ESL

ESL

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ESL PartyLand Our student pages have over 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room, and lots of great links. On the teacher side, we provide you with loads of lesson plans and reproducible materials to use in class. We also have discussion forums, ideas for communicative practice activities, a chat room, a job board, links, and more.

Dave's ESL Cafe The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab The lab is mainly designed for self-directed study, that is, you choose what topic and level you want to study and then begin. Teachers can also use it as part of their classes. You don't have to log-in, and you don't need to subscribe to use the listening lab. The listening lab is free to use online.

U.S. Holidays for ESL Students Every month of the year has something special to celebrate in the U.S. Throughout the years, the U.S. Congress has passed laws declaring special days as official observances known as federal holidays.

Activities for ESL-EFL Students There are over 1,000 quizzes, exercises and puzzles on the a4esl.org website to help you study English as a Second Language.

Learning English ESL Teaching Resources The English language is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world. In fact, it is listed as the third most commonly spoken languages, trailing Mandarin and Spanish. However, due to the complexities of the English language, it is one of the most difficult to understand, especially for people learning English as a second language. Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) is difficult for the experienced and novice language teachers. To assist teachers and students learn more about ESL, we have gathered a number of helpful resources.

EnglishClub.com for Learners EnglishClub.com is a "web club" for anyone learning or teaching English as a second or foreign language.

Conversations for ESL Students Learning Oral English Online is finally available on the Web. It is an online conversation book compiled for intermediate ESL learners who want to improve their listening and speaking skills.

CNN SF Learning Resources The Learning Resources site offers web-delivered instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories. Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story. Each module is designed for ease of use so the learner can use it independently. The instructor can also incorporate any story into class activities and lesson plans.

ESL Resources The site has links to sites that provide useful information, lessons, exercises, and games.

English Word Games Your place for many useful and unique word games for kids, esl students and adults.

Learning English Learn about the following suffixes: -ic, -ical, -ive, -ous, -ful, -able -al, -y, -ible. The site includes an interactive activity.

Translator Alligator Learn English while you have fun at this FunBrain site. Pick the language and level you wish to play and click "Show Me the Words" to begin.

Conversation Zone at English-Zone.Com Test your conversation and listening skills at the Conversation Zone. Each section has (will have) an exercise to try once you have finished reading that section.

Preposition Combinations at English-Zone.Com In this dictionary, you will find the combinations sorted into alphabetical order. Each section has (will have) an exercise to try once you have finished reading that section.

Phrasal Verbs at English-Zone.Com Phrasal Verbs are verbs with more than one word. Examples: pick up, put down, turn on, turn off. Phrasal verbs are also called "two-part verbs" and "three-part verbs."

Irregular Verbs at English-Zone.Com Find irregular verbs from a to z in chart form, including simple present tense, simple past tense, and past participle.

AltaVista Translations At this site you can translate any text from English to any other language and vice versa.

Voycabulary This site allows you to click on any word on any web page to look it up, quick and easy!

yourDictionary.com This site provides links to hundreds of on-line dictionaries in a variety of languages. In addition, it features links to thesauri (international, professional, etc), language translators, language tutorials, linguistics resources, and a variety of other sites. There is truly an amazing amount of information available here.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary To browse through the dictionary, click on a letter in the alphabet at the top of the window and you'll see a page of words that start with that letter. Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a great web site related to it. You can choose to convert the site into different languages.