ELT useful links

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About.com - English as a 2nd Language - English Listening Quizzes - This page provides a list of English
listening quizzes on this site’s section. Each quiz contains a link to the listening file, as well as follow-up
comprehension questions. You'll also find the appropriate level for each quiz marked in red to help you find
quizzes that are not too difficult, but challenging.

Activity Village - kids Crafts, colouring pages, printables, puzzles, worksheets and holiday fun…

ABC Frog - children’s ESL picture dictionary, ESL flash cards, ESL games…

Agendaweb - hundreds of free English exercises to learn online…

All about Coloring - coloring pages for kids…

Allwords - English dictionary: with multi-lingual search…

(Almost) Infinitive ELI Ideas - collaborative idea generation for ELT; a set of activities for various age
groups…

Alphabet-Soup - a site for the young! Thematic and holiday units, games, activities, crafts, humor,
recipes, printables…

American Corners Portugal - the American Corners program, which is managed by the Department of
State through Embassy Lisbon, is a highly successful project …

American English - a website for teachers and Learners of English as a Foreign Language Abroad…

Ask - What’s your question?

A to Z Teacher Stuff - teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources. Lesson plans,
thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable
worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more…

@ school - @school is an easy to use and child friendly website organised around the UK National
Curriculum for primary education at home or school at Key Stage 1 (KS1). and Key Stage 2 (KS2).
@school provides online tests, interactive exercises, worksheets, pictures and much more…

Bab.la - offers translations in many different languages, ranging from colloquial and regional expressions
to more technical or field-specific vocabulary

BBC Skillswise - it is a site containing factsheets, worksheets, quizzes and games that you can use to
help improve your students skills…

BBC Webinars - British Council - webinars for English language teachers. Registration is free and
generally opens a week before the event.

Being Multilingual - this blog is to discuss what it means to be multilingual and what is involved in the
regular use of several languages…

Billybear 4kids - Interactive Learning Tools, Clipart, Holiday Fun & Games for kids. Children, Parents,
teachers…

Bright Hub - this site offers a bounty of information to the ESL teacher…

Busy Teacher - free printable worksheets for busy teachers like you!

Busyteacher's Cafe - a K-6 site for busy teachers like you!

Cagle - Cartoons - political cartoons…

Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children - ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers…

Christmas Activities - your source for dozens of festive time-wasters!

Clele Journal - Children's' Literature in English Language Education; CLELEjournal is a new, bi-annual,
comprehensively peer-reviewed online journal for scholars, teacher educators and practitioners involved in
using and researching children’s literature in the field of English learning as a second, additional or foreign
language.

Comunicar em Língua Inglesa - Este site tem como finalidade concentrar sugestões de atividades nas
diversas UFCDs do domínio Comunicar em Língua Inglesa. Pretende-se que este espaço sirva de
reflexão sobre a formação e também como ponto de partida para a criação de materiais e de
atividades para que os formandos do Sistema Aprendizagem possam desenvolver competências na área
da Língua Inglesa.

Crayola - quality products for the classroom and students’ home projects. Lessons, classroom resources
and the latest information regarding special programs and offers.

Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionaries Online - the most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners
of English…

Dictionary - Collins Dictionaries

Dictionary - Longman English Dictionary Online

Dictionary - Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus

Dictionary - Oxford Dictionaries Online

Disabled Access Friendly - the Disabled Access Friendly campaign aims to sensitise students to issues
affecting people with mobility disability…

Disney Family - recipes, crafts, printables, parties, St.Patricks’s Day, holidays…

Dltk Holidays - holiday and seasonal crafts for kids…

Ed Galaxy – cool stuff for Nerdy teachers; latest teacher and learning ideas, classroom resources…

Edmodo - is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay
organized, and access assignments, grades, and school ...

