English as a Second Language
Seattle Central Community College , Basic Studies
Beverly Tice-Deering
Basic Studies Division (ESL Classes
for Immigrants)
Seattle Central Institute of
English (ESL classes for International Students and Visitors)
RESOURCES
FOR SEATTLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESL CLASSES
ESL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
READING (ESL)
WRITING AND GRAMMAR
- Writing Den
- Read about a variety of topics, and learn about writing sentences,
paragraphs, and essays.
- On-line Spelling
Lessons
- from Interlink Language Centers
- University
ofVictoria
- Grammar explanations and exercises for different levels
- English Zone.Com
- Grammar quizzes, paragraph writing, study skills, and lots of other
kinds of fun activities
- The Purdue University Writing Lab
- Get help with your writing via E-Mail. Grammar explanations and exercises.
- An On-Line
English grammar
- A grammar reference from Edunet.
- Spelling Practice
- Learning Network Spelling Games
- ParagraphPunch,
EssayPunch,BusinessLetter Punch (Merit Software)
- Click on Paragraph, Essay, or Business Letter at the bottom of index page.
- ESL Workshop for Online
Writing (WOW) at MATC
- Worksheets in MSWord for practicing grammar and wordprocessing skills.
- Grammar
Links
Writing
Lessons from About.com
- North Seattle Community College Grammar
Handouts
- Paradigm Online Writing
Assistant
- Leo:
Literacy Education OnLine
- Multiple Handouts on a variety of topics
- University of
Victoria's Writer's Guide
- Provides a list of areas to review to improve your writing
skills.
INTERACTIVE QUIZZES AND EXERCISES
- Self-Study Quizzes
forESL Students
- Vocabulary, Idiom, Reading, Holiday, and Grammar Quizzes
- Dave Sperling's
Collection of Interactive Quizzes
- Quizzes on Current News, Geography, Grammar, History, Idioms, Slang,
Words,People, Reading Comprehension, Science, Vocabulary, World Culture, and
Writing.
- International House
Quizzes
- Grammar, Idioms, and Vocabulary
- NW LINCS
StudentStudy Page
- English Zone
- Interesting Things for ESL
Students
-
Word
games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
- English Exercises Online
- Includes grammar, spelling, and vocabulary quizzes, as well as reading
comprehension
- Activities and Quizzes (from the Internet TESL
Journal)
LISTENING
Some great Vocabulary and Websites for Listening
COMMUNICATION
- Schmooze University
- Schmooze U. is a "Moo", which allows you to have a conversation with
people in real time.
- ESL Discussion Forums
(Dave's Cafe)
ESL + EFL friendly blogs for learning English
SOME USEFUL INTERNET LINKS
Some Subject Directories
Good places to begin exploring or to look for a
particular subject
News Resources
SOME INTERESTING INTERNET LINKS
OTHER LANGUAGES
RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Technology in Education
OTHER ESL WEB PAGES
Beverly
Tice-Deering
