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Adult Education ESL Teacher's Guide (PDF) - Beginning and intermediate lessons with detailed instructions
Cell-Ed
Dave’s ESL Café - includes sections on grammar, idioms, and more
DigitalLearn.org - computer basics videos, in English and Spanish, on using a keyboard and mouse, introduction to email, and more
Digitalia - Database that includes an online English language learning course
EL Civics - English, U.S. History, Government, and Citizenship Lessons with printable worksheets
English Club
English Media Lab - Online Grammar Exercises, Vocabulary Videos, Pronunciation Exercises, and more
ESL Conversation Questions - Includes lesson plans and other teaching resources
ESL Flashcards - Downloadable and printable flashcards on grammar, vocabulary, phonics and punctuation
Eslflow.com - Worksheets on many topics
Google Translate
Handout Hub
ISL Collective - Free downloadable teaching materials created and shared by language teachers from around the world
Language Through Art: Adult ESL Workshops - Step-by-step lesson plans using the universal language of visual art to bridge language barriers
Lanternfish - ESL worksheets, flashcards, lesson plans, crosswords, and more
Leamos - Pre-ESL literacy for Spanish speakers
Mango Languages - Free, online language learning through the Los Angeles Public Library
ManyThings.org - Downloadable and printable read-alongs, quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, and more
MES English - Free printable flashcards for teachers
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab - Audio listening exercises with quizzes
Reading For Life - Worksheets and activities published by the Minnesota Department of Education designed to enhance the teaching of life and work skills to adult ESL and ABE learners
Stickyball.net
The Internet TESL Journal - ESL articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, and more

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