ELT useful Links
Dear Colleague,
You are invited to share your favourite sites with APPI’s members and teachers of English at large.
Please send those to add up to the following below.
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Activity Village - kids Crafts, colouring pages, printables, puzzles, worksheets and holiday fun…
Agendaweb - hundreds of free English exercises to learn online…
All about Coloring - coloring pages for kids…
(Almost) Infinitive ELI Ideas - collaborative idea generation for ELT; a set of activities for various age groups…
Alphabet-Soup - a site for the young! Thematic and holiday units, games, activities, crafts, humor, recipes, printables…
American Corners Portugal - the American Corners program, which is managed by the Department of State through Embassy Lisbon, is a highly successful project …
American English - a website for teachers and Learners of English as a Foreign Language Abroad…
@ school - @school is an easy to use and child friendly website organised around the UK National Curriculum for primary education at home or school at Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2) @school provides online tests, interactive exercises, worksheets, pictures and much more…
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Bab.la - offers translations in many different languages, ranging from colloquial and regional expressions to more technical or field-specific vocabulary.
BBC Skillswise - it is a site containing factsheets, worksheets, quizzes and games that you can use to help improve your students skills…
BBC Webinars - British Council - webinars for English language teachers. Registration is free and generally opens a week before the event.
Billybear 4kids - Interactive Learning Tools, Clipart, Holiday Fun & Games for kids. Children, Parents, teachers…
Breaking News English - over 2,400 free news English lessons that cover current events/ current affairs topics on World News, Business News, Entertainment, Technology, Science …
Busy Teacher - free printable worksheets for busy teachers like you!
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Cagle - Cartoons - political cartoons…
Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children - ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers...
Christmas Activities - your source for dozens of festive time-wasters!
Clele Journal - Children's' Literature in English Language Education; CLELEjournal is a new, bi-annual, comprehensively peer-reviewed online journal for scholars, teacher educators and practitioners involved in using and researching children’s literature in the field of English learning as a second, additional or foreign language.
Comunicar em Língua Inglesa - Este sítio tem como finalidade concentrar sugestões de atividades nas diversas UFCDs do domínio Comunicar em Língua Inglesa. Pretende-se que este espaço sirva de reflexão sobre a formação e também como ponto de partida para a criação de materiais e de atividades para que os formandos do Sistema Aprendizagem possam desenvolver competências na área da Língua Inglesa.
Crayola - quality products for the classroom and students’ home projects. Lessons, classroom resources and the latest information regarding special programs and offers.
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Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionaries Online - the most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English…
Dictionary - Collins Dictionaries
Dictionary - Longman English Dictionary Online
Dictionary - Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus
Dictionary - Oxford Dictionaries Online
Disney Family - recipes, crafts, printables, parties, St.Patricks’s Day, holidays...
Disney Online Games - lots of different categories to browse and choose from...
Dltk Holidays - holiday and seasonal crafts for kids...
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Ed Galaxy – cool stuff for Nerdy teachers; latest teacher and learning ideas, classroom resources...
Edmodo - is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school...
Educators Technology – Educational Technology and mobile learning; a resource of educational web tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators…
e-Teacher Scholarship Program - the E-Teacher Scholarship Program offers English teaching professionals living outside of the United States the opportunity to take one of nine innovative, online graduate level classes through the University of Oregon…
Engames – excellent exercises on grammar, listening, vocabulary games, exercises, mind maps...
English Attack - the new way to learn English: movies, games; news, friends…
English for Everyone - your resource for printable English worksheets…
English Grammar - exercise, test and check your grammar online…
English - Guide - your guide in the world of resources for learning English…
English Page - free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources…
English Teaching Professional Magazine - the leading practical magazine for ELT, EFL, ESL and ESOL English language teachers worldwide…
Eslbase- ESL Resource Centre - this site has lots of downloadable activities and worksheets for teachers to use in class but you need to register for free first to access them. There is also a message board where teachers post advice and ideas to share with other teachers and regular articles on methodology, ideas and tips for teachers…
ESL Randall's cyber listening lab - audio resources… Primary & Secondary
Espaço Aprendizagem União Europeia / Learning Corner EU - (para crianças dos 8 aos 18 anos) Material didático, jogos e muito mais sobre a União Europeia e as suas atividades para crianças, adolescentes, priofessores e pais; publicações que explicam como funciona a UE e o que faz pelas pessoas na Europa e noutros países.
