WEB RESOURCES

www.cal.org/topics/ell
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
A website that branches from the federally funded Educational Research Information Center. This database offers reliable ESL and other language-related research articles. Publications include the ERIC/CLL Digest, Resource Guides, Language Links, books and brochures. Also offers links to other ERIC databases.

www.ed.gov/
U.S. Department of Education
This website offers a variety of important educational information for students, parents and families, teachers, principals, higher education administration, and others. It provides many links relevant to teaching culturally diverse students. Parents can also access information about helping their children with homework and specific content areas.

www.ed.gov/offices/list/oela/index.html
OBEMLA - Office of Englis Language Acquisition
(US Department of Education)
This website, sponsored by DOE, provides links to Grants, contacts, education resources, and research statistics. It supports teaching of bilingual education and bilingual students. There is also information for searchers of federal and state services plus Civil Rights information.

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/ell/index.html
OCR - Office for Civil Rights
This website provides education resources and civil rights data plus an A-Z reading room dedicated to the prevention of Civil Rights violations in a "Know Your Rights" forum.

www.eleaston.com/
E.L. Easton - English Online
This information rich site offers teachers everything from lesson plans to job listings. It provides destination planning utilities, translation utilities, multiple language dictionaries, and text resources.

www.eslmag.com/
ESL Magazine Online
This website is the home page for ESL Magazine and provides copies of selected articles from the print version.

www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html
English Tests And Quizzes: Practice For Students Of English
This website offers many tests of varying difficulty based on a variety of content areas: crosswords, reading, grammar, and vocabulary. This website links to many good resources for teachers. Each week Englishlearner.com also offers English lessons by e-mail at three levels.

www.esl.about.com/mbody.htm
English as a 2nd language
This website offers lesson plans for ESL teachers to use in their classes. It also includes a list of the top 1000 words used in the English language. It contains a section entitled "Quiz Central" where you can find quizzes of all types. Students can access information on this website that will help them with their ESL homework.

www.everythingesl.net/
EverythingESL.net
Teachers who work with ELL students will find this website very helpful. The site offers lesson plans, resource picks, teaching tips, ESL- related announcements, and on-line discussion forums.

www.nwrac.org/pub/hot/assessment.html
Assessment in ESL and Bilingual Education - A Hot Topic Paper
This website, provided by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, examines various assessment techniques used with ESL and bilingual education students. Another outstanding feature of this website is its section on things to look for when selecting an assessment instrument for ESL and bilingual students.

www.penntesoleast.org/
PennTESOL
This website, established by the Eastern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, serves ESL/EFL teachers and volunteers in eastern PA, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. This website contains PennTESOL's mission statement, information about their past conferences, related websites, information from TESOL (national organization) and ESL/EFL employment opportunities.

ELL Organizations

www.cal.org/
Center for Applied Linguistics
This organization conducts research in the field of applied linguistics. A great deal of the research conducted by the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is on English language acquisition and language minority students. The website offers publications, research articles, job opportunities, and access to various databases.

www.crede.ucsc.edu/
CREDE - Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence
CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty. The website provides access to publications, research, and toolkits for administrators, teachers, and parents.

www.nabe.org/
NABE - National Association for Bilingual Education
The NABE organization deals exclusively with issues concerning language minority students in the United States. The organization offers annual conferences focused on bilingual education. The website offers access to the Bilingual Research Journal and NABE news magazine and provides links to other resources.

www.ncela.gwu.edu/
NCELA - The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (formerly NCBE)
The NCELA is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for LEP students. The clearinghouse offers access to databases, classroom resources, research and many other reliable resources in the area of ESL.