The following are some links that might be useful if you're a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL). If you have an others you think might be useful, please send them to ehqadmin@ofb.net and I'll add them!

Teaching Organizations

• The Internet Teachers of ESL Journal: "Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links"
• California Teachers of ESL: "CATESOL's mission is to promote excellence in education for English language learners and a high quality professional environment for their teachers. CATESOL represents teachers of English language learners throughout California and Nevada, at all levels and in all learning environments."
• European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning

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Teaching Resources

• Boggle's World: "Boggle's World (or bogglesworld) contains printable teaching resources for TESOL, TEFL and ESL teachers who teach elementary and middle school English, ESL and EFL to kids."

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Academic Organizations

• The Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research: "An organized research unit at the University of Southern California, facilitating the research collaboration, dissemination and professional development activities of faculty, students, and others across the School of Education, university community and outside organizations."

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Research

• EFL/ESL Articles & Research Papers from The Internet TESL Journal: A large number of papers on a wide variety of subjects of interest to ESL teachers, including English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Paper titles include "A Comparison of L1 and L2 Reading: Cultural Differences and Schema", "An Experiment Using Electronic Dictionaries with EFL Students", and "Universal Characteristics of EFL/ESL Textbooks: A Step Towards Systematic Textbook Evaulation".

Terminology

• A detailed glossary from Boggle's World
• Everything ESL's Terminology page: Defines terms like ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages), ELL (English Language Learners), ENL (English is a New Language), LEP (Limited English Proficiency), BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) and CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency)
• ESL terms from the Glossary of ESL Terminology for the Mainstream Teacher