The document provides information on various websites for teaching English, including their target age range and positive and negative aspects. Key websites highlighted include One Stop English which offers a variety of lesson plans but requires a subscription, and Breaking News English which focuses on current events but may not be suitable for lower levels. Other recommended sites are BBC Learning English, DLTK, and Teach Children ESL for their free worksheets and games.

1. Name Website Address Age range Positive points Negative points
One Stop www.onestopenglish.com All ages Variety of lesson plans and For full access, there is an
English materials annual subscription charge.
Coverage of all exam
information
Business and General English
covered
Lesson share archive has an
amazing range of articles and
handouts including a weekly
news article.
Breaking http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ Older Lesson plans related to Material and lesson plans are
News English teenagers important news of the week. not divided up by level. In
and adults Podcasts to provide your general this website wouldn´t
students with listening practice. be appropriate for lower levels.
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teach/ Older Fantastic exercises on phrasal Some of the topics may be a
teenagers verbs little heavy for teenagers
and above Range of topics and worksheets
Audio activities available.
DLTK http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/index.htm 4-8 Printable books for kids to There are a lot of pages to
colour and read print!
Varied topics, including letter
lists.
Teach http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/worksheets.htm 7-18 Free worksheets for children Not the easiest site to navigate
Children ESL including games and song
sheets.
MES English http://www.mes-english.com/curriculum/ 2-6 Curriculum guides In the process of being
completed so some links may
not work.
Handouts www.handoutsonline.com Teenagers Very clearly divided into levels. Perhaps not challenging enough
Online upwards New worksheets added for higher level students.
regularly
Needs a user name and
password, feel free to use ours.
User name: ttmadrid and

2. password: handouts
English Club www.englishclub.com/reading Adults Lots of short stories and reading It´s difficult to navigate the site.
materials
Also has teacher forums
including lesson plans.
CNN archives www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html Adults Reading activities including Very few CCQs
abridged news stories
More business related
ESl Galaxy http://www.esl-galaxy.com/ 4 - teenagers Lots of games Some of the activities would
Varied and fun-looking activities only work in a one to one class
Kids Inco http://www.kidsinco.com/blog/ 7-12 It´s theatre based – shorts play It takes some serious
to present to parents preparation time.
Fun English http://www.funenglishgames.com/ 2-15 Worksheets and interactive The interactive games are
games games for multiple age groups. online, so no printing possible.
Squidoo http://www.squidoo.com/fun-esl-activities-for-the- 5 - teenagers Fun games for the classroom Lots of adverts
classroom Videos to show exactly how the
games were used in class
British http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ 5 -adults Full lesson plans For adults it is generally more
Council Games, audio activities and business related so may not be
printable materials. useful for all learners
Busy teacher www.busyteacher.org All ages Printable worksheets on vocab, Quite a busy site to navigate.
grammar, topics, songs
Esl library http://esl-library.com Teenagers Flashcards available on all topics Not ideal for younger learners
upwards Lots of pair and group activities.
Lesson of the week related to
something on the news
ESL http://www.eslflashcards.com/ 3+ Easy to download flash cards Lots of ads on the site which
Flashcards ideal for younger learners and make navigation a little more
lower levels. difficult.
Graph Words http://graphwords.com/ Teenagers A great visual aid to families of Not particularly attractive and
upwards words. could only be used to aid a class
A thesaurus to provide rather than be the basis of it.

3. synonyms for words
Cambridge http://www.cambridgeenglishonline.com/Flashcard_maker/ 3+ upwards A tool to make your own Great visual aid but would
Flashcard flashcards. You can personalize require additional material for a
maker them to cover any vocab you full class.
wish to cover
ESL Mania www.eslmania.com Adults Printable worksheets and Can be difficult to fill an entire
activities including news articles class with the materials that are
and short stories as well as on there (may need to
business English supplement some of the
activities to make a full class)
Easy Test http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx All ages Offers options for multiple Some sections need to be
Maker choice questions, T/F questions, downloaded.
and alternative tests viewing the
same information
Paul http://www.paulemmerson.com/ Adults Great website with tips and A little heavy for younger
Emmerson ideas for teachers students
Great for your business students
Kiz Phonics http://www.kizphonics.com/materials/ Very early Very colorful, easily printable Needs supplements to make a
learners phonetic worksheets. Very eye full class.
catching for young children
ESL Game www.eslgamesplus.com 6 - 12 interactive games for kids on You have to be online to do the
plus vocabulary and grammar activities – can´t pre download.
TEFL tunes www.tefltunes.com 12 upwards Using songs to teach English to You need to subscribe to be
older children able to access all the songs.
TESL games http://iteslj.org/c/games 5 upwards Ideas for classroom activities Nothing can be copied from the
focusing mainly on verbal website (no handouts etc.) and
communications can be a little dry
Discovery http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker All ages Create your own word searches, Would only supplement a class.
Education crosswords and puzzles for your You would need additional
students material to form the basis of
your class.
http://www.classdojo.com/ Up to ESO Classroom management tool Takes a bit of set up
where you award and deduct
points and children create their
own monster. Very fun.
Class Badges http://www.classbadges.com/ Up to when Classroom management tool Invite only (although not very
badges are where children can gain badges. arduous). Needs some time to

4. no longer You can design your own or use get it all set up and is still a
cool! the existing range. Very creative work in progress so adding new
and interactive for children. features all the time
Recommended Books
Pronunciation Games – Mark Hancock – Cambridge
Presenting in English – Mark Powell – Thompson Heinle
Easy & Engaging ESL Activities and Mini-Books for Every Classroom: Terrific Teaching Tips, Games, Mini-Books & More - Kama Einhorn – Teaching Resources
700 Classroom Activities – David Seymour/Maria Popova - Macmillan
Index Card Games for ESL – (Raymond C. Clark – compiler) Pro Lingual Associates
More Grammar Games – Mario Rinvolucri/Paul Davis - Cambridge