LCMC Materials
Skill Book Activity Sheets are are geared to each lesson in your teacher's manual.
Student Learning Goals (Word version) or Student Learning Goals (.pdf version) - Help your student identify his/her goals.
Student Learning Goals Pictorial - Geared to the beginning learner. Uses pictures to depict common goals..
Check out our Library Resources.
About.com - Online source for original consumer information and advice; provides ideas for class writing & discussion activities.
EFL/ESL Lessons Using Powerpoint - Free power point slides on vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation. Mostly intermediate levels.
The
Literacy List - Collection of free Adult Basic Education and ESOL
websites, listservs, and other internet resources for students, tutors, and
teachers.
Lanternfish - Worksheets and flashcards.
California
Distance Learning Project for Adult Learning - Adult learning
activities that build reading and writing skills through stories on a variety of
topics (e.g. working, family, housing, etc.).
DiscoveryChannelSchool.com - Creates word search puzzles.
Discovery
Education Puzzlemaker – Create and print customized word search,
criss-cross, math puzzles and more.
Fakemoney.com
- Download fake money for class games & activities.
FunTrivia - Quizzes on all aspects of the English language.
5 Minute English -
short and easy explanations and exercises.
The Grammar Aquarium - Grammar notes, online and handout exercises.
Grammar-Quizzes.com
– Practice on points of English grammar
Handwriting Templates - blank sheets you can download and give your student to practice their letter placement.
Isabel’s ESL Site - Exercises, web-based materials, workshop and links for teaching and learning.
Lauri’s ESL Website - Short conversations and listening passages with
interactive exercises to test comprehension.
Learn English - Over 400 exercises & games.
Learning Resources – Current and past CNN San Francisco, CBS 5 news
stories (full story & abridged story) accompanied by reading comprehension
questions.
Literacy Net - On-line interactive structure for communication,
educational materials, and sharing of information about adult literacy among
eighteen western states and Pacific islands and island groups.
Livewire Puzzles - Free printable word search puzzles.
Manythings.org
- A fun study site for ESL learners.
Mes English - ESL games, worksheets, & phonics flash cards.
My Own Resources - An ESL/EFL web site for teachers and students.
New
Readers Press - Order products and obtain information from the
publishing division of ProLiteracy.
OM Audio - Multimedia units for listening comprehension in three
levels of difficulty
OWL Online Writing Lab - Printer-friendly ESL handouts.
PBS Literacy Link
- Information for adult learners and educators using online interactive
materials and computer technologies with videos.
Quia - A variety of activities, quizzes, and games.
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Thinkfinity Literacy Network (Verizon) – Free downloadable lesson plans and resources.
University of Victoria English Language Center Study Zone -
English-language exercises for students.
U.S.A. Learns - Teaches vocabulary, grammar and life skills. Created by the US Department of Education.
Vocabulary.co.il - Vocabulary word search, crossword puzzles,
hangman, quizzes, match games, and word jumbles.
Adult Literacy and Technology Network
Azar Grammar Exchange - Post questions about English grammar and
usage, comment on topics by other readers, and receive informed answers from the
Grammar Exchange team.
The Free
Dictionary - Online dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia. Provides
audio for pronunciation.
The Internet
Picture Dictionary
LanguageGuide.org - English vocabulary guide.
Literacy Assistance Center - Sample lesson plans and ideas on incorporating technology into lessons; newsletters, literacy publications, and a section on jobs in literacy.
Manythings.org – Commonly-used American slang.
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
Audacity - Free recording and editing software. HYPERLINK "http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" http://audacity.sourceforge.net
ESLpod - Podcasts for ESL learners. Download audio files on to itunes (Windows & Apple) and MP3 players. If a podcast member, the audio files are accompanied by Learning Guides with vocabulary & background information about the story.
The Internet TESL
Journal for Teachers of English as a Second Language - Articles,
research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas and links.
HYPERLINK "http://iteslj.org/" http://iteslj.org
Language Learning and
Technology - Journal for second and foreign language educators.
HYPERLINK "http://llt.msu.edu/" http://llt.msu.edu/
TESL-EJ - TESL-EJ Issue Electronic academic journal featuring
articles for ESL and EFL teachers. HYPERLINK "http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/index.html"
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/index.html -
EduPASS
- Information about American "social customs and cultural differences." The
information is aimed mainly at international college students, but immigrants
(and their tutors) can also find some interesting discussion/reading topics.
Immigrant Life
(New to America) - Information (at a fairly high reading level) about
topics of concern to new immigrants such as: social security, health insurance,
taxes, medicine, immigration forms, etc.
InfoUSA – Information from the U.S. Department of State about U.S. history, culture, economy, educational system, political processes and more.
Life in the USA - Information from the U.S. Department of State about
U.S. history, culture, economy, educational system, political processes and
more. Information (from the author’s perspective) on many different aspects of
US culture for immigrants and visitors to the US.
Valuing
Differences: Celebrating Diversity - Information on a wide range of
national and religious holidays and observances.