Teaching Websites

The world wide web is the world's biggest resource - ESL/EFL teaching is no exception. In planning your own lessons, the internet can provide an invaluable hand in not just ideas, but also things like worksheets, printouts, flashcards, and more.

Here is a list of websites that may be of help to English teachers.

This is an ever-growing list, please feel free to add more websites!

Aggregators

• Tower of English

Full Lessons

• Breaking News English
• Daily ESL

Games / Activities

• Three Wise Monkeys
• ESL Flow
• Dave’s ESL Café

Resources / Worksheets

• ESL Flashcards
• Printable Bingo cards
• Creative Chalk
• Conversation questions
• Food adjectives

Listening

• Archie Comics Podcasts

Authentic Reading Practice

• Wikipedia (Simple English) - Special version of Wikipedia using simpler sentences. Mie Prefecture even has an article!
• BBC (Simple English) - Selected BBC news stories with simpler phrasing. Will still be fairly difficult for lower level students.

Utilities

• Presentation maker - Like PowerPoint but free and entirely online.
• Crosword puzzle maker - Automated crossword puzzle maker, saves you a lot of time.
• YouTube -> MP3 converter - Take any YouTube video and produce an mp3 of the audio.

Non-free Sites

• Genki English - The ideas are free, but the materials are not.