ESL

Activities and Classroom Materials

Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org
This site has over 1,000 activities to help you study ESL.

Internet Picture Dictionary
http://pdictionary.com/
Flaschards, Fill in the blanks, Word Scramble, Stinky Spelling

ABC Teach
http://www.abcteach.com/
Free printables for home and classroom

English to Go
http://www.english-to-go.com/
Photocopiable lessons from Reuters News Stories

One Stop English
http://www.onestopenglish.com/
Free Resources: -100s of prepared lessons for you to photocopy from the Macmillan courses. Games interactive learner games for classroom use Guided Reader worksheets

Everything ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/
Featuring 44 lesson plans, 28 teaching tips, 146 downloadable classroom activities, 394 discussion topics, and 55 resource picks

Translation Websites
http://www.freetranslation.com/
Free translation from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Norwegian (Beware! I have heard that translations here are not always accurate!)

Translator Dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
Translates text into several different languages.

Citizenship and Civics

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/index.html
Although slated as for 9-12th grade and it's cutsey look, the info presented is perfect for those interested in the history of U.S. Government.

Citizenship Lessons
http://aenet.esuhsd.org/Citizenship_lessons/beginning_level.html
Quick questions relating to Civics education. While some questions are California specific, the majority make for a good review.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
The official website.

The Naturalization Self-Test On-Line
http://www.us-immigration-attorney.com/Citizenship/citizenship2.htm
Great way to practice online for the Naturalization test.

US Citizenship Test
http://www.history.com/content/citizen_quiz
Another good practice test site.

US Constitution Online - Citizenship
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_citi.html
Nice overview of Constitution questions and history.

Popular Websites

Breaking News English Daily
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
As the news breaks, teach it - this is the future of English Language teaching. Your FREE ESL lessons include full Teacher's Notes, Student Handouts and Texts, Warm Ups & Cool Downs, Pre-Reading Ideas, While-Reading Activities, Post-Reading Fluency Ideas, Homework, Internet links and more. A complete current affairs lessons resource. Please tailor, evaluate, test and enjoy them in class ... and then come back for more tomorrow. ESL lessons that will never run dry!

Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
The Internet's meeting place for ESL/EFL students and teachers.