Language Learning Resources Online
| General | Listening | Glossaries |
| Grammar | Reading | Vocabulary |
| Pronunciation & Speaking | Blogs | Writing |
| Young Learners/Elementary | Fun Stuff | Reference |
| Games & Activities & Exams | Tools |
Jeff’s Faves |
Jeff’s Favorite Sites (totally subjective)
- UsingEnglish.com – reference and forums
- FreeESLMaterials.com
- RachelsEnglish.com
- EnglishCentral.com
- English Listening Lesson Library Online
- Englishpage.com
- ESLGold.com
- Lyricstraining.com
- Wordcount.org
- Free Rice
- AgendaWeb.org
- Internet TESL Journal Links
- Sounds of American English
- ISLCollective.com & Busyteacher.org (printable handouts)
General/Mixed Purposes
- Internet TESL Journal Links
- English-Zone.Com
- ToLearnEnglish.com
- Learning English with EnglishClub.com
- ESL Flow
- English Daily
- Englishforeveryone.org
- UsingEnglish.com
- English, baby – Student Community
- Activities for ESL Students
- Learning English Online
- Dave’s ESL Cafe
- ManyThings.org – Interesting Things for ESL Students
- British Council – Learn English
- Discoveryeducation.com
- Virtual Language Centre (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
- Call4all.us
- Teacher Training Videos
- TeacherTechVids.com
- CALL Glossaries
- ICT4LT Glossary
- Walt’s Internet Glossary
- Glossary of Internet Terms by Matisse Enzer
- Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon by UC Berkeley
- Computer Dictionary – Technology, Network & Internet Terms
Games & Activities
- AgendaWeb – Free English Exercises
- Englishpages.com
- FreeESLMaterials.com
- SpellingCity
- Busyteacher.org (printable handouts)
- English Language Centre Study Zone
- Language.com
- Exercises for Beginners
- Learningchocolate.com
- Learn-english-online.org
- Manythings.org
- Jezarka’s Interactive Exercises
- Elllo.org – English Listening Language Lab Online
- A4ESL.org – Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study)
- ESL Blues
- Real-English.com – ESL Videos ESL Lessons.
- Business English Grammar Lessons
- English Exercises Online
- English Works! Exercises Main Index
- Teaching ESL
- 5 Minute English
- Rong-Chang.com
- Adult Learning Activities | California Distance Learning Project
- Learn English Online at Open English World
- English Learing Activities List (Emily Chen)
- ITESLJ’s links to Games & Quizzes
Sites designed specifically to provide exam preparation
Listening
- English Listening Lesson Library Online
- Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
- Adult Learning Activities – California Distance Learning Project (news stories and Interactive exercises)
- Learning Resources (news stories from CNN and CBS and interactive exercises)
- BBC Learning English: Watch and Listen
- The English Listening Lounge
- English Listening Room
- English Listening Exercises
- Voice of America – Special English
Music
- Lyricstraining.com
- Lyricsgaps.com
- Learn English By Songs.- another EFL music resource
- Musicalenglishlessons.org
- Teaching with Songs – ESL music materials from Isabel Perez
- Songsforteaching.com
- Tefltunes.com – ESLSong Lessons Songs For Teaching Grammar
- Lyrics Mode – find lyrics to popular English songs
- K-POP MADNESS: Lyrics
Online Karaoke - Karaokeparty.com
- Singsnap
Podcasts
- Podcastsinenglish.com
- Stuff You Should Know podcast
- Business English Pod and Video Vocab
- ESLPod
- VOA Podcast
- Grammar Girl
- Esl.culips.com
- Languagecaster.com (English through football)
- BBC Elementary Podcasts
- ITESLJ Podcast List
- Shambles ESL Podcast List
- RachelsEnglish.com
- Sounds of American English
- Englishcentral.com
- Sozoexchange.com
- PUFS Pronunciation
Other Sites
- American English Pronunciation Practice
- LearningEnglish Pronunciation
- EnglishPronunciation at EnglishClub.com
- English Pronunciation/Listening (OkanaganUniversity, Canada)
- Eva Easton – Pronunciation
- Emily’s Pronunciation Class
- Listen & Repeat Machine
- Common Korean Errors
- Ear Training
Debate Sites
- Procon.org (click on Topics A~Z to see a long list)
- Debate.org/big-issues
- Debatewise.org
| Conversation Questions
Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed to say certain things or interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or avatar)
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Vocabulary
- Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun!
