Standard: Students whose first language is not English make use of their first language to develop competency in the English language arts.

• Cookbook of Ideas for the ESL/EFL Classroom at Dave's ESL Café
  This area of a site created by a University of California ESL teacher contains practical information on games, activities, and resources teachers can use in the ESL classroom. There is also provision for teachers to share successful teaching strategies, ideas, suggestions, and experiences. For instance, one American teacher describes using episodes from the popular English television show Mr. Bean as a teaching tool; another uses recipes to engage students.
  
  
• Activities for ESL Students
  This plain-text website includes a highly optimized list of links that relate to ESL teaching and learning activities. Included are links to self-study quizzes on topics such as idioms, grammar, homonyms, slang, vocabulary, culture, sports, and trivia, treasure hunts, and other ESL resources.
  
  
• Links -- English as a Second Language
  An excellent resource for ESL educators, this attractive and easy-to-use site is the home page of an Australian ESL educator based at the University of Queensland. It contains information for students and teachers about courses, tests, tutoring, and other ESL news, along with links to ESL web resources.
  
  
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Self-Access Centre
  This site has numerous resources for second-language learning and writing. Links to other language-learning resources are also plentiful.