The Adult ESOL Strategy for Scotland
The National Panel
Learn English
Professional Development
Databank of Resources
Funding for Learners
CLD Partnership Area
College Area
ESOL Practitioners' Network
Research
Events
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.
. - http://www.languages.dk/materials.html#Scottish_Island_Voices
. - http://www.languages.dk/students/index.htm
. - http://www.ndlr.ie/modlang/blog/?p=214
. - Greek and Latin Root Words
http://www.awrsd.org/oak/Library/greek_and_latin_root_words.htm
. - Word formation - affixes
http://www.bartleby.com/64/83.html
. - Tutorial on word formation – forming possessives
http://www.bartleby.com/64/82.html
. - Scientific terms
http://www.bartleby.com/64/4.html
. - An alphabetical list of grammatical terms
http://www.bartleby.com/64/10.html
. - 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
. - Communication skills, report writing, on-line tests, etc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills
. - Worksheets, games and tests for English and Maths – cartoon graphics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise
. - English grammar, spelling and also maths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
. - Business English
http://www.businessenglishonline.net/e-lessons
. - 30 word play exercises
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/lmatchindex.html
. - Exercises on grammar
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/lczindex.html
. - Crossword activities
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lxwd/lxwdindex.html
. - Tutorials on grammar
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/rdg/skillshelpindex.html
. - Exercise on adding "ing" to verbs
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lsa/ing1b.htm
. - Exercises on syllables
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lsa/syll2.htm
. - 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
. - Scrambled sentence exercise
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lscr/lscrindex.html
. - Pronouns - gap fill exercise
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/ae4.html
. - Interactive verb tense exercise
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense1b.htm
. - Interactive verb tense exercise
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense2b.htm
. - Interactive verb tense exercise
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/tense3b.htm
. - A variety of grammar exercises
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/interlangindex.html
. - Complete the short story exercise
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/~gav/wayfarence/story001.html
. - Conjunction exercise
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm
. - Business english lessons - useful for workplace scenarios
http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm
. - Printable worksheets to test vocabulary and grammar
http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/inuse/
. - Useful web-site; driving theory; a bit different
http://www.citycol.com/esol
. - Exercises on understanding letters
http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/
reading_purpose.htm
. - 440 short lessons on all aspects of grammar
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
. - Online dictionary
http://www.dictionary.com
. - Grammar exercises on-line – intermediate to advanced level
http://www.edict.com.hk
. - Online grammar lessons for speakers of other languages
http://www.englishclub.com/
. - Links to newspapers, magazines and classic novels
http://www.englishpage.com/readingroom/readingroomintro.html
. - Verb tense tutorial for speakers of other languages
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
. - Tutorials with exercises on conditionals
http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html
. - Tutorial on prepositions and phrasal verbs
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
. - Crossword exercises on a variety of topics - apartment hunting, eating out, election year
http://www.englishpage.com/games/games.html
. - Grammar, punctuation and spelling handouts and exercises
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/
. - Grammar exercises and handouts with a dedicated section on
English as a second language
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#exercises
. - Lesson on when to use capital letters
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_caps.html
. - Tutorial on articles
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html
. - Tutorial on prepositions of directions
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep.html
. - Tutorial on prepositions of locations
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep2.html
. - Tutorial on prepositions of time and place
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep4.html
. - Spatial relationship prepositions
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep3.html
. - Tutorial on pronouns
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_pronuse.html
. - Website for learning English - grammar, spelling, writing, pronunciation zones
http://english-zone.com/index.php
. - Provides links to lots of useful ESOL websites
http://www.esl-english.com
. - Guidelines for learning to spell
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/
spelling_studying.html
. - Provides lots of ESOL links
http://iteslj.org
. - 'Endings', commonly misspelled words
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/spelling/toc.html
. - Stories - not relating to ESOL
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
. - Reading comprehension - news stories
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html
. - Reading comprehension - news stories
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html
. - Provides weekly topical lessons for all levels
http://www.onestopenglish.com
. - Exercise on commas
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/lists1.htm
. - Interactive exercises on use of the apostrophe
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/apostrophes.htm
. - Exercises on writing in English
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm
. - Flashcards - PowerPoint presentation
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/cvc.ppt
. - Flashcards on letter U - PowerPoint presentation
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/
cvc%20words%20u.ppt
. - Flashcards on the letter I - PowerPoint presentation
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/
cvc%20words%20i.ppt
. - Exercise in making words plural
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/Plurals2.htm
. - Exercise on antonyms
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/antonyms.htm
. - Highway Code quiz
http://qax.org/driving
. - Exercises on prefixes
http://www.quia.com/jg/65963.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/66094.html
. - Exercises on roots and prefixes
http://server.riverdale.k12.or.us/~bblack/spelrul.htm
. - Exercises on vocabulary, grammar, reading, miscellaneous
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm
. - Vocabulary workshops
http://www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/webpre.htm
http://www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/webroot.htm
. - Summary on verb tenses tutorial
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html
. - Story writing exercise
http://terror.snm-hgkz.ch/pq/submit_user_sentences.php
. - Online thesaurus plus links to other resources
http://www.thesaurus.com/
. - CD-ROM learning resource for literacy, numeracy and ESOL
http://www.targetskills.net/index_01.htm
. - www.teachingmoney.co.uk
. - www.teachingtime.co.uk
- Advice sheets and links to other websites
http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/sacmat.html
. - 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
. - 200 vocabulary exercises on linking a picture to a name
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/index.htm
. - Interactive practice on co-ordinating conjunctions
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/coconj1.htm
. - Grammar, reading and vocabulary exercises
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm
. - Resource of reference tools - dictionaries, translators
http://www.weblens.org/reference.html
. - Learning pronunciation of English words
http://www.wordsandsounds.xn3t.com
. - 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.
