ESL/EFL

K-12 in Content Areas

Foreign Language

ESL for Kids -- by ESL-Pro.com
Learn and Play Listening and Spelling Kit -- includes a workbook
Learn and Play Vocabulary Set
Creative Writing Workbook
 

Simulations / Integrated skills / Critical thinking

Oregon Trail -- registration required for the full download (540 MB; took 9 min. to install on a T1 line;
Carmen Sandiego -- full download available (scroll to bottom of page)
Other Classic Games (full download): http://www.download-full-games.com/

Sim City 2000 (download)
SimCity 4 (flash-based)
Role Playing Games
Educational Games
Historic Games
Jigsaw Games
Tom Snyder Productions: Product Tours: includes the following:
Neighborhood Mapmachine (gr. 1-5)
Community Construction Kit (gr. 2-6)
Mapmaker's Toolkit (gr. 2-12)
Science Seekers (gr. 5-8)
Reading for Meaning (gr. 3-8)
Thinking Reader (gr. 5-8)
Time Liner (gr. 1-12) 

Software Express--free trials of various types of educational software (Classroom Bingo, Test Creator, etc.)

Longman English Interactive -- a multimedia program at 4 levels of proficiency; includes all skill areas as well as vocabulary, grammar, video and audio, and quizzes; click Take a Tour.
Tell Me More -- free trial (Flash-based course at beginner, intermediate, advanced levels; includes grammar, vocabulary, writing, oral skills with speech recognition, culture; can be used/delivered online)
Ellis -- sample lessons at four different levels (1,300 hours of instruction, combines digital audio and video, voice recording, Role- play, and native language support to create an engaging, research-based environment for every level of English language training)
Side-by-Side Interactive -- 2-level, video-based multimedia program; click Take a Tour.
Grammar Express Basic -- for beginning to low-intermediate learners (Longman)
Rosetta Stone
Pronunciation Power Idioms
Bridge to English (for French, Russian, Turkish,
and Spanish speakers)
Jim Duber's Cutting Edge CALL Demos
Survival English

Pronunciation Power1--beginning - intermediate
Pronunciation Power 2--intermediate - advanced
Pronunciation Patters -- use of Firefox and RealPlayer recommended
Speak to Me
ESL Pro
Ellis Master Pronunciation
Pronunciation Power Idioms

From Riverdeep--free registration required:
Destination Reading Course I and II 
A comprehensive research-based literacy program that enables every child to succeed right from the start! For Grades PreK-2.
Destination Reading Course III and IV 
Relevant and inspiring reading courseware that builds understanding for all learners. For Grades 4-8
The Edmark House Series: Trusted Friends, Modern Tools
Top Teaching Resources: Reading Comprehension (includes various software; click on Take a Tour at the bottom of the page.)
Elementary level: 8 Reading software resources (free trial downloads)
Middle school: 6 Reading software resources (free trial downloads)
High school: 5 Reading software resources (free trial downloads)

Learning English Reading Workbook -- main idea, detail, vocabulary, inferences, pronouns, except/not, reading comprehension
English Practice for Vocabulary -- vocabulary games with interactive activities
1000 Key English Words and Idioms -- with example sentences and pronunciation
Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading (free trial download)--grades 5-6, 7-8; hands-on practice in using basic reading improvement strategies; includes record management system
Reading Shape-Up (free trial download)--grades 3-5 and 6-8; helps students master specific reading skills: main idea, vocabulary, sequence, fact-opinion, factual recall, and inference.
Accu-Reading (free trial download)--grades 5-8, 9-11; short non-fiction selections designed to improve specific reading skills: main idea, vocabulary, sequence, factual recall, inference, and drawing conclusions

Kidspiration and Inspiration
KidPix Studio Deluxe

Learning English Listening Workbook -- includes, main idea, meaning, action, tone of voice, inference, homonyms, vocabulary, idioms
English Practice Listening & Spelling Games

Talking Fingers

Focus on Grammar Interactive -- 5 level program (Longman)
Understanding and Using English Grammar Interactive -- click Take a Tour
Grammar Express Basic -- beginning to low-intermediate; includes audio, animation, and activities; click Take a Tour
Learning English Grammar Workbook -- includes independent/dependent clauses, irregular verbs, and verb tenses
Learn and Play Grammar Set -- parts of speech, editing paragraphs and stories, adjectives/adverbs

Thinkin' Things Collection 2  (from Riverdeep--free registration required)
(five activities that help students explore their musical and artistic abilities, as well as strengthen their memory, visual and spatial awareness, listening, and problem-solving skills)

Beginner Online Writing Course, Encomium Publications
Intermediate Online Writing Course, Encomium Publications 
Learning English Writing Workbook -- steps for writing an essay, outline, letters, email, references
Cursive and Creative Writing Workbooks

Learn about Physical Science (Sunburst)
Concert Tour Entrepreneur (math; by Sunburst)

Encomium's Interactive Test Prep for the TOEFL
Encomium Publications' WEB Mentor ™ for the TOEFL^® Test
TOEIC Pronunciation in American English
Online IELTS Preparation--Speaking Module
TOEFL and TOEIC materials -- practice tests, workbooks, and Tips/Traps/Strategies for the CBT, the iBT, and the TOEIC
Grammar Study Guide for English Language Proficiency Tests

Word Construction Set

Vocabulary Builders (6MB download)

8-in1 English Dictionary
English Talking Dictionary (Collins)

From Riverdeep--free registration required:
Letter Machine (Bailey's Book House)
My Friend (Bailey's Book House) 

Type to Learn 3 (Sunburst)

Longman English Assessment -- a computer-adaptive placement test for Longman English Interactive.  Click Take a Tour
Ellis Placement: Computer-Adaptive Assessment for ESL Learners
English Language Assessment Test -- by ESL-Pro.com

Exercise Generator Plus (for integrated skills, business)

ESL Renegades