Dianne Krause's List: ESL Resources

"Today, I have 11 good foreign language resources to try in 2011 (I've included a couple of ESL/EFL resources in this list)."

"There are many teachers who want to start using technology in their classrooms, but just aren't sure where to start. That's why I got together ten prominent ed tech bloggers, teachers, and school administrators to create The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators. In this book there introductions to more than six dozen web tools for K-12 teachers. Additionally, you will find sections devoted to using Skype with students, ESL/ELL, blogging in elementary schools, social media for educators, teaching online, and using technology in alternative education settings."

A nice collection of resources for teachers of world language (and more) including audio recording, podcasting, interactive worksheets, online conversations and more. 

"While writing about LangMedia yesterday I realized that I've reviewed a lot of resources for foreign language and ESL/EFL students and teachers over the last couple of years. Here are ten of the better free resources for foreign language and ESL/EFL students."

As educators, we know that learning takes place every day and everywhere. But with the need for information and expertise in all sorts of related and unrelated fields these days, we just can't learn quickly or deeply enough to satisfy personal or professional demands. Consider the following approaches most people take:

Free resources for teachers of young learners. All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many K-6 classrooms. I have
free flashcards
,
worksheets
and
handouts
to match,
free phonics cards
, free
ESL games
, an international project exchange library,
printable certificates
,
printable stickers
and activities all ready for printing.

LANGWITCHES.ORG includes standards, ideas, projects, tutorials, and software reviews. The goal is to encourage foreign language and ESL teachers to learn and experiment with technology and at the same time, become comfortable enough to expand their teaching methodology to include different kinds of technologies into their classrooms

FilmArobics, Inc. specializes in comprehensive lesson plans to accompany feature-length films in four languages (Spanish, French, German and Italian) and ESL. Although each of our lesson plans is different, you will find some common characteristics. We break the film down into 10 to 15 minute segments for each lesson.

A great list of resources, every single day!

Nice collection of free audiobooks.

A nice list of ESL resources

Through the great folks in the Google Certified Teachers community I've learned that you can now sort your search results by readability. The readability index is a bit coarse, but it is helpful none-the-less. The index use a simple ranking of "basic," "intermediate," and "advanced." In order to sort by readability you have to open the advanced search tools then select "reading level" from the drop-down menus.

This is the front page of the Simple English Wikipedia. Wikipedias are places where people work together to write encyclopedias in different languages. We use Simple English words and grammar here. The Simple English Wikipedia is for everyone! That includes children and adults who are learning English.
There are 67,234 articles on the Simple English Wikipedia. All of the pages are free to use. They have all been published under both the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 and the GNU Free Documentation License. You can help here! You may change these pages and make new pages. Read the help pages and other good pages to learn how to write pages here. If you need help, you may ask questions at Simple talk.

A virtual boatload of links and sites for ESL students

"This web site is for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities. Even though the primary focus is for ESL, native English speakers may also find some interesting things on this site. This site is non-commercial and has no advertising. TESL/TEFL teachers may want to recommend this site to their students. "

"Selection of ESL resources to help you learn English "