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Best TESOL/ESL/TOEFL Websites


600+ for learning English

Nearly 2 billion people study English.
About 4 times the number of native speakers.



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   Dictionaries    Games and Puzzles    Worksheets    Tutorials
   Vocabulary Builders    Listening Links
   Software Help    Search Engines    Pen Pals    Miscellaneous Sites
   Vocabulary Games    University Sites    Practical Learning/Teaching Tips


   Translator Sites


   English Teacher Hints, Advice and Teaching Tips


"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today"


I just love learning English





February 4, 2022


Do you?




  • 143 Learning Activities for the TESOL/ESL/TOEFL Classroom
    Each one is a proven skill builder. I used them all for over 35 years.

    Please call on me. I know the answer.

  • Jim's Multilanguage Homepage with 31 Languages




    Webmaster
    Professor Emeritus
    University of Northern Iowa
    USA




    We search the world for travel sites to share with you



    Senior Citizen Travel -

    Check the link above to see where we have been



    Jim Becker's Travel Websites




    Students learning English
    It is your attitude and NOT your aptitude
    that determines your altitude.



    Professor Polyglot

    Let me help you improve your English








    They dug up the 500 Most Commonly
    Used English Words.
  • And here they are
    See how many you already know.

  • Now say this twice without stopping. Then laugh.

    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
    A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?




    "If you access these links Donkey, you'll improve your English"

    "Yup, and maybe yours too Shrek!"






  • TESOL Organization's Home Page
  • Welcome to the new TESOL Journal
    The TESOL EFL Journal is a unique journal for Language educators that is devoted to discussions on English as an International Language and its growth and development especially as it relates to the global spread of English language teaching and learning.






  • Sample Lessons for TESOL
  • TESOL Matters: Wandering the Web
  • TESOL Listing of Reading Exercises
  • Linguistic Funland for TESOL

  • English Portal
    English Portal offers you a variety of exercises. Our Personal tutor will design a personal study plan for you, tailored to your level, goals and available study time.

  • Master List of Language Schools from all over the world
    Language schools and immersion programs in Spanish, Italian, French, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and many other languages will help you learn a language of your choice. Deciding on a particular language school is never easy but we will help you through the process. More than 35,000 people, many just like you, have chosen AmeriSpan Study Abroad programs.
    A one-stop shop






  • Becoming an ESL Teacher
    Courageous, enlightened leadership is an essential element in a high performance 21st Century school. Now, more than ever, it is critical to attract and retain highly qualified, passionate, and dedicated school leaders.



  • ESL go - free English as a second language for learning + teaching ESL
    A free ESL websites for learning English or teaching ESL + ESL.
  • The Top Four ESL Websites
  • Favorite ESL websites for learning English
  • 7 Outstanding ESL Websites Loaded with Great Teaching Materials
  • Top 10 Websites for ESL Teachers
  • Top 50 TEFL Blogs and Websites On The Web (EFL Blogs)
  • Advice for ESL Students / Learn English Effectively
    This is a very helpful and loaded site focusing on conversation, vocabulary and strategies for students of English. Spend some time here as there is a plethora of good advice and helpful links.

  • Word Recognition Training for ESL
    All done via YouTube.

  • Welcome to ESL Sheets.com
    Free Conversation and Dialogue Sheets
    Lots of ideas and aids here.
  • Interesting Things 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.

  • Activities for ESL Students
  • Interesting Things for ESL Students



  • GOOGLE's ESL teaching materials websites
  • Lots of Interesting Things for ESL Students
  • ESL Links from St. Mary's University
    ESL teaching materials sites
  • English4U
    This website is a completely free site for learning English specially made for ESL / EFL students in their first years of study. It especially contains the most important English grammar explanations combined with lots of exercises
  • ESL Curriculum, Supplemental Activities for Teachers



    For your information: According to Smithsonian.com (March 2014)
    There are 7,105 languages in the world.
    Only 18% of Americans are bilingual. 53% of Europeans are bilingual.
    14 languages were invented by Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Human Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into 418 languages.

  • Top 20 ESL/EFL Web Sites
  • ESL Links - Learning English...tons of them!

  • ESL Monkeys
    English Language Teaching, Learning Resources + Jobs
  • ESL Curricular Resources
  • ESL Help Desk- and lots of it
    Welcome to the ESL HELP! Desk, where all activities and exercises are authentic English,from learners of English. Be sure to check out our many aspects of our website, including our blog, our Vocabulary lessons, and our Library, by clicking on the many links above.


