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Conversation Topics
http://www.intlcenter.org/archives.htm
Good
lists of conversations on various topics for student practice and instruction.
•
Dave’s ESL Café
http://www.eslcafe.com/
A
basic source of ESL information and activities. See the Idea Cookbook
table of contents on this site.
•
English Language Centre
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm
Site
from the University of Victoria, Canada. A great site to use with your
student. Grammar, reading comprehension and vocabulary lessons and exercises
in 5 levels of difficulty. (Some of the material, such as money vocabulary,
is specific to Canada.)
•
English Grammar: Explanations
and Exercises
http://www.hikeb.juarez-undernet.org/grammar/gramdex.html
An
online grammar book with searchable index and table of contents; All
essential points of English grammar clearly explained and illustrated
by examples; A summary of uses and formaiton of Enlish verb tenses for
easy reference. Grammatically determined ruels for spelling, pronunciaiton,
and punctuation.
•
HyperGrammar
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
A course from
the University of Ottawa which is a good source for basic grammar (e.g.
parts of speech, punctuation, using verbs, etc.).
•
John’s ESL
http://www.johnsesl.com/
A
must-visit online community for students and tutors. It has many templates
for tutors; lots of grammar, 1000 most used words; sentence practice;
flash cards; games; listening activities and much, much more. Many sections
are organized by level (Beginning, Intermediate, etc.).
• Learning Vocabulary Can be Fun
http://vocabulary.co.il/
This site is a great collection of vocabulary activities including word search, crossword, hangman, match game, quizzes, and jumbles. There's an audio component so ESL students can use the games to learn to pronouce words. Many of the games use categories of words, such as animals, money, at the mall, etc.
•
Mohawk Valley Library System
http://www.mvls.info/literacy/index.html
Good
general ESL resource for tutors. The “Learn English on the Net” section
has many links to useful sites and resources.
•
Practioner Toolkit: Working
with Adult English Language Learners
http://www.famlit.org/Publications/Practitioner-Toolkit-ELL.cfm
Provides
variety of materials to help practitioners begin to meet the language
and literacy development needs of ESL students through the following
components: responses to Frequently Asked Questions, a first-day orientation
guide, lesson plans and activities.
•
GED Exam
www.ket.org/ged2002
This
site from the Kentucky Department of Adult Education and Literacy gives
detailed information on GED 2002. It explains all aspects of the tests
and what students need to know how to do. Sample questions and instructions
to tutors make teaching GED easy.
•
GED Practice
http://www.gedpractice.com/
A
free service of Steck-Vaughn (the official publisher of the test). It
gives students a chance to practice with instant feedback of right or
wrong—and why!
Math
Resources
•
Math for the Workplace
http://adulted.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.readiowa.org%2Fworkplacemath%2Fcontents.html
Explanations and
worksheets covering addition and subtraction of whole numbers and fractions,
measuring, scale drawing and metric conversions.
•
The Math Forum Teacher’s Place
http://mathforum.org/teachers/
Large
site with lots of resources; includes sample tests.
Informational
•
AltaVista’s Babel Fish Translation Service
http://babel.altavista.com
/ tr
You
can enter 150 blocks of text for translation. Web sites can be translated.
You need to be careful with this one because the translations are literal!
•
America’s Literacy Directory
http://www.literacydirectory.org/
Find
a literacy program anywhere in the U.S. Search by type and location.
•
The Change Agent
http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/classroom.htm
Classroom activities
from the New England Literacy Resource Center. Has lesson plans and
activities for 3 topics: Economic Security; Immigration; The Media and
You. Many of the components can be done on line.
•
US Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov
This
is the official INS site. It contains a wealth of information about
applying for citizenship, instructions, forms and practice tests. Because this site can be hard to navigate, use the following address to get to the links for study materials (study questions, sample sentences, flash cards, self test, etc.) http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/natz/require.htm
•
Common Errors in English Usage
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
Ever
wonder if you put a shirt on" backward" or "backwards"?
Do you know when to use "bring" and when to use "take"?
Check it out on this site.
•
Eastern LINCS Health and Literacy
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/
Medline
plus online audio/visual interactive health (and human body) tutorials.
•
Henderson County Public Library
http://www.henderson.lib.nc.us/
A
significant local resource for tutors and students.
•
Hendersonville Times-News
http://www.hendersonvillenews.com
An
on-line source on events and activities in Henderson County and the
surrounding area.
•
Literacy Information and Communication System ( LINCS)
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/
Site
sponsored by the National Institute for Literacy. It is a comprehensive
resource for the literacy community to access
a huge collection of family and adult basic skills research, teaching/
learning and training resources. It is so massive that we have a training
disk at BRLC to show you how to use the site if you need help.
•
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
http://ncsall.
gse.harvard.edu/
Source
of research studies rather than ‘how to’ information. Most information
is for the specialist rather than the average tutor but has good links
to basic sources. Also has searchable archives for the quarterly publication
“Focus on Basics” which contains hands-on suggestions for teaching activities.
•
National Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov/
A
comprehensive site featuring literacy facts, current events, on-line
discussion groups covering a variety of literacy topics, literacy forums,
links, NIFL publications, etc.
•
ProLiteracy Worldwide
http://www.proliteracy.org/
This
web site for our national adult literacy organization contains general
information on adult literacy, ESL, and links to other literacy sites.
•
Purdue University Online
Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Great
resource for all kinds of exercises. For example, check out the phrasal
verb list at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslphrasal.html.
•
RHL School
www.rhlschool.com
This web site
has great worksheets for grammar, comprehension, math, using a dictionary
and more. Very user-friendly!
•
Southern LINCS (see LINCS
above)
http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/
Southern
LINCS is a regional
site for LINCS , a national
electronic information and communication system for adult literacy.
This site is a focal point for the southern region with links to state,
regional, and national information.
•
UNC-TV:ORPGM
http://www.unctv.org
/literacy/resources.html
Link
to NC Educative Place – a good source for teachers generally.
Learning
Disabilities
•
Bridges to Practice
http://www.floridatechnet.org/bridges/
Information
on this site can help tutors understand more about their students with
learning disabilities.
Lesson
Planning
•
AskERIC
http://eduref.org
Excellent
link to adult literacy; education database; search for lesson plans
from among 25,000; “ask an expert”. Almost anything you’ll need is available
on or through ERIC.
Writing
Practice Resources
•
PIZZAZ!
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
Creative
writing and storytelling ideas for beginner through advanced ESL students;
lesson plans and templates for writing poems and fiction.