Government Websites

• U.S. Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp
  News, resources, policies, research, priorities, and other information
• No Child Left Behind - http://www.nclb.gov
  Official website – find answers to questions about the NCLB law
• OELA - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
  The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students
• NCELA - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
  National Clearinghouse for English Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs
• U.S. Senate Contact site - http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
• U.S. House Contact site http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.html
• New Jersey Department of Education - http://www.state.nj.us/education
  News, programs, data, NCLB and other information
• No Child Left Behind: New Jersey - http://www.nclb.gov/next/where/newjersey.html
  Chief State School Officer, State Education Agency, State Education Committee Leaders, Secretary's Regional Representative, and an evaluation of individual districts
• New Jersey Department of Education - Bilingual Education information - http://www.state.nj.us/njded/bilingual
• New Jersey Department of Education Bilingual Education three-year plan - http://www.state.nj.us/njded/bilingual/resources/els3year.doc
• NJDOE: Collaborative Assessment for Planning and Achievement - http://www.nj.gov/njded/capa
• State of New Jersey - http://www.state.nj.us
  Official web site
• New Jersey Legislature - http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
  Click on Find your Legislator under Members on the left side of the page

• Everything ESL - http://www.everythingESL.net
  Judy Haynes' s ESL website with a discussion forum, lesson plans, teaching tips, & resources for teachers
• Hope4Education - http://www.hope4education.com
  Books, online workshops, on-site training and presentations, help meeting the NCLB and state curriculum standards, discussion forums, and tele-chats hosted by Hope Blecher-Sass

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All Students

• 1-Language.com - http://www.1-language.com
  Activities, exercises, worksheets, forums, chats, articles, and more
• Repeat After Us - http://repeatafterus.com/
  The best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings
• Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun - http://www.vocabulary.co.il
  Games and quizzes for practicing vocabulary

Students K-8

• Kindersite - http://www.kindersite.org
  1,000s of links to graded English content suitable for 2 to 6 year olds
• Learning Games for Kids - http://www.learninggamesforkids.com
  Learning games and songs for preschool and elementary children
• SpellingCity.com - http://www.SpellingCity.com
  Lessons, Games, Tests, over 25,000 words, students can practice teacher-assigned words
• Starfall.com - http://www.starfall.com
  Phonics lessons, interactive books, and word games
• AAA Math - http://www.aaamatematicas.com
  over 2500 interactive math lesson pages
• NASA's Space Place - http://spaceplace.nasa.gov
  NASA's education program; also available in Spanish

Students K-12

• Mrs. Hurley's ESL Page - http://www.mrshurleysesl.com
  Tips, activities, information & links for students and teachers
• Children's Literature Web Guide - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
  Many Internet resources related to books for children and young adults including lists, reviews, and lesson plans & more
• Windows to the Universe - English: http://www.windows.ucar.edu      Spanish: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spanish
  A comprehensive science education and reference site spanning a broad range of Earth and Space Science topics and related topics in the humanities
• ESL Summer Programs at Colleges in New York State for Kids & Teens 8-18 http://www.summeroncampus.com/main/ActivityProgramsList.asp?CategoryID=25
  Search by college or location. Updated annually

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High School, Adult, & College Students

• Breaking News English - http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/
  Free, daily current affairs lesson plans
• Dave's ESL Cafe - http://www.eslcafe.com
  Numerous topics for ESL/EFL students and teachers
• English Language Resource Center - http://www.bergen.edu/library/learning/english/index.asp
  Bergen Community College's ESL links, software, & more
• ESL Gold - http://www.eslgold.com
  Text, audio, pictures, handouts, quizzes, and much more: All materials are categorized by skill and level.
• ESL Home Page - http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl
  For learners of English who want to use the Web to improve their English
• Learn English Feel Good - http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/
  Grammar & vocabulary exercises, idioms, phrasal verbs, handouts, & quizzes
• Resources for New Immigrants - http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
  Click on "Education and Resources." On the side is a list. Choose "Resources for New Immigrants"

