ESL Teaching Resources
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Printable Flashcards and Images
ESL Kids Lab - Flashcards
[+-] Printable, colour flashcards for beginner level lessons.
Flashcards to teach basic actions, greetings and goodbyes, objects, animals, weather, time, and many other topics.
Worksheets
ESL Kids Lab - Phonics Worksheets
[+-] Phonics worksheets for young, low-level students.
Simple, printable, pdf worksheets to practice spelling and phonics for common nouns and verbs. Students can colour the worksheets. Site also contains an audio portion so students can hear the words being said.
ESL Kids Lab - Printables
[+-] Worksheets to practice everything from Animals to Weather.
These downloadable and printable worksheets can be used as warm-up activities, parts of a lesson, or homework assignments. They are mostly vocabulary practice, but can be incorporated into almost any lesson.
Free ESL Worksheets and Teaching Materials
[+-] Downloadable worksheets, games, and puzzles.
Links to a wide variety of activities, templates, and exercises on many different ESL topics, including articles for teachers and information on business and other specialized English.
Magic Vocabulary
[+-] Printable worksheets and games to teach English vocabulary.
Worksheets and games to teach vocabulary for everything from Actions to Weather. Primarily aimed at children, but the worksheets can be adapted to any age.
Printable English Grammar Exercises
[+-] Printable grammar exercises and worksheets.
Printable exercises and worksheets for use in ESL grammar classes. Topics include parts of speech, tenses, as well as modals and conditionals.
Printable ESL Vocabulary Worksheets
[+-] Printable vocabulary worksheets on a wide variety of topics.
Vocabulary worksheets on topics ranging from Action Verbs to Weather and Seasons. Each topic contains handouts and puzzles to study and reinforce vocabulary.
School Express - Over 13000 Free Worksheets
[+-] Make a word or sentence worksheets, as well as spelling sheets, word searches, awards, quizzes and many more.
A wide variety of customizable and printable worksheets for use in any classroom. Spelling tests, vocabulary lists, and grammar quizzes and worksheets can be easily created on this site. A very handy site for teachers looking to create lesson activities, quizzes, or games for use in an ESL classroom.
English Grammar Resources
Daily Grammar Glossary
[+-] Glossary of grammatical terms.
From Adjectives to Voice, the Daily Grammar Glossary gives definitions of some of the most common grammatical terms. A useful resource for students and teachers alike.
Daily Study
[+-] ESL Study Site with Daily Updates
This site provides links to a vast collection of audio files, with varying difficulty and about a variety of topics. Speed can be adjusted as well, making this a very useful tool.
Online Games and Quizzes
Daily Page for ESL Students
[+-] Brief homepage for ESL students, updated daily.
A handy starting point for ESL students. This page has daily quizzes, vocabulary, slang, listening, and pronunciation practice.
Dictionary Flash Cards
[+-] Online flashcard activity to test and improve vocabulary.
Generates a random vocabulary word with each touch of the button. If students don't understand a word, they can click on one of the dictionary links on the sidebar. Teachers can recommend a particular dictionary to suit their class, such as WordSmyth for Children.
English Grammar Quizzes Using JavaScript
[+-] Intermediate-Level Grammar Quiz
A quick source of quiz questions for testing intermediate-level grammar, to be used either by students or in tests.
Free ESL Games
[+-] Online ESL flash games.
Online games to practice grammar and vocabulary, useful for students and teachers alike.
Internet TESL Journal Activities for Students
[+-] Online quizzes and puzzles for ESL students.
A variety of online grammar and vocabulary quizzes as well as podcasts and YouTube links to audio and video lessons for ESL students.
Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
[+-] Online multiple-choice quizzes on prepositions and phrasal verbs.
Students read a passage and select the appropriate preposition or phrasal verb from a drop down list. The reading level required for the activities varies from intermediate to advanced.
Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students
[+-] A Vast Library of Self-Study Quizzes
A great resource for those in need of quizzes, catering to many levels and topics.
Super Quiz Machine for ESL Students
[+-] Randomly generated 20-question vocabulary quizzes.
Drawn from a database of over 3000 questions, each quiz asks students 20 multiple-choice questions where they must insert appropriate vocabulary to create grammatically correct sentences.
Reference
Cambridge International Syllabus 2021-2023
[+-] Cambridge Syllabus in PDF
The entire syllabus for Cambridge, a widely used publisher of ESL course materials. A useful reference for any teaching using (or thinking of using) their materials.