Public School Bilingual Census Summary 1999-2000 – from the ISBE
 

Languages Used in Illinois – Public School Bilingual Census (2002?)
 

ISBE Information on English Language Learning
 

Comparing Cultural Norms and Values
 

Ethnologues: Languages of the World – An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages

Babelfish
 

Free2Professional Translation
 

UrduWord.com – Urdu/English Dictionary
 

Poltran.com – Polish/English Translation Site

Dave’s ESL Café
 

English Club.com
 

TEFLgames.com
 

English-Zone.com – Self-guided lessons. Many pages free, though some need membership.
 

Grammar Activities – from Ohio University
 

Online Resources for ESL Students – Article from TechLearning (free sign-up needed)
 

In the Classroom – A Toolkit for Effective Instruction of English Learners. Presented by The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
 

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab – ESL Listening Quizzes
 

English as a Second Language Lesson Plans - Educator's Reference Desk
 

ESL Resources for Teachers – from the Online Writing Lab hosted by Purdue University
 

ESL Gold – Free English materials for both students and teachers organized by skill and level. 
 

Pizzaz! People Interested in Zippy and Zany Zcribbling - creative writing and oral storytelling activities for beginner to advanced ESOL students
 

Mama Lisa's World - International Children's Nursery Rhymes in English and the native language.

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – A Global Education Association
 

Put the Web to Work for You and Your Students – presentation outline
 

ESL in the Mainstream: How Technology Can Help!
 

Book Bridges for ESL students: Using Young Adult and Children’s Literature to Teach ESL by Suzanne Elizabeth Reid
 

Teaching with the Internet: Strategies and Models for K-12 Curricula by Beverly Crane (Chapter 7 – “Teaching Second-Language Learners Using the Internet) ISBN: 1-55570-375-5
 

E.L. Easton – Books to purchase with ESL/ELL activities
 

Graphic Organizers - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Activities for ESL Students – Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
 

Interesting Things for ESL Students – A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. Some activities require Java or Flash.
 

Literacy Center.net - The early childhood education network. Exercises for primary students in English, Spanish, French and German. All exercises require the Flash Player plug-in.
 

Repeat After Us – Provides free texts and audio clips to help students with their English language skills. The site has an online library and language lab which includes fluent audio read-alouds of poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction children’s stories, nursery rhymes, memorable quotes and stories from around the world.
 

Self-Study Quizzes ESL Students
 

ESL Games Online for Learners of English

Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students: Strategies for the School Librarian – Eric Digest article
 

Library as Home: Multicultural Programs Make a Difference
 

Reforma – the Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking
 

Phrases in Spanish for Librarians – From Reforma.org

List of World Languages – sells many types of products in foreign languages and for ESL students
 

Graphic Classics – Classic novels written in graphic format
 

Powells.com
 

MantraLingua – Bilingual Books and CDs for Children
 

Bilingual-Books.com
 

Schoenhof’s Foreign Books
 

Bilingual Books for Children – Book List from ALA
 

Bilingual Books/Recomendada Lectura – NEA recommended bilingual (Spanish/English) books
 

List of Children’s Bilingual Books by Language – List of dual language books with publisher and purchasing resources
 

Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents – An academic center at California State University San Marcos that promotes literacy in English and Spanish
 

New Reader's Press - Includes ESL and Hi-Lo books
 

Professional Development Topics – ESL for Teens. ALA articles with bibliography