Sites for Teachers

• From Shared Reading to Authoring in Two Languages - http://www.njtesol-njbe.org/conferences/ReadingAuthoring.htm
  MSWord version of the slides used in the workshop, August 3 and 4, 2004 – Atlantic City, Presented by Ana M. Mistral, Ph.D.
• Center for Applied Linguistics - www.cal.org
  Articles and information on all aspects of ESL and bilingual education
• Hudson River Center for Program Development - http://www.hudrivctr.org
  A not-for-profit training and development corporation specializing in education and human services, research and development, strategic planning, staff training, inc. native language assessment
• Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse - http://www.adultedcontentstandards.ed.gov/about_warehouse.asp
  Support for developing and using content standards to improve the quality of adult education programs
• ESL MiniConference Online Newsletter - http://www.eslminiconf.net
  Articles on teaching ESL students, including some from NJTESOL/NJBE
• Civics and Citizenship Toolkit - http://www.citizenshiptoolkit.gov
  Educational materials designed to help permanent residents learn more about the United States and prepare for the naturalization process
• The Literacy List - http://alri.org/literacylist.html
  Free Adult Basic Education and English language ELL/ESL/ESOL Web sites, electronic discussion lists ("listservs"), and other Internet resources
• New Jersey Educational Sales Club, Inc. - http://www.njeducationalsalesclub.org
  Provider of educational media, textbooks, information and services to educators
• ESL Teachers Board - http://www.eslteachersboard.com/
  Job listings, lesson plans, games, and more
• Reading Rockets - http://www.readingrockets.com
  information about reading, newsletters, links, teacher and parent guides, including reading in Spanish
• The Immigration Debate in the Classroom 2006 - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/immigration_debate/
  A site with lessons to coannect the history-social science curriculum to real world immigration issues
• Hispanic online.com - http://www.hispaniconline.com
  Cultural issues for Latinos in the United States including education
• Teacher Resource Links - http://www.geocities.com/thomas_ihde/interjects.htm
  Bilingual and ESL links created by Prof. Ihde's graduate students
• Dual Language Programs - http://www.njtesol-njbe.org/who/duallang.htm
  A sampling of dual language program websites and resources gathered by Thomas Ihde.

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Professional Organizations

• TESOL - http://www.tesol.org
• TESOL - U.S. Action Advocacy Center - http://capwiz.com/tesol/home/
• NABE - http://www.nabe.org
• FLENJ - http://www.flenj.org/
  Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey
• New Jersey Immigration Policy Network - http://www.njipn.org/
• Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey - http://www.hdanj.org/home.html
• National Immigration Law Center - http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/index.htm
  Dream Act Information
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - http://www.nichcy.org
• Statewide Parents Advocacy Network - http://www.spannj.org
  Information, support, training, and advocacy for families of children with special needs
• ESL/EFL Organizations and Journals - http://www.linguistic-funland.com/tesl.html
  Resources & TESL articles
• TESL/TEFL/TESOL LINKS (I-TESL-J) - http://iteslj.org/links
  Gateway to the World of ESL/bilingual education
• The Internet TESL Journal - http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj
  Articles, Research papers, lesson plans, and more
• Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research - http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr
  Multilingual education, English-as-a second language, and foreign language instruction information
• National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education - http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu
  Information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.
• MABE - http://www.mabe-mi.org
  Michigan Association for Bilingual Education
• The Internet Job Search for ESL - http://www.uni.edu/riedmill
  Meta-list and clearinghouse for the ESL job search: links and a guide job hunting resources

World Languages

• Punto Informatico - http://www.tcstore.it/pin
  Information on the world of computers, education and the economy in Italian
• Education in Italy - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1809/indein0.html
  Italian links. ideas for teaching techniques and learning incentives
• La France - http://web.urec.fr/france/france.html
  A clickable map that guides you through all of France's cities
• French Language Learning Resources - http://www.fourmilab.ch/francais/lfrench.html
  Strategies that can be used to improve your French
• French Supersite - http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
  Culture, curriculum, and literature
• Trovator - http://trovator.combios.es
  Informative and comprehensive Spanish literature site with more than 17,000 URLs
• Internet Resources for Spanish - http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6.html
  A vast array of links for Spanish Education

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