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ELLLO - English Listening Lesson Library Online

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ELLLO stands for English Listening Lesson Library Online and features natural English lessons that come with quizzes, vocabulary training, and free printable worksheets. ESL students and teachers can access over 2,000 free lessons that feature World English with speakers from over 100 countries.

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Inspiring Career Development and Action Curriculum (updated ICA)

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Inspiring Career Development and Action Curriculum (updated ICA)

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ESL Speaking: Games & Activities for Adults

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ESL Speaking: Games & Activities for Adults

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English news from the Voice of America. VOA provides complete coverage of the U.S, Asia, Africa and the Mideast.

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Web Resources to Learn English - Seminole State College

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Web Resources to Learn English provided by ELS Department at Seminole State College

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Discover a wide range of ESL games and activities designed for teaching English to adults. Explore our resources to find engaging and effective ways to teach grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversation skills.

Start your classes with a variety of warm-up activities, including:

ESL Games for Adults

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Discover a wide range of ESL games and activities designed for teaching English to adults. Explore our resources to find engaging and effective ways to teach grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversation skills.

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Upwardly Global's free Career Coaching Program connects immigrant and refugee professionals with job coaching and career-readiness resources.

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Ohio was the United States' first frontier, and many cities across the state have been significantly shaped by the hard work and ingenuity of diverse communities of immigrants who settled here. Today, new immigrants are finding a home in Ohio and making contributions to the same cities that were enriched by earlier generations of immigrants.

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Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students (Fun English Study)

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A free study site for English as a Second Language (ESL) students with games, quizzes, puzzles, MP3 files with transcripts, listening practice, pronunciation practive, etc.

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ESL Resources Please click on a title below to download a PDF version of the document. ABC’s for Tutors: 26 Teaching Tips Advancing Teacher Development in Colorado Refugee Education Programs […]

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Learn English free and study to become a U.S. citizen at USA Learns: USA Learns is a free website to help adults learn English online and prepare to become a U.S. citizen. Online courses include fun videos and activities that teach basic and intermediate ESL to adults around the world, plus the opportunity to prepare for the naturalization interview to become a U.S. citizen.

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Voice of America - Learn American English with VOA Learning English

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Learn American English with English language lessons from Voice of America. VOA Learning English helps you learn English with vocabulary, listening and comprehension lessons through daily news and interactive English learning activities.

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Online activities that accompany the Ventures text series.

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Limited to 3 folders on our server: /Articles/, /Lessons/ and /Techniques/

About the Internet TESL Journal

The Internet TESL Journal published articles from 1995 through 2010.

This website is now an online resource book for teachers who can refer to our published articles on teaching techniques and other things of interest to EFL and ESL teachers.

Approximate Numbers:

Articles & Research Papers = 230

Articles on Teaching Techniques = 310

Lessons & Lesson Plans = 190

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Internet TESL Journal (For ESL/EFL Teachers)

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The Internet TESL Journal is a free online journal for teachers of English as a second language that includes lesson plans, classroom handouts, links of interest to ESL teachers and students, articles, research papers and other things that are of immediate practical use to ESL teachers.

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Master English grammar with Dave's ESL Cafe's Grammar section. Our comprehensive resources aid educators and students in understanding complex grammar rules. Enhance your language skills, making teaching and learning English more effective and enjoyable

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Aims to help students and children to memorize English (US) vocabulary in an easy and efficient way by using images, pronunciation and games. Free and Fun!

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Search careers, occupations, skills match, videos and licensing guides for internationally trained professionals.

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Assessment: 5-minute Screener + Basic Literacy/Emergent Reader test

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Assessment: 5-minute Screener + Basic Literacy/Emergent Reader test

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We are grateful to the Pathway to Literacy program, under the direction of the Immigrant Welcome Center, in Indianapolis, IN, USA for the use of these materials. https://www.pathwaytoliteracy.org/

The curricular materials available on the Pathway to Literacy website are Open Educational Resources (licensed under Creative Commons) and can be used and adapted for educational (not commercial) purposes only. Attribution to the Pathway to Literacy program is required.

All images on this site, unless otherwise attributed, are from Public Domain or free stock photo images sources, such as Unsplash, Pikist, Pixaby, Pexels, Pics4Learning.

