Resources for Teacher and Students
A wonderful collection of ESL resources to help teachers and studentsWhile studying for my TEFL certification, I spent many hours searching for sites that featured good information for both teachers and students. I compiled this list of resources for ESL teachers and ESL students. I hope that they help you as much as they have helped me.
Teacher Resources
Busy Teacher
Free printable worksheets and lesson plans. This site also features helpful articles and teaching tips.
Lesson Plans and Worksheets for Teachers
Free lesson plans and ideas for teachers.
ESL Resources for Teachers Guide
A wonderful guide published by Maryville University for teachers planning on teaching English as a Second Language. It also includes a large collection of helpful resources teachers can use in the classroom.
Off2Class ESL Placement Test
Off2Class features a free ESL Placement Test that assesses a student’s understanding of English grammar. The results include ESL Proficiency Level, Gap Analysis, and recommended lessons.
English Club
ESL worksheets, handouts, lesson plans, and ideas.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
This site features lots of helpful resources and links for ELL, ESL, and EFL teachers.
ESL Games and Activities
Fun collection of games and activities that teachers can use in the classroom.
Lanternfish
An excellent site containing lots of ESL lesson plans and worksheets for teachers.
Oxford Seminars ESL Teaching Resources
This site features lesson activities, lesson plans, classroom resources, and research articles. It also includes a section on ESL job postings and travel sites.
Heads Up English
Complete ESL lesson plans, ESL materials, and most everything you need for beginners, lower intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced English students.
Teacher Planet
Lesson plans, lesson plan templates, worksheets, and rubrics for teachers.
English is a Piece of Cake
Reading, listening, grammar, business and pronunciation lessons with lesson plans. There are also resources for students.
Using English
Using English is a great resource for teachers and features free ESL handouts and quizzes, PDF lesson plans, teacher articles and a directory of teaching and reference resources.
Teacher2Teacher
Teacher2Teacher is a site where teachers can meet, share ideas and resources, and support one another.
Smart Classroom Management
Lots of helpful tips and strategies to help teachers develop effective classroom management policies.
ReadWriteThink
An excellent resource for teachers for all things related to reading and literacy. Lesson plans, interactive student tools, calendar activities, and printouts available and are grouped by grade level. There is also a new section featuring videos.
Reading Rockets
This site features extensive research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and how to improve their reading skills.
Print Discuss
A wonderful selection of discussion topics for ESL teachers. Perfect for conversation classes.
Student Resources
Intelligent
This article features great tips to help students create a helpful and individualized study plan. The site is a wonderful source of helpful articles to assist you in your educational studies.
English Grammar
This site explores the basic rules of grammar. It offers worksheets and online exercises for practice. This is a wonderful resource to help with your speaking, reading, and writing skills.
ABCya!
Lots of games for ESL learners. This is a great way to build your English skills while having fun!
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab helps students practice their listening skills with an extensive library of listening activities. These activities also build vocabulary and help in developing conversational skills.
Unite for Literacy
A terrific collection of short reading materials for young learners.
ESL Guide for Students
This ESL student guide published by Maryville University includes many online resources for students including conversation practice, language learning games, and vocabulary resources.
Many Things
This site has many different activities and lessons for students. It includes reading, listening, vocabulary, and grammar exercises. There are also online quizzes to test your knowledge.
BrainPOP ESL
A fun site for English language students featuring animated movies, quizzes, and fun games.
ESL Student Lounge
Lots of grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading skills in activities grouped by level. This site also features a section on test preparation for the CPE, IELTS and TOEFL.
TurtleDiary
TurtleDiary features educational and online games for kids.
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Purdue Online Writing Lab contains extensive grammar and writing resources for students.
ESL Kids Games
Fun and interactive games that can help learn English.
Match the Memory
Test your matching skills with these fun and interactive games.
Dave’s ESL Cafe
This page features numerous grammar lessons on sentence structure, word use, and more.
Learn That Word
Learn That Word is an excellent resource for ESL students seeking to improve vocabulary and spelling skills.
Funbrain
This site features lots of games and activities for students to improve their spelling, reading, and math skills.
TOEFL TV
YouTube channel featuring videos designed to help students prepare for the TOEFL test.
English Language Learning Podcasts– Great selection of English podcasts selected by FluentU designed to help you learn English.
English Language News (USA)- Shows include The Economist Radio, The Situation Room (CNN). World News Roundup, and Powerhouse Politics. .