READING & LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCESFOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS |
RHL School has a large number of free worksheets, unlike many websites that offer one or two free resources and the other 90% for a fee. Although worksheets have a bad reputation in the field, these are exceptional. They include lovely poems (and I hate poetry), interesting stories and a variety of activities for building reading comprehension. The resources here are easily applied to English learners. Although the site does not specifically align activities with state standards, the relationships are pretty obvious, especially since they group the resources in categories such as reading comprehension and have titles such as 'word meanings from context'.
Free books - there are thirty on this site you can download and print for free. Two good ones are in Spanish. There are also two in French and many fiction and non-fiction in English that are appropriate for teaching reading. The subscription price is worth it if your school will pay for it.
Although this site is intended for teaching business English (whatever that is) the English exercises here build more than vocabulary. As all teachers know, English is a weird language and being an efficient reader means understanding idioms and other odd things like saying, "I'm afraid he's not here," when you really are not afraid at all.
English grammar quizzes, crossword puzzles and 1,000 other activities - now, maybe it is because the logical structure is somewhat like mathematics, but I liked grammar when I was a child (sick, huh?) even though English has always been my least favorite class. These quizzes were mildly amusing, and, if I was a student, I don't think I would mind them much, and I usually hated English class, so that is saying something. These are available at all difficulty levels.The crossword puzzles will be a welcome resource for any teacher (like me) who ever had to spend time making his or her own. I did not count to see if they really did have over 1,000 activities at this site, but they had a lot.
This site from the Collège Édouard Montpetit says it is 'pre-intermediate to high-intermediate level English' for ESL. That seems a pretty accurate assessment. Like the site above from TESL, this one offers a wide-range of activities for students.