EFL/ESL Web Links > Learner activities
Aardvark's English Forum
<http://www.englishforum.org>
Publicity quote: "Comprehensive web portal with a wealth of resources for students and teachers of English (ESL/EFL). Interactive Exercises, Message Boards, ELT Book Catalog, Good School Guide, Web Directory, World News, Links, Cool Tools and more..." Comment: Good collection of links to Web resources.
Learn English
<http://www.learnenglish.de>
"A free site with lots of ESL resources including lessons for beginners." Comment: Some very useful material, including audio material in lessons for beginners, and nice exercise for irregular verbs. Some materials seem to be sourced from third party sources."
Nellie's English Projects
<http://www.nelliemuller.com>
"Nellie's English Projects are content based lessons designed to provide students and teachers with clear instructions on how to write and present research papers. Students are evaluated for the process as well as for the final product. The site provides evaluation rubrics and clear instructions on how to do the projects. The topics are WebQuest tasks. In addition the site provides many educational resources." Comment: Lots of useful materials and ideas.
ESLgo.com
<http://www.eslgo.com/>
"Students can study vocabulary, grammar, and listening through free online classes. The language can be practiced on the English practice message boards and questions asked on the questions forum. Teachers will find free activities for communicative classrooms."
English Banana
<http://www.englishbanana.com>
A resource site for students and teachers, with hundreds of printable worksheets, free to copy and use. Also lots of online quizzes and games to practise English at different levels. (I enjoyed the 'Mind Reader' online game!)
ESL Junction Resources
<http://esljunction.com/resources.html>
A list of classroom games designed for use with younger children, and some lists of topic-oriented conversation questions. (Currently rather sparse in amount of content: contributions are requested.)
Curso de inglés online
<http://www.practicaringles.com>
Study and practice activities for Spanish-speaking learners of English language.
i-English at JapanVisitor
<http://www.japanvisitor.com/i_mode/i-english.html>
Short weekly English quizzes specially designed for i-mode and WAP capable cell phones
iKaiwa.com (Japanese)
<http://ikaiwa.com>
Free online lessons, advice on studying English, a BBS to write and read about English schools, and a free PDF English book. (For Japanese-speaking learners of English only.)
1-langauge.com - The ESL Site
<http://www.1-language.com>
A new ESL site with some useful areas of activity for students, including streamed listening exercises. Korean language support.
Puzzle Choice
<http://www.puzzlechoice.com>
Printable and interactive puzzles and games for all ages. Crosswords, wordsearches, quizzes, brainteasers, wordplay, teacher resources.
English @ WSL - materials for teachers and learners of English
<http://english.wsl.edu.pl/>
A website with hundreds of English language quizzes and other materials for learners and teachers of English as a foreign language. Hosted at WSL (College of Foreign Languages), Czestochowa, Poland
La Mansión del Inglés
<http://www.mansioningles.com>
Quote from developers: "This is a totally free site, aimed at Spanish speakers, and dedicated to the study of the English language. The site content is rich in pedagogical and educational material, and includes courses, grammar, vocabulary, exercises, books, educational programmes to download and a wide and varied selection of supplementary material." (Luis Blanco). A lot of work has been put into this site.
The Many Roads to Japan by Robert W. Norris, Associate Professor at Fukuoka International University in Japan.
http://www2.gol.com/users/norris/roadsdownload.html
This is a free online ESL textbook/reader that tells the story of a Vietnam War conscientious objector's adventures and search for identity during a 14-year period. There are over 50 hyperlinks, several pictures, and comprehension and discussion/essay questions. The answers to the questions are available online at the end of each chapter in the form of audio files.
Intended audience: ESL/EFL students
Level: low intermediate and above
Suitable for: self, group, CALL, and peace education study
Availability: can be read online, or downloaded in either HTML or PDF formats.
EnglishSpace
<http://www.englishspace.ort.org/>
EnglishSpace is a free English language course on the Internet, with puzzles, games, exercises and projects to help learners practise English skills. World ORT developed EnglishSpace for Additional Language (EAL) students in the United Kingdom aged between 11 and 16 years. Suitable for beginners, pre-intermediate or intermediate student. (Requires Shockwave)
Flo-Joe
<http://www.flo-joe.co.uk>
A prize-winning resource for teachers and students preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) and the Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). Includes interactive practice tests, strategy training, a Writing class and forums. The site is updated with new vocabulary every day.
The Internet TESL Journal's Activities for ESL Students
<http://a4esl.org/>
On-line quizzes for ESL Students
Interesting Things for ESL Students
<http://www.manythings.org/>
A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and much more. This site is non-commerical and has no advertising.
NI (New Internationalist) Global Issues for Learners of English
<http://www2.gol.com/users/bobkeim/contents.html>
Articles about global issues taken from the magazine, the New Internationalist, re-written to be shorter and easier to understand for language learners. Plus vocabulary help, quizzes. Material for teachers too.
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