Language Guide
Language Guide: Japanese Vocabulary
Learn basic Japanese vocabulary words -- greetings, clothing, household items, foods, toys, and more -- on this multilingual site. Roll over a image or phrase to hear how it is pronounced and see how it is written (Romanized spelling...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Oral Language
A collection of videos, articles for parents and teachers, webcasts for teachesr, and research briefs on helping children develop their oral language skills.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Matching Colors to Words
A short application to help young learners and beginning English language learners recognize color words.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Colors: Vocabulary
At this site unscramble letters of common colors to discover the answer. Good spelling practice. Designed for ESL students.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Colors: Sentence Completion
At this site complete ten sentences with the appropriate color. Context gives clues about the correct color. Designed for ESL students.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many Things Esl: Japanese English Quizzes in Romaji
Test your knowledge of English vocabulary with these simple, interactive games. This site is related to, and has many of the same quizzes as, the Internet TESL Journal's Japanese-English Quizzes (you'll see a link to it) but these...
Other
Using English: Common Verbs Word List
Word lists of common English verbs. Contains links to definitions and other related words.
Pearson
Practice With Colors Game Longman Backpack
Short, fun game younger English learners can use to practice colors. Ocean creatures say (in writing) what color they are and students indicate the correct color (two different rounds; total of 2-4 minutes for the whole game).
Other
Hud Kids Next Door: Field Trip to the Library
Take an animated field trip to the library and learn about what you are likely to see and experience on an actual visit. An excellent introduction to this important community resource for young children that also explains the difference...
Other
Hud Kids: Community Word Scrambler
The community scrambler must be caught in order to save the neighborhood. In order to catch the scrambler, all the words must be unscrambled. Each word is provided with a picture clue.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Nutrition for Newcomers
"Nutrition for Newcomers" is a cooperative thematic unit to teach vocabulary for food names, different tastes, and nutrition. It includes many activities for different English levels.
Other
Imagin on Fun and Games: Hidden Pictures [Pdf]
Engage young learners with this simple search-and-find coloring picture.
Quia
Quia: Prefix Skills
Fast-paced Matching and Concentration games with self-checking and automatic scoring practice prefixes and their meanings. A word search with prefixes provided and online flashcards give additional drills.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Dutch Theme Page
Dutch- and English-speaking students can practice vocabulary in both languages at this Enchanted Learning site. Also includes, and English-Dutch picture dictionary, printouts, and worksheets.
Other
Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary! Built Environment Vocabulary [Pdf]
Illustrated worksheet of architectural terms associated with homes and the built environment.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Printable Portuguese Word Book
Help younger students practice basic vocabulary (English or Portuguese) with these downloadable pages. Covers numbers, telling time, colors, food, people, and animals. Quiz page is only available to members.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Australia Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to seek answers to questions about animals that live in Australia. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and science and geography vocabulary,...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Sports/hobbies
Great tool from Ingles Mundial for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Sports and Hobbies. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Clothes (La Ropa) Vocabulary
Great tool from Ingles Mundial for teaching the English words for articles of clothing, colors, and common verbs and descriptors to Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELL). Uses a variety of interactive, self-correcting...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Clothing Words (La Ropa)
Wonderful, extensive site from Ingles Mundial for Spanish-speaking ELLs. In this section, students see clothing items in a "store" and then answer comprehension questions based on price and size. Instructions are in Spanish.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Understanding Maps and Directions
Extensive site for teaching Spanish speaking ELL. The theme of this unit is the directions - An "e-mail" is presented, giving directions to a house party - Interactive exercise follows, asking comprehension questions - A guided writing...
ICT Games
Ict Games Teaching Resources: Date Chart
Here is a handy way of reviewing dates in English plus basic weather conditions, English language learners of all ages can profit from using it. Click back to the home page to choose French or Spanish instead of English.
Education.com
Education.com: l.k.5.c Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
[Free Registration/Login Required] These workbooks and lesson plans can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of identifying real-life connections between words and their use.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Connections Between Words and Real Life Worksheets
These worksheets help your students make connections between words and real-life.