Useful Websites for EFL Teachers

Useful Websites for EFL Teachers
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IntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroduction
o one can deny that the internet has become the most powerful
source of information. In matter of seconds one can get access
to valuable and reliable resources. The amount of resources available
for teachers’ use in the World Wide Web is gigantic, likewise the
resources available for EFL/ESL teachers.
In this booklet I gathered a selection of some of the websites that I
have come across and found useful. My intention here is not to limit
the choices for teachers but to showcase to them some of the most
useful and reliable websites that can really make a difference. I
wrote this booklet as a guide for English teachers who are trying to
make use of the internet in the most possible ways. Hopefully, all the
selected websites will enrich the teachers’ teaching practices with
new ideas, methods and techniques and make their teaching easier.
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http://www.edhelper.comhttp://www.edhelper.comhttp://www.edhelper.comhttp://www.edhelper.com////
edHelper.comedHelper.comedHelper.comedHelper.com is a single shop for
educational resources. Although not
especially for EFL/ESL learners, it
contains lots of material that can be used
in English classes, such as reading
comprehension, writing and critical
thinking activities.
http://school.discovery.comhttp://school.discovery.comhttp://school.discovery.comhttp://school.discovery.com
DiscoverySchool.comDiscoverySchool.comDiscoverySchool.comDiscoverySchool.com supplies innovative
teaching materials for teachers, useful and
enjoyable resources for students. It also
offers teachers an array of powerful tools
that can help them create their own material
like the puzzle maker, quiz centre,
worksheet generator and clipart gallery.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/index.http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/index.http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/index.http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/index.shtmlshtmlshtmlshtml
Teaching English is produced by the British
Council with support from the British
Broadcasting Corporation. The site is divided
into four main sections: 1- THINKTHINKTHINKTHINK: where you
can find teachers' articles on different aspects
of teaching. 2- TRYTRYTRYTRY: where you can find lesson
plans, quizzes, ideas for activities and other
materials which you can download. 3- TALK:TALK:TALK:TALK:
where you can join discussion forums. 4-
TRANSFORM:TRANSFORM:TRANSFORM:TRANSFORM: where teachers can get help
and advice on their professional development.

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http://www.topenglishteaching.com/http://www.topenglishteaching.com/http://www.topenglishteaching.com/http://www.topenglishteaching.com/
This is one of the top English teaching sites
that has a selection of the best resources for
ESL teachers. Here you can find many
English teaching resources e.g. games,
activities, worksheets, lesson plans,
readings, listening and much more.
http://www.eslhq.com/http://www.eslhq.com/http://www.eslhq.com/http://www.eslhq.com/
In this site you can create your own
worksheets in a matter of seconds! You can
also choose from the ready-made ones which
include bingo, true or false, matching,
scrambled words. There are also flash cards to
use and a forum to talk to other teachers and
get answers to your questions .
http://iteslj.org/http://iteslj.org/http://iteslj.org/http://iteslj.org/
This monthly magazine is for teachers of
English as a second language. It is the
place where you can find articles,
research papers, lessons plans,
classroom handouts, teaching ideas &
links for other websites. It is really a gold
mine.

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http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.htmlhttp://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.htmlhttp://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.htmlhttp://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.html
Dave’s ESL Café IdeaDave’s ESL Café IdeaDave’s ESL Café IdeaDave’s ESL Café Idea offers hundreds of
ideas on 26 topics like reading , writing,
games, listening, discipline and so on. There
are stuff for teachers, students and almost
everyone.
http://www.makeworksheets.com/http://www.makeworksheets.com/http://www.makeworksheets.com/http://www.makeworksheets.com/
MakeWorksheets.com is the place
where you can make your own
worksheets, rubrics, puzzles, crossword,
word search and much more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/lear
ningenglish/index.shtmlningenglish/index.shtmlningenglish/index.shtmlningenglish/index.shtml
This is a comprehensive resource
website for learning English. You can
listen and watch to news from all over
the world. You can also practise and test
your English and find lessons for your
students. There is a download section
where you can download podcasts, pdf
scripts or videos.

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http://www.eslmonkeys.com/http://www.eslmonkeys.com/http://www.eslmonkeys.com/http://www.eslmonkeys.com/
Two teachers have created ESL Monkeys to
make ESL a much more practical and
accessible subject for teachers, schools and
students worldwide. There are plenty of free
English language learning and teaching
resources. You can download free English
books and free English lessons and much
more.
http://www.eslpoint.com/http://www.eslpoint.com/http://www.eslpoint.com/http://www.eslpoint.com/
An online resource where teachers and
students can get the help they need whenever
they need it.
Links to thousands of pages of ESL/EFL-
related material, all categorized according to
skill and difficulty.
http://www.teacherfiles.com/http://www.teacherfiles.com/http://www.teacherfiles.com/http://www.teacherfiles.com/
This website is full of resources, ideas,
activities, lesson plans and educational
clip art for teachers. All the resources
available here are absolutely free.
Educators are encouraged to use this
site and contribute to it as well.

