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CATEGORY
TITLE
LEVEL
GRADES
LINK
FORMAT
NOTE
Listening, Reading, Speaking
ABC Kids TV
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
This YouTube channel helps kids build their basic conversational skills.
All Domains, Instruction
Activities for ESL Students
All Levels
TK-12
Online, Materials
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
Listening, Speaking
All Together English - English For Young Kids
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
This YouTube channel creates audio-visual education for younger children featuring carefully picked topics, simple animation, cute characters and supplementary materials powered by original songs to introduce English to young minds.
Instruction
American English Resources
All Levels
TK-12
Online
American English Resources provide materials for teachers’ professional development and for learners in the classroom. Find classroom activities, audiobooks, MP3s, videos and pedagogical material to assist in learning English as a second language. Learners can also explore American culture through various materials. Resources include popular American classics, in-house publications and links to U.S. government websites and podcasts.
Listening, Reading
Awabe
All Levels
2-12
App
Beelinguapp uses audiobooks to help you learn different languages. You just have to listen to stories and novels in the language you want to learn and side by side read the text in your native language.
Listening, Speaking
Babbel
All Levels
7-12
App
Babbel focuses more on helping English language learners acquire the basic conversational skills. Babbel is a great language app that has a strong focus on vocabulary. Babbel also lets users learn to understand a language by completing and repeating phrases.
Listening, Speaking
Baby Nenes
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
Baby Nenes is an entertainment and learning channel for children, with videos to learn English, animals, colors, drawings, children’s music, educational topics, toy demonstrations, adventures … and much more. Children can learn English, Spanish or both languages at the same time as they entertain with characters, drawings and games in bilingual or monolingual contents.
Instruction
Boggles World ESL
All Levels
TK-12
Online
Worksheets, flashcards and lesson plans sorted by grade level.
Listening, Reading, Speaking
BrainPOP ELL
All Levels
TK-12
Online, App
Proficiency-based English language learning program appropriate for all ages. Ask your EF about adding this complimentary subscription.
Listening, Reading
Britlish
Intermediate, Advanced
3-12
YouTube
British takes a different approach from many other language learning channels. It concentrates learning around interesting things that you may encounter.
Listening, Speaking
Busy Beavers
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
Busy Beavers create fantastic, fun childrens’ educational videos that get kids speaking and singing.
All Domains, Instruction
BusyTeacher
All Levels
TK-12
Online, Materials
This website provides a database of over 17,000 free printable worksheets and lesson plans for teaching English.
Instruction
CA Science Center
All
TK-12
Online, PDF
Science demonstration videos in English and Spanish.
Listening, Reading
Crash Course
Advanced
6-12
YouTube
Crash Course provides tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel with English captions below the videos.
Listening, Speaking
Culips English Podcast
Intermediate, Advanced
6-12
Online, App
The Culips English Podcast teaches you how to speak English like native speakers. Each Culips episode is designed to teach you the natural English vocabulary, idioms, expressions, slang, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, and grammar that you need to become a
Listening, Speaking
Culips English Podcast
Intermediate, Advanced
6-12
Online, App
The Culips English Podcast teaches you how to speak English like native speakers. Each Culips episode is designed to teach you the natural English vocabulary, idioms, expressions, slang, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, and grammar that you need to become a natural English speaker.
Listening, Speaking
Daily English Conversation
Beginning, Intermediate
6-12
YouTube
Daily English Conversation will provide free English vocabulary videos, English grammar videos, English exercises and English lessons.
Listening, Speaking
Dino Lingo
Beginning, Intermediate
TK-6
YouTube
Dino Lingo Language learning programs for children, videos, songs, stories, games and online lessons for kids. Available in 52 languages.
Instruction, Listening, Reading
Discovery Education
All Levels
TK-5
Online, App
Several new titles from “visual classroom” have been added to Discovery Education Streaming to support ELL students. Each program from the English Language Learner Series targets grades K-2 or 3-5, is available in English and Spanish, and comes complete with a teacher’s guide. For instructions on how to search videos supporting EL learners, visit here: https://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2015/07/26/lively-lessons-ell-resources/
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Distance Learning for English Language Learners
All
TK-12
Online
Natomas Unified School District has put together a wonderful collection of resources for ELLs. The site includes internet resources and printable lessons for ELLs.
Listening, Speaking
Dream English Kids
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
This YouTube channel provides fun, catchy songs for children’s education and learning English!
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Duolingo
All Levels
2-12
App, Online
For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn verbs, phrases, and sentences. Advanced users can also improve their language by completing writing, speaking, and vocabulary lessons.
Instruction
Eduplace
All Levels
2-12
Online
Put your ideas and notes in order with these graphic organizers.
