For Teachers
- Read Aloud (Books) YouTube Channels
- Spark Notes Videos (+ Books)
- Add a Dictionary to Your Browser
- Grammar: Parts of Speech
- Original Short Stories by Hal Ames
- FREE Online Books
- Classroom Language
- Helping Students Learn
Links & Other Teacher Resources
Online Books
- Bookdash PDF books and Bookdash epub: 50+
- Storyweaver.org.in: 1600+ free books read online/download by Pratham Books
- The International Children's Digital Library with 450+ online children's books
- StorylineOnline.net: video read-aloud books
- OxfordOwl.co.uk: view online or download
- RobertMunsch.com: 50 books to download or listen to audio
- Gutenberg.org: 50,000+ books to download
- LoyalBooks.com: 1200 to download, 500 audiobooks
- DigiLibraries.com: very good tagging system to find books
- e-BooksDirectory.com: 10000+ free e-books in 681 categories
- UPenn.edu: 2 million books but difficult to browse
- Storynory.com: lots of books and audiobooks
- Storyjumper.com: 120+ online only books
- FreeKidsBooks.org: 200+ free public domain books
- MagicKeys.com: books for young & older children, plus young adults, some with audio.
- ChildrensBooksOnline.org: books organized by level
- Bygosh.com: classic children's books and also novels
- MightyBook.com: online animated books
- hca.gilead.org.il: 170 stories by Hans Christian Andersen
- PublicLiterature.org: download or read online
- Starfall.com: read books online
- ESLAmerica.USReading Links
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Short Stories & Poetry
- 365 short stories with audio @ ESLYes.com
- 200 Original Short Stories by Hal Ames
- Original Short Stories @ East of the Web
- Breaking News English: Latest news stories with lessons, audio, activities & more!
- TIME for Kids: stories with audio and different levels
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune for students of all ages
- ClassicShorts.com
- CommonLit.org: free instructional reading materials (worksheets+audio+more)
- PoetryFoundation.org Lots of poetry for kids & teens, plus 'listen along'
- TheShortStory.co.uk<: 200+ stories to download/li>
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Pronunciation (Audio)
- Wordhippo.com
- Cambridge Dictionary: British & American
- Oxford Learners Dictionary: British & American
- kids.WORDsmyth.net
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Dialogs, Plays, Speaking Activities
- Reading Comprehension Dialogues
- FreeDrama.net: short play scripts & comedy skits
- OneStopEnglish.com: 14 mini-plays with worksheets
- Drama in the ESL Classroom
- ESLPrintables.com: play scripts
Words & Word Lists
- NSGL: New General Service List
- TOEFL Word List: 3,773 high frequency TOEFL words
- Dale-Chall Word List: 3000 words understood by a 4th grader
- Spache Word List: 925 words needed for younger learners
- FluentForever.com: Your First 625
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Phonics
- Free Phonics Readers: print 30 long & short sound books
- ProgressivePhonics: all-in-one reading program = easy, fun, FREE
- Scholastic.com: Lesson plans and activities
- DCSReadingCoaches: One Page Decodable Stories
- The Reading Genie is Dr Bruce Murray: lots of good stuff here
- FunFonix.com: free printable phonics worksheets & workbooks for kids
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Readability Tools
- ReadabilityFormulas.com free readability calculators
- Spache readability test below 4th grade level
- Dale-Chall readability test above 4th grade level
- Automatic readability tests gives scores from 7 different tests
- Readable.io will measure text and give a readability score
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Memrise Courses
- NSGL: 2800 most used words
- NAWL: 960 academic words
- English-English courses
- Mongolian-English courses
- Kazakh-English courses
- Thai-English courses
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Creative Commons / Free Stuff
- Flickr Creative Commons: free to use photos
- Unsplash: free to use pictures
- 500px Creative Commons: free to use pictures
- Pixabay: free to use pictures
- FreeStockFootageArchive.com: free to use video clips
- Public Domain Resources: @ Wikipedia.org
- Creative Commons Sources: @ Sitepoint.com
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Printables
- PrintablePaper.net: 1,752 papers you can download and print for free
- ToolsForEducators.com: make crosswords, word-search pages, bingo cards & more
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Apps for Smartphones & Tablets
- Learn English Apps: BritishCouncil.org
Links
- 151 Leading Sites for Elementary Educators
- 50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language
- TeachersFirst.com: lessons, units, and web resources
- ESLAmerica.us: tons of links
Teacher helping Teachers
- OneStopEnglish.com: Number one for English language teachers
- EducationWorld.com: Connecting Educators to What Works
- BusyTeacher.org: 17,000+ worksheets and lessons plans FREE
- iSLCollective.com: ESL/EFL teachers sharing FREE self-made materials & resources
- Dave's ESLCafe.com: idea cookbook
- NEW! TeachersPayTeachers.com has 12,000 items fore FREE
Other Great Resources
- BBC Learning English: tons of stuff here
- BBC 6-minute English [Intermediate] you can download text & audio
- elllo.org with 2500 free audio/video lessons
- English News Weekly from Hiroshima University
- VoiceTube.com uses subtitles to teach English
- CNN Student News: 10-minute show that explains global news
- ESLTrail.com: ESL Teaching Tips
- EDNFoundation.org: Facebook Guide for Educators
- Christmas Carols for ESL Kids: adapted classics
- Activities for ESL Students: Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles
- US Dept of State - American English: 1500+ downloadable resources
- Super Simple Songs: Christmas Songs for Kids
- Girls Rising: Empowering girls (with curriculum plans)
- UNICEF - Mongolia publications (in English and Mongolian)
- UNICEF - Thailand publications (in English only)
- Extra videos (40) - like 'Friends' but for English learners
- Favorite Class Games @ Teaching English Jukebox