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Emerging English Language Literacy Curriculum

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The Color Vowel Chart is a pronunciation tool for teaching and learning English. This tool enables teachers and learners to talk easily and accurately about the key sounds of English without the use of phonetic symbols. Instead of phonetic symbols, the Chart uses colors and key words to represent the vowel sounds of English.

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Adult ESL Phonics - open licensed materials by Jen Sacklin

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Adult ESL Phonics - open licensed materials by Jen Sacklin

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Browse the titles. Add the ones you’d like into your shopping basket and checkout. While the bookshop contains only free titles, the website will ask for a name and an email address, but no payment details. As soon as you’ve done that, a button will show up that will allow you to download the PDFs.

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Lanternfish ESL: Lessons and tools for Adult Classes

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The Odd One Out Game : Students look at a list of four items and decide which is different. They must give a reason. Everybody holds their answer up at the same time. If their reason is unique they get a point.

Example: Eagle, Owl, Bat, Penguin.

Penguins can't fly.

Bats are mammals.

Bats have teeth.

Bats have poor eyesight.

Penguins can swim.

Peguins only live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Remember they only need to give a unique reason to get a point. If two students or two teams give the same reason, they cancel each other out and don't get a point.

: Simple worksheet highlighting useful language for discussing dislikes.

Classroom English : Highlights the essential language for getting information when you don't understand something. Great first class. Comes with cards as well.

For and Against : A simple worksheet for practising expressing opinions. A list of issues are given and students decide whether they are for it or against it in groups.

Chores, Errands, and Favors : Students discuss what chores they do and what errands they run

ESL Surveys: This section contains several sets of survey questions. Students walk around the room and survey each other.

Love and Relationships: A collection of worksheets and activities for teaching vocabulary used to describe relationships.

Asking Permission : Simple card activity where students practice using "Is it OK...?" or " Do you mind . .?"

We have a lot in common : An ice-breaker. Students try to find out what they have in common.

Find Someone Who : Another ice-breaker with 3 sheets to avoid too much repetition. Emphasis is on the past tense.

How Life Has Changed in Fifty Years : A discussion generator with lots of comparatives. Students work in groups and then present their results to the class.

At the Movies : A simple worksheet illustrating the language used to talk about movies.

At the Movies II : A continuation of the above. Students make riddle cards and ask each other movie riddles.

Solutions to Problems : (new) Students become the managers of a hotel that has many problems. They have to discuss problems, solutions, agreement, and disagreement.

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Lanternfish ESL: Lesson for Adult Classes

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Worksheets, flashcards, lesson plans, and activities for teaching ESL and EFL.

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Low literacy/Preliteracy section with class sets of Eye on Literacy wordless picture books.

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Rosa Parks Day is a U.S observance that celebrates the famous civil rights leader Rosa Parks. In different parts of the United States, this day is celebrated on different days. In some areas, it's celebrated on Rosa Park's birthday-which is February 4th, and in other areas, it's celebrated on December 1st.

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The Citizenship Resource Center has a collection of helpful resources and free study materials for a variety of users including:

Immigrants who are interested in becoming U.S. citizens. Lawful permanent residents (LPRs) will find information about the naturalization process, eligibility requirements, and study materials to prepare for the naturalization interview and test.

Educators who play a critical role in preparing learners. Educators including teachers, volunteers, and program administrators will find several resources for the classroom. Educators can also search for free USCIS training seminars designed to enhance the skills needed to teach U.S. history, civics, and the naturalization process to immigrant students.

Organizations that are interested in supporting immigrants in becoming citizens and assisting them to integrate into American civic society. Whether an organization is just beginning to help immigrants on their journey towards citizenship or is an experienced service provider, they will find resources to help enhance their overall efforts and programs.

The Citizenship Resource Center is managed by the Office of Citizenship. Learn more about the Office of Citizenship and its mission.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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Learn EL Civics and ESL with pictures and easy words. The following EL Civics and U.S. History and Government lessons are now available: Statue of Liberty, Washington, D.C., American Bald Eagle, 50 U.S. States, and more. English Language Civics provides an easy way to learn about U.S. history, government, citizenship, geography, and culture. New lessons, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, and lesson plans are added to www.elcivics.com every week. This year we will focus on Literacy for Work, beginning level lessons for workplace literacy classes.

