ESL Teaching Resources

A bit of a grab-bag of various lesson ideas, teaching tips, items to buy and affiliate links, certainly there should be something of interest to everyone.

Mark's ESL world contains job postings and discussion boards for new and experienced teachers. The forums are an excellent place to get advice and suggestions on teaching ESL as well as practical tips for living abroad.

With a vast array of different audio and visual resources, this is a perfect resource for a tech-savvy teacher wanting to incorporate multimedia into the ESL classroom.

With a variety of lesson plans and resources available for all skill levels, this is an excellent resource. Registration is all that's needed to download.

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.

Links to articles on many different aspects of teaching English to children, from one-on-one teaching, to large classes, to using games effectively. A good starting point for any new teacher.

This page has plans for all sorts of classes, test prep, vocabulary, audio and video materials - you name it.

While a paid service, this site provides flash cards and lessons that could be invaluable to ESL teachers.

With a variety of lessons for all levels, this site, although paid, offers valuable resources for ESL teachers.

Crosswords, word searches, flash cards, quizzes, worksheets, certificates, and more! A treasure trove of content for designing lessons, with a great deal of seasonal material.

This website offers a variety of resources for free, mostly centered around beginner to mid-level students. Huge selection of games, worksheets and more!

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

A free Dutch English learning resource, with grammar and vocabulary resources, and sample tests.

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.

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

Includes lesson ideas, conversation starters, classroom management tools, and other tips and hints for language teachers.

Several ideas and tips for using storytelling in lessons. Stories are a great way to practice writing and speaking in an ESL class.

Everyone speaks in a dialect of some kind. While "standard" English does exist to an extent, more often speech is marked by regional, ethnic, and class variation that colours the various dialects across the country and around the world. ESL teachers should be aware of dialectic variation when teaching.

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.