Name of Site | Address | Description |
| Marshall Adult Education | www.marshalladulteducation.org | The “Reading Skills for Today’s Adults” series on this website contains adult-oriented graded stories (1st – 8th grade) that can be printed out (ctrl+P). Stories have pre-reading questions, vocabulary definitions and comprehension questions. |
365 ESL Short Stories | www.eslfast.com | This is one of the best sites for easy conversations and stories – literally hundreds of them – an is also appropriate for ABE students. Be sure to go beyond the home page to take advantage of the wealth of lessons – some of them very life-skills based. |
| ESOL Toolkit for General Construction, Landscaping, Painting, and Plumbing | www.valrc.org/resources/buildingbasics | The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center has developed ESL toolkits in four construction trades: general construction, landscaping, painting and plumbing. Each trade contains 4-5 lessons, including a “Facilitator’s Guide and Materials” and “Student Handouts.” |
California Distance Learning Project | www.cdlponline.org | The California Distance Learning Project has compiled dozens of stories – each with a “Basic Story” or a “Full Story” version. Stories can be printed out (ctrl+P) or listened to and read on-line (some stories have accompanying videos). Follow-up activities are for online use only. (Click on “Pick Another topic” to find hundreds of additional stories by topic area). |
EL Civics for ESL Students | www.elcivics.com
| This is a great website for stories with pictures and easy words on U.S. history, landmarks, holidays and geography. Copy and paste stories into a word document and print them out. |
The Literacy Tribune
| www.theliteracytribune.org | United Literacy, a non-profit organization, publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, “The Literacy Tribune,” for adult learners. Subscribe for free by completing the “Learners On-Line Application". Reading levels of the newsletter articles varies, but is about a 4th grade level on average, with a wide range of topics. Highlight an article and print it (ctrl+P). |
Super Teacher Worksheets
| www.superteacherworksheets.com | Although this site is child-centered, many of the printable worksheets on grammar topics are great adult learning material. Try it! |
Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
| www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/Health/healthindex.html
| Check out the great picture stories on basic health issues (beginning literacy and ESL students)! The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition has a wealth of information on their website, and these half-dozen cartoon picture stories, complete with a one-page guide on how to use them, is one of the best. |
Tar Heel Reader
| www.tarheelreader.org | There are dozens of easy-to-read “books” (most are 5-10 pages) written for, and sometimes by, ESL and ABE beginning readers. Interesting topics, and books can be printed out (ctrl+P) or viewed on-line. Students can also write their own books and post them. |
English-Test.Net
| www.english-test.net/toefl | For advanced ESL students wishing to prepare to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), this site has many practice tests to be taken on-line. Good preparation for the real thing! |
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles
| www.ncdot.gov/dmv/driver | When you are ready to prepare for the NC written driver’s test, this is the site to visit. Rules of the road, registration requirements, signs and signals and sample test questions are available for car, truck and motorcycle drivers. |
Discovery Education
| www.discoveryeducation.com | Create word search and crossword puzzles (and more!) using your student's vocabulary words. It's easy with this step-by-step website.
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