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Searchable Database of ESL Websites for English Teachers and Students
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Click the table headers to arrange the websites based on specific language skills and resources:
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- reading
- writing
- grammar
- vocabulary
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- blog/articles
Plus, you can easily sort the websites to find resources for teaching kids and/or adults.
185 of the Best Websites for ESL Teachers and English Language Learners
*Updated: March 2024
Website | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
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7 ESL | Listening | Speaking | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||
Abbreviations.com | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
ABCya! | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | ||
Acronym Finder | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||||||
AdLit | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
All ESL | Speaking | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||
American English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||
Anki | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Annenberg Learner | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||
bab.la | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
BBC Learning English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Book Creator | Writing | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Brainscape | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Breaking News English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Britannica Kids | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | ||||||
Busy Teacher | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Cambridge Dictionary | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Cambridge English Write and Improve | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Class Tools | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Collins Dictionary | Grammar | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||
Colorin Colorado | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Common Errors in English Usage | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Culips ESL Podcast | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
Dave’s ESL Cafe | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Definitions.net | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Dictionary.com | Writing | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Digital Dialects | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
Discovery Education Puzzlemaker | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Dream Reader | Listening | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
edHelper | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||
Education Resources Information Center | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Education World | Reading | Writing | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||||
Education.com | Reading | Writing | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||||||
Edutopia | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||||
EFL Sensei | Listening | Speaking | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |
Encyclopedia Britannica | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
English Central | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
English Club | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
English Corpora | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
English Current | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
English First: Resources for Learning English | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
English Grammar | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | ||||
English Grammar 101 | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
English Like a Native | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||
English Listening Lesson Library Online | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
English Page | Listening | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
English Tools | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
ESL Base | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
ESL Bits | Listening | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
ESL Conversation Questions | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
ESL Discussions | Listening | Speaking | Kids | Adults | ||||||
ESL Expat | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |
ESL Fast | Listening | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||
ESL Galaxy | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||
ESL Games Plus | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | |||||
ESL Gold | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | ||
ESL Grammar | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
ESL Kids | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||||
ESL Kids Games | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | |||
ESL Kids Stuff | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | |
ESL Kids World | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||
ESL Library | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
ESL Lounge | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
ESL Printables | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
ESL Speaking | Listening | Speaking | Kids | Adults | ||||||
ESL Video | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||
Forvo | Listening | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Freddie’s Ville | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||||
Fun Brain | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | ||||||
Games To Learn English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | ||||
Grammar Bank | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
Grammar Bytes | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | ||||
Grammar Girl | Listening | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||
Grammar Monster | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Grammar Wiki | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |
Grammarly | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Hemingway Editor | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
How To Pronounce | Listening | Speaking | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Idiom Connection | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Idiom Site | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Idioms 4 You | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Idioms Online | Reading | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||
IELTS Podcast | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||
Internet Archive | Listening | Reading | Kids | Adults | ||||||
iSL Collective | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Kahoot! | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Kiz Club | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||
Language Drops | Listening | Speaking | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Language Guide | Listening | Speaking | Writing | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
Lanternfish ESL | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Learn English Today | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
LearnEnglish Kids (British Council) | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||
Learning Chocolate | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | |||||
Let’s Have Fun With English | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | |||||
Lingo Hut | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||
Linguapress | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | ||||
Longman Dictionary | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Lyrics Gaps | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Lyrics Training | Listening | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Macmillan Dictionary | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||||
Make Beliefs Comix | Reading | Writing | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||||
Many Things | Listening | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
Merriam-Webster Dictionary | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
MES English | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||
Movie Idioms | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||||
My English Pages | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |
My Speech Class | Listening | Speaking | Kids | Adults | ||||||
National Geographic | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
National Geographic Kids | Listening | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | ||||
NEH Edsitement | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||
NeoK12 | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | ||||||
NetLingo | Reading | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||
News in Levels | Listening | Reading | Grammar | Kids | Adults | |||||
OER Commons | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
One Stop English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Oxford English Dictionary | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Oxford University Press: Learning Resources Bank | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Oyster English | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
PBS Learning Media | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
PlayPrase.me | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Preply | Listening | Speaking | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Print Discuss | Listening | Speaking | Kids | Adults | ||||||
ProWritingAid | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Quick and Easy English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Adults | ||
Quill | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Quizlet | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab | Listening | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Read Write Think | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
Reading Rockets | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Real English | Listening | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||||
Real English For Gamers | Listening | Reading | Kids | Adults | ||||||
RefSeek | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Rhyme Desk | Writing | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Rhyme Zone | Writing | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Scholastic Teachables | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||
Sean Banville's Free ESL Materials | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Simple English Wikipedia | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
SparkleBox | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||
Starfall | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | |||||
Stickyball ESL Resources | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Story Bird | Writing | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Story Jumper | Writing | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Super Teacher Worksheets | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||
Talk English | Listening | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |||
Teach This | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Teach-nology | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | |
Teacher Vision | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Teaching Channel | Listening | Speaking | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||
Teaching English (British Council) | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
TED | Listening | Reading | Kids | Adults | ||||||
TED Masterclass | Listening | Speaking | Kids | Adults | ||||||
TED-Ed | Listening | Reading | Kids | Adults | ||||||
DoTEFL | Blog / Articles | Adults | ||||||||
TEFL Tunes | Listening | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Teflnet | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Tes Teaching Resources | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | ||
The EFL Playhouse | Listening | Speaking | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Kids | |||||
The Free Dictionary | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
The Idioms | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
The Internet TESL Journal | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
The Punctuation Guide | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
The Purdue Writing Lab | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
The Visual Dictionary | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | ||||||
ThoughtCo. | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||
Topmarks Education | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Kids | |||
Tutor Hunt | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Urban Dictionary | Vocabulary | Blog / Articles | Adults | |||||||
Using English | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Lessons / Worksheets | Blog / Articles | Kids | Adults |
Visuwords | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Vocabulary.com | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Voice of America | Listening | Reading | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||
Wiktionary | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Word Spy | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Wordnik | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | ||||||
Wordsmith | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Wordsmyth | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Wordtune | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
WordVis | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||||
Writefull | Writing | Grammar | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults | |||||
Youglish | Listening | Speaking | Reading | Kids | Adults | |||||
Your Dictionary | Reading | Vocabulary | Kids | Adults |
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