Recommended EL Civics and ESL Links for Students and Teachers

OTAN Adult Ed Teachers: California Department of Education website was created to promote the use of technology as a collaborative tool, the use of technology in the classroom, and to provide access to educational resources. Special thanks to OTAN technical support for adding links to this ESL student resource. Cheerful greetings to all of the OTAN staff. OTAN

United States Department of Education: Focuses on workplace literacy, English language acquisition, and civics education. Go to this website to learn more about EL Civics programs and funding for Adult Education. Adult Literacy and Civics

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Website: This is the official U.S. government website for citizenship information. It includes forms, learning material, and links to important resources. Teachers will want to take advantage of the Education and Resources section. It has downloadable Civics Flashcards and a list of sample U.S. history and government questions for naturalization test preparation. Their materials can be used in any classroom to help students learn about American history and government. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Citizenship and Civics: Jennifer Gagliardi has an amazing website with free resources including a podcast, worksheets, quizzes, images, and a blog. She posts new material almost daily and is very knowledgeable and helpful. US Citizen Podcast

Copyright © 2007 EL Civics - All Rights Reserved - Christina Niven
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Civics Lessons and EL Civics for ESL Students

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EL Civics Website for EL Civics Students: Civics Lessons, ESL Worksheets, ESL Lessons, Quizzes, ESL Photo Stories, EL Civics Videos, Crossword Puzzles, ESL PowerPoints, National U.S. Holidays, and Pictures. Material for EL Civics and ESL students and teachers.

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TED Talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages. Ideas free to stream and download.

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - English Listening

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab helps ESL and EFL learners improve their English listening comprehension skills through conversations.

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Building Basics: ESOL Toolkit for General Construction, Landscaping, Painting, and Plumbing – VALRC

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Every day more and more multilingual speakers enter the construction trades in the United States. They are employed by contracting companies to work as general laborers, landscapers, painters, and plumbers. Many of them are hired at the entry level but, unfortunately, face barriers when it comes to promotion due to…

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These are pages for people working in industries or organizations where it is often necessary to speak English. Many of these pages have audio for you to listen to sample conversations and quizzes for you to test your comprehension.

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Learn new language and vocabulary for jobs where you need to speak English. Listen to the audio recordings. Try the quizzes to test yourself.

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Beginnings - Ohio Aspire student anthology

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Published student writing. Aspire ABE/ASE and ESOL students are invited annually to submit original writing. Accepted submissions are published in a softbound book, Beginnings.

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Every year since 1998, Ohio celebrates the outstanding writing accomplishments of adults who are participants in Aspire programs. Aspire students are invited to submit original writings for review. All genres are acceptable. The submissions, however, must be original. Original means that the work must not be copied from any source.

Previous Speakers

Previous Beginnings Books

Accepted submissions are published in a softbound book, Beginnings. Accepted writers are invited to attend the Ohio Writers' Conference, along with their teacher and one paid guest.

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Free readers in four literacy levels.

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Adult ELL Pathway To Literacy - Theme-Based Stories

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Theme-Based Stories
Check out the Theme-Based Lesson Planning Tab to see how these stories fit into the entire theme (overview, lesson plans, classroom activities, and student practice videos.)
The resources on this page are free readers organized to parallel the theme-based vocabulary units.

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Reading Skills for Today's Adults, Southwest Adult Basic Education Marshall

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This is the new Reading Skills for Today's Adults Website! If you searched us by Marshall Adult Education or Marshall Reading don't worry you've found the right place we are now better than ever with CCRS standards implemented in our new updated product: Reading Skills 4 Today!

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Breaking News English - Easier News Lessons

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Breaking News English Lessons - 3,369 FREE Easy News English lesson plans. EFL/ESL graded news lessons, news in 7 levels, current events.

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ReadWorks | Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization

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ReadWorks is an edtech nonprofit organization that is committed to helping to solve America’s reading comprehension crisis.

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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students.

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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students.

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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Newsela | Content and assessment platform

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.

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Unlock Every Writer’s Potential | NoRedInk

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Free conversations with audio, short stories and essays at various levels.

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ESL: English as a Second Language - Free English learning resources

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A huge free online English learning resource, with over 2,500 conversations and 3,000 short stories, essays, with audio and exercises for listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

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Each worksheet includes a short paragraph about an everyday problem a character faces, a true-false exercise, a writing prompt, and a black and white image. They are presented in pdf format and should download quickly. I suggest reading the stories to the class before assigning the writing exercises. Estimated lesson time: 20 minutes.

Short Stories
Arbor Day - Marla and Tio plant a tree in the yard.

