• Writing
• Reading and Vocabulary
• Listening/Speaking
• Grammar
• Miscellaneous activity & resource pages
• Other resources
• Especially for K-12

Writing

Reading and Vocabulary

Learning Resources Website	"The Learning Resources site offers web-delivered  instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories."  Has a variety of multi-media formats and material for instructors.
Teaching EFL/ESL Students How to Read Time and Newsweek (I-TESL-J)	An article by Bermejo, J.
Thesaurus.com
Writing Den	Yes, it is a writing page, but there are many great reading resources here.  Click on "More Topics" to get a list of readings organized by topic.  Each of these has vocabulary and sentence skill support.
English On-line Reading Comprehension Project	This site provides 26 reading lessons with comprehension quizzes.
Literacy Net	An excellent online literacy site by the Western/Pacific Literacy Network and CNN.  This site is rich in resources, including audio and/or video of stories, instructor's manual(s), story outlines, and links to related resources.
Self Study Books Students Corner	Has lists of vocabulary, jokes (some rather mature in nature, so preview it before sending your students there), crosswords, etc.
Ten Best Vocabulary Learning Tips	A page maintained by Sheppard Software.  Also has links to several vocabulary-in-context sites.
Learning Vocabulary	From the National Foreign Language Resource Center - University of Hawaii at Manoa--great explanations of several vocabulary learning strategies.
WebExhibits	Well organized, well written, and very pleasing to the eye.   In addition to their own materials, this site provides links to other excellent exhibits organized by topic.  This would be good for vocabulary, reading comprehension, and WebQuests just to start.
Silver International	Silver International is a newspaper for students learning a new language that is published by ESL students in Montgomery Blair High School (in Maryland). The paper has subscribers in a number of elementary, middle, and high schools in the U.S. and in other countries as well. Students of all language ability levels can usually find interesting and relevant reading material, often things they wrote themselves that their teachers submitted for publication.  --submitted by Joe Bellino, 10/26/02

Listening, Speaking, & Pronunciation

Interactive Listening Comprehension	Activities based on authentic broadcasts.  Has exercises in prediction, comprehension checks, and provides extra help.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab	Randall's site has an ever-increasing number of scripted quizzes for all levels of students.
International Phonetic Association
University College London: Phonetics and Linguistics
The Sounds of English Pronunciation Page
International Phonetic Alphabet Project	This site, devised and created by the  people at Cal Poly, provides cross sections of the oral tract, animations of segment production, and audio examples of all of the sounds.
The ESL Wonderland	Kent Trickle's ESL Wonderland is back and now at its own domain.  If you didn't have the chance to try it out when it was at its old location, here's your chance.  Mr. Trickle has listening, reading, writing, and grammar activities based on authentic resources.

Grammar

The LinguaCenter Grammar Safari	Learn how to do WebQuests in the classroom.
The Grammar Zone at English-Zone.Com	Wonderful interactive charts, worksheets, and quizzes. This site recently changed its format went commercial.  There are still good free materials here, however.
OWL: Handouts: Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
Internet English Grammar: Table of contents
Guide to Grammar and Writing	A marvelous resource with examples and lots of exercises.
Grammar Help at About.com
CNN's Worldview & Newsroom	High-level, authentic English activities on a number of grammar points.
The Internet TESL Journal's Javascript quizzes
ESL Blue(s)	Take a diagnostic test or practice a number of grammar points.
English Language Centre Study Zone (University of Victoria): Index to Grammar Materials

Miscellaneous Fun Stuff

Study Guides and Strategies	There's a lot of material--plus,  translations are provided in several languages
English Language Centre Study Zone (University of Victoria)	The material here is organized by levels in their program, so teachers will need to look around to find what they want.  Depending on the level, exercises include grammar, reading comprehension, and vocabulary.
EnglishLearner.com	Free English lessons and tests
English-Zone.com	Not only can learners find grammar and vocabulary help, the site provides over 300 Aesop fables!  There is material suitable for most ages and levels. One caveat: The formerly free material now comes with a pricetag.
Dave's ESL Cafe	Probably the most famous ESL site on the web.
Linguistic Funland
Learning English - Homepage - BBC Worldservice	This site always seems to be changing!  At present there are quizzes, teacher resources, a question and answer forum, and more.
TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links	Links maintained by the Internet TESL Journal.
The Virtual English Language Center
TESOL	TESOL's main page.
NCELA
LinguaCenter
The Internet TESL Journal
www.esl.about.com

Other Resources
 

Center for Applied Linguistics Links

Link	Description
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)	CAL offers an K-12 ESL topic area and related publications, as well as hosting resource sites such as the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (CLL), the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE), and a Refugee Service Center.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics	ERIC/CLL provides a wide range of services and materials for language educators, most of them free of charge, and many are on ESL education.
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education	NCLE is the only national information center focusing on the language and literacy education of adults and out-of-school youth learning English. It provides information on adult ESL literacy education to teachers and tutors, program directors, researchers, and policymakers interested in the education of refugees, immigrants, and other U.S. residents whose native language is other than English.
Refugee Service Center	CAL's Refugee Service Center specializes in the development of materials that help refugee newcomers understand fundamental aspects of life in the United States. Orientation materials cover such topics as housing, community services, transportation, health, employment, and cultural adjustment in several Asian, European, African, and Middle Eastern languages. Additionally, the RSC produces monographs on the people, history, and culture of different refugee groups to help US service providers understand the new refugee populations. Other orientation materials include bilingual phrasebooks, health resources guides, and a website devoted to cultural orientation.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence (CREDE)	CREDE assists the nation's population of diverse students, including those at risk of educational failure, to achieve academic excellence. CREDE's identifies and develops effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, and publishes reports, videos, and CD-ROMs that can be of help to ESL teachers.

The above CAL links and descriptions were submitted by C. Montone on 10/4/00.

K-12

The EFL Playhouse! Resources for ESL/EFL Teachers of Young Learners
ALFY - TLC - Thematic Units
Ryan in Trouble	A cute animated story about a lion.  Created and narrated by students from Edleston Primary School in the UK.
--The above K-12 links are courtesy of Sookhee Kim
Teacher Resources	Created by Edleston Primary School
ESL for children aged 5 through 18 (About.com)	More K-12 links and tips.
The Grammar Gorillas	Win virtual bananas for correct answers to questions about parts of speech.
Mystic Places	A lovely site featuring "some of the world's most enigmatic places."