Listening, Reading, Speaking | ABC Kids TV | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | This YouTube channel helps kids build their basic conversational skills. |
All Domains, Instruction | Activities for ESL Students | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online, Materials | Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL) |
Listening, Speaking | All Together English - English For Young Kids | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | This YouTube channel creates audio-visual education for younger children featuring carefully picked topics, simple animation, cute characters and supplementary materials powered by original songs to introduce English to young minds. |
Instruction | American English Resources | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | American English Resources provide materials for teachers’ professional development and for learners in the classroom. Find classroom activities, audiobooks, MP3s, videos and pedagogical material to assist in learning English as a second language. Learners can also explore American culture through various materials. Resources include popular American classics, in-house publications and links to U.S. government websites and podcasts. |
Listening, Reading | Awabe | All Levels | 2-12 | | App | Beelinguapp uses audiobooks to help you learn different languages. You just have to listen to stories and novels in the language you want to learn and side by side read the text in your native language. |
Listening, Speaking | Babbel | All Levels | 7-12 | | App | Babbel focuses more on helping English language learners acquire the basic conversational skills. Babbel is a great language app that has a strong focus on vocabulary. Babbel also lets users learn to understand a language by completing and repeating phrases. |
Listening, Speaking | Baby Nenes | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | Baby Nenes is an entertainment and learning channel for children, with videos to learn English, animals, colors, drawings, children’s music, educational topics, toy demonstrations, adventures … and much more. Children can learn English, Spanish or both languages at the same time as they entertain with characters, drawings and games in bilingual or monolingual contents. |
Instruction | Boggles World ESL | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | Worksheets, flashcards and lesson plans sorted by grade level. |
Listening, Reading, Speaking | BrainPOP ELL | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online, App | Proficiency-based English language learning program appropriate for all ages. Ask your EF about adding this complimentary subscription. |
Listening, Reading | Britlish | Intermediate, Advanced | 3-12 | | YouTube | British takes a different approach from many other language learning channels. It concentrates learning around interesting things that you may encounter. |
Listening, Speaking | Busy Beavers | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | Busy Beavers create fantastic, fun childrens’ educational videos that get kids speaking and singing. |
All Domains, Instruction | BusyTeacher | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online, Materials | This website provides a database of over 17,000 free printable worksheets and lesson plans for teaching English. |
Instruction | CA Science Center | All | TK-12 | | Online, PDF | Science demonstration videos in English and Spanish. |
Listening, Reading | Crash Course | Advanced | 6-12 | | YouTube | Crash Course provides tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel with English captions below the videos. |
Listening, Speaking | Culips English Podcast | Intermediate, Advanced | 6-12 | | Online, App | The Culips English Podcast teaches you how to speak English like native speakers. Each Culips episode is designed to teach you the natural English vocabulary, idioms, expressions, slang, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, and grammar that you need to become a |
Listening, Speaking | Culips English Podcast | Intermediate, Advanced | 6-12 | | Online, App | The Culips English Podcast teaches you how to speak English like native speakers. Each Culips episode is designed to teach you the natural English vocabulary, idioms, expressions, slang, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, and grammar that you need to become a natural English speaker. |
Listening, Speaking | Daily English Conversation | Beginning, Intermediate | 6-12 | | YouTube | Daily English Conversation will provide free English vocabulary videos, English grammar videos, English exercises and English lessons. |
Listening, Speaking | Dino Lingo | Beginning, Intermediate | TK-6 | | YouTube | Dino Lingo Language learning programs for children, videos, songs, stories, games and online lessons for kids. Available in 52 languages. |
Instruction, Listening, Reading | Discovery Education | All Levels | TK-5 | | Online, App | Several new titles from “visual classroom” have been added to Discovery Education Streaming to support ELL students. Each program from the English Language Learner Series targets grades K-2 or 3-5, is available in English and Spanish, and comes complete with a teacher’s guide. For instructions on how to search videos supporting EL learners, visit here: https://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2015/07/26/lively-lessons-ell-resources/ |
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing | Distance Learning for English Language Learners | All | TK-12 | | Online | Natomas Unified School District has put together a wonderful collection of resources for ELLs. The site includes internet resources and printable lessons for ELLs. |
Listening, Speaking | Dream English Kids | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | This YouTube channel provides fun, catchy songs for children’s education and learning English! |
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing | Duolingo | All Levels | 2-12 | | App, Online | For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn verbs, phrases, and sentences. Advanced users can also improve their language by completing writing, speaking, and vocabulary lessons. |
Instruction | Eduplace | All Levels | 2-12 | | Online | Put your ideas and notes in order with these graphic organizers. |
