Sites with General English Resources

 
             Sites with Reading Resources                                          
   
     Quick Reads with resources for books; alos First Choice Books  Updated link May 2010
     Reading For Pleasure NIACE project with how-to resources       
     ESL Reading - UK site with plenty of reading and questions Updated link May 2010  
     Short stories at east of the web - big range of short stories - some suitable
     Stories for Adult Readers - American easy reading original stories 
     Awesome Stories  - reading material with links for research within  
     Penguin Readers  - contains Acrobat files for some of the readers
     Hougton Mifflin Practice Tests  - real life academic American with m/c tests around Level 2       
     Reading a-z  includes Special Preview (downloadable) - for children but some suitable, USA origin
     Social Sight Words  - a useful list - it's in "Key Concepts" - page 3 - "sight recognition"
     Reading for Life - All ages site from National Literacy inc Wikireadia    
 
             Sites with Student Writing                                          
     Voices on the Page - NRDC compilation of student writing for 2007    
       TOPICS  - online magazine for ESOL students from the US
     STORY OF THE WEEK - Canadian with archive  
     Your stories - student writing magazine from Skillswise
 
             English Sites with Worksheets                                          
     Spelling it Right - Learn to spell confidently - to work through and print exercises as you go along
     Free worksheets and handouts for Adult Literacy - Maggie Harnew's own worksheets     
     Printable worksheets from Recommended Sites (Adult Basic Skills) - Maggie Harnew's external list  
     ESOL Scotland - Portal includes databank of resources    
     English Language Learning Materials  - includes some basic ESOL/Literacy worksheets - Ted Power
      Hillingdon Community ESOL - includes basic ESOL/Literacy       
     Worksheet Genius - free customisable worksheets from a British teacher 
     English Banana  - UK ESOL/EFL linked to ESOL curriculum  
     Teachnology - USA schools  
     Spelling Words, Spelling Worksheets, and Spelling Puzzles - USA schools  
     Primary Resources English - UK schools, some may be useful
     Teachit's English Resources - UK schools - try Key Stage 3  
     Personal Educational Press  - creates worksheets
 
             GCSE English                                          
     BBC - Schools - GCSE Bitesize Revision - English
     Andrew Moore's resource site home page - also A Level English
     GCSE English Revision @ www.englishbiz.co.uk
     S-Cool! - GCSE English Revision Guide
 
             Dictionaries and Similar                                          
     AskOxford  from OUP
     Dictionary.com - portal to dictionaries
     Encarta - Microsoft's encyclopedia and dictionary  
     Cambridge - Learners Dictionary online   
     Wordsmyth - accepts misspellings    
     Simple English Wikipedia - in simple English
     Picture That - pictures and sound dictionary, aimed at dyslexics, needs registration     
     Wordia   Collaborative site, with spoken definitions, not easy words      
     Shahi - puts definitions of easier words beside Flickr photos     
     Visual Dictionary Online  
     Visual Dictionary   Flash-based mindmap dictionary - interesting
     Memidex - interesting dictionary/thesaurus concentrating on harder words and phrases   
     The Internet Grammar of English
     Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK - interesting but can be rude
     Merriam-Webster OnLine - Word of the Day - Word Games - difficult
 
             Other English Sites                                      
     One Stop English  - Macmillan oriented site with lesson plans and linked + Business English e-lesson archive  
     English Spelling Problems  word lists from Masha Bell's book  
     IDEA Debatabase   - lots of ideas for discussion and research - pros and cons listed
     Citizenship Materials for ESOL Learners  - lesson plans and teaching resources from NIACE   
     Free Rice - Wordpower-style quiz with huge database, giving rice to UN Projects    
     Reader's Digest Canada - Interactive Word Power Challenge - Online version of their Wordpower quiz   
     Spelling A Key to Good Communication  - spelling course with answers  
     Fonetiks.org - sounds of English and other languages - needs speakers 
     Free Spelling Course Index - complete spelling course, on-screen, not interactive
     Literacy Connections-- Resources for Reading Teachers and Literacy Volunteers  - USA origin  Updated link May 2010  
     Sentence Sense  - Complete sentence (grammar) with ESOL slant   
     Puzzlemaker - Discovery Channel School
 

    

This page was last updated on Friday, May 28, 2010