ESL - English As A Second Language

Some links to sites on the web that would be helpful for ESL students:

To Translate any text or web site pages, use AltaVista Babel Fish Translation Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation Chinese - simple, Chinese - traditional, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

To do Research, look up Wikipedia, a free Internet encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page It publishes in over 40 languages.

English Vocabulary http://www.languageguide.org/english/  This site lets you hear and see words as you move your mouse over a picture.

Word Games http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml  This site is produced by the BBC and has rhymes, first & end sounds.

Words & Pictures  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml Another site by the BBC. Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge.

Rhyming Words with Reggie the Rhino  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/index.htm Find rhyming words in different places.

Vocabulary Quizzes with Pictures  http://iteslj.org/v/ei/  These quizzes help learn & review vocabulary.

Scrambled Sentences Used in Conversations http://www.manythings.org/ss/questions.html Put the words in the right answer & check to see if you got the order right.

Word Games for ESL Students http://www.manythings.org/wbg/  Many games to learn & practice grammar.

Pronunciation Practice http://www.manythings.org/pp/  Practice saying pairs of words out loud.