Breakfast - Jack has high cholesterol and has to stop eating donuts.

Bus Driver - Adan wants to retire next year when he turns sixty-two.

Camping - Bears take over a campsite!

Car Accident - Oh, no! Bob had a car accident, but he's okay.

Checking Account - Rosa's fiance wants to open a joint checking account.

Colds - Pedro has a cold. He is coughing a lot.

Dentist - James has a toothache on the right side of his mouth.

ESL Teacher - Mrs. Sanchez is pregnant with her first child.

ESL Student - Benito is too shy to read in front of his ESL class.

Family Dinner - The Smith family starts eating healthy meals.

Father's Day Gift - Maria wants to buy her father a special Father's Day gift.

Fireman - Fire fighters respond to a fire on Elm Avenue in Bayside.

Flag of the United States - The American flag was adopted June 14, 1777.

Grand Canyon - The Soto family is at the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Mail Carrier - Van is going to apply for a management position at work.

Medical Appointment - Carlos is sick. He has a sore throat, a fever, and his body aches.

Memorial Day - Friends and relatives put flowers on the graves of soldiers.

Military Uniforms - Each branch of the military has its own uniforms.

Mother's Day - Su's children find an affordable way to celebrate Mother's Day.

Mother's Robot - Do families need robots? Could a robot be a mother?

Personal Information - Jerry Smith is 28 years old, and he is single. (beginning low)

Playground - Mrs. Mendoza takes her children to the park on Saturday mornings.

Real Estate Agent - Margaret found a great house for her clients.

Taxi Driver - Marty drives a cab in New York City. Lately, he's been feeling tired.

Vacation - The Chow family is on vacation in Hawaii.

Visiting a Zoo - Ming Chow is visiting the zoo for his birthday.

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ESL Short Stories: Reading worksheets with short stories about everyday problems. Improves problem solving skills.

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Read Today is an integrated learning system.

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Open access to picture storybooks in the languages of Africa.
For children's literacy, enjoyment and imagination.

Storybooks approved by ASb

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Find individual storybooks or themed storybook collections to with young children. Download to read offline or to print.

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African Storybook Reader App

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Taiwan is an island off the coast of China. It is a prosperous, democratic country. Most of the world's computer semiconductor chips come from there. But there is a problem. The much more giant neighbor says it belongs to them. The "reunification" of Taiwan with China has been a goal of China for decades. China...

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News in plain English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) and ESL, information for immigrants and students improving their literacy skills and learning about health, jobs, immigration and American government.

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USING LEARNER-GENERATED TEXTS WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

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English news from the Voice of America. VOA provides complete coverage of the U.S, Asia, Africa and the Mideast.

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See Santa Clara Collection and the full collection list linked at the bottom.

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California Library Literacy Services | Helping adults learn to read and write and helping families succeed

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The Adult New Reader Project is a statewide collection of fiction and nonfiction books created in 2022 by Sacramento Public Library with LSTA funding. The Adult New Reader Project collection of 108 high interest, low-level books were written by 75 literacy tutors, staff and learners from 42 CLLS programs across California. The books are accessible to adult learners reading at levels 1 and 2 on the Fry Index (see "The Fry Graph and Instructions" for more information). Each book has helpful "Tutor Tips" that provide relevant pre- and post-reading and writing activities for tutors and learners to explore together.

The LSTA-funded Adult New Reader Project was inspired by Read Santa Clara's project in 2020 during which they produced 21 Adult New Reader books. While the LSTA collection includes "Tutor Tips" in all books and text that is accessible to adult reading at levels 1 and 2 on the Fry Index, the Read Santa Clara collection also includes books written at a slightly higher level and a few offer "Tutor Tips."

This project was supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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Adult New Reader Project | California Library Literacy Services

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The Adult New Reader Project is a statewide collection of fiction and nonfiction books created in 2022 by Sacramento Public Library with LSTA funding.

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The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005)

There are two MRI viewing options for both charts: MRI 1 and MRI 2.

MRI 1 was recorded in 2014 at Edinburgh Imaging Facility Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), with a frame rate of 7.5fps. Each file has been overdubbed with "clean" audio, recorded in a recording studio.

MRI 2 was recorded in 2022-2023 at the Edinburgh Imaging Facility, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (RIE), with a frame rate of 6.25fps and a 70% increase in image resolution, compared to MRI 1. Audio for the MRI 2 files was recorded in the MRI machine using an optical microphone and post-hoc noise cancelling. We aim to replace the MRI 2 audio with clean audio in the near future.

