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1. Academic Info : Foreign Language Studies
   Links providing connections to studies with a range of foreign languages including Australian Indigenous languages, and annotated links to ESL/EFL resources, tools and information.
2. Activities for ESL Students
   Information, resources and quizzes involving English and a number of languages including several Asian ones. One section includes Self-Study Grammar Quizzes about places around the world.
   Primary, Secondary
3. Alpha L2
   ‘Alpha L2 is a computer font that has been developed for script lessons in adult literacy classes. Having Alpha L2 installed on your computer allows you as a teacher to make your own worksheets. Generally, adult literacy students learn to write with printed characters.’ Fee-based.
4. BBC - Learning English
   Learn in your own language [a range of these are listed]. Use Vocabulary from the News, Watch & Listen, Online episodes of a drama, grammar & vocabulary, webcasts, quizzes, Business English and assistance for teachers.
   Brilliant !
5. Bilingual Supplies
   Has links for people, but its main aim is to sell resources. Reason for inclusion is the breadth of languages addressed
   From Albanian to Yoruba. UK based. Average delivery time worldwide is 10 days.
6. Boggle’s World
   Resources for ESL children. Check the flashcards in particular.
   Primary, Secondary
7. Centre for Multilingual Multicultural Research
   [CMMR]
   Annotated links to other resources. Links are predominantly US oriented.
8. Dave’s ESL Cafe
   Resources including unusual ones such as slang information, quizzes and more.
   Primary, Secondary
9. Download-ESL.com
   ‘Educators can simply use these materials for teaching their kids. Even parents with little or no teaching experience can use these materials to assist kids. We have video slides, Powerpoint, worksheets e-books, audio readers for helping kids learn English with great ease. These materials combine fun, total engagement and seriously guard against boredom while learning.’
10. efl4U
    Free worksheets and collections for sale. Each indicates recommended time/age/type of activity.
11. EFL Worksheets
    Worksheets for ESL teachers and students. Some Free, others Fee-based.
    Primary, Secondary
12. E.L.Easton
    Resources, listed in sections, for teaching English. Everything from quizzes, a great Free certificate printer, to what ESL teachers do on their holidays.
13. English [ESL]
    Resources, exercises, websites, software & dictionaries. Linked to the Language Teaching Resources group in the following section.
14. English Gateway
    ‘English Gateway offers ESL students around the world a unique way to improve their vocabulary. Learn to express yourself the way the native speakers of English do with our exclusive program. Try a Free lesson and see how it works.’ Fee-based for other lessons.
15. English Maze
    Learn English online. Follows everyday language through ‘family’ activities. Some Free access and samples. Fee-based but costs are not exhorbitant for access.
16. English as a Second Language
    Free. ‘A starting point for ESL learners who want to study English through the Web.’ Separate online resources, chat rooms, bulletin boards, information about teaching English and more.
17. English Portal
    Online courses, games and learning. While most is Fee-based, there is Some Which Is Free. [Check the right hand side of the main page.]
18. ESL
    From Education World. Links to articles, Free tools and resources, lesson planning and themes, as well as reviews. Annotated links help.
19. ESL1000
    ‘1 000 word English vocabulary drill for [Spanish] speakers divided in levels of 100 each and sub-divided into nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions for graduated learning and scoring.’
    Primary, Secondary
20. ESL-EFLworld Directory
    Information and links under 24 headings and a new links section. Bookshops to translators via project work, methodology, journals, magazines, pronunciation and phonetics, libraries and electronic texts.
21. ESL Galaxy
    ‘ESL Galaxy offers over 2 368 Free printable worksheets for ESL lesson plans and ESL Activities; and there are more additions every other day.’ Covers areas including ‘Board Games, Crosswords, Grammar worksheets, Vocabulary Worksheets, Theme or Topic lesson plans, Pronunciation, Survival English, Song and Video Activities, Word Search Puzzles, Festivals & Holiday Worksheets’ and more.
22. ESLGold
    ‘Provides over a thousand pages of Free information and resources for both teachers and students. All materials are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access.’ Available in a range of languages.
23. ESL Kids
    ‘ESL stuff for kids including flashcards, worksheets, classroom games and children’s song lyrics. A great [Free] resource for teachers of ESL kids.’
24. ESL Lounge
    Worksheets, board games, flashcards even a range of US based songs. 500+ resources to choose from.
    Primary, Secondary
25. ESL Monkeys
    Has sections for teachers, schools and students. There are forums, learning resources, teaching materials of all kinds and even a Job Centre.
26. ESL.net
    Mix of Free and Fee-based resources, reviews and news.
27. ESL Pages
    Directories of resources and information on ESL, EFL, TESOL, TEFL, CELTA and more.
28. Free Worksheets
    You can have good worksheets in several European languages, with English and another language side by side. Resources, not linked to ESL, at the bottom that you may find interesting and useful.
29. Interesting Things for ESL Students
    ‘A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.’ You should also check the Selected MP3 Files page for the podcast from this site.
30. Kathy Schrock’s Guide
    Annotated links for ESL and foreign languages. Also links for other world countries.
31. Language Teaching Resources
    One Victorian senior college’s listing of LOTE resources from Sofweb and other sites.
    Secondary
32. Learn English
    ‘It has been my goal to create a site that would help you learn English words easily. There are 40 learning topics to choose from with over 1 500 English words and phrases. A dditional topics may be added in the future.’
    Primary, Secondary
33. Learn English with Pictures
    A collection of English words and related photographs designed to help develop vocabulary.
