The Adult ESOL Strategy for Scotland

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Databank of Resources

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ESOL Practitioners' Network

Research

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ESOL and Citizenship

Useful Links

Feedback and Enquiries

 

Online resources

• http://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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• http://www.languages.dk/materials.html#Scottish_Island_Voices
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• http://www.languages.dk/students/index.htm
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• http://www.ndlr.ie/modlang/blog/?p=214
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• Greek and Latin Root Words
  http://www.awrsd.org/oak/Library/greek_and_latin_root_words.htm
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• Word formation - affixes
  http://www.bartleby.com/64/83.html
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• Tutorial on word formation – forming possessives
  http://www.bartleby.com/64/82.html
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• Scientific terms
  http://www.bartleby.com/64/4.html
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• An alphabetical list of grammatical terms
  http://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.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/index.shtml
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• Communication skills, report writing, on-line tests, etc.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills
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• Worksheets, games and tests for English and Maths – cartoon graphics
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise
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• English grammar, spelling and also maths
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
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• Business English
  http://www.businessenglishonline.net/e-lessons
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• 30 word play exercises
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/lmatchindex.html
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• Exercises on grammar
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/lczindex.html
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• Crossword activities
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lxwd/lxwdindex.html
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• Tutorials on grammar
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/rdg/skillshelpindex.html
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• Exercise on adding "ing" to verbs
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lsa/ing1b.htm
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• Exercises on syllables
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lsa/syll2.htm
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• Exercises on identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap1mmm.htm
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap2mmm.htm
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap3mmm.htm
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• Scrambled sentence exercise
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lscr/lscrindex.html
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• Pronouns - gap fill exercise
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/ae4.html
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• Interactive verb tense exercise
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense1b.htm
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• Interactive verb tense exercise
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense2b.htm
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• Interactive verb tense exercise
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense3b.htm
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• A variety of grammar exercises
  http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/interlangindex.html
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• Complete the short story exercise
  http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/~gav/wayfarence/story001.html
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• Conjunction exercise
  http://www.better-english.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm
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• Business english lessons - useful for workplace scenarios
  http://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
  http://www.citycol.com/esol
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• Exercises on understanding letters
  http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/
  reading_purpose.htm
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• 440 short lessons on all aspects of grammar
  http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
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• Online dictionary
  http://www.dictionary.com
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• Grammar exercises on-line – intermediate to advanced level
  http://www.edict.com.hk
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• Online grammar lessons for speakers of other languages
  http://www.englishclub.com/
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• Links to newspapers, magazines and classic novels
  http://www.englishpage.com/readingroom/readingroomintro.html
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• Verb tense tutorial for speakers of other languages
  http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
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• Tutorials with exercises on conditionals
  http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html
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• Tutorial on prepositions and phrasal verbs
  http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
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• Crossword exercises on a variety of topics - apartment hunting, eating out, election year
  http://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
  http://www.esl-english.com
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• Guidelines for learning to spell
  http://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
  http://www.onestopenglish.com
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• Exercise on commas
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/lists1.htm
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• Interactive exercises on use of the apostrophe
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/apostrophes.htm
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• Exercises on writing in English
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm
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• Flashcards - PowerPoint presentation
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/cvc.ppt
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• Flashcards on letter U - PowerPoint presentation
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/
  cvc%20words%20u.ppt
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• Flashcards on the letter I - PowerPoint presentation
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/
  cvc%20words%20i.ppt
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• Exercise in making words plural
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/Plurals2.htm
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• Exercise on antonyms
  http://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
  http://www.quia.com/jg/65963.html
  http://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
  http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm
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• Vocabulary workshops
  http://www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/webpre.htm
  http://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
  http://www.thesaurus.com/
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• CD-ROM learning resource for literacy, numeracy and ESOL
  http://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
  http://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
  http://www.weblens.org/reference.html
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• Learning pronunciation of English words
  http://www.wordsandsounds.xn3t.com
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• 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)
  Workplace Literacies Pack for Employers (pdf, 1.5Mb)
  Workplace Literacies Pack for Providers (pdf, 1.2Mb)

The ESOL Scotland databank of resources is available here.