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http://www.usingenglish.comhttp://www.usingenglish.comhttp://www.usingenglish.comhttp://www.usingenglish.com/
UsingEnglish.com is a general English language
site, specialising in ESL with a wide range of
resources for learners and teachers of
English. Different varieties of English are used;
there are contributors from different parts of
the world native and non-native speakers, but
much of the site uses British English as it was
set up in the UK.
http://www.manythings.org/http://www.manythings.org/http://www.manythings.org/http://www.manythings.org/
This web site is more for EFL
students than teachers. However, there
are interesting quizzes, word games,
word puzzles, proverbs, slang
expressions, anagrams, a random-
sentence generator and other computer
assisted language learning activities that
can appeal to a wide range of learners.
httphttphttphttp://://://://wwwwwwwwwwww....1111----language.com/language.com/language.com/language.com/
1-language.com is a one-stop resource
site for learning English and other
languages. Plenty of materials are
available for teachers. Flashcards,
alphabet sheets, phonic sheet and writing
sheets are ready to be printed.

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http://www.educationhttp://www.educationhttp://www.educationhttp://www.education----world.com/world.com/world.com/world.com/
Education World is designed to be a resource
for educators. It includes: 1) a search engine for
educational Web sites only, a place where
educators can find information without searching
the entire Internet; 2) original content, including
lesson plans, practical information for educators,
information on how to integrate technology in the
classroom, and articles written by education
experts.
httphttphttphttp://://://://aaaa4444eslesleslesl....orgorgorgorg////
From the main page of the website,
students can access all the main sub-
menus of the site. Both the grammar
quizzes and the vocabulary quizzes are
sorted into six levels from easy to difficult.
http://www.johnsesl.com/http://www.johnsesl.com/http://www.johnsesl.com/http://www.johnsesl.com/
There are games, puzzles, self-study
quizzes and more, all designed to help
students improve their English skills.
There are also many recourses available
for teachers including free downloadable
class materials. Additional activities and
materials are added almost daily.

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hthththttp://www.mestp://www.mestp://www.mestp://www.mes----english.com/english.com/english.com/english.com/
MES-English.com is a site containing
reliable resources. It contains free ESL /
EFL resources for teachers of young
learners.
There are also free flash cards, handouts,
free phonics cards, free ESL games, an
international projects Xchange library and
activities all ready for printing.
http://www.englishbanana.com/index.htmlhttp://www.englishbanana.com/index.htmlhttp://www.englishbanana.com/index.htmlhttp://www.englishbanana.com/index.html
This site features over 750 pages of free
resources for students and teachers, including
free games, free podcasts, free worksheets,
free photos, free e-cards and an online picture
dictionary for students learning English in
primary school, high school and college
education situations.
http://www.eflteaching.com/http://www.eflteaching.com/http://www.eflteaching.com/http://www.eflteaching.com/
This website offers EFL teachers
many stuff for purchase from flashcards
and bulletin board sets to clipart and
professional resources and all at
reasonable prices.

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http://www.teachervision.fen.com/http://www.teachervision.fen.com/http://www.teachervision.fen.com/http://www.teachervision.fen.com/
TeacherVision is one of the Internet's most
popular teacher site for trusted online tools and
resources. The resources they have include a
variety of lesson plans, free email newsletters
and literature tie-ins, quizzes, and printables
to help teachers easily enhance learning and
incorporate technology into their classrooms.
http://www.englishraven.com/main.htmlhttp://www.englishraven.com/main.htmlhttp://www.englishraven.com/main.htmlhttp://www.englishraven.com/main.html
Here you can access the 3000+ pages of
materials and download them for free! This
website has also a variety of tips and
templates to help you with general session
planning, daily lesson planning, basic
syllabus design, positive reinforcement and
informal assessment measures, as well as
making formalized EFL/ESL listening
tests.
http://englishhttp://englishhttp://englishhttp://english----zone.com/index.phpzone.com/index.phpzone.com/index.phpzone.com/index.php
This site categorizes its material into
zones. There are grammar zone, idiom
zone, reading zone and much more.
Each zone offers lots of material that
can be used freely, yet some material
requires membership.