  • ESL Magazine
  • Activities for ESL Students
  • Web English Teacher/ESL
  • Similes in the ESL Classroom
  • ESL Sites
  • ESL : Bilingual : Spanish English
  • Idioma Inglés para Hispanohablantes


  • From EarthLink Bob Bowman's ESL Links
  • Welcome to 1-language.com's ESL Center!
  • ESL Lesson Plans/Activities
  • Rong Chang's help for ESL students

  • Welcome to the ESL website
    Your specialists in language studies abroad. Our website will help you to get an idea of the numerous options that are available to you. Language courses abroad for adults and students.


  • ESL/Writing : About.com
  • Some ESL Conversation Favorites
  • ESL (English as a second language) - top 20 activities
  • ESL Webguide: Teacher Training
  • ESL Directory
    ESL Directory - Program Search: Welcome to the ESL Directory Search, the number 1 resources for ESL students around the world to research and locate English as a Second Language programs from all around the world.

  • Isabel Perez/ESL Site
    A Webmaster Choice Site



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  • Breaking News English/ESL lessons
  • ESL Link sites
    A Webmaster Choice Site


  • Rong-Chang Li's multiple sites
    A Webmaster Choice Site


  • Oxford Seminars ESL Resources
  • Free ESL Study and Learning Materials
    A rich resource for honing skills in English
  • Apply ESL.com
  • ESL Flashcards
  • Larry Ferlazzo's Teacher's Page
    Hundreds of ESL links for teachers and students
  • ESL Resource Center
  • Great ESL Links for students & teachers

  • Using English.com
    UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English. Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas. Great site.
  • Learning Chocolate/a vocab. learning game
  • Ethnologue:Languages of the world
    An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages
  • The 10 Best Places to Teach English Abroad



  • Best Games for Building Vocabulary
  • Language Arts Games - Grammar, Punctuation, Capitalization, Vocabulary
  • My Vocabulary.com
  • English Vocabulary Games with Pictures
  • Free Word Games
  • Vocabulary.com Games

    I am having a ball learning new vocabulary words.


    Avoid that which requires an apology



  • Free English Lessons Online
    Learning English Online - English Grammar, Vocabulary, Exercises, Exams - information for learners of English as a foreign language. You will find a lot of information about the English language on this site.
  • Learn English Online
    A Webmaster Choice Site


  • Learn to Speak English for Free
    Free Grammar Lessons: We have prepared some free online grammar lessons in order to help you improve in your English grammar. The top of each page has a teaching box with examples. The answers are listed on the bottom of each page.



  • Learn English Online for FREE
    Links compliments of GOOGLE...
  • ESOL Courses : Free English Lessons Online and lots of them

  • Learn to Speak English
    Learn English Free Online with Grammar, Idioms, and Songs. Here you will find 100 English Idioms, over 20 English songs (with the words), and some free English grammar lessons in order to help you learn English better.
  • Free English Lessons Online
  • ENGLISH PRACTICE/Learn English Online for Free
  • Learning English from the BBC
    A Webmaster Choice Site


  • Word of the Day | NY Times Edition
  • Speaking of English Globally

  • A free podcasting service



  • ESL Worksheets, Grammar Printables and Handouts / Great Aid Here
  • Create a Worksheet for English Terms
  • Free Printable ESL worksheets by teachers for teachers
  • Tools for Educators / Lots of printables

  • ESL Printables
  • Super Teacher Worksheets A wide variety at that
  • Worksheet Works / hundreds of them
  • Free Language Arts Worksheets
  • Create customized worksheets in less than 5 minutes
  • ESL Worksheets for English Practice
    The free ESL vocabulary worksheets and lessons in this site cover everyday slang for communication in real life situations.
    Select one of the major sections from above to explore more of this site.


  • Happy Child English Worksheets
    Welcome to the English pages at Project HappyChild. We receive many requests for help with English, so we've put together a range of free worksheets on the site here, as well as linking to excellent resources elsewhere on the Internet.

  • WorldWise Travel Quiz from National Geographic
  • My Language Exchange
    An excellent website for independent learning

  • Similar to the one above but has a Facebook interface
  • Using English for academic purposes: Learning to write well
  • Teach English Abroad - TESOL/TEFL Teachers
  • Teach English in Asia
    Your place for information about living and working in
  • Language Course.net
    Worldwide most visited independent site for booking language courses




    Tips for Teaching & Learning English


  • The English Magazine Love English
    Lots of good Tips for Learning English.
  • English Learning Tips
    From About.com. Ask yourself weekly: What do I want to learn this week?
  • Daily Tips on Learning English
    From About.com. Ask yourself weekly: What do I want to learn this week?


