English Language Acquisition (ELA): Just for ELA Instructors

WAESOL, the Washington state affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), is a professional, non-profit organization that promotes scholarship, disseminates information related to ESOL, strengthen instruction, teacher training, and research in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages.

TESOL International Association advances professional expertise in English language teaching to speakers of other languages in multilingual contexts worldwide through professional learning, research, standards, and advocacy.

From ESL instructor and author Larry Ferlazzo.

"American Educator" (from The American Federation Of Teachers) has several articles on teaching ESL students.

Government websites from the U.S. Department of State.

"This Beginning ESL (levels 2-3) curriculum was created with a grant from the Saint Paul Community Literacy Consortium to implement Bridge Prep components into curricula. To prepare learners to transition to jobs and post-secondary, this curriculum incorporates Transitions skills such as critical thinking and effective communication into every life skill unit."

From ESL instructor Larry Ferlazzo.

“Free printable worksheets and lesson plans for every busy teacher. Find printable worksheets on any topic: vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading, writing and speaking!” Also has articles.

From BusyTeacher.org

inogolo is an easy-to-use website devoted to the English pronunciation of the names of people, places, and various things. The site contains thousands of pronunciations in English (most including audio clips). The site can be searched or browsed alphabetically, by tag, or through topical pronunciation guides.

The Internet TESL Journal is
for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The site contains Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links.

An educational video channel all about linguistics. Because language is awesome. Videos uploaded every Wednesday.

"The Minnesota Literacy Council partners with hundreds of schools, Adult Basic Education centers and other community organizations to improve literacy programming throughout the state."

Rewords sentences and websites so they are easier to understand.

From the BBC and British Council. The site includes professional development information, webinars and events, publications and teaching resources, training, and community opportunities.

Written by Barbara Gottschalk for Educational Leadership magazine. "An ESOL teacher responds to 10 common misconceptions about English language learners." From the February 2016, Volume 73, Number 5 issue, pages 62-64.