TEACHERS ONLINE RESOURCES

This is a list of online resources I use in the classroom, starting with the ones I use the most.
There is a wealth of information for ESL teachers.

TEACHINGENGLISH
Age: All ages
Level: Teachers
URL: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
British Council website for ELT resources, training, development etc.

LEARNENGLISH KIDS
Age: Primary and Young Learners
Level: Beginners to Bilingual
URL: http://learningenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en
Free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun and learn English.

LEARNENGLISH TEENS
Age: 13-17
Level: Beginner to Advanced
URL: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org
Lots of high quality resources, activities to help teenagers imrove

VOKI
Age: Juniors
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
URL: www.voki.com
Voki is a website which enables you to create speaking avatars.

ESL Video
Age: Teens – Adults
Level: Beginner – Upper-Intermediate
URL: www.eslvideo.com
Short videos, songs, documentaries etc. with comprehension questions

ESL Games World

Age: Teens – Adults
Level: All
URL: www.eslgamesworld.com
Interactive games such as jeopardy, who wants to be a millionaire etc.

English Central
Age: Junior, Teens, Adults
Level: Intermediate, advanced, proficiency
URL: www.englishcentral.com
A website where students can choose from a range of videos to practice their English and
improve their pronunciation skills

ONESTOPENGLISH
Age: All Ages
Level: All Levels
URL: www.onestopenglish.com
e-mail: trishamulvihill@hotmail.com
password: grasshopper
A very comrehensive resource covering all aspects of English

BBC Learning English

Age: Teens – Adults
Level: All ages
URL: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teach/
Great website including lesson plans, videos, discussions, grammar and vocabulary etc.

TED
Age: Older teens – Adults
Level: Pre-Intermediate upwards
URL: www.ted.com
Fantastice lectures about “ideas worth spreading”

The Guardian Education

Age: Teens-Adults
Level: Pre-Intermediate upwards
URL: www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/classroom-materials
The articles and lesson plans are excellent

FLO-JOE
Age: All ages
Level: PET, FCE, CAE, IELTS
URL: www.flo-joe.co.uk
Online resources for teachers and students preparing for the Cambridge exams, which are
very common in Europe.

Busy Teacher
Age: All ages
Level: All Levels
URL: www.busyteacher.org
Free printable worksheets and lesson plans on any topic: grammar, listening, reading, writing,
speaking, songs etc.

Puzzlemaker
Age: Primary – Adult
Level: All Levels
URL: www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker
Free online puzzlemaker that you can use to create word searches, crosswords etc.

Storyline Online
Age: Primary upwards
Level: Pre-Intermediate upwards
URL: www.storylineonline.net
Collection of stories read by famous actors, from Screen Guild of America
Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction
Age: All Ages
Level: Beginner to Upper-Intermediate
URL: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/v/visuals
Illustrations created to help ESL communication

VISILAND
Age: Teens, Adults
Level: All Levels
URL: www.visi.es
This is a personal website that has a mountain of useful pages all in one place. I really like
the “musicspecial” page, with printables for songs.

East of the Web

Age: Junior, Senior, Teens, Adult
Level: Pre-Intermediate upwards
URL: www.eastoftheweb.com/games
A variety of online word games

ESLHQ
Age: Primary/Junior – some activities could be adapted for other age groups
Level: Beginners, Elementary
URL: www.eslhq.com
Complete website for ESL teachers including worksheets, ideas for classes etc.

Online Dictionaries
Age: 14-16, Senior, Adult
Level: Intermediate – Advanced
URL: www.ldoceonline.com www.oxforddictionaries.com
Dictionaries with word blogs, photocopiable resources, puzzles and games, bilingual audio
support and so on.

ELT Resourceful
Age: All ages
Level: Teachers
URL: http://elt-resourceful.com/downloadable-lesson-materials/
Really good lesson plans for all levels including video clips

FODEY
Age: All ages
Level: Teachers
URL: www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Make your own newspaper clips, articles and animation genarator in class, fun!

English Online
Age: All ages, especially teens
Level: All levels
URL: www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm
Vocabulary and grammar interactive games
Movie Segments To Assess Grammar Goals
Age: All ages
Level: All level
URL: http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogsot.co.uk
Cool site that helps young people and adults practice grammar points via excerts from
popular films.

Premier Skills
Level: All levels
URL: http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org
Helping students to communicate in two of the world´s global languages – English and
football.