Consonants (Pulmonic - produced with air from the lungs))

Press on a symbol to play the associated video.

Charts reprinted with permission from The International Phonetic Association

How to refer to this resource: Lawson, E., Stuart-Smith, J., Scobbie, J. M., Nakai, S. (2018). Seeing Speech: an articulatory web resource for the study of Phonetics. University of Glasgow. 10th February 2024. https://www.seeingspeech.ac.uk/

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There are two MRI viewing options for both charts: MRI 1 and MRI 2. MRI 1 was recorded in 2014 at Edinburgh Imaging Facility Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), with a frame rate of 7.5fps. Each file has been overdubbed with "clean" audio, recorded in a recording studio.

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Interactive audio guide to hear clear pronunciations of vocabulary.

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Explore English vocabulary with built-in audio. Tap or hover to hear the pronunciation and practice with interactive challenges.

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The Color Vowel Chart is a pronunciation tool for teaching and learning English. This tool enables teachers and learners to talk easily and accurately about the key sounds of English without the use of phonetic symbols. Instead of phonetic symbols, the Chart uses colors and key words to represent the vowel sounds of English.

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There are many ways to transcribe English into phonemic transcriptions and, because there are various schools of thought and traditions, not all linguists agree on how it should be done. (At times, it may even feel as if there are as many conventions as there as dictionaries!)

As mentioned, the goal of this chart is to teach the sounds of American English. To do a good job of it, I had to decide what to focus on and just what to include.

Here are some of the decisions that went into the making of this chart:

/ʌ/ vs. /ə/

You will not find /ʌ/ (as in "dust" /dʌst/ or "STRUT" /stɹʌt/) in this chart. This may be the most controversial choice for some teachers, who have long been taught that "a schwa can never be stressed."

My point of view is that, from an American perspective, /ʌ/ can be construed as a mere /ˈə/, i.e.: a stressed schwa:

This is consistent with how a dictionary such as CMU (and its 100K+ entries) handles it, or how the Kindle's dictionary (The New Oxford American Dictionary) does it (e.g.: "someone" = /ˈsəmˌwən/) or how Dictionary.com handles their transcriptions too. In the end, this seems to agree with how many Americans perceive the sound.

At the end of the day, the question was: what makes things simple to teach, but no simpler than they should be? And the only argument for keeping in /ʌ/ was tradition; it made no sense to keep it and I decided not to include it.

Compare the sounds found in those words: "someone", "awesome". Should we have three phonemes just because we have three levels of stress? This makes no sense. Transcribing those words /ˈsəmˌwən/ and /ˈɔ·səm/ works fine and no phonological information is lost.

If you'd like to contribute to the debate, please see this discussion: American English : are [ə] and [ʌ] different phonemes?.

As a teacher, you may want to teach the symbol anyway. As a learner, you may still want to know it exists and is pronounced as a stressed /ə/, i.e.: with more intensity and energy, longer.

/ɹ/ vs. /r/

This chart uses the proper /ɹ/ symbol for the (prevocalic) R sound. Many dictionaries simplify it as /r/ because it's easier to type.

/ɝ/ (vs. /ɚ/)

This chart uses /ɝ/ (as in "purple" /ˈpɝpəl/ or "NURSE" /nɝs/) for the R-colored vowel.

Some dictionaries may detail further, using this symbol in the middle of a word, but /ɚ/ at the end of a word (e.g.: "brother"). On the other hand, other dictionaries may simplify /ɝ/ as /ɜr/, or /ɚ/ as /ər/.

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American IPA chart with sounds and examples

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An American IPA chart with sounds and examples. All the sounds of American English (General American): consonants, simple vowels and diphthongs. Interactive infographic + audio + PDF; easy to remember.

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For educators at all levels, from kindergarten through adult students, this Educator Resource Hub from The ILC Public Education Institute offers a carefully curated collection of resources to help you support your foreign-born students and educate all students about U.S. immigration. Start by clicking on one of the topic areas below. From there, you'll be able to browse or search by grade level and keywords. Whether you are teaching about immigration or creating a welcoming environment for your immigrant students and their families, the topics below have you covered.

To explore all our resources, you can search here. To receive quarterly updates featuring new free resources, sign up here.