    Note, this has now had audio added to enhance the other contents on the site.
    Primary, Secondary
34. Learning English as a Second Language
    ‘A large collection of ESL [English as a Second Language] resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references …, join our busy forums, read our articles, download our teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English’.
35. Linguistics Funland, The
    By Kristina Pfaff. Covers linguistics including a section on ESL. The Resources for Teachers & Students of English page is particularly worthwhile.
36. Lists of Grammar Lists
    ‘This site provides lists of grammar items for use by ESL/EFL teachers. These lists have been prepared by ESL/EFL teachers to share with colleagues.’ Also check the main page at English Grammar on the Web.
    Secondary, Tertiary
37. Mark’s ESL World
    ‘Your one-stop mega-portal to everything that’s ESL.’ Teacher and Student areas, Forums, employment, ESL Community, ESL Directory and ‘The Lounge’.
    Secondary, Tertiary, Careers
38. Musical Activities
    Includes jazz chants and other musical activities.
• Jazz Chants
  A listing of products which are highly regarded but are also Fee-based.
• Musical Activities for Young Learners of EFL
  Provides a range of activities, chants, etc., often referring back to the ‘Jazz Chants’ noted above.
39. My Own Resources
    Dedicated to students and teachers of ESL and EFL. Links and tools to use from dictionaries and translators to online radios so you can practice pronunciation and hear the language spoken.
    Secondary
40. Neteach-L
    A collection of nearly 400 links in 50 area groupings, that TESOL teachers belonging to the group thought were ‘useful, helpful, interesting or just plain fun’. Not all are ESL oriented.
41. Online Writing Lab
    Links to assist the ESL student. In directories. Also links to other sections that may prove useful.
42. Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
    ‘The site has been designed with the specific goal and narrow focus of providing easy-to-use listening activities that can be used on almost any Internet connection.’
    Well presented !
43. Real English
    ‘The Web’s only online ESL site that utilizes authentic and unique ESL videos of people speaking real English on streets across the globe.’ Much is Fee-based though there is an initial Free trial subscription.
44. Resources for English as a Second Language
    ‘UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language [ESL] tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English. Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.’
45. Resources to Teach English
    Fonts, clipart, worksheets, plays, photos, jokes, teacher chat rooms and forums.
    Primary
46. Ship or Sheep
    English pronunciation using minimal pairs of sounds.
47. Spoken English
    ‘A Free online talking grammar for learners.’
48. Short Stories for Adult ESL
    Information and advice regarding their usage. There are even author recommendations.
49. Teach Children ESL
    More than 1 300 pages of Free material including lesson ideas, resources, worksheets, flashcards, games, songs and much more.
50. TESL TEFL
    Links to TEFL sites, resources and Australian and overseas institutions. Also links to job opportunities and EFL teacher home pages.
51. The Applied English Centre
    Based at the University of Kansas. Access the ‘Student Resources’ and ‘Teacher Resources’ from the main menu to find worthwhile links to these.
52. The Writers’ Workshop
    A collection of links, where those relating to journals, news, forums, fun ESL sites and Chatboards, would be the most useful.
53. Tongue Twisters
    2 000+ entries in 90+ languages.
54. TEFL Virtual Library
    By Kenji and S Kathleen Kitao. A list of sites that direct you to resources and articles. Not restricted to ESL.
55. Web English Teacher
    Section on ESL/EFL which is good.

1. Academic Info : Foreign Language Studies
   Links providing connections to studies with a range of foreign languages including Australian Indigenous languages, and annotated links to ESL/EFL resources, tools and information.
2. BBC Languages
   A huge range of resources, some of which have been included in the Other Languages pages. Help for tutors, MP3 downloads, games, as well as a variety of language-specific resources.
3. CASLT [Canadian]
   Resources for teachers of ‘second’ languages. Worksheets, activities, links, information about conferences and clipart. Organised into thematic directories.
   Primary, Secondary
4. Spanish Translator
   ‘DGTranslations is a global Spanish translation service company with a highly qualified & professional Spanish Translator Team providing English to Spanish Translation, software localization, web translation.’
5. KidsRCrafty
   Not in the wrong place. Games, puzzles and worksheets usable for English and French.
   Primary
6. Language Institute
   University of Sussex. Links for language resources including Free and Fee-based software. Covers many languages.
   Primary, Secondary
7. Language Teaching Clipart Library
   ‘This library consists of about 3 000 images which we hope will be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages. The characters and objects depicted are as culturally neutral as we could make them.’
8. Language Teaching Resources
   All come from the same primary Australian source.
• Chinese
  Resources, exercises, software, translation tools, search engines and Fee-based resources.
• German
  Exercise, tips, software, links, translation tools, search engines, Fee-based resources.
• Indonesian
  Exercises. graphics, search engines, translation tools.
• Japanese
  Exercise, software, links, translation tools, search engines.
9. Materials for Teaching Languages
   Materials related to teach languages. In directories including ‘English’, ‘Languages’, ‘Language Classroom’, ‘Travel’ and ‘Bookstore’.
10. My Language Exchange
    The best way is to speak with a native speaker. This site facilitates this. Free but registration is needed.
11. Teaching Ideas
    Provides resources and more for helping students learn Foreign Languages.
    Primary, Secondary
12. Word2Word
    Dictionaries, podcasts, software, virtual language schools, foreign language newspapers, translation information, alphabets, How to Say ? and heaps more.
13. Your Dictionary
    Primary function is access to English Dictionaries, but it links to language dictionaries as well.