Listening, Reading, Speaking
EF podEnglish
All Levels
6-12
YouTube
Learn English with EF podEnglish, bite-sized 5 minute English lessons. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, these video lessons are as good as having an English teacher in your pocket!
Instruction
EL and SIOP Toolbox
Intermediate, Advanced
2-12
Online
Sentence frames, templates, sentence stems, signal words and more!
Instruction, Listening, Reading, Speaking
ELD Vocabulary Videos
Beginning
TK-K
YouTube, Online
This resource links to many videos that help with vocabulary development.
Instruction
Elpac Practice Tests
All Levels
K-12
Online
The practice tests provides an opportunity to become familiar with the types of test questions on the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC). It includes examples of all of the types of test questions that may appear in the actual summative assessment at each grade or grade span.
Listening, Speaking
English Activities
Beginning, Intermediate
6-12
YouTube
English vocabulary lessons for children and adults with 56 beginner English topics and 58 intermediate English topics to learn.
Listening, Reading, Speaking
English Central
Intermediate, Advanced
6-12
Online
This website encourages language learning through online conversational dialect.
All Domains
English Media Lab
All Levels
TK-12
Online
Exercises for all English learners including online grammar exercises, vocabulary videos, pronunciation exercises, and interactive quizzes for beginning, intermediate and advanced learners.
Listening, Speaking
English Singsing
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
English Singsing is the channel where children around the world can joyfully play with English and learn English.
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
EnglishClass101
Intermediate, Advanced
3-12
YouTube
EnglishClass101.com is an online English language learning website where you will learn to speak, read, and write English.
Listening
ESL Cyber Listening Labs
All Levels
4-12
Online
This website includes vocabulary lessons, listening quizzes, and study guides for English Language Learners.
Listening, Reading
ESL Fast
All Levels
TK-12
Online
This website offers short stories with audio and text for all learners.
Instruction
ESL Lessons and Lesson Plans
All Levels
TK-12
Online
Lessons, articles, techniques and activities for ELL students.
Listening, Speaking
ESL Videos
All Levels
2-12
Online
ESLvideo.com provides educational resources for English as a Second Language students to improve their listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills. The quiz activities and lessons are created by teachers, and are free to use in class or at home.
Listening, Speaking, Writing
Fiestikids
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
Children can practice their pronunciation as well as the writing of the words. Music and animations help grab the attention of little ones. They have fun while they learn!
Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
FluentU
Intermediate, Advanced
7-12
App, Online
FluentU takes real-world videos like music videos, commercials, news, and inspiring talks and turns them into English learning experiences.
Listening, Speaking
Freddies Ville Videos
Beginning
TK-3
YouTube
Freddie’s Ville is a multi-level English course (ESL/EFL) & resource paradise for children, teachers and independent studying parents. For the teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL), the site features animated cartoon video lessons, fun games, super cool worksheets, songs and apps for teaching English dialogues, vocabulary and grammar.
All Domains
Fun English (by Studycat)
Beginning
TK-5
App
Fun English has a wide variety of games, and each one teaches useful basic English. Learn colors, numbers, animals, food, clothes, and so much more. Fun English will engage and entertain your children while immersing them in the English language, both spoken and written.
Listening, Reading
Games to Learn English
Beginner, Intermediate
2-12
Online
This website provides a variety of games for learning vocabulary, grammar and phrases common to the English language.
All Domains
Google Translate
All Levels
2-12
App, Online
Google Translate enables a learner to simply translate any sentence they like and learn it in English.
Listening, Reading, Speaking
Hello English
All Levels
2-12
App, Online
Hello English covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken, and reading skills. The program uses interactive games and audiobooks as well.
Reading, Speaking, Writing
Improve English: Word Games
All Levels
2-12
App
Improve English: Word Games will provide a steady progression of understanding. It teaches new vocabulary and offers plenty of ways in which to practice.
Listening, Reading
International Children's Digital Library
All Levels
TK-12
Online
Free digitized picture books in multiple languages. Great for ESL students.
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
JenniferESL
Intermediate, Advanced
3-12
Online, YouTube
This channel will help help learners communicate more confidently and effectively in English.
Listening, Speaking
Learn American English
Intermediate, Advanced
6-12
YouTube
Quickly improve your English vocabulary, understand real American slang, idioms, phrasal verbs, and much more. Gain confidence in speaking English fluently with native speakers.
Listening, Reading, Writing
Learn English
All Levels
6-12
Online
A totally free and basic manual website for learning English through content, pictures, and games.
All Domains
Learn English Using Online Resources
All Levels
TK-12
Online
This website contains a database of free ESOL websites listed by the New York Public Library. These general ESOL websites offer many types of activities (grammar, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, etc.) for language learners of all levels.
All Domains
LearnEnglish Kids
Beginner
TK-6
Online
LearnEnglish Kids has lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun and learn English too.