  • Great Site from the BBC
  • WordWeb Free Version
  • Learn English and Feel Good



  • Learn English and Study ESL Online: Intermediate Listening - Taking Notes
  • TESL : Testing
  • GRE Vocabulary Review
    Here you can listen and memorize over 7500 GRE words, which have appeared in the previous ETS GRE exams
  • How to build your listening skills
  • Active Listening
    Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others.

  • ESL : Listening Links
    Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language
  • Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab







  • The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  • Teaching English in a Two-Year College


  • A guide to Grammar and Writing
    Capital Comm. College, Hartford, CT
  • Cal State ESL with useful information
  • TEFL Training College - Go-TEFL
  • National Council on Teaching English
  • English Grammar Exercise Table
  • CURSO DE INGLES MULTIMEDIA ONLINE GRATIS



  • The Top Five English Dictionaries
    Bilingual dictionaries are great. English learner dictionaries are better! These dictionaries have been designed with English learners in mind, and as such provide extra learning tools for pronunciation, verb types, basic grammar structures, and more.
  • Babylon English Dictionary
    Become a true multilingual speaker by using our online English translator. Translate English words and phrases into many languages with one simple search. Nota Bene: CHECK THIS ONE OUT.
  • Wiktionary the Free Dictionary
    Welcome to the English-language Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. It aims to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English.


  • Free multilingual online dictionary
    English Spanish French Portuguese German Italian Swedish

  • One-Look Dictionary
  • Alpha Dictionary
  • What does that word mean? Tell me about it.

  • Welcome to Online Talking Dictionary
    Dictionarist provides translations in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Greek, Albanian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean dictionaries.
  • Shambles EAL/ESL/EFL/
    A Webmaster Choice Site


    TESL Resources



  • Links from the Internet TESL Journal/Rich!
  • The Internet TESL Journal/For Teachers of English as a Second Language
  • TESL Links
  • The Very Best TESL:Internet TESOL Journal
  • Top TESL/TESOL Programs in the USA
  • TESL/TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL JOB Links - Rich Site
    Maintained by The Internet TESL Journal.




  • TESL Links for Teachers
  • TESL Resource Guide
  • TESL Links for Students
  • What's New in TESL
  • Linguistic Funland TESL Page
  • TESL Business English

  • Teaching Abroad/Amherst College
  • One New Word A Day
    (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, and German)
  • Pick A Sentence
    And hear it in English...


  • Clip Art for ESL Flashcards

  • Activities for ESL/EFL Students/Rich
    Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • Clip Art for ESL Flashcards
    Activities for ESL/EFL Students/Rich
    Clip Art for ESL Flashcards
    Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • eslflow.com




  • Genki English, ESL games, songs and ideas...fun and colorful
  • ESL Lounge/Free ESL lesson materials
  • Welcome to ABC English online
    This site exists to help ESL students learn English as a second language. All the resources are free including grammar definitions, examples and the freee tests.



    Journals, Texts and Materials

  • The ELT-Journals
  • The Journal:ESL Sites


    "Fear can make a donkey attack a lion"





  • Wikipedia's Definition of Bilingual Education
  • Bilingual Ed Websites for ESL Teachers
  • Google on Bilingual Education
  • National Association for Bilingual Education
  • Stephen Krashen's...Why Bilingual Education?

    "Fear those who are afraid of you"

    Help With Writing
  • Google's guide to Grammar and Writing
  • Writing Well: Strategic Streamlining
  • Writing Resources


  • Funny English Mistakes from Around the World
  • Multiple English Sites
  • Multiple Verb Vocab Sites
  • ESL EFL Activities






    Teaching Jobs and Resources

  • Teaching English Worldwide
  • Oxford Seminars' TESOL/TESL/TEFL Certification Course

  • Teaching English Abroad
    Imagine immersion in vibrant cultures, breathtaking landscapes, and smiling students in the classroom - Oxford Seminars' TESOL/TESL/TEFL Certification Course will help you start that journey. With over 20,000 jobs advertised monthly, there are always opportunities available to teach English as a Second Language.

