ESL Listening, Speaking, and Reading Resources for Teachers, Students, and Parents by Katye Beard

BreakingNewsEnglish.com

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 01:50:23 UTC

Breaking News English hosts news articles dating as far back as 2004 in varying difficulty levels, accompanied by activities related to the article to promote English learning. This website offers real-world applications of English to cater to the diverse proficiencies of students.

DailyESL.com

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 01:55:21 UTC

Daily ESL offers listening segments in English covering various aspects of everyday life. After clicking on an activity, you will find a pre-listening question, the listening activity, comprehension questions, discussion questions, an online investigation activity, and links to related online listening practice.

Epic Books

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:01:30 UTC

Epic Books offers educators and students free access to 20,000 books, as well as 20,000 additional titles, with a paid membership. This service also has a multilingual selection, including titles in Spanish, French, and Chinese, as well as educational reading videos.

ESL Cyber Listening Lab

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:08:27 UTC

Made by Randall Davis, the creator of DailyESL.com, this website offers a similar format. Instead of reading and listening, students are exclusively testing their listening skills by answering questions related to the text, identifying idioms, related vocabulary work, pre- and post-listening exercises, and more online investigations. There are also links to additional English Listening Activities, such as English Interviews, Life Stories, and Culture Videos.

Beelinguapp

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:12:10 UTC

This app features bilingual audiobooks and music for all ages. Still, I was particularly drawn to the children's books due to my interest in education and my experience working with Kindergarten students. Translations in the user's native language are available while reading as a scaffold, and additional learning tools, such as flashcards and quizzes, are also provided.

Let's Learn English with Anna in Your Language

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:22:09 UTC

VOA is a website that offers various resources for English students and instructors. However, the section that caught my attention features a series of videos in which "Anna" teaches English in various languages, including, but not limited to, English, French, Vietnamese, and Korean. The lessons are designed for students aged 8-12.

ESL eSchool

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:36:48 UTC

Contains helpful ESL activities for all levels. Skills include grammar, speaking vocabulary, and writing.

ESL Classroom Games

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:39:37 UTC

This article lists 10 games to play with students learning English, accompanied by descriptions, directions, and demonstration videos. The rest of the website contains information for English teachers looking to teach abroad!

Listening in English

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:45:55 UTC

This website contains clips from popular movies and TV shows, as well as academic and skills-related clips in English. There are clips from Frozen, Minions, Moana, and more, but it is essential to use this website with supervision, as it also features clips from adult television shows and movies, such as Friends, The Last of Us, and Pulp Fiction. When the website advertises all ages, they mean it.

Games to learn English

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 02:51:10 UTC

This website offers a vast collection of free games designed for English learners. Games range from content to syntax and provide an enjoyable and perhaps more independent way for ESL learners to work on their English skills.

BrainPOP

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 03:01:07 UTC

As someone who grew up with BrainPOP, I was pleased to see that they have materials designed explicitly with English Language Learners (ELLs) in mind. There are videos paired with various activities to keep students engaged and to reinforce their skills. Several levels are offered, along with a placement test to determine where students fall.

r/ESL_Teachers

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 03:06:57 UTC

A place for ESL teachers to post questions, resources, advice, and anything else to do with ESL Teaching. Another place I like to lurk is r/Teachers, but this subreddit is particularly good if you're looking for topics related solely to ESL teaching.

IXL

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 03:10:53 UTC

Teachers often use IXL to integrate technology into their lessons. IXL offers an ESL curriculum, as well as the ability to translate Math and Science courses into other languages, including Spanish.

TeachersFirst: Ideas and Resources for Parents of ESL/ELL Students

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 03:18:58 UTC

This website has compiled a list of various activities, online resources, reading, etc., to share with the families of ESL/ELL students in order to provide enrichment and support at home as well as at school. The website also offers suggestions on how these resources can be adapted for the classroom.

ESLSongs.com

beardkai000_1 — 2025-05-01 03:22:42 UTC

This website offers lessons and activities that utilize songs to teach English. Lessons progress from very basic to more advanced, and the songs cover a variety of decades and artists. The website also offers suggestions for ESL classroom activities that incorporate music.