ESL Resources
Dictionaries
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
British English
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
Merriam Webster Dictionary
American English
http://www.merriam-webster.com
Thesaurus
Merriam Webster Thesaurus
http://www.merriam-webster.com
General Grammar Sites
English grammar, and vocabulary exercises grouped by topic
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises
English language grammar quizzes
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes
Grammar check and practice
http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/#conditionals
Overview of numerous grammar topics
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/index.htm
Gerunds and infinitives
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/ger-inf01.html
Tenses and articles
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-7-1-2-2-1.html
Vocabulary quiz
http://gretools.sourceforge.net/20questions
General Grammar Practice Sites
Adverbs of time quizzes
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/e/words.php?f=adverbs_of_time...
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/v/words.php?f=adverbs_of_time...
Make or do
http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/mod.html
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/makedo.htm
Passive voice
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/active-passive.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_quiz.htm
Used to/be used to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learni...
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/used%20to.htm
Conditionals
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/conditionals.html
http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/gramcheck/#conditionals
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/101.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_quiz.htm
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/if-then5.html
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/if.htm
Gerunds
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/gerund.html
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/ger-inf01.html
Gerunds & Infinitive
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=902
http://academic.cuesta.edu/ahalderma/gerinfinq.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/el-to-ing.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/index.htm
Prepositions
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/gpm.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm
Independent clauses
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/indep_clause_quiz.htm
Subject/Verb agreement
http://eslbee.com/
Articles
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/216.html
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos9.htm#Pop%20Quiz%201
Lesson Planning
Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC) website – provides helpful information on lesson planning: http://www.themlc.org/TutorResourceCenter.html
Reading
Listening
http://www.esl-lab.com
http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/listen/easy.html
Writing
Online writing lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Essays
Introductions
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/intro.html
Thesis statements
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
Conclusions
http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/success/sl34.htm
Argumentative essays
http://www.geocities.com/frankie_meehan/TVHarmGood.htm
Argumentative paragraph
http://parapal-online.co.uk/resources/essays.html
Eliminating wordiness
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_concise.html
Punctuation
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
an excellent punctuation game with online paintball
Discourse analysis
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,5500,1440293,00.html
Analyzing coherence
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/taste/taste2.htm
Non-discriminatory language
http://www.educationforum.co.uk/nonsexist.htm
Commonly confused words
http://www.epcc.edu/Student/Tutorial/Writingcenter/Handouts/wordchoice/H...
Concordancer
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/lookup.html
Model Business Documents
Business Letter Quiz
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/businessletter/preview.weml
E-mail etiquette Quiz
http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/netiquette_quiz.html
E-mail
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/636/01/
Memos
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/590/01/
Intercultural Competence
Cultural Awareness Quiz
http://mindyourownbusiness.com/cultural_quiz.htm
TOEFL
Free online TOEFL test
http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=57
TOEFL exercises
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/structure.htm
Thank you to Helen Carter, who donated her time to prepare the vast majority of this list of resources.