Online software tools for English language learners, teachers, journalists, writers, students. This software could be used in teaching, learning, linguistics research and more! Train your English language skills. ESL and EFL tools.
Readability Test and Improve - Calculates and prints various readability tests. Finds sentences which you should consider revising to improve text's readability.
Learn English Text - Provides tooltips with synonyms and dictionary links for difficult words.
Vocabulary Builder - Generate vocabulary lists for any English language text.
New Words English Dictionary - Create custom vocabularies and dictionaries (for teachers and students).
Dictionary - Explains to you meaning of the words. Learn English words. Reference and lexicon.
In Simple English - Allows you to find words in English text which are not considered simple or basic or they aren't in the word list you choose. Useful when one should write simple English texts.
Filtered Word Frequencies - Allows you to find uncommon words in any English text or web page.
English as a Second Language (ESL) is offered at Avon Grove School District at each level. The ESL curriculum is based on the TESOL Standards for Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing and the PA Academic Standards for Reading and Writing.
The Readability Test Tool provides a quick and easy way to test the readability of your work. It is the most flexible readability software for assessing readability formulas.
You can test all, or part of a web page, or simply type in your text. Link directly from your page - it will compute the results for the referring page.
English Learners (ELs)-students whose second language is English and who are not fully proficient in English-constitute the fastest growing portion of the K-12 student population. By 2025, according to U.S. government estimates, as many as one in four students in the United States will come from a home where a language other than English is spoken. Because many of these students tend to do poorly in school, teachers are encouraged to regularly use research-based practices to improve these students' academic achievement. Yet knowing which practices actually are research-based-that is, they are supported by research demonstrating impact on student outcomes-is not clear to many educators. This series of articles will help educators identify students' levels of oral and academic language proficiency, offer interactive and direct techniques to promote literacy development, and build and maintain effective programs for ELLs.
A link to the Pinterest boards of the Language and Culture Center of CESA 6! Absolutely fabulous! Contains links to information on almost anything you could want to know about ELLs.