Educators Technology – Educational Technology and mobile learning; a resource of educational web
tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators…

ELT Link Up - a free website for everybody who works in English Language Teaching…

e-Teacher Scholarship Program - the E-Teacher Scholarship Program offers English teaching
professionals living outside of the United States the opportunity to take one of nine innovative, online
graduate level classes through the University of Oregon…

Enchanted Learning - curriculum material online…

Engames – excellent exercises on grammar, listening, vocabulary games, exercises, mind maps…

English at Home - learn English grammar, vocabulary and speaking with games, free lessons & more…

English Attack - the new way to learn English: movies, games; news, friends…

English for Everyone - your resource for printable English worksheets…

English Forum - resources for students and teachers of English (ESL/EFL)…

English Grammar - exercise, test and check your grammar online…

English - Guide - your guide in the world of resources for learning English…

English Language Space Station - free worksheets and ideas for teaching English language teaching…

English Listening - this site features listening texts on a variety of topics. In the free guests area there are
thirty authentic passages, graded into three broad levels, from New Listeners to more advanced level
listeners, each lasting from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Each text has a quick-reference section giving details
on time, accent, topic and speed, and is accompanied by comprehension questions and the tapescript. If
you want to access all the materials, you need to subscribe.

English Page - free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources…

English Teaching Professional Magazine - the leading practical magazine for ELT, EFL, ESL and ESOL
English language teachers worldwide…

English-the-easy-way - English for everyone…

English Tips - Live communication, tips and tricks of learning the language, latest educational trends and
techniques - all about English! Simple & super-fast free registration will let you use all the features: chatting
with other users, reading reviews and commenting, rating materials and accessing 'members-only'
sections…

Eslbase- ESL Resource Centre - this site has lots of downloadable activities and worksheets for teachers
to use in class but you need to register for free first to access them. There is also a message board where
teachers post advice and ideas to share with other teachers and regular articles on methodology, ideas
and tips for teachers…

ESL Tower - is a free ESL, EFL site that offers top quality printable and interactive English grammar,
vocabulary & pronunciation exercises for teachers and students…

ESL Kidstuff - this site features lots of games and activities for very young learners. Free resources
include activities and worksheets on festivals such as Christmas and Halloween, ideas for games and
flashcard activities and song sheets. There is also a large bank of flashcards and other visual resources…

ESL Library - the Resource site for English Teachers…

ESL Partyland - English as a Second Language: resources for teachers and students…

ESL Video - study English with fun, ESL video quizzes…

Exploratorium - this site has lots of interactive exhibits, games and quizzes about science and nature. A
nice site for teachers to use for group project work…

Fonetiks - you can find online pronunciation guides to nine varieties of English as well as nine other
languages…

Free Images - there are lots of photographs available grouped into galleries. In terms of copyright, note
that you can download, store or use any images from the Free Images site for the creation of a project,
website or publication with your students but you must add a link (or textual credit in non-web applications).
Fuel the brain - Fuel the Brain was created to provide free and inexpensive resources to elementary
educators. The site currently focuses on kindergarten-third grade objectives: games, printables,
interactives, mini-books and more.

Fun Brain - free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool
through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and
literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy
Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.

Funschool Kaboose - fun and educational games and activities for kids…

Future Me - is all about writing an email to yourself which you can then set to be delivered at a point in the
future…

Garfield's Scary Scavenger - an interactive game for all types of young learners in which Garfield has to
enter a haunted building and find objects by clicking on them. This site would link in well with the theme of
Halloween.

Giggle Poetry - a collection of fun poetry for children. There is a whole section dedicated to school poems
including 'The Dog chewed up my Homework', also funny poems, fill in the blanks, competitions and a
section for teachers on both poetry and fiction.

Global - from Macmillan Education: blogs, eLessons, resources, teacher development…

Global Warming Kids - a project of climate change education…

Halloweenexpress - costumes for all occasions, lesson plans, party games,holidays …

Homeschooling - resources and printables…

HowJsay - a free online talking dictionary of English pronunciation…

How to Spell - spelling for adults…

I tell you a story - "I tell you a story" project, the world's largest collection of fairy tales and fables,
traditions and reality through imagination!

In Search of Shakespeare - this is a really useful site with lots of Shakespeare-related materials. Students
can watch video clips of Royal Shakespeare Company performances and read biographies. There is even
a discussion board for students and some lesson plans for teachers…

Inanimate Alice - is a multimedia story in several parts, which become increasingly interactive. You will
find a lot of potential here for use in class, or simply as a recommendation for learners' self-study…

InformED - InformED is a blog on how to be a more effective educator through the use of education
technology and learning psychology…

Internet 4 classrooms - helping students, teachers and parents use the Internet effectively…
Its-Teachers - it is an online magazine for teachers that includes topical classroom activities, a free
Teacher Alert service, interviews, reviews, and articles for teachers…

Kids Learning Ville - Kids Learning Ville is a website with a rich collection of free curriculum
support materials for teaching language arts (ESL, EFL) and others. This site offers free
worksheets, videos, fun games, phonics, letter writing materials & more. The materials are suitable for
teaching toddlers, preschool, kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade learners.