- Vocabulary Learning
- Wordcount.org (how common are words?)
- Vocabulary Zone from English-Zone.com
- Vocabulary Lessons and Activities from eslflow.com
- Vocabulary Lessons from EnglishClub.com
- Word Based Games for ESL Students
- Vocabulary University
- Vocabulary Exercises
- Vocabulary Web Games
- Business Vocabulary
- Vocabulary for K-12 and ESL Kids
- VocabAhead.com
- Vocabtest.com
- Playknoword.com
Reading
- English E-reader – a nice selection of graded readers that include recent publications
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BooksShouldbeFree.com public domain audio books available for browsing
- The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
- Amazon.com/books (book reviews, bestsellers, and more)
- English reading from EnglishClub.com
- Great Books
- BBC Schools (for ages 4-11, ages 11-16, and ages 16+)
- Classis Bookshelf
- Online Library of Literature
- The Literature Network
- Open Directory: Literature
- Online Children’s Stories
- Repeat after Us – Online Library and Language Lab
- Extensive Reading Foundation
- Online Writing Lab (OWL) – Purdue University OWL Exercises
- Englishpage.com
- ESLFlow Academic Writing Guides
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- Advice on Academic Writing
- My-English-Writing.com
- Writing Resources for English Language Learners – Ohio University ESL
- Writer’s Web – University of Richmond
- Hypertext Writer’s Guide – University of Victoria
- Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English
- Rong Chang Writing
- Academic English Cafe
- Collocation Worksheets
Grammar
- Azar Grammar Materials
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Roadtogrammar.com
- Grammar Bytes Exercises Handouts & Presentations
- Grammar Help
- Hyper Grammar
- English Grammar Zone
- Guide to Grammar and Style
- Grammar in English Daily
Grammar Checkers
- Spellcheckplus.com
- Grammarly
- Grammarcheck.net
- Nounplus.net/grammarcheck
- Prowritingaid.com
- Languagetool.org
- Proofreadbot.com
- Gingersoftware.com
- Spinbot (rewrites text)
- BestFreeSpinner
- Chrome Grammar Check Extensions
- MS Word Grammar Checker (English Language Pack required 32bit 64 bit)
(sample essay here for comparison purposes)
Young Learners / Elementary
- Eslkidstuff.com
- Kindersite.org
- SpellingCity.com
- Starfall.com
- PBSGames
- BritishCouncil Games
- KidsEslGames.com
- Eesl4kids.net
- Vocabulary for K-12 and ESL Kids
- Sesamestreet.org
- Dogonews.com
- Abcya.com
- ESLGamesWorld
- Mark’s English School
- List of ESL Games
Storybooks, Digital Storytelling, and ReadAloud
- Storybird.com Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
(example Seven Ways to Survive School) - StoryboardThat.com (friendly, powerful comic strip generator)
Curated Storyboards Lesson Materials Recent Boards (copy) - Storylineonline.net – well known books read by celebrities
- Toondoo.com – Browse Toons * How-to Guide
- StoryJumper (how to, create, examples) Student created stories with some recordings of students reading their own stories
- Zooburst (make your own 3D book)
- Utellstory.com Overview How-to Video Example
- ZimmerTwins.com
- Slidestory – add audio narration to your original stories
- Freekidsbooks.org
- ChildrensLibrary.org
- Bookbox.com
- Magickeys.com/books
- Tarheelreader.org
- Archive.org Children’s Library
- List of Children’s Books for Reading
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Make ‘fill in the blank’ Stories
See the publication below for descriptions of other sites for young learners.
