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Resources

• WEA ESOL Resource Pack
  This guide to organising workplace ESOL learning and the accompanying appendices and resources pack are the result of a 15-month project involving a great many ESOL learners, practitioners and organising staff and employer partners. It also builds on two highly innovative WEA ESOL Learning in the Workplace projects in Glasgow and Highland, supported by the respective Adult Literacy and Numeracy Partnerships. The fieldwork experience and expertise of staff in the WEA Glasgow and Highland projects and many contributors to the project around Scotland has been critical to the development of this resource.
  WEA Workplace ESOL Guide (pdf, 7.5Mb)
  WEA Workplace ESOL Guide, Appendices (pdf, 650Kb)
  WEA Workplace ESOL Guide, Resources (pdf, 1.6Mb)
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• www.skillsworkshop.org
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• www.esoluk.co.uk
  Educational website featuring resources for ESOL learners and practitioners
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• www.languages.dk/archive/video_data/Scottish_Island_Voices.pdf
  The catalogue includes details of 20 short English videos made for language learners. (This bilingual Island Voices project won a CILT European Award for Languages 2007.) The series contains both simple documentary material in plain language and authentic speech interviews. There are also online transcripts for each piece.
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• www.languages.dk/materials.html#Scottish_Island_Voices
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• www.languages.dk/students/index.htm
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• www.ndlr.ie/modlang/blog/?p=214
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• Greek and Latin Root Words
  www.awrsd.org/oak/Library/greek_and_latin_root_words.htm
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• Word formation - affixes
  www.bartleby.com/64/83.html
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• Tutorial on word formation – forming possessives
  www.bartleby.com/64/82.html
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• Scientific terms
  www.bartleby.com/64/4.html
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• An alphabetical list of grammatical terms
  www.bartleby.com/64/10.html
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• Grammar, spelling and reading tutorials and exercises - each topic has
  fact sheets, a game or quiz, activities and worksheets mapped
  against the English Core Curriculum.
  www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/index.shtml
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• Communication skills, report writing, on-line tests, etc.
  www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills
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• Worksheets, games and tests for English and Maths – cartoon graphics
  www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise
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• English grammar, spelling and also maths
  www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
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• Business English
  www.businessenglishonline.net/e-lessons
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• 30 word play exercises
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/lmatchindex.html
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• Exercises on grammar
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/lczindex.html
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• Crossword activities
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lxwd/lxwdindex.html
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• Tutorials on grammar
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/rdg/skillshelpindex.html
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• Exercise on adding "ing" to verbs
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lsa/ing1b.htm
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• Exercises on syllables
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lsa/syll2.htm
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• Exercises on identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap1mmm.htm
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap2mmm.htm
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap3mmm.htm
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• Scrambled sentence exercise
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lscr/lscrindex.html
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• Pronouns - gap fill exercise
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/ae4.html
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• Interactive verb tense exercise
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense1b.htm
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• Interactive verb tense exercise
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense2b.htm
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• Interactive verb tense exercise
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense3b.htm
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• A variety of grammar exercises
  www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/interlangindex.html
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• Complete the short story exercise
  www.nuc.berkeley.edu/~gav/wayfarence/story001.html
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• Conjunction exercise
  www.better-english.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm
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• Business english lessons - useful for workplace scenarios
  www.better-english.com/grammar.htm
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• Printable worksheets to test vocabulary and grammar
  http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/inuse/
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• Useful web-site; driving theory; a bit different
  www.citycol.com/esol
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• Exercises on understanding letters
  www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/reading_purpose.htm
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• 440 short lessons on all aspects of grammar
  www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
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• Online dictionary
  www.dictionary.com
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• Grammar exercises on-line – intermediate to advanced level
  www.edict.com.hk
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• Online grammar lessons for speakers of other languages
  www.englishclub.com/
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• Links to newspapers, magazines and classic novels
  www.englishpage.com/readingroom/readingroomintro.html
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• Verb tense tutorial for speakers of other languages
  www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
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• Tutorials with exercises on conditionals
  www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html
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• Tutorial on prepositions and phrasal verbs
  www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
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• Crossword exercises on a variety of topics - apartment hunting, eating out, election year
  www.englishpage.com/games/games.html
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• Grammar, punctuation and spelling handouts and exercises
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/
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• Grammar exercises and handouts with a dedicated section on
  English as a second language
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#exercises
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• Lesson on when to use capital letters
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_caps.html
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• Tutorial on articles
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html
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• Tutorial on prepositions of directions
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep.html
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• Tutorial on prepositions of locations
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep2.html
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• Tutorial on prepositions of time and place
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep4.html
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• Spatial relationship prepositions
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep3.html
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• Tutorial on pronouns