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http://www.tefl.net/http://www.tefl.net/http://www.tefl.net/http://www.tefl.net/
TEFL.net—is a site dedicated to ESL teachers.
This is where you can: find ESL lesson plans
teaching English, make your own worksheets,
discuss teaching issues in the teacher forums,
read reviews of the latest TEFL books and
search ESL links or add your own.
http://freeology.com/http://freeology.com/http://freeology.com/http://freeology.com/
Plenty of free resources are gathered
here. You can have a look at the graphic
organizers, quotes posters, awards,
certificates and alphabets that are all
available for free.
http://www.eslhttp://www.eslhttp://www.eslhttp://www.esl----galaxy.com/galaxy.com/galaxy.com/galaxy.com/
High quality free stuff for English
teachers & students. Lesson plans,
interactive quizzes & listening,
powerpoint, kids resources ,grammar
worksheets, crosswords, vocabulary
building videos, word search, board
games, songs & video worksheets.

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http://www.teachhttp://www.teachhttp://www.teachhttp://www.teach----nology.com/nology.com/nology.com/nology.com/
TeAch-nology.com offers a wide variety of free
resources intended to bring educators into the
world of teaching with technology. It provides
links to valuable and useful information relative
to current and best practices in the field of
education. A large variety of free classroom
materials and support tools are also available.
http://bogglesworldesl.com/http://bogglesworldesl.com/http://bogglesworldesl.com/http://bogglesworldesl.com/
Boggle's World (or Lanternfish) contains
printable teaching resources for TESOL,
TEFL teachers who teach elementary and
middle school English. You can print out lots of
materials ; wordsearches, flashcards,
crosswords, etc. as they are ready to use in
the classroom.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-
created site designed to help teachers
find online resources more quickly and
easily. There are lesson plans,
thematic units, teacher tips, discussion
forums for teachers, downloadable
teaching materials & eBooks, printable
worksheets and more.

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http://abcteach.com/http://abcteach.com/http://abcteach.com/http://abcteach.com/
An interesting website devoted to young
learners. Over 5000 free printable
pages and worksheets are at your
disposal. You can use the ready made
stuff or create your own word searches,
word puzzles, word walls and word
unscrambles .
httphttphttphttp://://://://wwwwwwwwwwww....gogogogo4444englishenglishenglishenglish....comcomcomcom////
The Teaching Tips zone is where you
can pick up useful advice about many
areas of methodology and classroom
practice.
On these pages you can find free
downloadable documents in English
and Arabic explaining the topic.
httphttphttphttp://://://://eslesleslesl....aboutaboutaboutabout....comcomcomcom////AboutAboutAboutAbout____EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish____asasasas____2222ndndndnd
_Language.htm_Language.htm_Language.htm_Language.htm
This site offers articles, advice, lesson plans,
exercises etc. on the usual ELS topics with
some interesting extras. Here you can work
on your English by entering their free English
courses , building up your vocabulary and
freshening up your grammar.

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http://www.eslhttp://www.eslhttp://www.eslhttp://www.esl----lounge.com/lounge.com/lounge.com/lounge.com/
eslesleslesl----lounge.com.lounge.com.lounge.com.lounge.com. gives free access to
hundreds of ESL lesson plans and materials
that can be used in the classroom. Alongside
the printable grammar worksheets, surveys,
flashcards, reading comprehension and
communication activities for each level.
There is also a section devoted to phonetics
and the improvement of student
pronunciation of English.
http://www.onestopenglish.com/http://www.onestopenglish.com/http://www.onestopenglish.com/http://www.onestopenglish.com/
www.onestopenglish.comwww.onestopenglish.comwww.onestopenglish.comwww.onestopenglish.com is a teacher's
resource site organized and run by
Macmillan Education in order to help EFL
and ESL teachers. Their aim is to provide
practical help and to provide a forum for
teachers to help each other with lesson
plans, ideas and solutions to classroom
problems. All of the materials are written by
teachers or by ELT authors who were once
teachers.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/languaghttp://www.britishcouncil.org/languaghttp://www.britishcouncil.org/languaghttp://www.britishcouncil.org/languag
eassistanteassistanteassistanteassistant----arcarcarcarc----ttips.htmttips.htmttips.htmttips.htm
The materials and resources on this
web site have been developed for
British Council language assistants.
However they are also useful for
others who are helping to teach
English.

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Internet Magic!
Free Stuff for Educators!
http://www.kalama.com/http://www.kalama.com/http://www.kalama.com/http://www.kalama.com/
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Lots of free goodies for teachers;
worksheets, printables, ideas, posters,
books, graphic organizers, puzzles,
awards, clipart, maps and much more.
http://eleaston.comhttp://eleaston.comhttp://eleaston.comhttp://eleaston.com
Plenty of materials for teaching and
learning English. There are many links to
other very useful websites where you can
make tests and quizzes, test your
English, check your pronunciation and
read about new teaching methods.
http://www.thirthttp://www.thirthttp://www.thirthttp://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concepeen.org/edonline/concepeen.org/edonline/concepeen.org/edonline/concep
tttt2222classclassclassclass////indexindexindexindex....htmlhtmlhtmlhtml
The site features a series of FREE, self-
paced workshops covering a wide variety
of hot topics in education. Some of the
workshops are based in theory, some are
based in methodology - but all of the
workshops include plenty of tips and
strategies for making classrooms work.