Reference
- Dictionary.com
- Thesaurus.com
- TheFreeDictionary.com
- UsingEnglish.com
- Visualthesaurus.com
- Wordcount.org
- Ozdic.com – collocation finder
- Blachan.com/shahi/ (visual dictionary)
- Automatic Readability Checker
- Lexile Analyzer
- ER Central Online Graded Text Editor
Mobile Tools
- Google Translate – Android iPhone
- Conversation English
- iVocabulary
- English Phrasebook m(Idioms)
- 15,000 Useful Phrases
- AccelaStudy
- Classting.com
- Classdojo.com
Make your own comics and animations
- Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
- Comicmaster.org.uk
- Stripcreator.com/make.php
- Wittycomics.com
- Blank Cards
Videos - Goanimate.com
- XtraNormal
Assorted Tools
- Graphic Organizer Links & Gliffy.com (mind mapping and chart building)
- Barry Fun English Tools
- Online Clocks & Stopwatches
- Mrs. Dell’s Tools List
Fun Sites (personality tests)
- Lots of tests at: Similarminds.com/personality_tests.html
- Variety of Mental, Personality and Life Tests at: ARealMe.com Mental Age, IQ, Career, Meyers-Brigg, Health, English Level, Geography
- Right Brain/Left Brain
- MBTI
- Alabe.com Free Astrological Profile
- Western Astrological Compatibility
- Oriental Astrology Reading
- Chinese Zodiac Compatibility
- Tarot Card
- Brainfall.com (Quizzes like – What drink are you? What type of mom are you? Which Star Wars character?)
- Quizony.com (What color are you? What is your brain good at? What season are you?)
- Quizrocket.com
Photo Manipulation Tools Screencast Guide Here
- Photofunia
- Funtasticface.com
- Dumpr.net
- Loonapix.com
- PhotoMorph MorphThing.com
Jeff’s lovely kids - Funphotobox.com
- Cartoonize.net
- Apps: Picsart PhotoLab Lots More: Iphone Android
Make your own comics and animations
- Comics in the classroom
- Storyboardthat.com
- Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
- Bitstrips.com
- ToonDoo
- Comicmaster.org.uk
- Stripcreator.com/make.php
- Wittycomics.com
- Blank Cards
Picture Sources
- ELTPics.com ELTPics Sets
- Wellcomeimages.org
- Openclipart.org
- Commons.wikimedia.org
- Creative Commons Search Page – select sources and types of license
- Morguefile.com
- Flickr Advanced Search (select ‘Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content)
- Google Advanced Image Search (check usage rights)
- What’s the Difference – TMZ – What’s the Difference
- Times Photos of the Year
- Interesting Flickr Photos
- The Big Picture
- National Geographic
QR Codes
QRStuff.com QR Code Generator (create a QR Code image)
QR Reader Apps (read a QR Code on your phone):
EFL Blogs Blog Lists
- International Edubloggers Directory of ESL & EFL blogs
- Lexiophiles list of Top 100 Language blogs
- EFL Blog List
- Moving Forward’s Education Blogs by Category
- Top 100 high school teachers who blog
- Teacher Lingo Teacher Blogs
Here are some EFL Related blogs and blog lists.
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Blogger Blogs
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More EFL Teacher blogs
Other News & Tech Blogs |
Open Online Courses Most sites gathered from: http://www.mooc.ca/courses.htm
- Coursera list of courses
- MIT Open CourseWare (course materials only)
- Stanford’s Free Online Courses
- Megalist of Open Courses
- Connectivist MOOCs – MOOCs that conform to the original format developed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes
- Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
- Class Central – Stanford, Coursera, MIT and Harvard led edX (MITx + Harvardx + BerkeleyX), and Udacity
- Curricki – open curricula
- Edx courses
- iTunesU – some courses – guide from DIY University (Apple doesn’t provide a list of courses, naturally); list of affiliates
- Open Learn – Open University (UK), see menu at left
- P2P University – courses
- Udacity courses
- Udemy list of online courses
- University of the People – course catalog
- WikiEducator content
- Wikiversity – ‘schools’
- Open Yale courses