  • An On-Line Job Application Site
    Find an Tutoring Job or Employment Application Online
  • Teach English Abroad - TESOL/TEFL Teacher Training Certification Course
    A provider of TESOL/TEFL certification courses throughout the US and Canada. Get certified to teach English abroad with this TESOL/TEFL Teacher Training Certification Course.
  • Teach English in Taiwan / All the specs
  • Japan English Teacher / Job Listings
  • Teach Abroad /Major Site
    Teach Abroad Resources listings
  • Teaching English in Korea
  • Jobs for TESOL w/help from GOOGLE
  • How to Choose Your First Teaching English Job in China
  • Jobs Abroad Teaching English

  • Jobs in Japan
  • O'Hayo Sensei/ Teaching Jobs in Japan
  • Jobs for Teaching English in Japan
  • ESL Jobs Worldwide
  • More job announcements for ESL/EFL jobs overseas
  • More job announcements for ESL/EFL jobs overseas

  • Overseas Digest

  • ESL/EFL Jobs Site
  • Jobs and Resources for ELT Professionals
  • Website for English teachers in Japan
  • Teach English Now

    Google Search Engine
    Yahoo Search Engine
    Top Ten Search Engines in the World
    Bing Search Engine
    The Search English List
    Wikipedia's Listing of ALL Search Engines
    Google for Spanish
    Google for French
    Google for German
    Google for Japanese
    Google for Chinese
    Google for Italian
    Google for Russian


    BAIDU in English
    Here is one you may not have heard of called BAIDU.
    It is actually the #2 most popular website in the world from China.



  • NPR Concert Videos /Enjoy the music

    Our English teacher has lots of class.



    With all Jim's language websites
    SHREK can leap over
    Donkey in 31 Languages
    Multilanguage Homepage with 31 languages



    I'll learn your language if you learn mine, okay?










    Climb aboard, as I am going to the UK to learn English

  • Check out Jim's Travel Websites
    Everything you will need to make your trip special.



  • BE COOL. Learn to Read Hieroglyphics




    You hold the wide world in your hands.
    Now go out and do some exploring.

  • Jim's Best Chinese Websites






  • We are both here to help you learn English
  • Best TESOL/ESL/TOEFL Websites
    Note that Google rates this site #1.
  • The Best Sites for Learning English

  • Free SAT Prep for ESL Students
    Note that this is a new site
  • Top Ten Websites for the ESL Teacher

  • English as a second language. Dozens of sites here.

  • English as a Second Language (ESL) for Teachers and Students

  • Help with English Grammar

  • Guides focused on Teaching & English as a Second Language

  • The latest TESOL/ESL links

  • The Best Views in the World Worth Traveling For

  • The newest TESOL website links

  • LearnEnglish Kids From the British Council

  • English Language Guide

  • Learn English for Free

    Basic English Grammar Super site with lots of grammar lessons
  • A conglomeration of ESL TESOL graphics You can expand each and every one of them.
  • Tongue Twisters in English
    Have fun with these and challenge your friends.
  • A whole bunch of games in various languages
    From Purpose Games. Enjoy.

  • Word Hippo
    Find Similar or Opposite words at WordHippo in another language.
  • High School Foreign Language
    General Sites, Topics, Quick Reference, Fun and More. Enjoy.
  • Languages of the World Quizzes
    A great NEW FIND with possibilities galore. Play with them.
  • Free Online English Grammar
    A completely free online English grammar with clearly explained grammar rules and plenty of examples to illustrate the main points and difficulties of English grammar.
  • Free Intermediate English Resources
    These resources are completely free to use at home or in class. There is nothing to pay, and no need to register or sign up before you use them, and that is amazing.
  • Free Advanced level English resources
    From Linguapress: Resources for English teachers and for students with a good working knowledge of English, and a good understanding of essential vocabulary.
  • How to become an ESL teacher
    While ESL teachers certainly have to deal with a variety of challenges that other educators may not, such as addressing cultural and language barriers, being an ESL teacher can be a rewarding career.
    "The trouble with life isn't that there are no answers,
    it's that there so many answers." - Ruth Benedict


  • Learn English from the British Council

  • English Grammar Online


  • Talk English.com
    A great link to expand your vocabulary.Our goal is to help you Learn English speaking so you can speak English fluently. Improve your spoken English Free.


  • Christian The Lion - Reunited - From "The View"
    Don't miss this one. It's a true animal love story, especially the ending.

  • Google Suggests that you try out these TESOL/ESL Sites

  • A collection of various language quizzes
    Have some fun here in several languages.

  • A Dictionary and Thesaurus from Merriam-Webster
    A great link to expand your vocabulary.

  • A Fun Scrabble Word Finder in English


  • English, ESL, EFL Resources for Teachers and Learners - Linguasorb


  • Jobs and Resources for ELT Professionals
    Edufind is a completely free site, with a focus shifted to English language schools. The database lists all 1600 accredited English schools in 9 countries, with student reviews of most of them.

  • List of the most common irregular verbs in English

  • Languages Online Links
    A little touch of everything. jeb


  • MUZZY in English
    A fun means to improve your English comprehension. jeb

  • MUZZY Vocabulary Builder in English
    If you liked MUZZY above, try this for vocabulary. jeb

  • You choose to learn a new language
    Here are some great sites to help you do it.

