ICT 4 ELT Portals

Vocabulary for teachers of young learners

Compiled and annotated by
Marcela Kotesovcová,
ZŠ Jana Palacha,
Karlovy Vary.

This web page contains links to ELT vocabulary resources for teachers of young learners.

• English-Zone

  http://english-zone.com/

  English-Zone is a site where you can find many things including vocabulary for all levels. You have to pay a registration fee in order to access some features but you can also get a lot of free stuff.

• Activities for ESL Students

  http://a4esl.org/

  ESL Student is a site with vocabulary quizzes, again for all levels. Also other features such as grammar, crosswords etc.

• Picture Dictionary

  http://www.pdictionary.com/

  The Internet Picture dictionary is very well organized. There are many pictures that cover basic vocabulary themes. There are also other activities for practicing vocabulary such as vocabulary flashcards, spelling activities or word scramble.

• Enchanted Learning

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

  "Little explorers" is another site where you can find many pictures for teaching your kids vocabulary. I like it because there is an English explanation for each word. I think the previous dictionary is better organised but this one contains more words.

• ESL KidStuff

  http://www.eslkidstuff.com/

  ESL KidStuff is a great site for vocabulary and other stuff. You do have to pay to use it but it is worthwhile. I have paid up for it and used it for a year and I got many useful flashcards and worksheets for practising vocabulary.

• Kizclub

  http://www.kizclub.com/

  Kizclub is a great kids site including vocabulary, reading, listening and more. It consists of pdf files that you can print out. I have tried the books so far for introducing new vocabulary and found it to be really good.

• LearnEnglish Kids

  http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/

  This is a British council site devoted to young learners of English where you can print out some worksheets, read stories or children can play online games for practicing the alphabet, parts of the body etc.

• Interactive games

  http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.htm

  TEFLGames is a site with many matching word games for different levels.

• ESL Lounge

  http://www.esl-lounge.com/

  ESL – lounge is an interesting site with many different resources not only for vocabulary. Some materials you can find here are for example song lyrics, esl books, quizzes etc.

• ESL Monkeys

  http://www.eslmonkeys.com/

  ESL – Monkeys is not exactly a site for vocabulary but you might find lots of different stuff to use in your class.