Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments,...
Word Up Project
Mini Games
You've got a few minutes left at the end of class to practice vocabulary, but what can you do other than call out a word and ask for definitions? Play one of these 12 quick games! Each game is explained in detail and easy to modify for...
Curated OER
The Metamorphosis: Multicultural Strategy
Track the changes and developments in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis with a reading comprehension worksheet. Individuals copy important quotations from each of the book's three parts, record their...
Florida Department of Education
Phonemic Awareness
Build your library of strategies and activities for teaching phonemic awareness with the ideas provided in this resource. Described here are five different activities to try out with your class.
British Council
British Council: Go4 English: Vocabulary and Grammar for Arabic Speakers
This illustrated and animated site is specifically designed for English language learners whose first language is Arabic. Ask-and-Answer online quizzes and games help students understand various aspects of English grammar and vocabulary,...
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Shutterfly: Ell Resources: Reading With El Ls
Lots of teaching ideas for helping English language learners enhance their reading skills. (Note: links to worksheets may not work for archived website.)
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Shutterfly: Ell Resources: Resources by Grade Level
List of teaching ideas to aid teachers of primary grade English language learners. (Note: Videos will not load on archived website.)
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E. L. Easton: The Music of English
Extensive collection of recommended links to online English language resources for learners with specific native languages or purposes. Also contains links to ELL sites from around the world.
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Lil' Fingers: Who's at the Zoo? Learn the English Words for Animals
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short animated story about zoo animals. See wonderful pictures matched to the words for lions, polar bears, giraffes, monkeys, elephants, and more.
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Lil' Fingers: My Colors: Learn the English Words for Colors
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short story about colors. Delightful illustrations that clearly match color words with their corresponding colors aid comprehension. Good reinforcement through word...
InterLink Language Centers
Interlink Language Centers: Esl Resource Center: Listening Skills
Several learning exercises with pop quizzes, including audio, for improving English listening skills.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Transportation: Vocabulary
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Transportation. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented - audio...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Transportation Dictation (Dictado)
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to five simple sentences in English about transporation and type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales): Listening Dialogs
At this site designed for Spanish-speaking English language learners, students listen to two short dialogs about pets. They can also read the second dialog in English as they listen. Then they answer interactive questions that test their...
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: No Dogs!
After you listen to and read the story, print out the activities to practice reading comprehension skills. Work on character identification, details, and sequence of events.
British Council
Learn English Kids: Nut Hunt
Play this concentration game that matches words with pictures.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Animals Dictation (Animales Dictado)
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to five simple sentences in English about animals. As they listen, they type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela): Listening Dialog
This site for Spanish-speaking English language learners. Students listen to a short dialog between two students who discuss their new class schedules. Presented in both written and auditory formats, students answer comprehension...
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Lil' Fingers: Draw Me Shapes: A Vocabulary of Shapes and Colors
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short animated story about colors and shapes. Good practice for children learning basic English vocabulary, with excellent graphics to aid comprehension.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Future (El Futuro)
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to five simple sentences in English about what the future may bring and type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Weather Dictation
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to five simple sentences in English about the weather. As they listen, they type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: The City Dictation (La Ciudad Dictado)
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to eight simple sentences about city life in English and type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Health Dictation (La Salud Dictado)
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to five simple sentences in English and type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.
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Lil' Fingers: Daddy Wears a Funny Hat: What Is His Job?
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short animated story about different kinds of jobs. See wonderful pictures matched to the words for the different kinds of hats worn by police officers, construction...