ESOL Program

Resources

• The 24 Languages  Project: Consumer Health Brochures in Multiple Languages
  http://library.med.utah.edu/24languages/
  

• Adult Education Wiki
  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/AlePDOnline

• Building Basics: ESOL Toolkit for General Construction, Landscaping, Painting, and Plumbing
  http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/

• The CAELA Guide for Adult ESL Trainers
  http://www.cal.org/caela/scb/guide.html
• ERIC Digests.org
  http://www.ericdigests.org/
• ESL Magazine
  http://www.eslmag.com/
• Internet Public Library
  http://www.ipl.org
• Internet TESL Journal
  http://iteslj.org/
• The Maryland Adult Literacy Resource Center at UMBC
  http://www.umbc.edu/alrc/
• National Institute for Literacy LINCS Resource Collections (includes Basic Skills, Program Management, and Workforce Competitiveness)
  http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/resource_collections.html

• Tools for Educators: Custom worksheets, games, and other resources
  http://www.toolsforeducators.com/

• Virginia Adult Education and Literacy Centers
  http://www.valrc.org/

On-line Training/PD

• Basics of Adult Literacy Education
  http://www.c-pal.net/course/index.html
• EL/Civics online
  http://www.elcivicsonline.org/
• "How can I help immigrants prepare to take the U.S. citizenship test?"
  http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/content/how-can-i-help-immigrants-prepare-take-us-citizenship-test
• PBS Teachers
  http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
• ProLiteracy
  http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=406&srcid=346
• Thinkfinity Literacy Network
  http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/TLN/
• Media Library of Teaching Skills
  http://mlots.org/

Agencies, Associations

• American Library Association
  http://www.ala.org
• Center for Applied Linguistics
  http://www.cal.org
• Maryland Association for Adult, Community, and Continuing Education (MAACCE)
  http://www.maaccemd.org
• Maryland Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MDTESOL)
  http://www.marylandtesol.org
• National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
  http://www.ncsall.net
• National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
  http://www.nifl.gov
• TESOL -Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (National)
  http://www.tesol.org
• Washington Area Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (WATESOL)
  http://www.watesol.org/

Immigration

• Maryland Council on New Americans
  http://www.newamericans.maryland.gov/
• US Citizenship and Immigration Services
  http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

Research & Information

• Abell Foundation Report: Attracting new Americans into Baltimore City's neighborhoods (November 2002)
  http://www.abell.org/pubsitems/arn1102.pdf

• National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
  http://nces.ed.gov/naal/
• The New England Learner Persistence (NELP) Project
  http://www.nelrc.org/persist/
• Portland State University ESOL Lab School
  http://www.labschool.pdx.edu/
• U.S. Census Bureau
  http://www.census.gov

On-line learning

• English Express: A website for adult learners
  http://www.englishexpress.ca/

• English for all
  http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm
• ESL Literacy Website
  http://home.earthlink.net/~brekkmail/index.html

• Free Rice
  http://www.freerice.com/index.php

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

• Learning Resources (On-line adult literacy site)
  http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/index.html
• Quia Web
  http://www.quia.com/web
• USA Learns
  http://www.usalearns.org/index/welcome.cfm

• Vocabulary University
  http://www.vocabulary.com
• EL Civics Lessons for ESL Students
  http://www.elcivics.com/esl-lifeskills-lessons.html

Content Standards and Testing

• The Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse
  http://www.adultedcontentstandards.ed.gov/.
• CASAS Website
  https://www.casas.org/home/index.cfm
• MD Adult Education Standards Page
  http://www.umbc.edu/alrc/standards.html
• REEP ESL Curriculum for Adults
  http://www.apsva.us/15401081182015517/lib/15401081182015517/reepcurriculum/index.html

Link Collections

• Dave's ESL Cafe
  http://www.eslcafe.com/index.html
• The ESL Loop
  http://www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop/esloop.html
• Internet TESL Journal Links Page
  http://iteslj.org/links/
• Maryland Adult Literacy Resource Center Resource Page
  http://www.gogedgo.org/resources.html

• Sites for Teachers
  http://www.sitesforteachers.com