Online Resources for Teachers

Literacy

Literacy resources

ESL Practitioner's ToolKit PDF

Portland Literacy has a free resource for beginning Literacy lessons. There are four levels of packets for tutors and for students

Free Reading Free downloadable phonics materials as well as numerous online pronunciation and phonics activities for students. 

Conversation

spanclassroomdeliberations.org-designed to engage students in classroom deliberations about current issues being debated in congress.  Lesson plans for teachers.

Basic ESL 

Tutor Help Center- shares lesson plans, hand outs, and teaching tips

ESLgold.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. 

Bogglesworldesl.com Jobs, Worksheets and Flashcards for the ESL and TEFL Teacher 

Dave's ESL Cafe.  The internet meeting place for ESL and EFL teachers and students from around the world. 

ESL Basics if you're an ESL/EFL teacher, you can check out helpful videos and job postings in our teachers section. Visit often. We're adding content daily. Enjoy!

Mount Hood Community College link to Resources 

Free Reading Free downloadable phonics materials as well as numerous online pronunciation and phonics activities for students. 

Songs for Teaching List of songs by skill level targeting specific English sounds; many links to ESL instructional resources

Academic/Advanced

Academic Word List vocabulary exercises -advanced

Breaking News English   resource for current events for ELLs 

ESL Website Evaluation and links

International TESL Journal Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links

On-line Purdue University - OWL  200 free resources including:

• Writing and Teaching Writing
• Research
• Grammar and Mechanics
• Style Guides
• ESL (English as a Second Language)
• Job Search and Professional Writing