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http://www.teachingtips.com/index.htmlhttp://www.teachingtips.com/index.htmlhttp://www.teachingtips.com/index.htmlhttp://www.teachingtips.com/index.html
The information, ideas, and techniques
here target grades K-12. However, as
teachers, need to go over ideas many
times before they are ready to implement
new techniques, this website will trigger
some ideas that will hopefully
work for you.
http://www.writingwizardhttp://www.writingwizardhttp://www.writingwizardhttp://www.writingwizard.longcountdown..longcountdown..longcountdown..longcountdown.
com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_mcom/handwriting_practice_worksheet_mcom/handwriting_practice_worksheet_mcom/handwriting_practice_worksheet_m
aker.htmlaker.htmlaker.htmlaker.html
Want to help your pupils master
handwriting , use this website to make
handwriting practice worksheets. Create
writing practice sheets , a one-word or
multi-word worksheets, in print or cursive
form. All for FREE!
Teaching Tips
http://www.eslgold.com/http://www.eslgold.com/http://www.eslgold.com/http://www.eslgold.com/
eslgold.comeslgold.comeslgold.comeslgold.com provides over a thousand pages
of free information and resources for both
teachers and students. All materials are
organized by skill and level for quick and
easy access.
ESLgoldESLgoldESLgoldESLgold offers tons of resources for both
the ESL and EFL environment. ESLgoldESLgoldESLgoldESLgold is a
virtual library of English teaching materials
that you can adapt to fit your individual
classrooms and students.

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http://www.eslflashcards.com/http://www.eslflashcards.com/http://www.eslflashcards.com/http://www.eslflashcards.com/
Tired of making your own flashcards, here
you can download 100's of free flash cards
which come in colour in 3 different sizes to
make teaching easier.
http://www.readingahttp://www.readingahttp://www.readingahttp://www.readinga----
z.com/samples/preview.htmlz.com/samples/preview.htmlz.com/samples/preview.htmlz.com/samples/preview.html
In this website you can download for free
samples for guided reading, fluency, phonics,
vocabulary and more.
http://grammar.ccchttp://grammar.ccchttp://grammar.ccchttp://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gramma.commnet.edu/gramma.commnet.edu/gramma.commnet.edu/gramma
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This index includes 427 references to
both grammar and writing composition.
Frequently Asked Questions page and the
Guide's Search Engine will also help you
find help on grammatical issues, tips on
composition, and advice on English usage.

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WORKSHEETS
Ms. Powell’s Management IdeasMs. Powell’s Management IdeasMs. Powell’s Management IdeasMs. Powell’s Management Ideas
for Teachersfor Teachersfor Teachersfor Teachers
http://www.mspowell.com/http://www.mspowell.com/http://www.mspowell.com/http://www.mspowell.com/
Ms. Powell is a third grade teacher who has
created this site to help teachers make their
teaching life more effective and efficient.
This website is one of many resources that
can help you find the most effective methods
for your teaching context.
http://www.handwritinghelpforkids.com/http://www.handwritinghelpforkids.com/http://www.handwritinghelpforkids.com/http://www.handwritinghelpforkids.com/
worksheets.htmlworksheets.htmlworksheets.htmlworksheets.html
This website is dedicated to help
children master handwriting. Many
worksheets are available to get children
practise writing letters and sentences.
http://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/reallybeshttp://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/reallybeshttp://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/reallybeshttp://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/reallybes
t.htmt.htmt.htmt.htm
Here are links to the best websites offering
classroom management techniques tailored
to elementary and secondary education.
There are discipline ideas for new and
experienced teachers, suggestions for
getting organized, strategies for preventing
behaviour problems, sample classroom rules
and much more.
The Really Best List of Classroom
Management Resources

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ESL Top Sites
http://www.angelfire.com/yt/efl/http://www.angelfire.com/yt/efl/http://www.angelfire.com/yt/efl/http://www.angelfire.com/yt/efl/
This web page provides a list of helpful
links for learners and teachers of EFLEFLEFLEFL
and ESLESLESLESL .
http://teachers.teachhttp://teachers.teachhttp://teachers.teachhttp://teachers.teach----nology.com/nology.com/nology.com/nology.com/
This site displays 400 links to the
best websites that cyberspace has
to offer for teachers of English.
http://www.esltopsites.com/http://www.esltopsites.com/http://www.esltopsites.com/http://www.esltopsites.com/
ESL Top Sites offers the best
websites for English Language
students and teachers ranked by
popularity.

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