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Educator Resource Hub > The Immigrant Learning Center

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Browse the titles. Add the ones you’d like into your shopping basket and checkout. While the bookshop contains only free titles, the website will ask for a name and an email address, but no payment details. As soon as you’ve done that, a button will show up that will allow you to download the PDFs.

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Healthcare Reading Curriculum

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Southwest Initiative Foundation, Marshall Community Foundation, Southwest Regional Transition Partners, Southwest Adult Basic Education, Marshall Healthcare Partners

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British Council LearnEnglish Teens | Free resources for teens to help improve your English

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LearnEnglish Teens provides information, tips and resources to help teenagers learn English.

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Handwriting practice worksheets made by you! Type and watch dot trace letters magically appear on the virtual writing worksheet. Select PRINT to send a copy to your printer and copy as needed. Letter styles include block Print, Cursive and D'Nealian. We also have a hollow-outline letter worksheet option. Change letter size, letter color, line color and more! We'll save you hours of time with the best 'dog-gone' handwriting worksheet maker on the planet! Click link above to pick your worksheet font style.

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Handwriting Practice Worksheets made quickly. Type student's name or any content and PRESTO! - Instant dot trace practice worksheet.

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Handwriting practice worksheets made by you! Type and watch dot trace letters magically appear on the virtual writing worksheet. Select PRINT to send a copy to your printer and copy as needed. Letter styles include block Print, Cursive and D'Nealian. We also have a hollow-outline letter worksheet option. Change letter size, letter color, line color and more! We'll save you hours of time with the best 'dog-gone' handwriting worksheet maker on the planet! Click link above to pick your worksheet font style.

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Handwriting Practice Worksheets made quickly. Type student's name or any content and PRESTO! - Instant dot trace practice worksheet.

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The ESL Writing Wizard is a free resource for teachers and homeschooling moms and dads. Please bookmark and share this link: https://eslwritingwizard.com

Make a quick test worksheet:

What's your favorite color?

Find a handwriting worksheet:

Search for a ready-made worksheet created by yourself or other users:

Get creative with "paragraph" worksheets:

Having gone through the steps above, you should be pretty familiar with what the ESL Writing Wizard can do.

Click here to learn how to make "paragraph" worksheets like the one below.

Ready-made Handwriting Practice Workbooks!
You better sharpen your pencil because this section is full of ready-made handwriting workbooks for your children to practice their penmanship with. Each workbook is based on an interesting theme such as "dinosaurs" or "the body". There are 20 themes with 10 worksheets in each book, and of course, they're all free! See the handwriting workbooks here.

Need more help?

Whether you are making writing practice worksheets for kindergarten or elementary school children, in D'Nealian or Zaner-Bloser, in cursive or manuscript, you should now understand how the wizards work. If not, try the FAQ for help.

A big thank you!

I started this website in 2005 and have since received some very positive comments about the ESL Writing Wizard, some of which are posted on the About page. I'd like to say a big thank you to those of you that have sent me stories of how your children have enjoyed the handwriting worksheets. It's a wonderful feeling knowing that the work I've put into this site has brought joy and better handwriting to children around the world!

Nick Ramsay.

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Make Handwriting Worksheets - ESL Writing Wizard

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The writing worksheet wizard automatically makes handwriting practice worksheets. You can create writing practice sheets in D'Nealian or Zaner-Bloser style, in print or cursive form - and it's all for free! Make alphabet worksheets or spelling practice sheets. It's easy with the ESL Writing Wizard.

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Changing Lanes: English as a Second Language Reading Serie

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This is the last in a seven-book series called Changing Lanes, aimed at adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. Books in the series can also be used in a low-level ESL classroom as a supplementary reading and writing resource.

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Learn American English For School, Work, or Home - Rachel’s English

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Let’s Talk! Get instant access to 15 courses and personalized teacher feedback to learn phrasal verbs, pronunciation, questions, idioms, and real English conversations.

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Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART) curriculum

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The Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART) curriculum integrates beginning English language learning with foundational digital skills.

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DART: A Foundational Digital Literacy ESL Curriculum

Table of Contents

Keyboard

Security

Parts of a Computer

Using a Computer

Going Online

Creating Accounts

Safety

Searching

Troubleshooting

Review

Intro

The Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART) curriculum integrates beginning English language learning with foundational digital skills. The curriculum is intended to supplement existing English language instruction in lower-level adult English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. DART is an adaptation of the A-OK To Access curriculum developed for Tyson by the same authors.

