Best Websites For ESL Teachers 

Linguapress
(Vocabulary, worksheets, printables, ideas for teachers)
Linguapress has great resources for teachers. The best part is that they have
resources for almost all ages. Easy, intermediate, advanced. This website is an
absolute goldmine for online materials to make your class run more smoothly.

Purlandtraining
(worksheets, books, games, lesson plans)
This website was recommended by the actual website owner. I had a look and it
was pretty solid so I added it to the list. There are free resources for videos, books,
lesson plans, worksheets, and all sorts of cool other materials. It’s great for
improving the material you need for your online classes. Give it a try.

Twinkl
(Everything esl)
This is another crackin’ good website for free online resources. They have it all!
Games, vocabulary, writing, listening, you name it. It’s all there and it’s free. They
also have it laid out nicely making it easy to find suitable lessons for your students
according to their level of English.

ESLPals
(Lesson plans)
This website is great for free lesson plans. They have free resources for children
and adults. It’s an easy-to-navigate website and provides loads of interesting
materials for your students regardless of age.

ESLFriend
(Lessons)
ESLFriend has loads of lesson plans and resources for so many things. It goes from
test prep all the way to business English on this page. A wide variety of subject
material for your classes. Great website with great resources.
islcollective 
(Worksheets)
islcollective has loads of worksheets, video lessons, grammar practice, and easy
navigation for the site. They include a search bar at the top so you can easily search
for what you want to incorporate into your day’s lesson plan. 

Englishwsheets 
(Worksheets/vocab)
Englishwsheets is a game-changer for vocabulary. Especially for topic-based vocab.
They include pictures with all the vocab words making it easy for the student to
understand the word with a visual representation. You can also find grammar
lessons and reading comprehension on the left-hand side of the page as well. 

bogglesworldesl 
(Everything)
bogglesworldesl will say “LanternFish” at the top of the page when you arrive.
Don’t worry, you’re in the right place.
This place is another gold mine for ESL material. They have everything from
flashcards to business ESL on their page. This page is incredible if your students
have all sorts of different levels and abilities. 

You can find songs for young learners, seasonal English lessons, writer’s
workshops, crossword puzzles, and even science. This website makes it easy to
grab content and quickly bring it to class as your lesson. It has EVERYTHING!

BreakingnewsEnglish 
(Reading/activities)
Breakingnewsenglish is a website made for students who are skilled with reading.
This page gives you updated articles about all sorts of interesting news from across
the world. It’s a crackin’ good place to screen share the content with your student
and have them read it before discussing it afterward. 
You can also assign them an article to read for homework and the warmup for your
next day’s lesson can be the discussion of the article. You can ask them for their
opinion on the article as well as what they found to be most interesting in the
material. 
ESLdiscussions 
(Reading/discussing)
ESLdiscussions is another website that offers a wide range of topics to read about
with your students that you can later discuss to work on expressing opinions and
comprehending detailed information. 
This website has over 700 topics to discuss that range from everyday life to
controversial subject matter. 

iteslj 
(Topic discussion)
iteslj is probably one of the best sites for conversational English. I’ve come across
many private students that are simply looking to learn how to have a conversation
in English. If that’s the case with your student(s), this is the place to go.
They have loads of topics and each topic has a detailed conversation to practice
with the student which can help them become more knowledgeable in their
understanding of how conversations flow in English and common questions and
answers for English speakers.  

Baamboozle 
(Games)
Baamboozle has so many games to play with the kids. It would take you years to
play all of the games even if you were using this site every single day. I didn’t notice
that it uses a lot of energy on your laptop so if you have a zoom meeting, plus this
page open, you better have a good internet speed. 
I would suggest watching a youtube video for the best games to use from this site
in your classroom simply because you could spend hours searching through this
site trying to find one. However, they do have a search bar that allows you to look
for specific games or specific topics for games. 

Wordwall 
(Games)
Wordwall is a great website for creating your own content for your classes with
ease. On Wordwall you can simply create activities for your classroom as well as
quizzes, matchups, word games, and so much more. 
Everything can be used interactively or used as a printout for your class. 