Kids Soup - Kids Games, Preschool Activities, Kids Crafts…

Kinder Site - Kindersite Project for ALL preschool and Kindergarten age children and English learners…

Ladybird - for every age at every stage (from birth to 7 years old)…

Land of Nursery Rhymes - land of nursery rhymes and song riddles, poems and limericks…

Lantern Fish - jobs, worksheets, and flashcards for the ESL and TEFL Teacher…

Learn English Kids BC - lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun
and learn English too…

Lesson Writer - is a free website where teachers can create lessons and lesson plans with explicit literacy
components from any text in minutes…

Lil' Fingers - a storybook site for toddlers with educational games, storybooks, activities & holiday sections
and printable coloring pages…

Lyrics Freak - a clear, easy-to-use lyrics site, including links to 100 other such sites, and the lyrics of the
100 most searched-for artists…

Lyrics Training - learn languages online for free through music videos and song lyrics…

Macmillan English Webinars - watch live talks from some of the biggest names in English language
teaching, right in your web browser, then put your questions directly to the presenters. All webinars are
FREE to join - all you require is an internet connection and a computer…

Make Worksheets - K-12 worksheets makers, rubric makers, lesson plan maker, puzzle makers and
graphic organizer makers…

Many Things - interesting things for ESL/EFL students (Fun English Study)…

Mary Glasgow - Mary Glasgow magazines…

Microsoft Office Online Clip Art - a vast range of clip art images which can be searched and used in your
school assignments and projects. ..
Movie Maker - students can make their own movies by following step-by-step instructions. Students can
choose their own backgrounds, characters, write the scripts and then watch your creation and email it to
other students…

My Free Colouring Pages - kid’s free printables, word searches, mazes…

Mystery Net - an interactive crime-solving activity where students are introduced to the scene of a crime,
and are then asked to decide 'whodunit' based on information gathered by clicking on different parts of the
scene. There are also numerous supplementary resources centred around the topic of mysteries, including
lesson plan. Teachers would find this activity suitable for secondary or adult students of an intermediate
level or above…

NASA Kid's Club - for kids of all ages…

National History Museum - an educational site with interactive activities for children. The sections on
dinosaurs and exploring are particularly good. In the exploring section, you have to choose what to look
for, apply for a (printable) permit, and then find it, photograph it, catch it and choose the section of the
museum to record your data. Teachers would find this activity suitable to use with children studying the
environment…

Nik's Learning Technology Blog - Nik Peachey - teachers can find tips, ideas and resources on how
best to integrate learning technologies into their work…

OneStopEnglish - a comprehensive resource for teachers. There is a lesson share section where
teachers can share lesson plans with a competition for best lessons each month. There are lots of
activities with worksheets to download for business, ESP, exams and young learner lessons…

Oxfam Education - Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing
global learning in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for
Global Citizenship – education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in
it…

Oxford University Press - ELT Webinars - webinars are a great way to get 'bite-sized' professional
development…

Pearson Elt - Classroom Resources - worksheets, lesson plans, videos and teacher resources for all
levels of English…

Pearson ELT Online Presentations - join ELT authors for exclusive online presentations…

Pearson ELT - Professional Development - learn better and learn more with fresh methodology ideas,
top teaching tips and access to podcasts, videocasts and articles…

Playground Fun - this is a site all about Playground Games. Teachers could use the site for students to
learn some classic playground games some of which can be used in the classroom…

Podcasts in English.com - this podcast site has real conversations in English at 3 levels from elementary
to upper intermediate. Each listening is from 3 to 7 minutes on a whole variety of interesting topics. ..

PowerPoint Presentations on Writing - watch PowerPoint presentations giving advice on different areas
of writing, such as spelling rules, writing clauses and writing paragraphs.

Reg and Lellow - this site hosts stories in Powerpoint for teachers of very young learners…

Second Life - do you want your students to learn English and visit the UK for free? Now they can, virtually.

