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English As A Second Language (ESL)

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Breaking News English.com Ready-to-use ESL current affairs lessons and plans. Graded news articles, listenings and communicative activities uploaded daily.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

`Dave's ESL Café This site includes a job forum, in addition to forums especially for students and teachers. It also includes quizzes, a section on pronunciation, and links to other sites.
http://www.eslcafe.com/

English Grammar Links for ESL Students This site contains links to English reference materials, grammar exercises and quizzes.
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~kpokoy1/grammar1.htm

ESL Wonderland This site offers lesson plans and other materials for teachers. Links for students are also included.
http://www.eslwonderland.com/

ESL.net--ESL Resources This site contains ESL links for students, teachers, and children. Links to ESL magazines, games, and idioms are also included.
http://www.esl.net/eslres.html

English as a Second Language This is a gateway to popular sites for ESL lessons and materials.
http://www.rong-chang.com/

EverythingESL.net This site contains resources for ESL teachers, including lesson plans, teaching tips, and classroom activities.
http://everythingesl.net/

Interesting Things for ESL Students This site stimulates ESL students with fun word games, word puzzles, vocabulary exercises and more. Some exercises are customized for Japanese speakers.
http://www.manythings.org/

The Internet TESL Journal This online journal offers articles for teachers of ESL and has a searchable archive.
http://iteslj.org/

John's ESL Community This site has links for teachers and students, including vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills.
http://www.johnsesl.com/templates/

Karin's ESL Partyland This site has links for teachers and students, including discussion forums.
http://www.eslpartyland.com/

The Newbury House Online Dictionary The Newbury House Dictionary of American English contains 40,000 of the most commonly used English words. This dictionary is ideal for ESL students due to its simple, clear definitions, sample sentences, and idioms.
http://nhd.heinle.com

OELA: Office of English Language Acquisition OELA's mission is to identify major issues affecting the education of English language learners, and to assist and support State and local systemic reform efforts that emphasize high academic standards, school accountability, professional training and parent involvement.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html

Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students This site includes quizzes on vocabulary, grammar and idioms for students of English as a Second Language.
http://a4esl.org/q/h/

TOEFL This is the official web site for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
http://www.toefl.org/

TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages This professional organization ensures excellence in English-teaching to those who speak another language.
http://www.tesol.org/

Topics--An Online Magazine for Learners of English Created by Rice University, Topics encourages students to submit articles on any topic.
http://www.topics-mag.com/

Tower of English This site provides links to ESL sites of interest on a variety of topics. There is also a job resources section.
http://www.towerofenglish.com
 

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