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Festivities - Secondary Express Publishing - worksheets
Festivities - Primary Express Publishing - worksheets
Free Images - there are lots of photographs available grouped into galleries. In terms of copyright, note that you can download, store or use any images from the Free Images site for the creation of a project, website or publication with your students but you must add a link (or textual credit in non-web applications).
Fuel the brain - Fuel the Brain was created to provide free and inexpensive resources to elementary educators. The site currently focuses on kindergarten-third grade objectives: games, printables, interactives, mini-books and more.
Future Me - is all about writing an email to yourself which you can then set to be delivered at a point in the future…
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Homeschooling - resources and printables…
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Kids Learning Centre - nursery rhymes, draw and colour, puzzles, talking books, kids songs, …
Kids Learning Ville - Kids Learning Ville is a website with a rich collection of free curriculum support materials for teaching language arts (ESL, EFL) and others. This site offers free worksheets, videos, fun games, phonics, letter writing materials & more. The materials are suitable for teaching toddlers, preschool, kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade learners.
Kids Soup - Kids Games, Preschool Activities, Kids Crafts...
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Ladybird - for every age at every stage (from birth to 7 years old)…
Lantern Fish - jobs, worksheets, and flashcards for the ESL and TEFL Teacher…
Learn English Kids BC - lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun and learn English too…
Lesson Writer - is a free website where teachers can create lessons and lesson plans with explicit literacy components from any text in minutes…
Lil' Fingers - a storybook site for toddlers with educational games, storybooks, activities & holiday sections and printable coloring pages…
Lyrics Freak - a clear, easy-to-use lyrics site, including links to 100 other such sites, and the lyrics of the 100 most searched-for artists…
Lyrics Training - learn languages online for free through music videos and song lyrics…
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Macmillan Education - Teacher’s resources, …
Macmillan English Webinars - watch live talks from some of the biggest names in English language teaching, right in your web browser, then put your questions directly to the presenters. All webinars are FREE to join - all you require is an internet connection and a computer…
Many Things - interesting things for ESL/EFL students (Fun English Study)…
Mary Glasgow - Mary Glasgow magazines…
My Free Colouring Pages - kid’s free printables, word searches, mazes…
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NASA Kid's Club - for kids of all ages…
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OneStopEnglish - a comprehensive resource for teachers. There is a lesson share section where teachers can share lesson plans with a competition for best lessons each month. There are lots of activities with worksheets to download for business, ESP, exams and young learner lessons…
Oxfam Education - Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing global learning in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for Global Citizenship – education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in it…
Oxford University Press - ELT Webinars - webinars are a great way to get 'bite-sized' professional development…
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Pearson ELT - Classroom Resources - worksheets, lesson plans, videos and teacher resources for all levels of English…
Pearson ELT - Professional Development - learn better and learn more with fresh methodology ideas, top teaching tips and access to podcasts, videocasts and articles…
Podcasts in English.com - this podcast site has real conversations in English at 3 levels from elementary to upper intermediate. Each listening is from 3 to 7 minutes on a whole variety of interesting topics...
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Second Life - do you want your students to learn English and visit the UK for free? Now they can, virtually.
Sen teacher- for Special Education - free teaching resources for Special Needs...
Send my friend to school - Send My Friend to School brings together thousands of children across the UK to speak up for the right to education, and remind world leaders of their promise that all children should get the chance to go to school.
7ESL - a website designed to help English-as-a-second-language teachers and students all over the world. You’ll find a great variety of materials to help you as you study English, including lessons and videos on many aspects of the English language.