Listening, Reading, Speaking | EF podEnglish | All Levels | 6-12 | | YouTube | Learn English with EF podEnglish, bite-sized 5 minute English lessons. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, these video lessons are as good as having an English teacher in your pocket! |
Instruction | EL and SIOP Toolbox | Intermediate, Advanced | 2-12 | | Online | Sentence frames, templates, sentence stems, signal words and more! |
Instruction, Listening, Reading, Speaking | ELD Vocabulary Videos | Beginning | TK-K | | YouTube, Online | This resource links to many videos that help with vocabulary development. |
Instruction | Elpac Practice Tests | All Levels | K-12 | | Online | The practice tests provides an opportunity to become familiar with the types of test questions on the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC). It includes examples of all of the types of test questions that may appear in the actual summative assessment at each grade or grade span. |
Listening, Speaking | English Activities | Beginning, Intermediate | 6-12 | | YouTube | English vocabulary lessons for children and adults with 56 beginner English topics and 58 intermediate English topics to learn. |
Listening, Reading, Speaking | English Central | Intermediate, Advanced | 6-12 | | Online | This website encourages language learning through online conversational dialect. |
All Domains | English Media Lab | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | Exercises for all English learners including online grammar exercises, vocabulary videos, pronunciation exercises, and interactive quizzes for beginning, intermediate and advanced learners. |
Listening, Speaking | English Singsing | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | English Singsing is the channel where children around the world can joyfully play with English and learn English. |
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing | EnglishClass101 | Intermediate, Advanced | 3-12 | | YouTube | EnglishClass101.com is an online English language learning website where you will learn to speak, read, and write English. |
Listening | ESL Cyber Listening Labs | All Levels | 4-12 | | Online | This website includes vocabulary lessons, listening quizzes, and study guides for English Language Learners. |
Listening, Reading | ESL Fast | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | This website offers short stories with audio and text for all learners. |
Instruction | ESL Lessons and Lesson Plans | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | Lessons, articles, techniques and activities for ELL students. |
Listening, Speaking | ESL Videos | All Levels | 2-12 | | Online | ESLvideo.com provides educational resources for English as a Second Language students to improve their listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills. The quiz activities and lessons are created by teachers, and are free to use in class or at home. |
Listening, Speaking, Writing | Fiestikids | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | Children can practice their pronunciation as well as the writing of the words. Music and animations help grab the attention of little ones. They have fun while they learn! |
Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing | FluentU | Intermediate, Advanced | 7-12 | | App, Online | FluentU takes real-world videos like music videos, commercials, news, and inspiring talks and turns them into English learning experiences. |
Listening, Speaking | Freddies Ville Videos | Beginning | TK-3 | | YouTube | Freddie’s Ville is a multi-level English course (ESL/EFL) & resource paradise for children, teachers and homeschooling parents. For the teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL), the site features animated cartoon video lessons, fun games, super cool worksheets, songs and apps for teaching English dialogues, vocabulary and grammar. |
All Domains | Fun English (by Studycat) | Beginning | TK-5 | | App | Fun English has a wide variety of games, and each one teaches useful basic English. Learn colors, numbers, animals, food, clothes, and so much more. Fun English will engage and entertain your children while immersing them in the English language, both spoken and written. |
Listening, Reading | Games to Learn English | Beginner, Intermediate | 2-12 | | Online | This website provides a variety of games for learning vocabulary, grammar and phrases common to the English language. |
All Domains | Google Translate | All Levels | 2-12 | | App, Online | Google Translate enables a learner to simply translate any sentence they like and learn it in English. |
Listening, Reading, Speaking | Hello English | All Levels | 2-12 | | App, Online | Hello English covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken, and reading skills. The program uses interactive games and audiobooks as well. |
Reading, Speaking, Writing | Improve English: Word Games | All Levels | 2-12 | | App | Improve English: Word Games will provide a steady progression of understanding. It teaches new vocabulary and offers plenty of ways in which to practice. |
Listening, Reading | International Children's Digital Library | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | Free digitized picture books in multiple languages. Great for ESL students. |
Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing | JenniferESL | Intermediate, Advanced | 3-12 | | Online, YouTube | This channel will help help learners communicate more confidently and effectively in English. |
Listening, Speaking | Learn American English | Intermediate, Advanced | 6-12 | | YouTube | Quickly improve your English vocabulary, understand real American slang, idioms, phrasal verbs, and much more. Gain confidence in speaking English fluently with native speakers. |
Listening, Reading, Writing | Learn English | All Levels | 6-12 | | Online | A totally free and basic manual website for learning English through content, pictures, and games. |
All Domains | Learn English Using Online Resources | All Levels | TK-12 | | Online | This website contains a database of free ESOL websites listed by the New York Public Library. These general ESOL websites offer many types of activities (grammar, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, etc.) for language learners of all levels. |
All Domains | LearnEnglish Kids | Beginner | TK-6 | | Online | LearnEnglish Kids has lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to have fun and learn English too. |