ESL Teaching Resources

Pronunciation lessons in mp3 audio format for beginner through intermediate students with access to a computer. Teachers can download audio files for use in the classroom.

Lessons and activities to teach and practice travel and survival English. Designed for ESL students who will be travelling to English-speaking countries, but the lessons can be incorporated into any beginner or intermediate class with access to a computer.

Pronunciation exercises for vowels, consonants, diphthongs, and general phonetics. There are printable, audio, and video activities and exercises to help students learn and practice English pronunciation.

Giving a speech can be a nerve wracking experience even for native English speakers. However, speech writing can be excellent practice for more advanced ESL students. Being able to deliver a successful speech in their second language can give a great sense of accomplishment to ESL students.

A library of videos curated by the BBC, these come with quiz questions and supplementary comprehension activities, great for learners of all levels.

Audio and video clips for all levels and with lots of different subjects. Great for increasing student's exposure to spoken English.

A variety of listening exercises for communicative practice. Some themes include "immigration and customs", "getting to know you", and "asking permission", among many others.

Website with multiple resources for learning English through music, including videos, lyrics, and sheet music. Also has other language resources!

Walk through for how to do video lessons, including several movies, handouts, activities and more.

Video-based grammar lessons and exercises on a wide variety of English grammatical structures. Lessons range from adjectives for beginners to complex tenses for advanced students.

Flash-based online quizzes that give immediate feedback on correct and incorrect answers. These can be assigned as homework or integrated into multimedia grammar lessons. There are also online puzzles that students can solve to test their skills.

Video-based vocabulary lessons on a variety of topics from fruits and vegetables to phrasal verbs.

Puzzles, games, and quizzes are great ways to introduce beginners to new vocabulary and grammatical structures. This site contains a variety of activities that students can do on their own or teachers can incorporate into lessons.

A variety of active and passive ESL games designed for children. These can be used as great icebreaker activities, rewards, or just as a way to break up a long lesson.

Categories are broken down by difficulty, ranging from Parts of the Body (Beginner) to Grammar Study Words (Advanced).

Various conversation, word-recognition, and pronunciation practice games for ESL students. Most games can be adapted to any level.