ESL Teaching Resources
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Speaking
ESL Media Lab Pronunciation Activites
[+-] Playable audio lessons for pronunciation.
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.
ESL Media Lab Travel English
[+-] Travel English and survival English video lessons.
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.
Online and Printable ESL Pronunciation Exercises
[+-] Printable, online, and video pronunciation lessons for beginner through intermediate students.
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.
Speech Tips
[+-] Tips for writing and delivering successful speeches.
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.
Listening
6-Minute English
[+-] BBC Site with Video-Based English Activities
A library of videos curated by the BBC, these come with quiz questions and supplementary comprehension activities, great for learners of all levels.
Elllo English Listening Library
[+-] Listening Resources for Lessons and Activities
Audio and video clips for all levels and with lots of different subjects. Great for increasing student's exposure to spoken English.
ESL Media Lab Listening Exercises
[+-] Audio exercises for listening lessons.
A variety of listening exercises for communicative practice. Some themes include "immigration and customs", "getting to know you", and "asking permission", among many others.
Lyrics Training
[+-] Site for Learning English Through Music
Website with multiple resources for learning English through music, including videos, lyrics, and sheet music. Also has other language resources!
Teaching with Film and Video
[+-] Page and Resources for Film and Video Lessons
Walk through for how to do video lessons, including several movies, handouts, activities and more.
Grammar
ESL Media Lab Grammar Videos and Exercises
[+-] Grammar exercises and explanatory videos.
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.
Road to Grammar
[+-] Online quizzes to test English grammar knowledge.
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.
Vocabulary
ESL Media Lab Vocabulary Lessons
[+-] Vocabulary video lessons.
Video-based vocabulary lessons on a variety of topics from fruits and vegetables to phrasal verbs.
Warm Ups, Games, and Puzzles
Easy Things for Beginners
[+-] Online and printable games and quizzes for beginners.
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.
English-4-Kids Games and Ideas
[+-] Communicative ESL games for kids.
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.
Hangman for ESL Students
[+-] Online hangman game with categories for all levels.
Categories are broken down by difficulty, ranging from Parts of the Body (Beginner) to Grammar Study Words (Advanced).
Sample Edutainment Games
[+-] Game and activity ideas for teaching ESL.
Various conversation, word-recognition, and pronunciation practice games for ESL students. Most games can be adapted to any level.