Web resources

Here are some websites that offer information and guidance on teaching English as a Second Language.

Learning games
This site has some great printable mazes and educational games

English resources from the UK
Although this site is not updated, it provides a great volume of resources for teaching English to native speakers. It has worksheets, games tests and activities appropriate for advanced ESL students. Lots of the material is based on Roald Dahl and Shakespeare's works.

Puzzlemaker
Run by the Discovery Channel, this site allows you to generate your own customised word search and crosswords using your word lists. It also has some useful clipart to decorate worksheets with.

The Educator's Toolkit
A Candian site that offers some specialised teaching ideas and links which will be useful for many school projects. See especially the Just for Kids and Mini-theme pages.

Education World
Lesson plans, printable worksheets, advice and ideas are all available from this wide-ranging site

ESL Flow
A comprehensive source of information on teaching English to students with ESL.


ESL lounge
Provides printable worksheets and boardgames


ESL Images
Worksheets and big (ie.A4) flashcards with images on them for any purpose.


Johns ESL
See especially the printables section.


RHL School
The English Basics and Reading Comprehension have some good (and funny) printable worksheets.


ELT News
Check out the game corner and teaching ideas sections for some worthwhile activities.


Edusearch
General site that allows you to search educational sites throughout Australia.


The Internet TESL Journal
This site provides an incredible array of up-to-date Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links. New tutors should make the lessons page their second port of call


Racism No Way
The Racism. No way! project aims to assist school communities and education systems to recognise and address racism in the learning environment. The page linked above provides some background on the form and extent of racism in Australian schools. It is therefore a good place to go to get a sense of some of our student's school life experiences. The classroom activities has a wealth of resources aimed at combatting racism in Australian schools.


Tutorial World
This site hosts an enormous number of printable worksheets for English targetted at all different levels from pre-school to advanced. It is well worth a look for some excellent ideas, at the very least.


Online Dictionary
Want to add some Arabic text to a worksheet you've made? Try this online Arabic - English dictionary (note that it does not offer pronounciation guidance just the correct font).


Teachers & Families
This site offers free learning resources for pre-K through high school students.

ABC Teach
This site hosts over 5000 worksheets across a range of levels and includes resources for colouring in and word searches. There is also a section where worksheets are broken into themes.

Ed Helper
This site hosts worksheets and ideas for teaching different concepts. For SAIL students, the Phonics pages are highly recommended. The site also has a wealth of “biography” worksheets that profile prominent contributors.

ESL connect
Short of ideas? Here are 180 places to find them! We cannot vouch for all the sites listed, but there are certainly some good ones.

ESL Lesson plans
Free English Lesson Plans for beginner level classes providing lesson outlines, teaching guide and printable worksheets in ESL

EFL classes Beginner English worksheets
This page provides accessible ideas for practical activities in an ESL setting.

National Geographic Animal Colouring-in pages
This page provides a series of beautiful colouring-in sheets pages with images of animals.

Activity Pad printable do-to-dot pages
This page has a wealth of dot-to-dot, colour by number and maze printable worksheets.

United Nations Cyberschool Bus educational resources
The United Nations have a number of websites that aim to introduce children to the ideals and operations of the world body. A large number of lesson plans and worksheets on highly relevant topics to SAIL students are available from the sites listed, especially those concerning refugees and human rights.

Anti-racism lessons and worksheets It is just as important that SAIL participants are sensitive to issues of race and background as any other students. These lesson ideas aim to guide students through aspects of diversity in Australia, in particular concerning migrants and refugees.

SAIL Senior translated information resources
These sites allows users to search by topic, by language, or both. Search results will include an English summary of the information, a link to a complete English language version and a link to the information in the other language requested, for most students the most useful language will be Arabic.

Victorian Justice Information in Arabic

Health Information in Arabic


Living in Australia http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia
Detailed, practical information in English & 24 other languages.

Working in Australia http://www.workingin-australia.com
Includes information about living and working in Australia, including
education and training.

Information about Australia - http://www.australia.gov.au
Sub catagories include – culture, history, sport include ‘Australian
social customs’, ‘Families’, ‘Civics & Citizenship’ ‘Australian slang’,
‘Consumer Handbook Online’.

The Australian Conservation Foundation http://www.acfonline.org.au
With information about the environment – sustainable cities, rural
landscapes, climate change, marine life, green home guide etc.

Go For Your Life - http://www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au
It aims to promote health and well-being for all Australians.

ANZ Guide - Moving to Australia
http://www.anz.com/aus/personal/Moving-To-Australia
Despite the commercial aspect, there is useful info., e.g. ‘Applying for a
Driver’s Licence’, ‘Buying a Vehicle’, ‘Enroling Children in School’,
‘Etiquette & Language Tips’, ‘Shopping’, ‘Time Zones’, ‘Transferring
Money.’

Worldwide newspapers online http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers

http://www.australia.com
Travel information throughout Australia in 8 languages.
Includes climate, Australian nature, roads and rail, useful tips.

Live in Victoria - http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au
The official website for skilled and business immigration to Melbourne.
Covers Victoria’s lifestyle, regions and services: skilled and business
visas.

Community Housing Providers of Victoria http://www.chfv.org.au
Not-for-profit organisations which develop, own and manage many forms of
rental housing for low-income Victorians.

Tenants Union of Victoria. http://www.tuv.org.au
Information in 13 languages.

Consumer Affairs information - http://www.consumersonline.gov.au
‘Consumer Handbook Online’ ‘Consumer rights when shopping’ ‘Banking &
Finance’ ‘Information & Complaints’ ‘Cars & Bikes’ ‘Shopping
Online’
‘Communications & the Internet’ ‘Food’ ‘Product safety and recalls’
‘Scams’

Health - http://www.healthinsite.gov.au
Up-to-date & quality-assessed information on health topics.