TESOL

Curriculum

• Maps for ESL from Oakland K-12

Main Resources

• Purdue OWL for ESL Instructors
• WSU – ESL Help Desk
• British Council / BBC – TeachingEnglish
• English Works! – Gallaudet
• Cambridge English – for Teachers (mostly for $)
• Links from TESL Journal (massive)
• UsingEnglish
• ESLGold
• ELT Base
• English Guide (mixed directory)

Teaching ESL / Guides and Research

• What Every ESL Teacher Should Know (PDF book) – Paul Nation
• Cambridge English – Downloadable booklets
• TESOL Resource Center
• English Online – New Zealand
• Paul Nation – What Should Every ESL/EFL Teacher Know?

Authoritative Dictionaries

• Online Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• Oxford Dictionaries

IELTS

• Writefix

Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting

• Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing – from Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Paraphrasing, Summarising and Quoting – from the University of New South Wales, Australia
• Quote, Paraphrase or Summarize? – (PDF) from The American University
• Explanations and examples (doc) – from La Habra High School
• Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation – Some Examples (PDF) – from the University of Montana
• Paraphrasing overview and examples – from OWL
• Lesson on Summarizing – from TV411

Grammar/Mechanics

• Grammar  at About.com – Richard Nordquist
• Center for Writing Studies – Illinois
• Grammar and Vocabulary – Gallaudet University
• Introduction to Grammar – QUT
• U of Ottawa’s HyperGrammar
• Supporting English Acquisition – Rochester Institute of Technology
• Grammar Topics – from the Study Zone – Univ of Victoria CA
• HyperTextBook – Modern English Grammar
• Guide to Grammar and Writing – resources from Connecticut
• Purdue’s OWL – handouts
• English morphology (stems, prefixes and suffixes)
• Common Suffixes in English
• Strunk & White’s Elements of Style
• Cohesion: linking words and phrases
• Cohesion and transitional words
• Passive Voice
• The Twelve Tenses of English
• Tense Tables: Positive / Negative / Question Forms in All Tenses
• Time Lines for Tenses and Quiz
• Modals with examples by aspect
• English Modal Verbs
• English Modals – concepts
• 8 Common ESL Errors—and How to Correct Them
• Background on Comparative/Superlative forms
• Rules for forming Comparatives and Superlatives
• Comparative/Superlative Adjective List
• Comparatives and Superlatives – Worksheet (formative assessment)
• Comparatives and Superlatives – Quiz
• Comparatives and Superlatives Card Game (pdf)

Sentences and Parsing

• Branching Linguistics
• Online Automatic Sentence Parser – Carnegie Mellon
• Mr Roth – Youtube demonstration
• How to Parse – page from Grammarpedia
• Parsing Example – from Rutgers
• Test Yourself: Parsing
• Conditional sentence
• If-Clauses Type I, II and III
• Tom’s Quizlet on Third Conditionals for adult learners

Parts of Speech

• The Writing Centre: University of Ottawa – Canada
• Study Zone – Univ of Victoria – Canada
• Center for Writing Studies – Illinois
• Suffixes to Know – Gallaudet University
• Idiomatic phrases – Connecticut
• Phrase examples
• Overview of verbs
• Verb Tenses – graphic timelines
• Auxiliary verbs
• Perfect forms
• Determiners and adjectives

Listening

• Randall’s Listening Lab

Speaking

• Phrases for Conversation
• Small Talk: Conversation Starters
• common conversation starters

Commercial / General Resources

• EngVid – Alex’s videos and quizzes
• English Club – for Teachers
• Free ESL Lesson Plans to Download