Free lessons
- English Vocabulary (For ESL Students)
- English Vocabulary Exercises By Topic – ESL Vocabulary Tests | Learn English vocabulary Vocabulary quizzes to help ESL students learn new English words
- English Vocabulary Quizzes – Difficult (ESL, EFL)
- English Vocabulary Quizzes – Easy (ESL, EFL)
- English Vocabulary Quizzes – Medium (ESL, EFL)
- English with Jennifer Exercises - sets for various levels
- EnglishGrammar.org Comprehensive English grammar
- EnglishGrammar.org – Teach
- ESL EFL Teaching Activities Worksheets Lessons Games free materials
- ESL READING COMPREHENSION TESTS for ESL students, English reading comprehension quizzes
- ESL Resource Center – parts of speech lessons and quizzes Introduction to grammar concepts through parts of speech
- ESL Student Quizzes and Activities
- ESL Teacher Handouts, Grammar Worksheets and Printables – UsingEnglish.com Graded level worksheets
- ESL Teacher Handouts, Grammar Worksheets and Printables – UsingEnglish.com Free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts, for English language and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and instructors to use in the classroom or other teaching environment.
- ESL Vocabulary Lists | ESL Lab 20 minute listening and reading exercises
- ESL vocabulary worksheets | English vocabulary printables | Vocabulary handouts for ESL
- ESL Worksheets | TEFL.net Worksheet generator, skills based worksheet, topic based workshhets
- ESL Worskheets Verb Tenses | English verb tenses printables | Classroom handouts
- ESLUS.com spelling practice Quizzes with sound and without
- ESLvideo.com :: Study English with fun, free ESL video quizzes. I especially like the music videos with quizzes. Love this concept.
- ESOL Courses – Free English Lessons Online Graded lessons for kids and adults, games, songs, lessons, quizzes
- Free ESL Materials.com | Sean Banville's Websites, Lesson Plans, Handouts, Worksheets Huge set of topic links and lessons on news, movies, people, business, US presidents
- Free Online Verb Tenses Lessons and Exercises
- Free Online Verb Tenses Lessons and Exercises
- LearnEnglish Kids | British Council |
- Lessons On Movies.com – Film English | Movie Lessons Free Handouts, MP3s & Online Quizzes on Film English
- Listen A Minute: Easier English Listening and Activities 480 Listenings: 9-Page Handouts & Online Quizzes - Listen Up!
- News English Lessons: Free Lesson Plans for Current Events Easier news for ESL, extensive resource for graded level materials and plans based on news stories.
- Randall's Basic Self-Study Guide Site resources organized for self study. Topic based.
- Randall's ESL Vocabulary Quizzes Follow up to lessons, graded by level
- Rudolph Academy parts of speech quizzes Quizzes and puzzles to learn te pats of speech.
- short stories: teaching resources material to accompany the short stories on the site
- Teach English With This Week in History | EnglishClub.com
- Teaching verbs with activities
- TEFL Links : ESL Worksheets | TEFL.net Links to sources for worksheets
- Tests – ESL Resources for Students Online grammar tests
- The Learning Network – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com Teaching and learning with the NYT
- This Week In History | EnglishClub
- Verbs (English Club) Definitions and quizzes
- VOA Learning English – Level Two Voice of America program with videos, exercises and more.
- Vocabulary Tests
- Vocabulary.com – Learn Words – English Dictionary Vocabulary.com combines the world's smartest dictionary with an adaptive learning game that will have you mastering new words in no time.
- Voice of America Special English Study (For ESL Students) Many activities - quiz, spell, puzzles, games, vocab, flacards
- World English – absolutely massive! Liberal arts, pen pals, reference, more…
- Writing Exercises Several exercises forming questions, scrambled sentences, clauses, active/passive voice.
Games and Puzzles
- Beginners – Flashcards and Role Cards Page | ESL Lounge
- Class Board Games. Printable board games for Teaching English, Page One. | ESL Lounge
- Create Your Own Games
- Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students – Easy (English Study Materials, ESL, EFL)
- Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students – Easy (English Study Materials, ESL, EFL)
- Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students – Not So Easy (English Study Materials, ESL, EFL)
- Crosswords for ESL
- David Brett's Home Page Tools/software to create your own online puzzles, fill-ins, listening, etc
- Easy Things for Beginners (Interesting Things for ESL Students)
- ELC Study Zone: Level 200 — Upper Beginner Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Puzzles
- EnglisgMaven | Free Online English Lessons and Exercises
- English (ESL) Games | English Worksheets, Lesson Plans, Activities, Games, Puzzles 3 Levels
- English (ESL) Puzzles | English Worksheets, Lesson Plans, Activities, Games, Puzzles 3 levels
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson plans Large collection. Graded lessons, exercises and actives.
