Grammar guides:

Grammar.net

Grammar.net is a free online English grammar reference guide. It's also a comprehensive English grammar guide, with many examples of sentences to help you understand how they work.

Grammarly

Grammarly is a powerful writing enhancement tool that helps you detect and correct over 500 writing problems. It's a free online application that can be used on any device with a web browser. The app is also available to students for free!

English Grammar

 

This website has a lot of information on English grammar explanations and rules with lots of examples, and it's easy to navigate.

Grammar Bytes

Grammar Bytes! is a website for ESL students who want to learn grammar courses. It has many lessons, which are well-organized and easy to navigate. This site also has a forum where you can ask questions, as well as exercises that help you practice your new skills.

Worknik

Wordnik is a dictionary and thesaurus website that's owned by Dictionary.com. It has many features, including Ask Wordnik (a feature where you can ask questions about English grammar), A Word A Day (a daily email containing an example sentence using a word from the dictionary), and Word of the Day (a daily email containing an example sentence using a particular word).

Vocabulary lists:

Excellent ESL 4U

This section has many vocabulary lists, exercises, and activities to help you learn English vocabulary. All of which are divided into topic areas.

Adult ESL

850 words that can be used to explain 90% of English. All of which are divided into topic areas.

Grammar Monster

A list of 83 vocabulary categories for you. The words in every category can be edited to suit your learning level. 

ESL Gold

This is a concise academic vocabulary word list with definitions.

ESL Desk

This is a basic vocabulary list containing important words worth learning. Words are divided into thematic groups and there is even an audio clip of every word to help with pronunciation.

Language learning apps

Duolingo

Duolingo is a fun app that offers bite-sized lessons to help you learn over 40 languages. You can practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Hello English

Hello English is a top-ranked app that offers interactive lessons, games, and discussions with teachers. It also allows users to practice speaking and conversation.

FluentU

Fluent U is an app that uses real-world videos like news and commercials to help you learn English.

RosettaStone

Rosetta Stone is a unique app that immerses you in the language and helps you learn basic words, phrases, and sentences.

Memrise

An app that uses humor to help you learn English words. Courses are created by other users.

Online language tutorials

Speak English with Vanessa

Speak English naturally, confidently, and fluently with Vanessa. Subscribe for free YouTube lessons every Friday. Vanessa has a very positive personality that makes learning so much fun. You will love her humor and detailed explanations of accurately pronouncing American English.

Learn English with Vince

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Learn English with Vince is an ESL teaching network providing the most effective American English language learning content by a native English teacher from the United States with years of experience teaching ESL in a foreign country.

USA Hello

Do you want to learn English? You can find free classes and apps to study online. Get tips for English conversation and improving your grammar. Learn about the TOEFL test.

USA Learns

USA Learns has several free courses to help you learn English, improve your skills, study for a job, prepare to become a U.S. citizen, and more!

American English Podcast

Learn American English and the History and Culture of the United States in this Intermediate English Podcast.

Note-Taking Tips

What is the Cornell Note-Taking System?

How to Use the Cornell Note-Taking System

Free Cornell Note-Taking System Online Course

Time Management Tips

Time Management-Conquering Long Assignments

Time Management for College Students

Academic Writing Resources

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)

Resources

To enhance their instructional practices, educators can turn to a range of English language learner resources. By exploring professional development platforms, instructional strategies, assessment tools, and more, educators can stay up to date with the latest research and gain insights into effective teaching methods for ESL instruction. 

  • , examines the opportunities and challenges for MLE students navigating the postsecondary system. The report offers recommendations that can help educators, institutional leaders, policymakers, service providers, advocates, researchers, and funders better serve this diverse population with effective and equitable policies, programs, and structures.
  •   by Guillermo Lopez and Amy Getz explains how faculty and staff can make a big difference in students’ learning by using strategies to create a positive classroom and campus environment for Multilingual Learners of English. They shed light on important opportunities for strengthening postsecondary pathways for multilingual learners. Guillermo Lopez and Amy Getz are co-authors of the WestEd and Student-Ready Strategies report “Translating Opportunity: Improving Postsecondary Pathways for Multilingual Learners of English.”
  •   demonstrates how institutions can better meet the needs of MLE students. WestEd and Student-Ready Strategies have released a report on how institutions can better support Multilingual Learners of English (MLE) as they pursue postsecondary pathways. The report highlights the importance of a culture of care, relationships within the college community, and the need for intentional opportunities for MLE students to connect with each other and the institution. It also highlights the challenges MLE students face, such as balancing life obligations with school, and the need for institutional leaders to provide support and guidance to ESL instructors.
  • This article illustrates the landscape of ELLs enrolled in institutions of higher education. It explores how ELL students are classified and how these different profiles intersect with the limited range and types of English as a Second Language (ESL) support available at the institutional level. The article explains the very limited practical knowledge base on ELLs in the college setting, with a summary of promising best practices for college faculty across disciplines to consider in their instruction.
  • Listen to students sharing their perspectives on how institutions can better meet the needs of MLE students the following videos:

  • The  gives educators access to webinars and workshops focused on ESL teaching strategies, research-based publications about effective ESL instruction and language acquisition, as well as information on policies, laws, and guidelines related to ESL education. 
  •  offers an array of articles, research papers, and publications that cover topics such as lesson planning, language assessment, classroom management, and cultural competence. Additionally, TESOL provides a platform for teachers to connect through discussion forums, online communities, and networking opportunities.
  •  offers relevant information that will benefit you and your students of all ages. UE is an easy-to-navigate site with several categories for teachers and students alike. It offers tests, quizzes, forums, English references, articles, tools and extensive material you can utilize.
  • This online listening lab is the perfect resource for listening exercises. The audio listening exercises are organized by level of difficulty (easy, medium, difficult) and are listed by topic. Topic examples include “Clothing Styles,” “Car Rental,” “Breakfast Recipes” and “Friday Night Mishaps.” Each lesson includes a short audio clip (usually less than two minutes), a quiz, vocabulary activities, post-listening exercises and online investigations, which ask the student to research the topic further online.
  • Barto and Muriel Saville-Troike. Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics. 3rd Cambridge University Press, 2017.
  • Beginning to work with Adult ELL's
  • Burt et al. “Working with Adult English Language Learners with Limited Literacy: Research, Practice, and Professional Development”. Washington: Center for Applied Linguistics, 2008.
  • Dong, Yu Ren. Teaching English Language Learners in Secondary Subject Matter Classes. 2nd Edition. North Carolina: Information Age Publishing, 2019.
  • Hawkins and Henshaw. Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom. Hackett Publishing Company Inc., 2022.
  • Language Experience Approach 
  • Leith et al. “Teaching Mathematics & Language to English Language Learners”. The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 109, No. 9 (May 2016), pp. 670-678.
  • Miller, Finn Susan. “Promoting Learner Engagement When Working with Adult English Language Learners”. Washington: Center for Applied Linguistics, 2010.
  • Moore, Sarah Catherine K. “Uses of Technology in the Instruction of Adult English Language Learners”. Washington: Center for Applied Linguistics, 2009.
  • Parrish, Betsy and Johnson, Kimberly. “Promoting Learner Transitions to Postsecondary Education & Work: Developing Academic Readiness Skills from the Beginning”. Washington: Center for