•
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.)
• ESL Flow
http://www.eslflow.com
Great website that contains links to information ranging from maps to food to grammar and conversation.
• ESL Tower
http://www.esltower.com/vocabulary.html
Simple printable exercises for building vocabulary; covers a multitude of topics ranging from telling time to occupations.
• Interactive Geography
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm#maps
Teaching Geography? This is a visual resource for learning geography. Simple, interactive.
•
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.).
• Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org
Contains a variety of exercises to help students with listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar. Fun, interactive activities including crossword puzzles.
•
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.
• Real English
http://www.real-english.com/
Site contains 43 videos of brief “person on the street” interviews with accompanying lessons and quizzes on listening, vocabulary, and grammar. Student can simply listen or add captions. Great for listening to conversation and improving pronunciation skills.
• Tools for Educators
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
Would you like a place to create customized games and practice worksheets? This site has templates you can customize to make 11 types of color printable games and practice worksheets, such as bingo. Choose any of 45 categories such as body parts, feelings, and shapes and colors.
• USALearns
http://www.USALearns.org
Free Online English Portal for adults who want to learn or improve their English skills. Includes Beginning and Intermediate lessons arranged around a wide variety of topics from body parts to family, employment, legal and consumer issues. Good use of audio visuals to present oral skills, reading, writing and grammar components. From the US Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
GED
Information
• GED Prep Info
www.gedprepinfo.com
An excellent source of information about what the GED is and the scoring process; includes good descriptions of each test and the skills needed to pass it. Each description contains sample questions for practice. The answer key includes information on the skills necessary to have answered correctly.
• 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.
• The World of Math Online
www.math.com
Math resources for all levels
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.
•
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.
• Image Resource
http://images.google.com
Are you creating your own worksheets, or need a picture? This is an excellent resource for tutors to quickly find a visual aid for vocabulary they are trying to teach.
• Internet Picture Dictionary
http://pdictionary.com/
Online pictures and vocabulary organized into 15 categories and also by letter, along with five types of quizzes. Useful for learning simple vocabulary; has activities and a picture dictionary.
•
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!
•
UNC-TV
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.