The ESL Website Links and Resources section of ESLeschool is a collection of links of specific interest to learners and teachers of English. If you know of any useful sites for teaching and learning English, please let us know, and we are more than happy to add them here.
Interesting Articles
Emojis in the English Classroom: Read about how emojis are being used to communicate in the ESL classroom.
General ESL Website Links
Learning English Feel Good: Free resources for students and teachers
AllESL: Provides resources for language learners as well as the right tools for teachers.
BBC Learning English: A range of online content to help students improve their English
Breaking News English.com: Free, ready-to-use EFL / ESL lesson plans on the latest breaking news in 7 levels. New lessons are uploaded every two days.
English by Day: Regular posts that help you learn English.
EnglishClub: Resources and interactive pages for ESL learners and teachers
EnglishZine: EnglishZine is an online magazine for international learners of English. It has graded articles about British life and culture.
ESL Directory: The Most Comprehensive ESL Programme Listing Online
Excellent ESL 4U: A site to help you learn practical English.
IELTS Prof: Free articles for students preparing for IELTS.
Skills Base ESL Website Links
Listening
Podcastsinenglish
Listen, learn, and teach English with the podcast site for learners and teachers of English.
NPR Shows & Podcasts
NPR offers a wide range of shows and podcasts. Check out what’s featured and what’s offered daily, or browse all NPR shows: news and conversations, storytelling and humour, and music. If you don’t see a show or podcast you’re looking for, it may be produced by your local NPR station or another public media organization.
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
This free ESL Web site is specifically designed to help English learners improve their listening comprehension skills.
Radio stations from the USA
Learning English with radio stations (music and talk)
ELLO
ELLO offers over 3,000 free listening lessons. Teachers and students can access lessons for both beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
Speaking
ESL Talking Point
To improve the quality of English language learning dialogue for both teachers and students.
ESL Discussions
Thousands of conversation questions
Talk English
Audio and tools to help you speak English fluently
Reading
Dreamreader
Dreamreader.net is a site where you can find free English reading lessons (updated regularly with new lessons).
News in Levels
Read easy English news. Articles for students who want to practise their reading and listening skills online
ReadTheory
Personalised reading comprehension exercises for
K-12 and ESL students.
Writing
Daily Writing Tips
Over 3000 articles about grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing in general.
Writing 101
A library of resources to help those who need a quick refresher on some of the basics of writing and grammar. It covers the basics, like comma usage, but also goes into details about things like why this is the wrong time to use a question mark?