Online Resources for Teachers and Students of
English as a Second Language

Dave's ESL Cafe, "The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!": Dave Sperling of California State University-Northridge, provides an online space for students and instructors to talk via e-mail. The menu also includes practical tips, questions and answers, samples of student writing, and information about other resources.

Karin's ESL PartyLand: Award-winning site with over 75 interactive quizzes, discussion forums, and theme-based learning pages for students. On the teachers' side you'll find lots of lessons and materials to use in class. Also includes a chat room, job center, and links.

Activities for ESL Students from the Internet TESL Journal, include interactive grammar, vocabulary and idiom quizzes, crossword puzzles, and word games.

Englishpractice.com offers online games, puzzles and interactive quizzes at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.

Purdue University Online Writing Center (OWL): offers downloadable handouts and presentations for both teachers and students on topics that include English as a second Language, grammar, general writing concerns, research and documentation, business writing, and writing across the curriculum (WAC).

SchMOOze University (sponsored by the International English Language Institute at Hunter College); a site where ESL students can"talk" with one other in real time.

Try English fluency exercises based on reading a monthly fable or listening to a weekly idiom (from the Comenius English Language Center).

Play games built on definitions and idioms (from the publisher of the Cobuild dictionaries).

The Learn English - Have Fun!! site offers free interactive word puzzles, searches, games and quizzes for English students.

Sarah and John's TEFL Pitstop offers original, printable materials for ESL and English teachers.

The English Teacher's Assistant Newsletter: Activities and ideas for teaching conversation, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation for ESL and EFL teachers.

Visit San Francisco State University's Frizzy University Network (FUN), a relaxed and comfortable environment in which students learning English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) can improve their writing.

Resources for Language, Linguistics, and Language Teaching and Learning at Linguistic Funland

Randall's ESL Cyber-Listening Lab lets you listen to English conversations while reading captions, then answer questions to test your understanding. You need speakers or a headset for your computer, but you can download a free audio program to create the sound.

Ohio University Grammar Page: collection of links to activities and resources, organized by level, with descriptions.

Practice English grammar and writing skills at Rong-Chang Li's English as a Second Language site.

The Daily Lesson Plan for English Teachers published by The New York Times includes many cross-cultural lessons and ideas.

VoyCabulary allows you to click on any word on any webpage to look it up.

Learning English Online (LEO) from the University of Kansas offers online grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading and writing exercises, quizzes and games.

Grammar and Vocabulary exercises for ESL students based on readings about international current events from CNN Newsroom and Worldview, sponsored by the BYU-Hawaii Language Center.

Advice on Academic Writing from the University of Toronto offers help for ESL writers.

ESL Planet's Guide to Argumentative Writing.