ESL: English as a Second Language

Use these resources from the History Channel and the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs to teach about and discuss the significance of Memorial Day here in America.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Intermediate High, Advanced

For high intermediate and advanced students, this Thanksgiving Web site offers lots of information, history, recipes, and games to acquaint students with the traditions of the Thanksgiving holiday.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Intermediate High, Advanced

Use this site in class to provide a model of pronunciation or to prepare for an oral presentation. You can also have students use it to hear pronunciations of words on a spelling or vocabulary list, or in a reading passage. This site is a free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation that does not provide definitions, only pronunciation of words.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels

This Web site lists English language idioms alphabetically. Students can be assigned to choose an idiom from the site and create a presentation to teach the class the idiom by creating a PowerPoint presentation, writing and performing a dialog, using Web sites to create digital films or comic strips based on dialogs, or making videos.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

Use this intermediate adjective antonym game as a warm-up, review, or filler activity as a whole class, for individual student practice in a computer lab setting, or as a team competition.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels