Site of the Month Awards

Are you tired of searching for quality ESL learning websites? Let EnglishClub.com do the work for you! Each month English Club recommends one site that we think is valuable for learners. The sites we choose are updated regularly and offer useful resources, lessons and activities to enhance your learning program in a variety of ways.

ESL Bee
Are you a high-intermediate or advanced learner of English? Do you need to improve your writing skills? ESLBee.com offers writing tips and lessons for non-native English speakers who are required to write academic essays. Site creator Erlyn Baack provides users with tips on writing various types of essays including cause-effect and compare-contrast, which are often required on standardized tests such as the TOEFL iBT. The grammar tips and quizzes are categorized in a simple format, and are designed to help you achieve top scores. After each session use the Send a Postcard feature to share your writing with an English pal or teacher.

ESL Tower
At ESL Tower you can study vocabulary and grammar at your own pace and in your own home. You can also get your results instantly! Find exactly what you need in a site search, or scroll through the grammar and vocabulary lists to find the areas you need to improve on. ESL Tower's pronunciation lessons can help you sound more like a native English speaker. As well as a self-study resource, ESL Tower is a great place for teachers to download worksheets and lessons to use in the classroom. Share this link with your favourite teacher and make her job easier today!

English, baby!
English, baby! offers a new, free English lesson every day. The topics on Ebaby! are different than those in traditional ESL textbooks. At English, baby! you will find over 2000 ESL lessons about modern topics such as popular American movies, books, music, and slang. Lessons are fun and useful in real life. They help you improve your vocabulary, listening, reading, and writing skills. You can also become an Ebaby member, and enjoy an English social life online in the Ebaby chat rooms. Visit the home page every morning and learn a new vocabulary expression to practice throughout your day.

English-Avenue
There are 7 fun stops on English Avenue! Each place features activities and exercises for young learners of English. Take a tour today and visit places such as the Phonics Cafe, The Library or the Project Depot. Under each roof you will find free sample activities, including coloring pages, games and stories. You can ask a parent or teacher to help you become a member. Members can do fun things while they learn, such as earning Kid Coins and receiving e-trophies!

Interesting Things for ESL Students
Learning a new language is a lot of work! Your brain needs a break from the seriousness of grammar lessons and exam preparation. Manythings.org offers free games and activities for ESL students of all skill levels. Play with the Crazy Sentence Singer or take a few typing tests and you will soon forget that you are practicing English at all. Sign on each day to learn a new slang expression or take a fun quiz. This site is a good reminder that learning happens when students are having fun.

Learning English: BBC World Service A beautifully designed site for English learners worldwide. Integrates with BBC World Service radio programs, and has exciting interactive ESL quizzes. You can watch and listen to music shows and songs, as well as follow the news with explanations of vocabulary. Other sections include Business English and programmes and links for teachers.
RepeatAfterUs.com This wonderful site offers famous poems and speeches with accompanying audio clips, to provide language lovers all over the world with a free, interactive alternative to tutors and classes. RepeatAfterUs.com is easy to use and navigate, loads fast and (not always easy with audio on the Internet) works!
English-Test.net An interactive testing site by Alan Townend with a range of English language tests for elementary, intermediate and advanced levels, as well as a grading test for you to check your level. This fast-loading, nicely-organized site is effective and easy to follow. You can also subscribe to the newsletter.
LingoZone.com Lingo Zone is a good place to learn languages and meet people all over the world. It does not matter where you live and what language you speak. You can talk with people all over the world who know the language you want to learn and are learning the language you know. The site is free but you have to register. You can also use Lingo Zone's My Vocabulary to create your own word lists and manage them online.
Antimoon.com Antimoon.com is a website about learning English, made for people all over the world. Antimoon.com aims to help people learn English effectively, and teaches modern techniques of learning - such as the SuperMemo method - with references to both American and British English. Articles are written in simple, clear language, with difficult words explained on special pages. The website is fast and easy to use.
4-esl.com This wonderful site, dedicated to students and teachers of ESL, loads quickly and is easy to navigate. This is a comprehensive resource, with interactive vocabulary exercises, grammar exercises and explanations, printable flashcards, English examinations information, student support groups, lists of schools and homestays, and more more...
eslGold.com ESLgold offers hundreds of pages of free English teaching and learning materials for students and teachers. Resources are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access. This imaginative site is easy to navigate, and includes audio files for listening practice.
EnglishBanana.com Games, quizzes, worksheets and links for learners and teachers. English Banana loads fast and is easy to navigate. Check it out and write an instant story!
CultureBridge.com is a site with useful resources for study abroad and student exchange. CultureBridge believes that travel and cultural exchange are important for understanding the modern world. The site provides information and tools to help in making safe travel decisions.
TEFLGames.com is a useful site with free ESL games and quizzes for students, as well as classroom ideas for teachers. You'll find interactive games, classroom games, online quizzes and hundreds of printable quiz questions in graded sets. You'll also find excerpts from articles and books on using games in language learning plus links to many other ESL game and activity resources online.