OregonState University English Language Institute

Useful Internet Sites for Teachers with English Language Learners
by Deborah Healey

General sites

Type of userTitleDescription
all teachersGlobal Schoolhouse at www.gsn.org/ Communication tools, including Classroom Conferencing, Mailing Lists, and Discussion Boards; collaborative projects, including CyberFair, GeoGame, FieldTrips, Newsday, and the Projects Registry 
all teachers Websites for Teachers at www.sitesforteachers.com/ Annotated links on a variety of topics - some very useful sites
all teachersInternet Academy: Using the Internet to Improve Teaching and Learning at otn.uoregon.edu/eisenhower/internet_learning/index.html Readings and optional assignments about using the Internet in teaching; from a previous Eisenhower grant at the University of Oregon
all teachers, especially language teachersHot Potatoes and Quandary site at web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/ Source of Hot Potatoes and Quandary software - useful for making a variety of exercises
all teachersHuman Languages Page at www.june29.com/HLP/
primary/secondary language teachers Children's speech and language developmental milestones: www.geocel.com/communicate/develop.html An overview of ages and stages in language development; good background information
primary/secondary teachersKidClick at http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ A search engine put together by librarians for children. This says what grade level each site is for and whether or not there are images.
primary/secondary teachersKids Domain at www.kidsdomain.com/index.html Articles and lots of software to download, organized by age group and by topic
English language teachersCNN Newsroom at learning.turner.com/newsroom/ and additional activities specifically for ESL at lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html A 30-minute, free instructional program with CNN news stories and world and regional events -- science is usually included -- that is on TV at 4:30 am Eastern time, with a teacher's guide
English language teachersESL Independent Study Lab by Michael Krauss at www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html An example of how to organize online self-access resources, with an English language teaching focus
English language teachersESL through music webpage at www.Geocities.com/ESLmusic/ and lyrics at Ernie's Lyrics Links at barteldes.freeyellow.com/lyrics.html A good starting point for using music in the classroom
language teachersPizzaz: People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling at darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html Lots of writing activities online and lesson plans for offline use
language teachersTech Tip of the Month at osu.orst.edu/dept/eli/prevtips.html A series of articles on how to use technology in the classroom, with a focus on ESL.

Self-access centers

language teachersA Place to Start in Selecting Software at http://ucs.orst.edu/~healeyd/cj_software_selection.html A guide to choosing software; it includes publisher links.
language teachersCALL Interest Section Software List at http://osu.orst.edu/dept/eli/softlist/ A searchable database of software for English language teaching
language teachersVance Stevens' Web resource for CALL lab managers and others at www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4631/esl_home.htmLots of links to sites for those planning and implementing a self-access center
language teachersErgonomic and task-based CALL room design at ucs.orst.edu/~healeyd/tesol98/roomdesign.html From a TESOL '98 presentation by Deborah Healey, Doug Coleman, and Susan Dever

Lesson plans

English language teachersJohn Korber's ESL Lessons at members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html A substantial collection of lessons, not grouped in any apparent way
primary/secondary teachersK-12 Lesson Plans from Los Angeles County at teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/lessons.html Links to a range of lessons and activities in different areas, such as math and science
primary/secondary teachersHoughton-Mifflin's Education Place at www.eduplace.com/ Various classroom resources, including lesson plans and activities
primary/secondary teachersYouthline's Lesson Stop at www.youthline-usa.com/lessonstop Links to lesson plans in a variety of areas, including math and science, as well as to articles about writing good lesson plans with technology

Math and science

primary/secondary teachersEisenhower National Clearinghouse Online: Resources for Math and Science at www.enc.org/ Searchable by topic
all teachersDiscovery School at school.discovery.com/schoolhome.html Student and teacher links - science, math, social studies, etc. activities
all teachersTeacher's Channel at school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ A range of math and science links and activities from Discovery School (above)
all teachersScience and Math Initiatives site at www.learner.org/sami/ A searchable database of ideas, lesson plans, and resources
all teachersGander Academy's Theme-Related Resources on the World Wide Web at www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html Lots of science topics, with links to information and activities

Lesson plans for math and science

primary/secondary teachers Lesson plan ideas and other resources at the CESAME support site for investigations in number, data, and space: www.lab.brown.edu/investigations/ Choose sample units by age - searchable database of information
primary/secondary teachers Activities Exchange lesson plans for science at www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/index.html Quite a variety of lesson plans; they'd like to have yours, too
English language teachersIdeas for ESL math from Dave's ESL Ideas Page at www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Math More lesson plans for math

Student projects

all teachersInternet projects at www.lightspan.com/teacher/pages/ projects/ default.asp?_prod=LS&_nav=T2_proj A searchable database of projects of different types
math teachersAlgebra project with English and Spanish-speakers www.lightspan.com/common/pages/ linkout5.asp?loc=gsh.lightspan.com/ pr/index.cfm?&setInternal=true&_prod=GSH A sample project from the link above
primary/secondary teachersKid's Place area at Education Place at www.eduplace.com/kids/sla/index.html Activities for children in a variety of areas, including some interesting science activities 
primary/secondary teachersHoughton-Mifflin's Activity Search at www.eduplace.com/search/activity2.html Lesson plans for math and science at a variety of grade levels

Beginning learners

English language teachersA lesson plan for newcomers who speak little or no English at www.everythingESL.net/classworks/september.html A starting point
primary teachers Enchanted Learning - Zoom School at www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/index.shtml Activities for a variety of pre-K and primary topics, including science; lots of graphics make it easier to understand
primary teachersSouthwest Educational Development Laboratory: Early Childhood Development links at www.sedl.org/culture/links/esl-3.html Many other links on this page are from here

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