English as a Second Language (ESL) 🌐

Online Courses:

Real English -- by Michael Marzio; online ESL site that utilizes authentic and natural ESL videos of people speaking real English on streets across the globe

StudyCom Languages For Internet -- Free English School On The Net

Some Models for Online ESL Teaching and Learning -- by Vance Stevens

The World Lecture Hall -- Repository of online courses

Learn English with songs (videos with lyrics)!

Alanis Morissette - Ironic

HSM2 - Gotta Go My Own Way

James Blunt - You're beautiful

Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

Maroon 5 - Official Wake Up Call

Rihanna - Umbrella

Robbie Williams - Angels

U2 - Beautiful Day

U2 - One

Useful links to learn English

BBC Learning English

English Online Writing Lab

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Lexicool

Longman Online Dictionary

Tower of English

Wordreference

Literature Online

Bartleby

The Literature Network

Free ESL Film/Movie Lessons

Film English provides totally free and in-depth lesson plans for English language education through film/movies.

The Film English website is an excellent ESL/TESL/TESOL (etc) resource for both English learners and teachers.

The lesson plans are guided and completely self-contained so you can jump right in and start learning English or using the free material to teach your students through film.

Free English Language Learning Videos with a Twist

Easy English is a fresh and fun English language education concept that provides you with free videos of real life English.

All videos include English and English subtitles so you can follow along with the interviews and improve your listening and reading skills simultaneously.

Watch, read along and learn as the Easy English team hits the streets to interview people in English on a growing variety of topics.

All for free!

Learn complete sentences in English using the latest memory research

The 50Language's system helps you speak in complete sentences from the start and applies the latest memory research to be sure you acquire the language effectively. The system is designed to get you familiar with the English language for life's most common situations.

50Languages for English offers 100 free lessons that provide beginners with the basic vocabulary necessary to get ahead in English. These lessons correspond with the European levels A1 and A2 and require no prior knowledge of grammar! The idea is to get you comfortable speaking short sentences in real-world situations.

Student and Teacher Sites

Internet TESOL Journal

Selected Links for ESL Teachers

Selected Links for ESL Students

The Ultimate MOOC Handbook

TESL Electronic Discussion Lists and Newsgroups -- at Linguistic Funland

The PuzzleMaker -- Word search, cryptograms, criss-cross puzzles; enter your text and print out a puzzle for the classroom

The Adult Education Teacher's Annotated Webliography - Reviews of websites for adult education and ESL

Student List Project -- Listservs for students

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

Internet Treasure Hunts for ESL Students -- A project of the Internet TESL journal

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA)

Karin's ESL PartyLand -- a comprehensive resource for both teachers and students

Accents in English with eViews -- Advanced listening comprehension

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is an international standard for describing language ability. It describes language ability on a six-point scale, from A1 for beginners, up to C2 for those who have mastered a language. This makes it easy for anyone involved in language teaching and testing, such as teachers or learners, to see the level of different qualifications. It also means that employers and educational institutions can easily compare our qualifications to other exams in their country.

The relationship between Cambridge English, the CEFR and English Profile

Listen to an interview with Dr Nick Saville to find out about the importance of the CEFR worldwide

Download ‘Using the CEFR: Principles of good practice’ 

Read about ALTE and the Can-Do statements

Examples of Speaking test performance at CEFR Levels A2–C2

Find more information on the CEFR on the Council of Europe website

The Bell Foundation offers a comprehensive range of resources to support English as an Additional Language (EAL) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teaching and development in UK and international schools and colleges, and the UK criminal justice system. 

New Tools for Teaching - General article about the impact of the Internet on education

The Internet for English Teaching: Guidelines for Teachers Mark Warschauer and P. Fawn Whittaker

E-Mail Keypals for Language Fluency  by Thomas N. Robb

Finding One's Own in Cyberspace Amy Bruckman

The MediaMOO Project: Constructionism and Professional Community Amy Bruckman and Mitchel Resnick

E-mail Attachments Deborah Healey - "Technology Tips of the Month"

The Internet and ESL: Resources and Roles Stephen Heimans

The Web as a Tool for Language Learning 

Web Projects for the ESL/EFL Class: Famous Japanese Personages Thomas Robb

Internet-Based Projects for Business English  Leslie Opp-Beckman and Kay Westerfield

Teaching EAL/D students?  11 resources 

Comprehension Handbook

cer.schools.nsw.gov.au

Reading and comprehension skills

education.nsw.gov.au