ISP Web Sites

Internet Sites for English Language Teaching and Learning

Here are some websites I have collected and grouped according to category. Those in bold are the ones I have found particularly useful and strongly recommend.

Bookshops

BEBC /
Keltic /
Stäheli /
The Language Company /

Business Media

Business Week Online /
Economist /
Financial Times /
Information Strategy Online /
This is Money (Daily Mail) /

Business English Materials

Annova Business Information /
BBC Business English /
Business English Magazine /
Business English Online /
Business Letters /
Business Spotlight online magazine /
Dave’s ESL Café (over 45 business sites) /
English Is It /
Goff’s Safety & Business Cartoons /
IATEFL Business SIG /
Instant Ideas /
Keypals and Penpals /
Learning and Teaching Business English /
Management fads and buzzwords (for fun) /
Market Leader /
One Word A Day (daily email service) /

Clip Art (Free) to add illustrations to your exercises/games

All Free Clip Art /
Classroom Clip Art /
Clip Art /
Free Clip Art /
Micrsoft Clip Art /
School Clip Art /
Language Teaching /
Picture Dictionary /

Customs and Traditions

Birthday celebrations /
Christmas songs/recipes/jokes /
Christmas traditions, songs, recipes, jokes /
Contact Santa and his Elves /
Easter traditions, songs, recipes /
Easter Traditions /
Halloween /

Dictionaries and Language Reference

Cambridge International Dictionary of English /
Cliché finder /
Cobuild /
Idioms and Quizzes /
Top Languages of the World /
Leo English-German Dictionary /
Lexical origins /
Merriam-Webster (+ thesaurus) /
On-line dictionaries for most languages /
Oxford English Dictionary Online /
Plumbdesign Visual Thesaurus /
Technical German>English Dictionary /
Urban dictionary of modern words /
Word of the Day (Webster Dictionary) /
Word detective /
Worldwide Words – origins of words /
Your dictionary Global languages/Thesaurus /

Educational Organisations

British Council /
British Council - Learning English /
British Council Switzerland /
British Council – Education links /

Exams

British Council- Education and Training /
Cambridge Exams /
Cambridge EFL Exams /
Cambridge EFL Exams (Switzerland) /

Exams Support

Flo~Joe’s FCE Exam Success /
Flo~Joe’s CAE Exam Success /

Exchange scheme/pen friends - higher education/IH school learners

International Student Exchange Association /

Information Technology

IT materials for Language Teachers /
The Register /

Legal English

The Bar Council /
The Law Society /
Legal Language Services /
Cambridge Law Studio /

Modern Languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc)

The Linguist List of Information /

Museums

BritishMuseum /
Hermitage in St Petersburg /
Louvre /
Smithsonian Institute Washington /
ScienceMuseumLondon /
San Francisco's Exploratorium /

News Media

All British Press and Media /
BBC Online /
BBC News /
BBC World Service /
Breaking News Lesson Plans /
Business Week /
Crayon – write your own newspaper /
CNN News Quiz /
CNN /
Financial Times /
International Herald Tribune /
New York Times /
NZZ Online /
Online Newspapers /
The Electronic Telegraph /
The Guardian /
Guardian TEFL update /
Swiss news in English /
The Economist /
The Times /
This is London (Evening Standard) /
Time Magazine /
Ultimate … News links /
USA Today /
Wall Street Journal /
Washington Post /

Penpal and Keypal Sites

ePals for classroom exchange /
It’s On-Line /
Keypal and Penpal Sites /

Secondary Schools – support and projects

Achievers International /
European Schoolnet /
Windows on the World – Projects /

Songs

Songs /
Song lyrics / httt//lyrics.ch
Instand Ideas Songs /
ESL Lounge Songs /
Song lyrics /
Downloading songs/video/ads /
Downloading songs /

Teacher Magazines and Journals

English Language Gazette /
English Teaching Professional /
ELT Journal /
Humanising Language Teaching /
Modern English Teacher /

Teaching Materials and Teacher Support

BBC Teaching English /
Cambridge English Readers /
Channel 4 learning (TV) /
Clarity /
Cloze Maker /
ComeniusEnglishLanguageCenter /
Cuisenaire Rods /
Dave’s ESL Café /
Developing Teachers /
DiscoverySchool /
Eclipse Crossword Maker /
Edufind On-Line English Grammar /
English File /
English Grammar Online /
English Live on-line magazine /
ESL Lounge /
Foreign and Commonwealth Office /
Free lesson materials /
Handouts for EFL teachers /
How to … make a board game etc. /
It’s On-Line /
Kid’s Jokes /
Language Farm /
Macmillan Graded readers /
Market Leader Website Lessons /
Mary Glasgow/Scholastic ELT /
Michael Quinion: New words/derivation /
Mind maps: A visual Thesaurus /
Mind maps – Inspiration software /
One Stop English (Macmillan) /
One Word A Day (daily email service) /
OUP ELT /
Oxford Graded Readers /
Partyland /
Penguin Graded Readers /
Phonmap – for writing phonemes /
Schubi teaching materials /
Search: how English words are used /
Shine /
Sky Language Teaching Software /
Snapshot /
Supplementary Lesson Worksheets /
Teacher’s Virtual Campus /
Teacher Trainer Forum /
Turner Learning /
Virtual Online Teacher Resources /

Teachers' Organisations and Teacher Development

British Council Education Links /
British Council Switzerland /
British Council /
CILTS Unit (UCLES CELTA/DELTA) /
IATEFL /
IATEFL Business SIG /
Open University /
TOEFL /
UCLES /
VHS Zurich /

Translation Services

Altavista World Translation /
Free Translation /

Travel

Time Out /
Rough Guides /
Lonely Planet on-line /
British Tourist Authority /
This is London (Evening Standard) /
Official Tourism … New York /

Internet Teacher Reference Books

Dudeney G.The Internet and the Language Classroom (CUP)

Sperling D.Dave Sperling’s Internet Guide+ Activity Workbook(Prentice Hall)

Teeler/GrayHow to Use the Internet in ELT (Longman)

Windeatt et alThe Internet (OUP)

Please tell me about any useful sites you find. You can contact me at

Graham Workman 2008