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_pronuse.html
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• Website for learning English - grammar, spelling, writing, pronunciation zones
  http://english-zone.com/index.php
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• Provides links to lots of useful ESOL websites
  www.esl-english.com
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• Guidelines for learning to spell
  www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/
  spelling_studying.html
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• Provides lots of ESOL links
  http://iteslj.org
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• 'Endings', commonly misspelled words
  http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/spelling/toc.html
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• Stories - not relating to ESOL
  http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
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• Reading comprehension - news stories
  http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html
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• Reading comprehension - news stories
  http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html
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• Provides weekly topical lessons for all levels
  www.onestopenglish.com
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• Exercise on commas
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/lists1.htm
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• Interactive exercises on use of the apostrophe
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/apostrophes.htm
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• Exercises on writing in English
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm
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• Flashcards - PowerPoint presentation
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/cvc.ppt
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• Flashcards on letter U - PowerPoint presentation
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/cvc%20words%20u.ppt
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• Flashcards on the letter I - PowerPoint presentation
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/cvc%20words%20i.ppt
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• Exercise in making words plural
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/Plurals2.htm
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• Exercise on antonyms
  www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/antonyms.htm
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• Highway Code quiz
  http://qax.org/driving
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• Exercises on prefixes
  www.quia.com/jg/65963.html
  www.quia.com/jg/66094.html
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• Exercises on roots and prefixes
  http://server.riverdale.k12.or.us/~bblack/spelrul.htm
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• Exercises on vocabulary, grammar, reading, miscellaneous
  www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm
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• Vocabulary workshops
  www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/webpre.htm
  www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/webroot.htm
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• Summary on verb tenses tutorial
  http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html
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• Story writing exercise
  http://terror.snm-hgkz.ch/pq/submit_user_sentences.php
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• Online thesaurus plus links to other resources
  www.thesaurus.com/
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• CD-ROM learning resource for literacy, numeracy and ESOL
  www.targetskills.net/index_01.htm
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• www.teachingmoney.co.uk
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• www.teachingtime.co.uk
• Advice sheets and links to other websites
  http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/sacmat.html
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• Grammar work on various levels: The Parts of the Sentence,
  Punctuation, Using Pronouns, Using Verbs, Modifiers,
  Building Phrases, Building Clauses, Building Sentences, Writing
  Paragraphs Diction Spelling, Miscellaneous Topics
  www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
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• 200 vocabulary exercises on linking a picture to a name
  http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/index.htm
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• Interactive practice on co-ordinating conjunctions
  http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/coconj1.htm
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• Grammar, reading and vocabulary exercises
  http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm
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• Resource of reference tools - dictionaries, translators
  www.weblens.org/reference.html
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• Learning pronunciation of English words
  www.wordsandsounds.xn3t.com
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• English for driving theory - downloadable interactive materials, lesson plans and workbooks
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• Online ESOL resources list (Word, 366Kb) from Lorrane Borwick at CLAN Edinburgh
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• BBC Radio 3 ESOL project (pdf, 2.4Mb)
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• A programme of workplace-based English language courses for migrant workers which include financial learning.
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• The British Council's LearnEnglish website for learners and teachers of English
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• One Nation, Five Million Voices presents a cross-section of people giving their personal views on what it means to be Scottish, or live and work in Scotland. The film features a collection of pupils, families, students and adults from all across Scotland and from all walks of life, as well as many Scottish celebrities, musicians and actors. This film is a feature in the newly opened permanent gallery, Scotland: A Changing Nation at National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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• Financial Literacy and ESOL
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• ESOL for Construction
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• This study shows how young children work simultaneously in two languages to decode unfamiliar text, negotiate meaning and explore the differences between their languages.
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• Animations and videos of how to make the sounds (of American English so a few vowel sounds are different).
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• Glasgow College of Nautical Studies (Integration through Safety)
  The ITS Glasgow project is designed to promote learning about safety issues through English language (ESOL) lessons and peer education and comprises representation from Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, NHS Greater Glasgow And Clyde, and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. The project was undertaken with asylum seekers and refugees.
  Road Safety ESOL Teaching Pack (pdf, 1.6Mb)
  Personal Safety and Crime Prevention ESOL Teaching Pack (pdf, 1.1Mb)
  Home and Fire Safety ESOL Teaching Pack (pdf, 7.1Mb)
  Burns and Scalds ESOL Teaching Pack (pdf, 1.3Mb)
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• Island Voices - a bilingual project aiming to collect video slices of life and work in the Hebrides, primarily for language learners.
  Series One
  Series Two - Generations
  Series Two - Outdoors
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• NIACE - ESOL citizenship materials: a Home Office Requirement
  NIACE - Materials
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• A small team of ESOL teachers from Southwark College are working on a project with the Museum of London to create materials to encourage ESOL learners to engage with the museum.
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• New publication from Open University Press: Teaching Adult ESOL: Principles and Practice
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• New publication from Oxford University Press: ESOL: A Critical Guide
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• The summer 2010 edition of the NRDC's magazine Reflect features some ESOL case studies. Reflect's ESOL pages can be viewed here.

The ESOL Scotland databank of resources is available here.