Local Organizations for ESL
Area Classes
Catholic Family Center
Family Learning Center-Rochester City School District
Greece Community Education
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, Inc. (LVR)
Monroe County Libraries and Other Adult Literacy Resources
Monroe #1 Boces
Monroe #2 Boces
Rochester Education Opportunity Center SUNY Brockport
Sites for Students
General
Activities for ESL Students - Over 1,000 quizzes, exercises and puzzles to help you study English as a Second Language.
ESL Lab -Gives examples of many conversational situations.
ESL Resource Center - English/ESL skill lessons
English Zone-a basic list of the dolch words (most frequently found words in books that children read).
Grammar
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Sentence Sense-Online grammar book that has practice tests and quizzes to improve writing skills and language usage.
Idioms
Go English.com/Idioms-This site teaches the meaning of English phrases and Idioms.
Idiom Connection - Gives examples of English Idioms and quizzes are included.
Idiom Site-a site which lists idioms and their meanings.
Interesting Things for ESL Students - Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
Pronunciation
Authentic American Pronunciation
Englishclub.com/Pronunciation-pronunciation site for ESL learners
Fonetiks.org - Online site for pronunciation and language study.
Reading
Englishclub.com-Reading-a site which will help you improve your reading skills.
ESL.about.com-Reading-a list of reading comprehension web pages.
Spelling
Most Frequently Misspelled Words - Quiz-a list of commonly mispelled words with the definition and pronunciation/translation of the words.
Commonly Confused Word Pairs for ESL Learners
Writing
OWL - ESL resources, handouts and exercises
Englishclub.com-Writing-gives information and exercises for learning the skills of writing in English.
Sites for Both Students/Teachers
Dave's ESL Cafe -many great resources for ESL
English Forum-a variety of different type of resources for ESL students and or teachers.
TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL - Links of interest to students and teachers of English as a Second Language
Sites For Tutors
ESL Civics Link-an online professional development site for teachers.
ESL Lounge- Free ESL lessons materials and lesson plans. Printable worksheets for ESL classroom teaching.
ESL Wonderland- A site for teachers who want to learn or teach English. It includes lesson plans and activities.
Internet TESL Journal - Articles, Research Papers, Lesson Plans and Classroom Handouts for Teachers of English as a Second Language.