Websites for ESOL Educators
www.babelfish.com
It is important to send documents home in the native language of the family. An online translator can be helpful for creating documents in a child's native language. Babelfish is an online translator with many different language options.
www.englishgrammar.org
A part of teaching ELLs is teaching grammar. This site lists the grammar rules of English alphabetically, and they are easily accessible. This is a quick reference for teachers to ensure they are teaching the grammar rules correctly. This is not a site I would use with ELLs or to determine strategies for teaching them the grammar. It is specifically used to refresh or clarify the grammar rules for the teacher's understanding.
http://iteslj.org/questions/
It is extremely important for ELLs to use the language they are trying to learn in authentic ways. This website gives ESL students something to talk about with the compilation of discussion questions that can be used in class. Click on the topic you are planning on studying and find more than enough questions to keep a class conversation for as long as you want to let them talk.
http://www.eslcafe.com/
This website is easy to use, includes a voluminous number of activities, including games, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and stories.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/
This is an expansive website with numerous articles and resources for an ESOL teacher.
http://www.idiomsite.com/
Idioms spoken in English can be particularly challenging because their meaning is not always clear. This site offers a list of commonly used idioms and what they actually mean. It is important to teach language learners these idioms so that they will understand native speakers.
www.manythings.org/
This website has a variety of games, puzzles, pronunciation, podcasts with jokes and songs, slang and idioms, and sentence patterns.