Show Me - it is a gateway that brings the best online resources and games from the UK's museum, gallery and heritage sectors together into a '24-Hour Museum'. The content is aimed at children aged from 5 to 11. The link here takes you to the teachers' area of the site where you find help and suggestions for using the resources from the site for lesson planning…
Song Facts - song meanings, lyrics and trivia…
Sparkle Box - primary teaching resources and printables…
St. Valentine's Day - all about St. Valentine’s Day…
Starfall - this website has kids' stories that you can read from a big book on the screen. Stories available include folk tales, myths, comics, and Chinese fables…
Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary School Educators - Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for Scholars are designed to strengthen curricula and improve the quality of teaching about the United States in academic institutions overseas…
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Teachers First - the web resource by teachers, for teachers…
Teacher’s Pet - If you are looking for high quality, downloadable activities and games for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 then you have come to the right place!...
Teacher Tube - this is a teacher-friendly alternative to YouTube. Go to the Channels tab to narrow your search. You will find videos on Reading and Writing as well as a whole host of YL material…
Teaching English (BC / the BBC) - free classroom materials to download, from short activities to full lesson plans, for teaching kids and adults…
TeachingGamesEFL.com - is a site where you can find new English language teaching materials that are both fun for students and educationally valid. Everything has been used in the classroom and worked well, usually with a variety of levels and ages.
Teaching History - A single destination for K-12 American history content, teaching methods, and current research: teaching materials, digital classroom, History content, issues and research, best practices…
Teaching Ideas - free lesson ideas, plans, activities and resources for use in the primary classroom…
TeAchnology - worksheets, lesson plans, teacher resources, printables, web quests, worksheet makers, teaching tips…
TEFL clips - Jamie Keddie - TEFL clips is a site dedicated to the possibilities for YouTube and other video sharing sites in the classroom…
TEFL Matters - language, teaching, teacher education and technology…
Telegraph Education - news on education…
Test Your Vocab - How many words do you think you know?
The Guardian Education - education news, comment and analysis….
The Times 100 - this site is a free educational resource for students, teachers and lecturers of business studies. Although not specifically designed for English teaching, it has a lot of authentic business materials which can be downloaded, including case studies on real companies, written by leading business studies textbook authors and linked to UK exam specifications. There are also simpler versions of the case studies which would be useful for intermediate level students.
Thesaurus - find synonyms and antonyms of words at thesaurus…
Thought.Co - English as a Second Language (ESL) for Teachers and Students - whether you are a teacher looking for ESL teaching materials, a beginner who's just starting out, or an advanced student who wants to hone and polish reading comprehension, conversation, and writing skills, these resources can take you to the next level.
Turtle Diary - Re-imagination of learning. It's a unique collection of interactive and fun educational games. Children learn important concepts that focus on specific skills that are challenging, yet age appropriate (from toddlers to 5th graders). It tracks progress on skills as they are being practiced, and generates detailed performance reports to give valuable insight on your kids' or students' abilities.
Twinkl - teacher-created resources provide entire schemes of work, lesson planning and assessments right through to online educational games, augmented reality and so much more. Some resources are free...
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Unsplash – free-usable images.
Up To Ten - games and activities aimed at both preschool and primary age kids - up to ten!
USA Today - News
Using English (ESL) - is a general English language site, specialising in ESL (English as a Second Language) with a wide range of resources for learners and teachers of English.
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Web of Stories - everyone has a story to tell. The site offers you the chance to listen to some of the greatest people of our time telling their life stories freely accessible to the public…
Wikimedia Commons - a collection of 42,381,588 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
Words and Pictures Library - an open-access educational tool that supports (student) teachers and educators in using picturebooks for English Language Teaching. It is a very comprehensive resource that covers the who, what, and how of picturebook-based ELT and it includes a dictionary compiling some of the specific terms related to picturebooks and English language teaching.
Write & Improve - is a free service for learners of English to practise their written English. Submit your written work and receive feedback in seconds, covering spelling, vocabulary, grammar and general style.
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Yoga4classrooms - is an evidence-based yoga and mindfulness program for school that promotes social, emotional and physical wellness, learning readiness and positive school climate. By providing training and resources to support sustainable, school implementation, we empower schools to meet improvement goals while preparing students for a lifetime of success.
These weblinks were available on March 31st 2020.
Updated November 2024.