  • A list of languages in the world
    Half of the world's population speak the 13 most populous languages, the other half of the world speak the rest. The following table lists the languages of the world with the largest number of native speakers. jeb


    Located in the Philippines, there are over 1,200 "Chocolate Hills," geological features that get their name from the brown color they turn during dry season. They are rather unique in appearance, and when you see them from the viewing deck, it seems like they never end. The creation of these hills has baffled many geologists who are unsure of how they formed.

  • Online Etymology Dictionary
    This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago. Cool site. jeb

  • Speaking English Activities
    Oral English assessments and ESL speaking English activities.

  • 43 Fantastic ESL Resources for Students
    We've put together this ESL resource guide to help students, from teens to adults, get the help they need to achieve their goals with learning English. By Grace Chen.

  • ESL Communication Resources
    ESL is an important component of education especially in diverse communities. It is imperative that teachers understand the different teaching methods and classroom formats for ESL students.

  • How to improve spoken English
    Here are the 4 areas you need to work on.

  • Instructional Technology Tools in the ESL Classroom
    Instructional technology tools can reshape your curriculum, or they can be a way to reinforce concepts and address gaps in language skills.
  • A Masters in ESL
    By Serena Makofsky, a bilingual educator and curriculum designer with over a decade of experience.
  • Interesting Things for ESL Students
    A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. A Quick Menu to the Main Sub-Pages.

  • ESL Resources
    Internet 4 Classrooms.
  • ESL Communication Resource- Games, Lessons, and More
    From Near-Field Communication.
  • English Language Teaching Resources
    Here on this site you can download and use Printable Worksheets,Handouts, Tests, Grammar Explanations and Lessons,Vocabulary,Picture Dictionary,Pictionary, Posters,Games and Puzzles.
  • Free ESL EFL flashcards, worksheets and so on
    Top ESL sites and resources.
  • Sites for Teaching ESL
    Contains a ranking an resources.
  • TEFL Top Sites for ESL Teachers & Students
    Free ESL Games, Online Interactive Games, Printable Board Games, Card Games, Powerpoint PPT Games and Game Templates to Build your own games.
  • Fun ESL Games
    Interactive Grammar & Vocabulary Games for Classrooms.
  • Vocabulary Videos
    Enjoy watching Vocabulary Videos while learning English Vocabulary with these free ESL, EFL videos for students from preschool to 3rd grade. Teach your kids Vocabulary with these videos.

  • Your Dictionary - Word Finder
    YourDictionary's Words Finder will give you the help you need to beat the competition in games like Words With Friends and Scrabble. This link is fun just to play with words.
  • Learn English with Comic Strips
    So you want to learn English, but don't really know what to do? Well, this website will hopefully make your learning more appealing. Learning English with comics /comic strip can be fun while still being rich in terms of cultural elements.
  • Find an ESL School by State
    A listing for every state with information on that school.
  • English Banana.com
    A weird name but a great site that offers more than 3,200 free printable resources for teaching and learning English and ESL.

  • Internet TESOL Journal Linke
    Dozens of browser links for students and more for teachers.


  • The Language Gulper
    A neat NEW find with detailed descriptions of the main languages of the world in a clear, concise way. Its scope is not only living languages but also ancient ones of historical or cultural importance. So far, "The Language Gulper" includes 131 individual language pages, 40 about families and branches and 8 about linguistic areas. These two have an insatiable appetite for ancient and modern tongues. 2013 Alejandro Gutman and Beatriz Avanzati


  • My Languages
    Dozens of great vocabulary builders and all with sound. This is one great NEW FIND. I loaded the English version, but all you have to do is insert the language you want in place of english into the URL. You can learn Hebrew, Hindi, Portuguese and many more this way.

    Travel the world via beautiful photos
    You can choose the country and even the region of that country to expire. Great site.

    A Guide to Writing for College by Veritas Prep
    Follow these resources to improve your writing skills.


    ESL/TESOL/Bilingual Teacher Education Programs
    Here is a directory (broken down by state) of all of the ESL/TESOL/Bilingual Teacher Education programs they could find, from over 1,700 accredited colleges and universities across the US.

    Urdu-English
    It is easier to learn a new language if you already know a language. This website will help you to learn English by using Urdu to help explain words and phrases. We help with providing online lessons to improve English. We also help with helping you to pass the Life in the UK and the UK Driving Tests.


    BING translator site
    It's fast, accurate and easy to use. Give it a try.


