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| ESL Links |
Adult Education ESL, Teachers Guide: Lesson plans and teaching modules online. |
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http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/teacherguidemain.html
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| Dave's ESL cafe: A basic source of ESL information and activities. (See Idea Cookbook on the site) | ||
| English Language Centre: 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: Great website that contains links to information ranging from maps to food to grammar and conversation. | ||
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| Interesting Things for ESL Students: 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: A must-visit online community for students and tutors. It has many templates for tutors; lot's of gramar; 1000 most used words; sentence practice; flash cards; games; listening activities and much much more. Many sections are organized by level - Beginning, Intermediate, etc. | ||
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| Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun: This is a great collection of vocabulary activities including word search, crossword, hangman, match game, quizzes and jumbles. There is an audio component so ESL students can use the games to learn to pronounce words. Many of the games use catagories of words, such as, animals, money, at the mall, etc. | ||
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| GED Exam: This site from the Kentucky Department of Adult Education and Literacy gives detailed information on GED2002. 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. | ||
| Math Resources | ||
Workplace Math : Explanations and worksheets covering addition and subtraction of whole numbers and fractions, measuring, scale drawing and metric conversions. |
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| The Math Forum Teacher's Place: Large site with lots of resources; includes sample tests. | ||
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| Alta Vista's Babel Fish Translation Service: 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! | ||
| American Literacy Directory: Find a literacy program anywhere in the U.S. Search by type and location. | ||
| Thinkfinity Literacy Network: One of the best sites for literacy volunteers. Supported by the Verizon Foundation, Thinkfinity Literacy Network offers all kinds of literacy resources. Take short on-line courses on topics such as “Writing Without Fear” or “Succeeding as an On-Line Learner.” Or look for lesson plans, interactive guides, activities, and more to supplement your student's curriculum. | ||
| US Citizenship and Immigration Services: 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 difficult to navigate, use the following address to get to the links for study materials, (e.g., study questions, sample sentences, flash cards, self test, etc.) | ||
| Henderson County Public Library: A significant local resource for tutors and students. | ||
Hendersonville Times-News: An on-line source on events and activities in Henderson County and teh surrounding area. |
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| Literacy Information and Communication Systems 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: 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: 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: This web site for our national literacy organization contains general information on adult literacy, ESL and links to other literacy sites. | ||
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| UNC-TV-ORPGM: Link to NC Educative Place - a good source for teachers generally | ||
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| Learning Disabilities | ||
| Bridges to Practice: Information on this site can help tutors understand more bout their students with learning disabilities. | ||
| Lesson Planning | ||
| AskERIC: 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 Resources | ||
| PIZZAZ: Creative writing and storytelling ideas for beginner through advanced ESL students; lesson plans and templates for writing poems and fiction. | ||
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html Purdue University Online Writing Lab: 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 |
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| Miscellaneous | ||
| The Change Agent: 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 online. | ||
| Common Errors in English Usage: Ever wonder if you a shirt on "backward" or "backwards"? Do you know when to use "bring" and when to use "take"? Check it out on this site. | ||
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
Interactive Grammar For English Learners: If you're looking for great grammar exercises and tips, check out Grammar Bytes, an interactive site that provides exercises, assessments, activities, and presentations for free. Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude
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| Image Resource: 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. | ||
| Interactive Geography: Teaching Geography? This is a visual resource for learning geography. Simple, interactive. | ||
| Internet Picture Dictionary: 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. | ||
| Introduction to Computers: This site is perfect for the student who has little or no computer experience. It has the basics for using a mouse and keyboard. | ||
| Real English: 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. | ||
| RHL School: This web site has great worksheets for grammar; comprehension; math; using a dictionary and more. Very user friendly. | ||
"Trigger" Words: Does your student have a problem with “trigger words?” Trigger words are ones that most often cause confusion and disorientation when reading, writing or communicating. They are confusing because:
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| Tools for Educators: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. | ||
| USA Learns: 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. | ||
| Vowel Sounds: This site has vowel sounds you can listen to and a list of example words. | ||
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