- English Language Games Online games
- English Vocabulary (For ESL Students)
- English Vocabulary Games with Pictures (Word-to-Picture / Picture-to-Word)
- ESL Civics Crossword Puzzles
- ESL EFL Teaching Activities Worksheets Lessons Games free materials
- ESL Games | EnglishClub
- ESL Printable Board Games, Card Games
- ESOL Courses – Free English Lessons Online Graded lessons for kids and adults, games, songs, lessons, quizzes
- Free English wordgames for ESL-EFL learners of all levels – www.learn-english-today.com
- Free ESL Fun Games
- Free website for learners of English | ESL-EFL | Learn English Today
- Games | iCivics
- LearnEnglish Kids | British Council |
- News English Lessons: Free Lesson Plans for Current Events Easier news for ESL, extensive resource for graded level materials and plans based on news stories.
- short stories: teaching resources material to accompany the short stories on the site
- Vocabulary Games, English Vocabulary Word Games Vocabulary.co.il is a leading vocabulary website worldwide with the best flash online word games
- Voice of America Special English Study (For ESL Students) Many activities - quiz, spell, puzzles, games, vocab, flacards
History and Civics
- American History for Kids and Teachers Index – FREE American History Lesson Plans Extensive and complete history
- Channing's Short History of the United States
- Channing's Short History of the United States Very short, but very detailed, chapters on US History with questions
- Channing's Short History of the United States (excellent!) complete U.S. history in paragraph or two long articles
- Democracy Web | Welcome to Democracy Web Comparativ
- English Lessons On American Presidents – U.S. Presidents Ready-To-Print Handouts, MP3s & Online Quizzes
- First Nations Compact Histories
- History : The USA – ESL Resources Indexed by topic - variety of materials, books, articles, video, brief entries
- History / Social Studies – ELL Teacher Pros Links too sites and resources
- History of the United States – Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- History of the United States of America – USA Past Simple US history
- Lectures in History | American History TV
- Our Documents – explore 100 milestone documents of American history
- Reel America | American History TV Archival films by government, industry and educational institutions take you on a journey through the 20th century.
- Teach English With This Week in History | EnglishClub.com
- The American History Company's Historic Documents
- U.S. Constitution VOA From the Learning English VOA about the US Constitution
- Vocabulary Lists : Historical Documents : Vocabulary.com
Online Tools
- Bingo Card Maker – ESL Activities.com
- Book creator – Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With the book creator you can create a book containing wiki pages of your choice. You can export the book in different formats (for example PDF or ODF) or order a printed copy.
- Book creator – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With the book creator you can create a book containing wiki pages of your choice. You can export the book in different formats (for example PDF or ODF) or order a printed copy.
- Create A Graph – online tool
- Create AMAZING Double Puzzles Online in Seconds! | BusyTeacher.org
- Create AMAZING Tile Puzzles Online in Seconds! | BusyTeacher.org
- Create AMAZING Word Puzzles in Seconds – For Free! | BusyTeacher.org
- Create Your Own Games
- Crossword Generator – ESL Activities.com Create online and printed puzzles
- David Brett's Home Page Tools/software to create your own online puzzles, fill-ins, listening, etc
- English verb Conjugation: modal verbs, irregular verbs, present, future, participle | Reverso Conjugator
- ESL Printable Board Games, Card Games
- ESL Worksheets | TEFL.net Worksheet generator, skills based worksheet, topic based workshhets
- FREE Double Puzzle Maker: Make your own double puzzle now!
- FREE Double Puzzle Maker: Make your own double puzzle now!
- Free English Language Online Tools – Learn, Teach or Research English
- Free Puzzlemaker – Discovery Education
- FREE Word Scramble Maker: Make your own word scramble!
- FREE Word Scramble Maker: Make your own word scramble!
- FREE Word Search Maker: Make your own word search now!
- FREE Word Search Maker: Make your own word search now!
- Learn English Text – helps you understand arbitrary texts in English. Provides tooltips with synonyms and dictionary links for difficult words.
- Parts-of-speech.Info – POS tagging online Tag the parts of speech for text.
- Quiz Creator – Road To Grammar create online quizzes - no account required
- Reading Online with English Dictionary: look up words and idioms while reading on the Web Turns any web page into a reader with underlined vocabulary, highlighted idioms, word look-up
- Safe Mail – Protect your email address, make it an image! – Free tool to make your own email image.
- short stories: teaching resources The Study Rooms at East of the Web are a place where teachers can create custom word list and quiz-based games for their students.
- Tests Document Readability Calculates and prints various readability tests. Finds sentences which you should consider revising to improve text's readability.
- Useful online tools for teachers: eslflow webguide make puzzles, sentence scramble, lesson plan, worksheets, comics, graphs, quizzes, etc
- Verb conjugation in 100s of languages. Free on-line verb conjugator.
- Verbix — conjugate English verbs
- Vocabulary Builder Generate vocabulary lists for any English language text.
- Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds
- Worksheet Generator | TEFL.net Make your own worksheets with Worksheet Generator