  • Word Hippo
    This is one tremendous NEW FIND. Want to know the opposite for the word, another word for, the meaning of the word, a sentence with that word in it and more. It will even translate a word into another language for you.



  • Spell Finder
    Best (they say) spelling and spell check free online dictionary with detail meaning.


  • My Memory Translation
    Here's where machine translation meets human translation. Many variations online.

    ESL/TESOL/Bilingual Teacher Education Programs
    Here is a directory (broken down by state) of all of the ESL/TESOL/Bilingual Teacher Education programs we could find, from over 1,700 accredited colleges and universities across the US.


    360 Cities
    A really cool site that takes you all over the world to view close up and with 360 degree views with just your Mouse. Just move it L or R for a 360 scan.

  • Latin Language and Literature Resources
    The Latin language has a heritage bound in literature, ancient inscriptions and international influence upon other languages and the answering service. Latin gave origin to many languages such as Italian, French, and Spanish. It is the official language of the Vatican and continues to endure historic periods through Latin literature. Latin literature encompasses the poetry, tragedy, and comedy of Roman history.



  • Live Lingua
    A total immersion language school online to learn English via Skype.

  • An Online Spell Check Site
    Using this online spell check may be beneficial to you for numerous reasons. First of all, it couldn't be more convenient to use. You simply type in the word you want to check. You will see prompts with spelling suggestions or one stating you have no errors. There is a very small blue check mark at the bottom of the box. Use it.


    The smarter you are, the less you speak.


  • Online English Verb Conjugation Trainer
    A very nice site for learning the various verb tenses.

  • English Word Recognition Game

  • Word Power
    Learn English online with Word Power - Your Free Resources to Better English.
  • English Phonics, Verbs, Common Words, Writing Practice and more
    From EZ School.

  • Free Online Grammar Checker
    An online grammar check can come in handy for anyone who wants to write proper English. Like many, you probably learned many of the grammar rules all throughout your school years. Also, like many, you've likely forgotten much of what you learned.

  • 43 Fantastic ESL Resources for Students
    There are over 1 billion people all over the world learning English right now. Luckily for them, there are now, more than ever, a plethora of great resources on the Web to make this challenge easier.


    God can see a black ant walk on a black
    stone in a black night.


  • English Phrases and Common Sentences
    This page contains a table including the following: English phrases, expressions and words in English, conversation and idioms, English greetings and survival phrases or simply if you want to know what to say when chatting.

  • The Language Internet Polyglot
    Internet Polyglot is dedicated to helping members learn English by providing a way to memorize words and their meanings. This site helps your memory to grasp more information and retain it for longer time. Access to all pages is free.
    Neat new site w/sound too! English to 34 other languages.


  • How to Master English Grammar
    In my view (Michael Shelby) learning English grammar in the following sequence ensures firm solid thorough knowledge of English grammar.
    A Webmaster Choice Site
  • Vocabulary Training Exercises
    You can even create your own test on this site.


  • Language Guide for Enlgish
    This is one great site for building both vocabulary and grammar skills.
    Within each category, place your cursor over an image to hear it pronounced aloud.
    A Webmaster Choice Site

  • Play and learn English / for Kids
  • Primary Resources for English / word, sentence, text level and more.
  • ESL TPR Songs for your classroom
    Make English literally unforgettable with the Genki English EFL / ESL Songs.
  • Linguicon: Looking at Language
    BASIC ENGLISH SENTENCE STRUCTURE (QUICK & PAINLESS! CLEAR & ACCURATE!)
  • Grammar, Vocabulary & Culture Exercises
    Extensive selection of sites for teachers and students of English and other languages.
  • TESL Times
    This page contains links to activities that teachers can use with their students or if you're a student, scroll down to the student links for many activities you can do by yourself.
  • ESL/EFL Teaching/Learning Resources
    A site full of helpful links for improving reading skills.
  • Teaching ESL
    A video with lots of good ideas. Activities for Beginners through Advanced levels.
  • Learn English (English) -- improve your vocabulary with word games
    Choose the topic you are interested in. Our word games are fun and can teach you thousands of new words. When you go to the Quiz page, see INFO PAGE and under this see 1. Table. You can HEAR the words in English here to practice them. Good deal. The 2. List is also nice for review. It is the same for each vocabulary listing. Hangman and Jumble are also great for review. Have fun!
  • ESL for Beginners Topics
    Welcome to this free ESL (English as a Second Language) Community.
  • Does language learning make kids smarter?
  • Being Bilingual May Boost Your Brain Power

  • ESL Kids Flashcards



    Vocabulary Building Sites

  • Commonly Confused Words in English
    Let us straighten them out right here.

