Web sites used in the ESOL program

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(These sites were active as of November, 2008. Please report any links that are not working.)

The Best Websites from Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.larryferlazzo.com/Thebestwebsites.html

This page lists direct links to sites that Larry Ferlazzo, an award winning instructor, believes are the best on the Web for learning and teaching.  He has omitted sites and lists that are specifically for teachers.  This page is designed for student self-access.  Almost any topic or subject area is included in this list.  You can find more thorough reviews of all of these sites on his blog at Websites of the Year.  The title of each list is also a link that will take you to a complete review of all the sites on the list.
 
 

Activities for ESL-EFL Students (English Study Materials)

http://a4esl.org/

This site contains interactive grammar and vocabulary quizzes categorized by levels (1&2, 3&4 and 5&6). It also contains quizzes in a bilingual format.

Bill's Games

http://www.billsgames.com/

This is a collection of word games that can be used to enhance word recognition.

Class Board Games for Teachers

http://esl-lounge.com/

A complete reference site for ESL teachers including forums and classroom activities.

http://esl-lounge.com/quizzes.shtml

This is a page in the site containing quizzes for the advanced ESL student.

Cuyahoga County Public Library Homepage

http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/

Use your library card to explore the large number of interesting pages available.

DiscoverySchool Puzzle Maker

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

This is a site which will assist in making puzzles that can be used in the classroom

English Language Centre Study Zone

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone

This is a site which includes study guides and exercises categorized by level numbers.  It is very interactive and well produced.

ESL Gold

http://www.eslgold.com

This site provides hundreds of pages of free English teaching and learning materials for both students and teachers. All resources are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access.

ESL PartyLand

http://eslpartyland.com/

This is a site for both teachers and students.

The teacher side contains lesson plans, reproducible materials and discussion groups.

The student side contains interactive quizzes and activities--click on the QUIZ CENTER link.

ESL STUDY HALL

http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/eslstudyhall

Contained in this site are resources for teacher and quizzes for students in many areas including writing, reading, grammar and listening.

Grammar Gorillas

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

This site uses interactive activities to help with identifying the parts of speech.

Games for learning and teaching English, ELT and ESL

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?sectionType=listsummary&catid=59788

A series of interactive activities involving grammar and vocabulary are presented at this page.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.asp?catid=59495

A site loaded with reference materials and idea for ESL teachers.

Interesting Things for ESL Students

http://www.manythings.org/

This site contains word games, word puzzles and quizzes covering a wide range of grammar topics.

Internet Picture Dictionary

http://pdictionary.com/
This site contains activities that center on word recognition. Activities are available for many levels.

The English Club

http://www.englishclub.com/

This is an excellent resource site for teachers and includes excellent interactive quizzes and exercise for students.

Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics

http://www.starfall.com/

An outstanding collection of audio activities designed to help the beginning reader with word recognition and phonics. This site requires speakers.

Learning Edge Newspaper
Northern Edge Newspaper

http://thewclc.ca/edge/  (Learning Edge)

http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/northernedge/NorthernEdgeThumbnail.html  (Northern Edge)

These are a series of audio newspapers that highlight the text as it is spoken. A series of exercises and quizzes follow each article to test reading comprehension. The different editions cover many topics used in ESL classrooms. These sites requires speakers.

Learning Objects

http://www.wisc-online.com/

This is an outstanding site containing a series of power point presentations (lessons) for a wide variety of specialized topics in all fields. An excellent site for GED students or upper level ESL students. You can log in using the parmaable@yahoo.com email address and the password parma. In the upper right hand corner choose either ABE/ESL or General Education to view appropriate lessons.

Citizenship Activities

http://member.tripod.com/%7Etutor_me/book/little.htm

This site has links to many areas that will be helpful in preparing for the Citizenship Test.

Quizzes and Activities for teaching about OHIO.

http://www.netstate.com/states/quiz/oh_quiz.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/ohio/

A series of activities involving the state of Ohio can be found on this site.

RHL School-Free Learning Resources

http://www.rhlschool.com

A site where teachers can download worksheets and other classroom aids.

Wilstar's Holiday World -- History of Holidays, Traditions, Customs, and Holiday Trivia

http://wilstar.com/holidays/

This site contains activities centered around reading comprehension and simple activities for each of the major US holidays.

President's Day New 

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/presidents.htm

This is a site devoted to President's Day and the past Presidents of the United States. It offers interactive activities including games and quizzes.

Activities from the VA for Veteran's Day and Patriotic Holidays

http://www.va.gov/kids/k-5/cbook.asp

This site from the Veteran's Administration has activities and information about Veteran's Day and symbols of America

Dave's ESL Cafe

http://www.eslcafe.com

This comprehensive site includes numerous interactive elements for teachers and students such as discussion lists, quizzes, job information, and more.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com

This site focuses on listening skills.  It offers audio exercises at varying levels of difficulty, which are coupled with quiz-type activities.

 

USA Learns

http://www.USALearns.org

This is a learner-centered educational experience that will improve reading comprehension skills.

 

Prepositions   

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/prep.htm

Another very interactive site designed to illustrate/teach  prepositions through activities and games.

Interactive Activities for Meaningful ESOL Topics

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/voc.htm

This is the home page for an extraordinary site that contains links to interactive exercises and information for many topics that are important to ESOL students.  Scroll down the page and click on the topic (listed alphabetically) that you would like study.  A new page  will appear with a box at the top containing links to interactive exercises, lesson plans, flash cards etc.

Kizclub

http://www.kizclub.com/

This site contains links to printable materials that can be used in the classroom.  Select a topic from the left hand menu and you will be directed to a page from which you can select printable handouts (pdf) for a variety of topics.  The "Stories" link will direct you to a page of books (several different levels are available).  Click on a book and the accompanying audio will read the text as it is highlighted.

The Road to Grammar

http://www.roadtogrammar.com

This site offers multiple choice quizzes on any topic in grammar.  After the ten questions a review of the quiz is given.  Word searches for a variety of topics are also available on this site; as well as, downloads for teaches.

 

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