British Council
British Council: Go4 English: Vocabulary and Grammar for Arabic Speakers
This illustrated and animated site is specifically designed for English language learners whose first language is Arabic. Ask-and-Answer online quizzes and games help students understand various aspects of English grammar and vocabulary,...
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Voice of America: Dynamic English for Vietnamese Speakers
English lessons for native speakers of Vietnamese using Voice of America news content. A new lesson is posted every two weeks, but you can access past lessons too. Lessons provide short reading, listening, or dialog practice passages...
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Hong Kong Education City: English Campus
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Intermediate Level
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish-speaking students. It is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension,...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Beginning Level
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish speaking students. This section is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening...
Starfall
Starfall: Jake's Tale (Long a Listening Practice)
A fun read-along story for practicing and listening to the long a sound. Great graphics and animation.
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)
English for Little Children
This is an interactive site intended to teach English as a foreign language to young children. It is a helpful multimedia resource for EFL teachers. There are ten themes, each with two levels of difficulty, that allow children to...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Caillou Paper Dolls for Vocabulary Building
Children learn vocabulary, using character dolls from the popular TV series on PBS stations, Caillou, as learning tools. Use Caillou and Rosie dolls and an assortment of outfits to talk about clothing, the verbs that go with dressing,...
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Authentic American Pronunciation
Excellent place for help learning American English! First, a "pattern" of the language is explained with the help of audio pronunciation (requires Real Player- a download link is available). After the "pattern" is explained, links to...
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Esl Independent Study Lab
This is a great resource for ESL/EFL students; it presents a collection of more than 250 sites where you can find reading and writing exercises, games, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and more. Rather than present a straight list,...
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Matching Game)
Play a game of match with homonyms. The game refreshes with new words at the completion of each round, and automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Word Search)
A series of word search puzzles that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Concentration Game)
Fast-paced game of concentration that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
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Tefl.net: Esl Lesson Plans
TEFL.NET provides a variety of different ESL worksheets, games, and activities available for download. Worksheets are categorized by topic. Teaching tips and suggestions are also provided.
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Mark's English School Online: Esl Games
A commendable teacher-created site by an American ESL educator based in Japan. Includes a nice variety of ESL/EFL games for younger students for learning the past tense or verb usage playing basketball, punctuation playing golf, or new...
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Pitara
This site from India provides a small collection of stories, poems, and activities that students can listen to online. In the activities section, students match animals with their shadows, answer vocabulary-related questions, and...
University of Victoria (Canada)
School and Office Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items from school or office. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Kitchen Utensils Vocabulary
This vocabulary development tool for students features a matching exercise that shows pictures of common items of common kitchen utensils. Students match correct word with picture from a drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score can be...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Adjectives and Adverbs
This is a basic explanation of adjectives & adverbs, with examples of each. This resource explains how to change adjectives into adverbs through interactive exercises (with hints and answers).
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Making Questions
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: "It" and "There"
Brief interactive exercise on proper usage of "there is," "it is," "is there," "is it," "there was," "it was," "was it," etc. Twelve questions, the student types in the blank & can then check the answer or get a hint.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Furniture Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items of furniture. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers can...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Home Appliances Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common appliances from the home. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: The New House (La Casa)
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...