  • A Ton of Drills for Building a Better English Vocbulary
    A wide variety of topics for having fun with English words.
  • Vocabulary Learning/Long List of Sites
  • A super site for learning new vocabulary
  • Building a Better Vocabulary
  • How to Build Your Vocabulary
  • How to Improve Your Vocabulary
  • Learning Chocolate
    This website aims to help students to memorize vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games with dozens of categories such animals, body, fruit, numbers, tools, etc.
    A Webmaster Choice Site


    Go with the lesser of two evils.

  • The Ultimate Vocabulary Trainer
  • Hello World/Rich site full of drills, games and dictionary
  • Home of Vocabulary University...many many choices
  • The Origin of Words in the English language
  • s 1,000 Most Common Words in English
  • Test your English : ESL/EFL
  • Word Origins

  • English Vocabulary Tutorial Index
    Another great NEW FIND... loaded too! American English Vocabulary with Pronunciation.

  • Hello World.com.es
    A loaded site from Hello World w/vocabulary, picture dictionary, grammar and more.
  • Help for Learning Common English Vocabulary/Nice!
  • Vocabulary and Spelling City.com
    Do you look forward to studying for your weekly vocabulary and spelling test? Probably not. But once you start using VocabularySpellingCity, you might just change your mind.



    Learning Games, Puzzles and Fun


  • Quia's Multiple English Building Site - Lots of Drills and Activities
  • ESL Games
  • English Language Games
  • Language Games for Kids

  • Fun English Games
  • ESL Games Apples 4 The Teacher
  • ESL Games:Crossword Puzzles
  • English Language Games
  • Linguistic Funland
  • Game Samples
  • Crossword Puzzles for Studying English Vocabulary
  • Geography Games

  • Big Fish Games
    Can all be played for free for an hour
  • Digital Dialects
    Games for Learning English

  • Quia games and quizzes
  • Games and Puzzles for ESL
  • ESL HANGMAN games
  • ESL Wordsearches

    I'll just bet folks speak English all over the world.



    We are on our way to dig up some Pen Pals for you.


    ==PEN PALS SITES==
  • Pen Pal World
  • How to find a Pen Pal - multiple sites
  • Help from GOOGLE for Pen Pals
  • Pen Pals Throughout the World
  • Exchange Schools & Pen Pals

  • Pen Pal Party

  • Pen Pals Now
  • Student Letter Exchange: Pen Pals Service


    Exercises/Tests/Quizzes
  • Online ESL Quizzes
  • Grammar, Vocabulary Quizzes, Crosswords yes, but much more.
  • Review for English I Exam
  • Review for English II Exam
  • Interactive Test for English level
  • English Level Test from Kaplan Intn'l College
  • Printable ESL Quiz Resources
  • ESL Quizzes ESL Lesson Plans, Activities and More
  • A Super New FIND
  • 2012 Learn English Software Product Comparisons
  • Using English as a Second Language
  • Exam English/Powerful Site
  • BING finds you dozens of English Grammar Tests
  • Grammar Slammer
  • Grammar Links for ESL Students
  • English Grammar Exercise Table
  • English Grammar
  • English Grammar The Easy Way
  • Learn English Free/70 Units of Grammar/Rich source!
  • BING finds you dozens of English Grammar Tests


  • English Grammar Lessons, rules and news for everyday use
  • Daily Grammar/Rich Site!
  • Best Websites for Teaching English Abroad

  • How to Become an English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher
  • 15 Free English Language Learning Sites
  • The English Page
  • Twin Babies Have a GREAT Conversation together
  • English the Easy Way
  • Australian Slang
  • The verb TO BE
  • Real English
  • Fluent Future/multiple English language videos
  • Multimedia English Classroom


  • The Google Language Translator - A Great Site-
  • Want to view my Best Japanese Websites?


  • Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 Video
  • Aprender inglés for speakers of Spanish
  • Readable Blog - Relax and improve your English



  • Free TOEFL Exercises with Practice Tests
  • TOEFL Main Page
  • TOEFL Quiz
  • TOEFL Quiz
  • Free TOEFL Exercises
  • Taking the TOEFL Exam.
  • TOEFL Test Preparation Exercises
  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
  • TOEFL iBT Practice Online
  • TOEFL Practice Test Site
  • TOEFL, TOEIC and Accent Reduction
  • Learn English Courses

  • Karin's ESL Partyland

  • Free Printables for Teachers of English
  • English Club
  • Free English placement tests
  • The Best on the Web for Teachers / great idea page.
  • Sites for Teachers
  • Dept. of State Office of English Language Programs
  • New ENGLISH website
  • The English Club
  • I Love Languages: English Site
  • Business English Exercises
  • Tucson Arizona Bilingual Site
  • Boston Language Institute
  • Certificate courses in Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Wikipedia's definition of TEFL/Nice Site
  • Int. Assoc. of Teachers of English as a FL
    "Monolingualism Can Be Cured"


    So start learning another language.


