Teaching English as a Second Language

Find Books by Subject

The following lists have been created to help find useful resources on TESL in the library's collection. Need more help? Contact the Information Desk or take a look at our Library Catalogue Search Tips .

• Academic Writing Reference
• Classroom Management
• English Grammar Reference
• The English Language
• ESL Teacher Training and Professional Development - General
• Pronunciation & Teaching Speaking
• Second Language Assessment
• Teaching ESL Writing
• Teaching Vocabulary

Journals

• The Canadian modern language review = La revue canadienne des langues vivantes
• ELT Journal
• English Teaching Forum
• English Today
• Internet TESL Journal
• The Language Teacher - access to partial archives available freely online
• TESL Canada journal = Revue TESL du Canada
• TESOL Quarterly

Selected Internet Sites

Grammar

• English grammar practice & quizzes (TESL and ESL) - from englishclub.com
• Glossary of English Grammar Terms - from usingenglish.com
• Grammar explanations and practice - from english-the-easy-way.com
• Grammar explanations and quizzes - from University College London's Internet Grammar of English
• Online grammar exercise - from Towson University's Online Writing Support
• Structure of the English Language - from Andrew Moore's teaching resource site universalteacher.org.uk
• Table of Irregular Verbs - from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
• Grammar Resources - from the University of Chicago Writing Program
• Grammar help - from the University of Victoria's English Language Centre
• Verb Tense Tutorial - from englishpage.com

Language Concordancers

• Business Letter Corpus Online KWIC Concordancer - from Yasumasa Someya
• Web Concordancer - from the Virtual Language Center
• Compleat Lexical Tutor - from Tom Cobb at UQAM

Academic Writing Resources

• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• The University of Toronto - Advice on Academic Writing
• The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Center for Writing Studies

Language Assessment

• Assessment for learning: An online resource for educators from Anne Davies at annedavies.com
• Language Testing Resources Website - from Dr. Glenn Fulcher at languagetesting.info
• Assessment for learning (formative assessment) - from Dr. Glenn Fulcher at languagetesting.info

Preparation for the English Exam for Teacher Certification(EETC)

• Interactive Common Mistakes quiz - from common-mistakes.net
• Common Mistakes and Confusing Words in English from learningenglish.de
• French-English false friends - words commonly confused between French and English from orbilat.com
• False Friends quiz - from ToLearnEnglish.com
• False friends - from learn-english-today.com
• Vocabulary development activities - from englishcorner.vacau.com
• Guide to Grammar and Writing (with interactive quizzes) - from Capital Community College Foundation
• Punctuation Made Easy - from the College of Arts & Sciences at Illinois State University
• Alphabetical Grammar Index - from Word Power at wordpower.ws
• Twenty Common Writing Problems

English Learners Dictionaries Online

• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
• The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

Professional Development/Lesson Plans

• McGill's Office of Student Teaching at the Faculty of Education
• SPEAQ - Professional association of Quebec ESL Teachers
• Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
• MELS Teacher Training and Professional Competencies
• Recit de langues (lessons) - "A Québec resource designed to support students and teachers in developing competencies through the integration of technologies."