ESL
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.
Citizenship
Questions
https://www.casas.org/home/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showContent&MapID=86
This site provides a listing of citizenship test prep
questions
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.
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!
Facing
History
http://www.facinghistory.org
Dave's ESL
Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
The Internet's meeting place for ESL/EFL students and
teachers.
ESL Lounge
http://www.esl-lounge.com/
Free and printable material for TEFL and TESOL teachers.
Grammar and reading comprehension, worksheets divided by
levels.
ESOL Mainstreet. Virginia
Department of Education
http://www.jmu.edu/esol/
A free kit filled with tools to enhance your English language
and civics education.
Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/
Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts,
Teaching Ideas & Links, etc. for teachers of English
as a Second Language. This is a monthly web journal.
National Clearinghouse
for English Language Acquisition
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Provides searchable database of 20,000 documents on the
education of linguistically and culturally diverse students
in the U.S. Includes maps, statistics, lesson plans, research
reports, and selected articles from TESOL publications.
TESOL. Teachers of English
to Speakers of a Second Language
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
The professional organization for teachers of ESL - filled
with lots of information and 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.