Language Arts

Materials for families to ensure good reading skills in children. Includes 400 activities for K-3 students. From the U.S. Department of Education.

Click on the "Literature and Language Arts" text to access numerous resources from the Academy of American Poets through Women of the West Museum as well as lesson plans and activities.

This is simply a long list of homonyms arranged in alphabetical order. It takes awhile to load, but would be useful to show students when studying homonyms.

Fairytales and folk tales courtesy of Whootie Owl. Award-winning site has ethical, fun stories from around the world.

Announcement of calls for papers for conference presentations, scholarly journal articles and edited anthologies in the fields surrounding English departments.

Provides references to resources for HEL (history of the English language) the IPA, grammar, and homeschool materials. Private tutoring and lessons are also available.

A free online library for English, media and drama teachers, offering quality worksheets, lesson plans, online lessons and links.

Humanities block and advanced placement curricula for outstanding student achievement in the public schools.

A site designed to get boys reading. Offers a list of books recommended by the webmaster, children's author Jon Sczieska, and others suggested by visitors to the website.

Links and lessons about learning to read including research based methods

Undergraduate and graduate information, announcements, faculty, staff and department resources. Located at Berkeley, California, U.S.

Academic information plus overview of faculty, staff, resources and graduate program. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

History, undergraduate and graduate studies, project, research and information on The English Society. Located in Uppsala, Sweden.

Information on undergraduate and graduate programs, faculty and The Boston Playwrights' Theatre.

Areas of study, faculty, graduate and undergraduate programs, research and information on the Writing Center. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.

Department faculty, graduate programs, creative writing, and links to related areas. Located in Syracuse, New York, U.S.

Includes available courses, student resources and information about staff, publications, events and groups. Located in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Announcements and symposia schedule, graduate and undergraduate courses, and faculty directory. Located in Durham, North Carolina, U.S.

Faculty and staff, events calendar, undergraduate and graduate studies, writing center, journals, news and outreach programs. Located in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

Student organizations and publications, scholarships, Master and Bachelor programs, course descriptions, and faculty information. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, US.

Includes news, contacts, calendar of events, and selections from the English in Australia journal. Also a catalogue of books which are available by mail order.

Author and teacher offers comprehensive resources for English language and literature teachers. Has special focus on the GCSE.

Includes student and teacher forums, chat, job center, multilingual helplines, links directory, resource library and, study materials. Also a bank of teacher contributed teaching ideas, multilingual translation help, and interactive lessons.

Lesson plans and activities for grade 9-12 students learning English as a foreign language and their teachers.

Discusses elements of the program, describes a typical lesson, addresses the importance of teacher education, reviews the existing literature in the ERIC database, and discusses cost effectiveness.

Offers discussions about life in China for foreign teachers.

Offers courses, exams and certificates in many business areas. Free copies of guidelines, sample tests and other publications are downloadable.

Offers sample examinations, test information, and booking information for IDP test centers.

Courses taught in locations around the world. Also offers e-Learning through the Postscript Magazine or Linguarama Direct.

Teaches the English language online, using Skype. Contains FAQ and pricing details.

Print publication offering practical classroom ideas for teachers of adult students. Published six times per year.

A site for ESL students to have fun learning by surfing the internet in English for shopping, cooking, music, kids, sports, holidays. Oriented toward Japanese students.

Sections on grammar and vocabulary, tests, games, dictation and a forum. Many audio files to help with listening and skills.

Daily word list, exercises, cartoons, tests and articles.

Offers free games, activities suited to the communicative style of teaching.

Annotated lists for teacher resources, online lessons and quizzes, and software reviews.

Lesson plans and information for students attending Xiangtan Normal University. Resources for teachers in China.

Information on the system for learning which describes the approach and includes information on how to start a program.

Create free picture and text bingo games in a matter of minutes. Boards are strored a database for future use and to share with other teachers.

Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader - Summaries of Recent State Laws on Reading

Connects ESL employers and job seekers worldwide.

A directory for Britain with school and level of English assessment tools.

Language school offering programs, courses, and exam preparation. Italy.

Offers English classes for students aged 10 to 16 years. Sweden

Irregular verbs, with support in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, German and French.

Learn idioms with meaning and contextual usage.

Learn idioms or adages by recognizing a picture of the literal meaning of them.

Pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of the English language using instant mouseover sound.

Stories in MP3 format designed to improve listening comprehension of basic to intermediate grammatical structures and idiomatic expressions.

English podcasts in MP3 format, designed to help improve business English conversation as well as daily conversation. Each podcast includes a script, an analysis of the vocabulary and phrases used, and a comment section.