On-Line Resources for ESL

 

I am looking for a good proficiency test for Early English learners. If you know of a good exam to determine a student's English proficiency (especially elementary) please let me know.  I haven't updated this site in a long time. Thanks to an email I received from Lily I am going to try and once again get back to updating it. For now I added a site she suggested from her student Ashley.

Last updated January 20, 2012 from Hong Kong

Below is a list of some on-line resources that I have found for ESL.  Some of this list will be redundant of the English Resource List: See my ESl Communities page also.

 

Great for those beginning to learn English or learning to read in English.

Mingoville - has games to help people learn English.  Includes audio.

Starfall - another online site to help with phonics and learning English.  Not limited to ESL.

fonetiks - has pronunciation online using various English, American, British

Other Online Resources for learning or teaching English as a second (foreign) language:

My English Club Has resources to teach as well as learn English.  They also have information on countries where you can teach English as a foreign language.

http://www.learn-english-online.org/ I haven't used this site much yet but it is online English.

English Raven A site with a lot of resources for those teaching English as a Second Language or as a foreign language

ABCteach.com A site I use a lot. It is not free but an excellent resource for any elementary teacher. There are ESL resources available here.

Esl Partyland I received an email suggesting I add this site from Brooke. Her student Abby recommended it.

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/ is a site suggested by Lily's student Ashley.  I seem to have a run on A students making suggestions.

Flashcardhub A great site with theme realted flashcards.  New as of February, 2009.

MES-English - has links to other ESL sites plus lots of free "printables"

EL Civics for ESL Students - site I found through Twitter.  Has lessons on US Civics for ESL students.

About.com English as a Second Language

ESL Lesson Plans and Resources from California State University, Northbridge has lots of links!

Heads-up English - Site I found from Twitter.  ESL teacher in Japan with lots of free, ESL material.  I love his Irregular Verb Chart.

ESL-kids.com - some great flash cards for teaching English to beginning English learners.  Fellow teacher gave me the site. I haven't explored it yet - just seen her flash cards!

eslHQ - another site she gave me for great flashcards.  Another site I need to explore but the flashcards she had were terrific.

Flash Cards Sites

ESL-kids.com - some great flash cards for teaching English to beginning English learners.  Fellow teacher gave me the site. I haven't explored it yet - just seen her flash cards!

Flashcardhub A great site with theme realted flashcards.  New as of February, 2009.

MES-English - has links to other ESL sites plus lots of free "printables"

English for Kids -another great flashcard site.

Boggles World ESL - has some great flashcards

eslHQ - another site she gave me for great flashcards.  Another site I need to explore but the flashcards she had were terrific.

 

On-Line Forums

English Forums - For those teaching or learning English

English Proficiency Testing / Resources -

http://www.transparent.com/tlquiz/proftest/english/tlengtest.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/online-tests.html

http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/resources.htm

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/taks/index.html Former assessment tests (and answer keys) used by Texas Education System

Simple English News - Has online English tests