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Beth Metcalf
metcalfe@uncw.edu
910.962.7669

Watson School of Education
UNCW
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 962-3000

ESL Websites

Articles of Interest

ESL Magazine
http://www.eslmag.com/

Key Policy Milestones in the Education of English Language Learners
http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/Docs/rockefeller/Rockefeller.htm
Ways to improve the education of language minority students

Teacher Support Networks

Links for ESL Teachers
http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/

Meeting Place for ESL and EFL Teachers and Students
http://www.eslcafe.com/

Resources for the ESL Teacher
http://members.aol.com/adrmoser/tips/tips.html

Resources for ESL Teachers
http://www.esl-lounge.com/

Teaching Pages for ESL Teachers
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm

Teacher Resource Center: Instructional and Web Resources (Lesson Plans, especially for HS)
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=3390

Teaching Diverse Learners
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/
This resource is dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with ESL learners.

Lesson Plans / Activities

20 Point Program for Teaching Beginning ESL Students
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/blabsolute_intro.htm

Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/

ESL Flow
http://www.eslflow.com/interculturalcommunication.html
Everything an ESL teacher needs to create lesson plans.

ESL Lessons, Games, Links
http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html

Instructional Materials List for ESL Teachers
http://www.cln.org/subjects/esl_inst.html

Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/

Learn Spanish
http://www.studyspanish.com
Offers free online tutorial with audio for students of Spanish.

Lesson Plans and “Cookies” for ESL Teachers
http://www.zianet.com/jkline/is03000.html

Links to Journals, Handouts, Teacher and Student Resources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslteacher.html

Close the Achievement Gap of English Language Learners
Educating Language Minority Children, Hakuta and August, editors; National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1998. The entire text is available online.
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309064147/html/index.html