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ESL / Adult Education

Resources and Materials for English Language Learners and Instructors

Additional Resources

 

Online Dictionaries & Glossaries

Cambridge Dictionary 

Dictionary, Translator, Thesaurus, and Grammar

 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online 

Dictionary

 

Merriam Webster Dictionary 

Dictionary & Thesaurus

 

One Look Dictionary 

Dictionary

 

Acronym Finder 

With more than 1,000,000 human-edited definitions, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.

 

Visual Dictionary Online 

the Visual Dictionary Online is an all-in-one reference. Search the themes to quickly locate words, or find the meaning of a word by viewing the image it represents

 

The Internet Picture Dictionary 

An online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students. Reinforcement activities include flashcards and word scrambles. Words can be found by letter or categories.

 

UsingEnglish.com 

a general English language site specialising in English as a Second Language (ESL). Hosts a large collection of tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics, covering the full spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.

 

Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon 

offers images demonstrating the true meaning of the word, making it easier for English language learners to understand

 

Your Dictionary 

Definitions, grammar tips, word game help and more from 16 authoritative sources

Thesauruses

Thesaurus.com 

Thesaurus.com is the world’s largest and most trusted free online thesaurus brought to you by Dictionary.com.

 

Thesaurus by Merriam-Webster 

Search more than 275,000 synonyms, antonyms, related words, and idiomatic phrases. Find concise definitions pinpointing the meaning shared by synonyms, and sample sentences showing how words are used in context.

 

Thesaurus 

Thesaurus by yourdictionary.com

Translators

Google Translator 

Device to help Translate words to your Native language and other languages

 

Linguee 

English-German Dictionary.
Search 1,000,000,000 translations.

 

Bing Translator 

It is great to translate vocabulary but doesn't offer perfect results for phrases that are more than 12 words long

Teaching tools

Using this online annotation tool, ELL teachers can write directly on images to explain their meaning to students.

 

Open Clip Art 

Check out this collection of royalty-free clip art

 

Wyzant 

English lessons for ESL

 

Many things.org

interesting things for ESL students

 

ESL Video is the perfect, distraction-free alternative. It provides a ton of videos with quizzes and lessons already made by teachers. Use video to engage learners to improve their listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills.

 

StoryPlace is there to encourage your ESL students to read in their free time. Although the digital stories are suitable for elementary school native English speakers, they’re also massively helpful to students learning English for the first time.