GamestolearnEnglish 
(Games)
GamestolearnEnglish is a super simple website with games that are perfect for
building vocabulary and practicing important aspects of English such as tenses,
time, and spelling. 
This website is laid out in a very simple manner that allows you to find each game
by topic. It’s a perfect website for any class whether it’s online or in person. It’s
interactive and is a perfect way to let the student have a little fun with their lesson. 

FunBrain 
(Reading/Games)
FunBrain is one of the best places to find free reading material for your students. A
lot of kids want to read books with pictures or popular series. This website is
perfect for that. It has loads of reading material including Diary of a Wimpy Kid. 
Not only does it have an incredible list of choices for reading material, but it also
has a decent selection of games you can play with your student in between your
reading sessions. 

SuperSimple 
(Songs/Games)
SuperSimple is a great website to help you teach young learners. First and
foremost, this is probably one of the best places to get all your easy English songs
for children. If you’re tired of going to the same ones over and over on youtube,
jump over to SupersSimple and start rolling through the giant list of songs there. 
They also have games, printouts for the kids, crafts, and activities. If you’re teaching
the little munchkins, this page will be your new best friend. 

DreamEnglish 
(Songs)
DreamEnglish has a song for almost everything. I saw this guy’s videos played all
over China when I was teaching there. He’s a little weird but he has a way of making
songs that are perfect for the kids. I even find those songs stuck in my head from
time to time. 
He also has great videos made for each song. If there is important vocabulary in the
tune, you can bet he has incorporated that prominently into the video. This is a
great place to find helpful songs to keep those kids learning English. 

ESLvideo 
(Videos/Quizzes)
ESLvideo some of the best learning videos for ESL students. You can find videos for
beginner, intermediate, and advanced. A lot of the videos include quizzes as well to
help with engagement for the student, so they aren’t idly watching videos with no
sense of direction. 
The page is laid out nicely with easy access and easy accessibility for finding the
perfect material for your student no matter what his/her level is. 

ELLLO 
(Listening)
ELLLO is the perfect site for helping your students practice their listening. Maybe
you’re sick and your voice is raspy, or maybe you just want to give your students a
change of pace with the voices and material. 
ELLLO offers loads of listening material with quizzes and scripts attached so that
your student can follow up on the comprehension part of the lesson after the
listening is finished. 

ESL-Lab 
(Listening)
ESL-Lab is yet another great resource for introducing your students to listening
practice for their English classes. It has material for all levels and appealing content
that will hopefully keep your student’s attention. 
They have listening lessons in a broad range of categories stemming from easy to
academic. They also include quizzes and other fun practices like useful idioms and
culture videos. 
ESLflow 
(Lesson plans/Worksheets)
ESLflow is a website for teachers that specializes in adding grammar lessons to
every aspect of learning. Speaking with correct grammar, listening for adverbs, etc.
They have it all. 
Most of the lessons have audio added and they have an exercise for just about
every topic you can think of. Lesson plans and worksheets are also available on the
website. 

TeachingEnglish 
(Lesson Plans/Worksheets)
TeachingEnglish is a crafty website for teachers brought to you by the British
Council. On this site, you will find a wide arrange of handy resources that you can
use in the classroom. They have grammar lessons, lesson plans, activities, songs,
stories, and teaching tools. 
The material on the website can be used by children up to adults. There is a little bit
for every kind of English learner on this website. 

EnglishClub 
(Everything)*
EnglishClub is another one of those hidden gems that seem to have everything
imaginable for English lessons. The most unique lesson I found on the page was the
pronunciation lessons. Maybe teachers overlook this step in the learning process
but on EnglishClub, you can find great ways to implement it into you lesson. 
It doesn’t stop there. They have reading, vocab, listening, games, lesson plans,
quizzes, writing exercises, and basically everything else you can need or imagine for
your class. I highly recommend this one. 

EnglishGrammar 
(Grammar)
EnglishGrammar is a website that lives up to its name. It’s dedicated to providing
teachers all the necessary material to teach proper grammar to their ESL students. 
Grammar is never fun, let’s be honest. However, it is a necessity when it comes to
learning a language. You can find all the lessons you need for grammar here with
practice quizzes to check the progress of your student’s understanding of the
material. 

LinguaPress
(Everything)