THE ONLINE RESOURCES OF ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNING
Teaching new language to
non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out
there, so English teachers can use all of the help they can get. Many excellent
resources for English language learning exist online, form full-service
websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of
educating English learning students just a little bit easier and more
effective.
Some
useful online resources for English language learning:
ESL
Library: Dynamic Lesson Plans and Materials
ESLibrary.com is one of
the best, most comprehensive ESL online teaching resources available. Many ESL,
teachers find this site incredibly helpful. Membership to the site allows you
full access to their lesson plan library, which has more than 500 ready-made
lesson plans and more than 2,000 ready-to-print images and flashcards.
Lantern
Fish: Building Vocabulary
It’s also a valuable site
for teenage and adult learners. With hundreds of worksheets and lesson plans,
it’s a helpful resource with lots of great ideas to better engage the students.
Lantern Fish offer flashcards, English language exercises specifically for
adults, a writer’s workshop and fun worksheet activities like word searches and
crosswords for the students.
UsingEnglish.com:
On UsingEnglish.com, you’ll find an incredible collection of tools and
resources for teaching and teaching English as a second language, including a
grammar glossary, printables and teacher handouts.
Preschool
English Language Learners: This resource list has a variety of
support resources for preschool English language education with scholarships,
journals, books and more.
National
Council of Teachers of English: This professional
association for educators in English studies, literacy and language arts offers
plenty of benefits for bilingual teachers.
International
Reading Association: This association of literacy
professionals has excellent resources for literacy educators, including journal
articles and an educator community.
English
Pronunciation: Okanagan College’s resource offers 13
different unit lessons for learning and teaching English pronunciation.
Real
English: Check out this free site for learning English, with
loads of videos from real English speakers, plus quizzes and community support.
Word
Steps: Word steps make it easy for students to build their
own vocabulary collection and even access their vocabulary through a mobile
device for English language learning on the go.
Dictionary.com:
This
site isn’t just for looking up words, although it’s quite useful in that
function. Dictionary.com also offers a word of the day, games, quotes,
translation and much more.
Thesaurus.com:
Like
Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com goes beyond simple reference, bringing
inspiration and fun in the form of synonyms, fun word facts and even search
trends.
Common
Errors in English Usage: Read Paul Brian’s Common Errors in
English Usage on this website and even gets lings to the book’s blog, calendar
and entry-a-day Facebook page.
Idiom
Site: With the help of this site, English language
learners can make sense of common idioms.