Sen teacher- for Special Education - free teaching resources for Special Needs…

Send my friend to school - Send My Friend to School brings together thousands of children across the
UK to speak up for the right to education, and remind world leaders of their promise that all children should
get the chance to go to school.

Show Me - it is a gateway that brings the best online resources and games from the UK's museum, gallery
and heritage sectors together into a '24-Hour Museum'. The content is aimed at children aged from 5 to 11.
The link here takes you to the teachers' area of the site where you find help and suggestions for using the
resources from the site for lesson planning…

Six Things - a collection of miscellany from the world of English language teaching…

Song Facts - song meanings, lyrics and trivia…

Sparkle Box - primary teaching resources and printables…

Speechyard.com – Thousands of movies are waiting for you. All videos are with English subtitles. Click on
unknown words, see their translation, add them to your library for further study and practice with people
from all over the world.

Special Needs teaching resources - 5,362 Free learning resources for special educational needs (SEN)
teachers including lesson plans, activities, games, teaching ideas, classroom resources and worksheets.

Spoonful - easy crafts for kids: quick arts and craft ideas…

St. Valentine's Day - all about St. Valentine’s Day…

Starfall - this website has kids' stories that you can read from a big book on the screen. Stories available
include folk tales, myths, comics, and Chinese fables…

Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary School Educators - Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for
Scholars are designed to strengthen curricula and improve the quality of teaching about the United States
in academic institutions overseas…
Teachers First - the web resource by teachers, for teachers…

Teacher’s Pet - If you are looking for high quality, downloadable activities and games for EYFS, KS1 and
KS2 then you have come to the right place!...

Teacher Tube - this is a teacher-friendly alternative to YouTube. Go to the Channels tab to narrow your
search. You will find videos on Reading and Writing as well as a whole host of YL material…

Teaching English (BC / the BBC) - free classroom materials to download, from short activities to full
lesson plans, for teaching kids and adults…

Teaching History – A single destination for K-12 American history content, teaching methods, and current
research: teaching materials, digital classroom, History content, issues and research, best practices…

Teaching Ideas - free lesson ideas, plans, activities and resources for use in the primary classroom…

Teaching Online - by Delta Publishing: English Language Teaching - tools and techniques, options and
opportunities…

TeAchnology - worksheets, lesson plans, teacher resources, printables, web quests, worksheet makers,
teaching tips…

TEFL clips - Jamie Keddie - TEFL clips is a site dedicated to the possibilities for YouTube and other
video sharing sites in the classroom…

TEFL Matters - language, teaching, teacher education and technology…

Telegraph Education - news on education…

TES English - provides and publishes printable and editable teaching and interactive resources,
worksheets, games, MP3 audio files, lesson plans and schemes of work for teachers of English at
secondary level…

Test Your Vocab - How many words do you think you know?

The Guardian Education - education news, comment and analysis….

The Road to Reading - is a collection of wall charts, flash cards, and stories designed to be used as an
aid to teaching reading and English grammar…

The Teacher Trainer Journal - a practical journal for those who train, mentor and educate TESOL
teachers; this is the online version of the Teacher Trainer journal. It contains some articles which can be
accessed online for free, but you need to subscribe to get access to all the materials available…

The Times 100 - this site is a free educational resource for students, teachers and lecturers of business
studies. Although not specifically designed for English teaching, it has a lot of authentic business materials
which can be downloaded, including case studies on real companies, written by leading business studies
textbook authors and linked to UK exam specifications. There are also simpler versions of the case studies
which would be useful for intermediate level students.

Thesaurus - find synonyms and antonyms of words at thesaurus…

TIME for kids - news for kids…

Turtle Diary – Re-imagination of learning. It's a unique collection of interactive and fun educational games.
Children learn important concepts that focus on specific skills that are challenging, yet age appropriate
(from toddlers to 5th graders).It tracks progress on skills as they are being practiced, and generates
detailed performance reports to give valuable insight on your kids' or students' abilities.

Up To Ten - games and activities aimed at both preschool and primary age kids - up to ten!

Using English (ESL) - hundreds of idioms listed on this site as well as phrasal verbs and other
grammatical irregularities your students may need help with…

Vocabulary.co.il - vocabulary games, English vocabulary, word games…

Web of Stories - everyone has a story to tell. You can record yours at Web of Stories for others to enjoy.
The site is full of wonderful stories, freely accessible to the public…

This document was updated on 9th December 2014.