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www.eslresources.com Canadian Resources for ESL

www.towerofenglish.com- look for Wacky Web Tales (Mad lib type exercises) and Ask the eight ball.

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html discussion hints

www.readinga-z.com free leveled readers –in Spanish too.

www.essentialskills.net website for a good computer program

http://www.eslkid.com/You will find lesson plans, worksheets, flash card ideas, diagnostic assessment tools geared toward the ESL learner

www.ManyThings.org The site is called "Interesting Things for ESL Students: A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language"

www.asiaforkids.com This site has many bilingual books for children and adults. Also, there are books of fairy tales from various cultures and books about food from around the world :

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ I just finished (as of today) a professional
learning course devoted to grammar. This site was invaluable. It contains every aspect of grammar you could possibly have a question on. What I liked best was that it had quizzes with each new topic. It is a must see if you have any grammar questions.

www.starfall.com Now get ready for this....FREE BOOKS! I know, your thinking what is the catch?!? It's minor, let me explain.
This website/company is willing to send out writing journals (they really are workbooks) and a little book that students cut up and put together. They are pretty simple and fun to work with. The workbooks focus on spelling, grammar etc.

http://www.eslgold.com/
It has ideas for lesson plans, handouts, and supplementary materials. it also has sections for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation and more. some of the sections have different levels and even has links to other websites.

http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/ESLSongs.html
It has songs that you can listen to on-line accompanied with lyrics for subject areas such as clothing, weather, common expressions etc. Songs are also available in French and Spanish.

www.teachingfish.com
It is a website with useful teaching resources, grammar, tips for ESL, and much more. I liked their idea of using flash-cards as visual reinforcements as well as their games and articles.

www.daveseslcafe.com is a great to English programs, lesson plans and resources. It's also has a job board and site to with other people the field.

http://www.iaw.on.ca/~soleil/1000w.htm "A Picture is Worth a 1000 words" and a Teacher's guide is also available which provides questions to ask students. Available in many different languages for anyone who is interested.

http://bogglesworldesl.com/ This website has printable flashcards & worksheets, crosswords, lesson plans, creative writing, songs, wordsearch, link for ESL adults.... everything! Very user friendly and fun to look around on! Lots of goodies...

http://www.esl-images.com and has many colour and black and white images for vocabulary or grammar activities of your choice organized into different areas and other items, such as a store with books of ESL games. You have to join to have access to everything, but there are some downloadable free samples

http://www.teflgames.com many different types of games, quizzes, word matching, and so many great ideas.
'Games also help the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful. The learners want to take part and in order to do so must understand what others are saying or have written, and they must speak or write in order to express their own point of view or give information.'

www.musicalenglishlessons.com

www.onestopenglish.com

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html
ESL Lesson Plans and Activities

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listeslsu.html

www.eslpartyland.com

ESL PartyLand is a site with resources and connections needed in an ESL classroom. There are many ideas and printable materials, discussion forums, film and video listening & speaking, internet teaching, music, and lessons for the basic reading/writing/speaking skills