The DART curriculum provides the foundation that lower-level English language learners need to recognize and type the wide variety of characters required for most online passwords. The curriculum focuses on teaching students the skills necessary to accomplish eight major "milestones" on the way to successfully creating and logging in and out of an online account.

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Keyboard

Lesson 1: Lowercase Alphabet Introduction
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students review the lowercase alphabet.

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Lesson 2: Lowercase Alphabet on the Keyboard
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will locate the lowercase letters of the alphabet on a modified image of a phone keyboard.

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Lesson 3: Uppercase Alphabet Introduction
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students review the uppercase alphabet and distinguish between the lowercase and uppercase alphabet.

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Lesson 4: Uppercase Alphabet on the Keyboard
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will locate the uppercase letters of the alphabet on an image of the keyboard.

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Lesson 5: Numbers and Special Keys on the Keyboard
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will identify the numbers 0 - 9 and common special keys on a Windows keyboard, match the words zero - nine to the numbers, orally exchange phone numbers, and type a message on their phones that uses lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and special keys.

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Lesson 6: Symbols on the Keyboard
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will identify common symbols, locate them on the keyboard, and use prepositions of place to describe their locations on the keyboard.

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Security

Lesson 7: Introduction to Security
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will learn how usernames and passwords used in logins provide security for their information and differentiate between strong and weak passwords.

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Lesson 8: Strong and Weak Passwords
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will differentiate between strong and weak passwords and dictate, transcribe, and type passwords consisting of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

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Using a Computer

Lesson 10: Computer Sign In and Sign Out
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will turn on and wake up a computer, use a username and password to log in to a computer, and lock, sign out of, and shut down a computer.

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Lesson 11: Using the Windows Desktop
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will learn the basics of the Windows desktop and taskbar, how to open an app shortcut from the desktop or taskbar, how to minimize, maximize, and close an open app window.

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Going Online

Lesson 12: Connecting to the Internet
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will check the Wi-Fi connection on their computers and log in with a username and password provided by the teacher.

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Lesson 13: Using Google Chrome
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will learn parts of the Google Chrome window, how to navigate in Chrome using linked text and objects and the back and forward buttons, and how to scroll in a window.

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Creating Accounts

Lesson 14: Understanding Online Accounts
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will complete online forms, identify login requirements, and create and log in to an online account.

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Lesson 15: Creating Strong Passwords
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will identify requirements for strong passwords and create a strong password that is strong but easy to remember.

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Lesson 16: Creating a Gmail Account
Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students will create, log in, and log out of a Gmail account.

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TCALL is the statewide Adult Education and Literacy professional development and resource center for Texas, housed at Texas A&M University.

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The Cultural Atlas team acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands throughout Australia on whose country we have the privilege to live and work. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander custodians past, present and emerging.

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Did you know that there are over 6,500 spoken languages? While only a handful of those make up the vast majority of what people speak, it can be fascinating to learn about Earth's many different ways to communicate. This section of our site is dedicated to about 200 of the most popular languages. We offer information on status, dialects, and structure. Please feel free to browse through our language pages to learn more about the many different ways we speak and write.

Most-Searched Languages

We noticed that our visitors seem to gravitate toward the following languages:

French

French (français) belongs to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. Like all Romance languages, it developed from Vulgar Latin spoken by the Roman invaders. Before the Roman invasion of what is France today, the territory was inhabited by a Celtic people whom the Romans called Gauls. The language of the Gauls had little impact on French. From the 3rd century on, Gaul was invaded by Germanic tribes whose languages had a profound effect on the Vulgar Latin of the region, especially on its vocabulary. Read more >

Spanish

Spanish (español, castellano) belongs to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. Like all Romance languages, Spanish developed from Vulgar Latin in an area of the Iberian peninsula that is now Spain, and was brought to the Americas, the Philippines, and parts of Oceania by the Spanish colonization in the 16th century. It is spoken as a first language in 30 countries world-wide by about over 399 million and as a second language by some 89.5 million people (Ethnologue). Read more >

German

German (Deutsch) belongs to the Western group of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the world's major languages spoken by an estimated 95 million native and 28 million second-language speakers in some 40 countries around the world (Ethnologue). Read more >

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See http://www.manythings.org/
Interesting Things for ESL Students.