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Offers classroom resources including pre-made (adaptable) lesson plans, student interactives, date-based activities (ex. Sep 10 – Grandparent’s Day), and printouts. Target ability range is K-12 for native English speakers. Link: http://www.readwritethink.org/
Learn U.S. Civics and ESL with pictures and easy words. Access lessons, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, videos, and other printables. Links: http://www.elcivics.com/ and http://www.elcivics.com/esl-ebook-worksheets.pdf
Make videos more engaging by embedding comprehension questions wherever you want. Be sure to click the “See it in action” button for a quick demonstration. Link: https://www.playposit.com/#!
Listening materials for different levels from different topics from different voices. Most listenings include quick pre-listening and comprehension exercises, along with transcriptions and vocabulary explanations. Link: http://www.esl-lab.com/
Too often, ESL/EFL students spend time reading about topics that they normally wouldn’t use in daily conversation. This site presents short conversation starters or readings that you can study and then try to apply in everyday situations. Link: http://www.dailyesl.com/
This resource helps students learn English creatively while raising awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It brings together a range of innovative ideas for teaching creatively and addressing these key issues. This publication is free to download below. Link: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/integrating-global-issues-creative-english-language-classroom
The 6 Principles provide teachers with the knowledge to make informed decisions to improve instruction and assessment, so curricula and courses for English learners are rigorous, relevant, and designed and delivered with second language acquisition in mind. Link: http://www.tesol.org/the-6-principles/
Online study guide for English language learners. Audio files of vowel sounds of different varieties of English (including British, Australian, Welsh, Irish, Canadian, American, and more). Link: http://www.fonetiks.org
This website provides professional help and resources for those interested in teaching pronunciation in all educational contexts. Link: http://www.pronunciationforteachers.com/
Quizlet is a free online resource that allows teachers to create study tools (like flash cards, quizzes, and games) for their students. Paid subscriptions are offered with more options but teachers can also develop many tools for free. Link: https://quizlet.com/teachers
Audio and video resources with vocabulary/comprehension exercises and conversation starters. Teachers can search for materials based on topic, level, resource type, or English accent (from all over the world). Link: http://www.elllo.org/index.htm
Adapted news stories for students at different levels. Includes pre-made lesson plans and spelling, grammar, exercises based on many of the readings. Link: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1710/171003-veils.html
This resource is provided by the NFLRC (National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) is a series of seven episodes based on the book Enacting the World of Language Instruction: High-Leverage Teaching Practices by Eileen Glisan and Rick Donato (2017). The episodes are designed to enhance the book contents. Each episode features interviews with world language professionals who share their insights and experience in relation to each of the HLTPs. All interviews are hosted by Nicole Naditz (2015 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year) for the NFLRC. The first two episodes are already available, and a new episode will be released each day this week. The lessons linked to each episode contain a video of the interview, additional information with links, a quiz, and question prompts for discussion or reflection. Link: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/120/
Easy, fun videos to help students understand and practice aspects of English pronunciation, stress, intonation, and more. Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish
