Educational Resource List

http://www.efcafe.com/

Online resources that support the English Firsthand textbook series.

http://www.longmanenglishinteractive.com

From the website: “Longman English Interactive is a four-level video-based, integrated-skills program that includes over 100 hours of instruction per level. The program provides presentation and practice in grammar, speaking, listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, and writing.”

http://www.cambridge.org/venturesarcade

Online activities that support the Ventures Adult Education ESL integrated series.

Disclosure: The post author helped develop this product at Cambridge University Press. The opinions expressed here are my own and are not necessarily those of the Press. This blog is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Press.

http://www.starfall.com/

From the website: “Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Starfall is perfect for home schooling.”

http://www.readableblog.com/

From the website: “This blog exists to help adult English language learners improve their English skills. You may find new ways to study, especially if you live in an area with few English speakers. There is a limit to what anybody can learn in class. It might sound strange for an English teacher like me to say, but most real learning happens outside of class. But studying on your own can also be very frustrating, so I hope the tools and information I post can help you.”

http://www.cambridge.org/touchstonearcade/

Flash-based games for practicing English. Centered on the Touchstone textbook series (http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/touchstone/).

Disclosure: The post author currently works for Cambridge University Press. The opinions expressed here are my own and are not necessarily those of my employer. This blog is not sponsored nor endorsed by my employer.

http://www.pumarosa.com/

CD-ROM products for Spanish-speaking English learners.

http://www.esl-lab.com/

From the website: “The site has been designed with the specific goal and narrow focus of providing easy-to-use listening activities that can be used on almost any Internet connection. Of course, many more kinds of interactive listening activities, test-question types, and accents are possible, and I look forward to seeing others launching their own sites with these features in mind. In my case, I wanted to give depth, not breadth (rather than snippets of this and that), to my original concept, one reason being the large time commitment just to create one activity. “

http://english-zone.com/index.php

From the website: “English-Zone.Com is a fun site for STUDENTS who are learning English as a Second Language, or studying English in general. Here, you can learn some idioms, practice with English verbs, test your grammar, check out the fun stuff page, write a silly story, or visit links to other English sites!

“This is also a useful site for TEACHERS. English-Zone.Com has a Teacher’s Zone filled with ready-to-print materials usable for ESL teaching guides,  worksheets, handouts, or quizzes. There are dozens of links to other sites for teachers as well.”