    An Oriental dwarf kingfisher


    "Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination
    to be happy under all outward circumstances." - J. Donald Walters


    "Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June."
    by Al Bernstein


  • TRANSLATOR SITES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER


    English to Another Language or Another Language to English


    Google Translations Services
    Good translations in a variety of languages
    Jim's preferred translator site. A good one. - A Webmaster's Choice



    We just love English



    From ielanguages.com

    ESL HQ
    ESL Gold
    ESL Galaxy
    EnglishClub
    LanternFish - formerly Boggle's World
    Learn English with Jokes and Riddles
    Dave's ESL Cafe
    Learn English Online
    English Conversations
    ELC Study Zone
    English Grammar Reference & Exercises
    ESL Civics
    EL Civics for ESL Students
    The Noll's ESL Books
    Breaking News English
    PearsonLongman.com - Downloadable resources and lesson plans
    Activities for ESL/EFL Students - A4esl.org
    ESL/EFL Sites - From About.com
    Learn English with Pictures
    Resources in English as a Second Language
    Web Language Lab [site in French]
    Friends Fan Club - Transcripts of almost every episode in French and English
    Karen's Linguistic Issues - Free resources for teachers and students of English
    Aprender Ingles Con Sonido - Spanish site for learning English, with sound files
    Learn English Online - Get English lessons and learn English language fast and easy.





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    Who's there?



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    The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom
    but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind - Khalil Gibran

    Language teacher advice and tips:

    I know from my own experience that being on a continual path of self-improvement is an absolute necessity toward be a good teacher. Hang out with other educators that you admire. Watch them closely and learn from them. Imitation is the greatest compliment! Join your language association (http://www.aat--.org) plus two foreign language teacher associations (state and national: ACTFL - (http://www.actfl.org and attend their annual meetings on a regular basis. Get involved anyway you can with each. Rub noses with people at the TOP. Get to know the officers personally. Keep in contact with them. Use these association offerings, suggestions and resources.

    Whenever you can in your own environment, ask to observe colleagues in action in their classroom. Pick up ideas that work for them and adopt and adapt them to you own classroom. Always be on the "lookout" for new ideas, new means of teaching, new ways to incorporate things that work for others into your own methodology. Don't hesitate to ask questions of teachers who have had much success as to how and why that happened. I used to observe elementary teachers and how they interacted with their young students. Always something to learn. "Learn from the mistakes of others. You'll never live long enough to make all of them yourself." Another that I always loved is "If you think you're GREEN you'll grow - if you think you're RIPE, you'll rot." All true. Don't rot! That's an axiom that will never grow old. You may think that you are the best, but you're not. There is always someone better than you. (I learned this playing basketball) Learn from them. Know what the best practices are and be aware of the current online resources that can be of great help to you and your language students.

    Keep your classroom presentations FRESH. Keep up with innovation and the changing needs of your students by incorporating technology such as computer use, iPhones, iPads, e-mail and a host of other innovations into your routine classroom activities to communicate with others in the target language and to access authentic resources. Stay current with options and trends in the field such as the National Standards and know how to incorporate them into your daily plans. Hopefully these few ideas will aid in your growth and success. Stay with it. Don't throw in the towel like many have, but again as I point out above, whatever new ideas you discover, you must first adopt and then adapt. Not everything you see elsewhere will work for you as I have personally learned. You must adapt those ideas to your own language classroom. There are a host of great ideas available on all these sites, but they are only as successful as you will make them. And perhaps most important of all, do ask your students often how they feel about what they are doing and learning and what they enjoy the most and the least in your classroom. Most of all, do enjoy your students and share yourself with them. [They don't care how much you know until they know how much you CARE] I hope that you picked up some ideas here that will aid in your total success. Have fun in your classroom. (ps I picked up these ideas in a recent dream and wanted to share with each of you) I'm 78 years old now, but never too old to learn and never too old to share ideas. Best yet, why not be learning another language yourself? Check out one of the sites above. It is a great means to experience first-hand what your students are feeling. Now you are "walking in their shoes." Don't forget to have FUN doing it.

    Jim Becker- BA, (Cornell College - French & Biology), MA, (La Sorbonne, Paris), PhD-ABD (The Ohio State University - FL Education).



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