ESL: English as a Second Language

The free typing test and typing tutor on Learn 2 Type offers online typing lessons and tests. Assign beginning typists to use this free keyboarding Web site to learn how to type or more advanced keyboardists can practice their speed and accuracy.

ESL: English as a Second Language

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

Use this online audio book with intermediate ESL learners for learning conversational turns by reading, listening to, and repeating dialogs for everyday situations and functions including Making Friends, Apartment Hunting, At the Library, Asking for the Way, A Visit to the Advisor, Shopping in America, Going to a Party, Ordering Lunch, Going to a Movie, and Dating. This activity focuses on Apartment Hunting.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High

Use this Internet activity when teaching vocabulary for transportation. Students learn vocabulary for common transportation words and then use the Internet (with sites listed) to practice the vocabulary and find distances and prices for traveling to various locations. For a final activity, students choose a destination and use the Internet to answer the following questions:

• Where do you want to go?
• When do you want to go?
• How do you want to go?
• How much does it cost?
• How long does it take?

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low

Students watch a short video to practice listening comprehension of everyday conversatoinal exhanges and then take a quiz to check their listening comprehension.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

Use this Jeopardy-style game with questions on English vocabulary, grammar, and U.S. and world knowledge as a warm-up at the beginning of class, as a filler activity, as a whole-class activity, or a team competition.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced