English Language Acquisition (ELA): Learning English - Websites

By Nik Peachey of PeacheyPublications.com

Posted by Richard Byrne on 09/11/15 on his Free Technology for Teachers blog.

From the Open Education Database (oedb.org).

From ExpertEditor.com

Quizzes, tests, exercises, and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)

Vocabulary from the news, stories and more. Choose the language you want to learn in - there's a menu in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Selected and reviewed by Larry Ferlazzo.

From ESL instructor Larry Ferlazzo.

News stories in various ESL reading levels. Also contains lesson plans and activities.

An excellent online dictionary. Look up that new word instead of trying to guess the meaning!

"COMMONLIT is a collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms." Organized by themes.

"Digital Dialects features free to use games for learning 80 languages+. Within are games for learning phrases, numbers, vocabulary, spelling, verb conjugation and alphabets. This website runs best with Macromedia Flash Player."

See pictures and hear sound files of everything from tools to animals, office supplies to fruit.

"Learn English for free with 545 video lessons by experienced native-speaker teachers. New classes are added three times a week, covering grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, TOEFL, and more. Join over ten million ESL students worldwide who are improving their English every day with engVid."

Practice your vocabulary and help feed the hungry! This site offers you the chance to learn and practice vocabulary words, whether you are a native speaker or just learning English. For every word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to feed hungry people around the world.

GrammarFlip provides videos about the parts of speech, the parts of sentences, and the mechanics of usage for English. Suitable for improving your existing skills!

Free English grammar lessons and tests.

"This is a handbook covering grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, as well as citation information (including the MLA 8 update). Practice activities are embedded in the pages of text, as well as in separate pages that can be used for in-class activities if desired." Co-authored by Alexis McMillan-Clifton.

A free online English Pronunciation Dictionary - enter a word in the box on the screen, press 'enter' on your keyboard and then select which of the responses you want to hear pronounced or defined. Sounds are fast, clear, and completely natural, recorded by native speakers.

Links to articles on how to reduce your accent. Check out the other links on the page for information on English grammar and improving writing skills.

Links to many enjoyable sites teaching phonics and other language skills.

A dictionary with pictures! Learn English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian words.

This website is an online resource book for teachers and others interested in EFL and ESL. The site includes Articles, Research Papers, Lesson Plans, Classroom Handouts, Games, Jokes, Teaching Ideas & Links.

A site with pictures and sound files. Choose your native language, and then the language you want to learn.

Overview and review of online language-learning tools by Seth Kershner. From the 02/2013 issue of "College & Research Libraries News", pages 96-99.

Learn languages online. Select your native language from a drop-down menu and then it shows a list of available languages to learn.

This page contains links to information about English grammar, English idioms, corrected writing examples, and more.

From the non-profit Literacy Center Education Network.

This Search Engine can easily switch to searching in languages besides English and it does not track your searches or personal data.

Listening exercises - easy, medium, and difficult. With questions to test your understanding.

From GCF's LearnFree.org website. Includes videos of the 1,000 most commonly used words in English.

Read Today! is an integrated learning system with targeted coloring books and free interactive online lessons. It is our mission to provide language building blocks that simplify the task of learning to read in more than one language.

"The non-profit ReadWorks is committed to solving the nation's reading comprehension crisis by giving teachers the research-proven tools and support they need to improve the academic achievement of their students. ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly."

"Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, and helps them learn words in new ways."

"A site for ESL, TESL, EFL, TEFL, TOEFL, grammar and vocabulary practice."

From the BBC. Includes reading, writing, spelling, grammar, listening and speaking activities.

The Smithsonian offers many resources and programs to support educators, caregivers, and students in the classroom, at home, and at our museums, research centers, and zoo. These include an extensive collection of online lesson plans, interactive activities, and multimedia materials, all tailored to various grade levels and subjects. Educators can access primary source documents, museum exhibits, and expert-curated content, allowing them to enhance their classroom instruction and engage students in rich, real-world learning experiences. The Smithsonian also hosts professional development opportunities, workshops, and webinars for teachers, fostering continuous growth and innovation in the field of education.

Using grammar correctly is challenging for those who learn English as a second language and for those who are native English speakers. Here is a list of ten great websites for teaching or learning English grammar.

USA Learns has free English classes for you! Learn English speaking, listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing and grammar!

Online graphical dictionary.

"Welcome to Vocabulary.com, the quickest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary. Regardless of your education level or age, Vocabulary.com will help you to master the words that are essential to academic and business success."