Digital Resources
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Digital Resources
CASAS
CASAS eTests Sampler for reading and math
Listening Sample Test Booklets and Audio
CASAS Test Prep Activities (Milpitas VESL)
CASAS Test Prep Packet from Blue Ridge Literacy Council
Correlation of Instrucitonal Materials to EL Civics Objectives
EL Civics_13.4 and 14.5_Education/Job Training
California CareerZone a place to explore careers related to your strengths, skills, and talents
Who do you want to be? career exploration
Road Trip Nation videos of students exploring the world and talking with people and sharing their experiences
Career One Stop: tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Learning Edge an interactive newspapaer focusing on apprenticeship
Communicating at Work. An interactive website to help students learn communication skills at work.
EL Civics_1.4_Banking
Literacy Learning Activities writing a check, using timesheets, filling out forms, and reading a map.
Banking a PowerPoint presentation about banking with activities and worksheets
Banking Basics introduction to banking basics in different languages
Money Instructor learn basic money skills, personal fiance, business, careers, and life skills...
EL Civics_28.7_Health
Healthy Lifestyle: listening activities from Randall's ESL Lab
California Distance Learning Project_Health: News stories with audios, videos, and pictures
Healthy Roads Media: free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats.
EL Civics _ 33.7_Work:
EL Civics 33.7 Identify and access employment and training resources needed to obtain and keep a job
Employment Possibilities in San Jose/Milpitas/Fremont area
Learning Edge: Interactive Newspaper with focus on literacy and workplace issues
Resume and Job Interview
America's Career InfoNet: Career Videos - Broad Industry Areas
EL Civics 26.3_Low Cost Health
EL Civics 26.3 _ Identify how, when, and where to obtain free or low cost medical, dental, and other health care services
The County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency _ offers access to health insurance coverage via the following programs: Medi-Cal , Healthy Families, and Healthy Kids
The Gardener Family Health _ provides family health, women’s health, pediatric, dental, pharmacy, nutrition and optometry services for low-income, non-English-speaking, publicly insured or uninsured patients.
Community Technology Alliance _ offers a complete list of low cost health services serving Santa Clara County under the title Health and then Medical
Social Services Agency Intake Offices in Santa Clara County -- places to apply for health insurance coverage via the following programs: Medi-Cal , Healthy Families, and Healthy Kids
Healthy Families _ a low cost insurance for children and teens.
Regional Community-based Health Services in Santa Clara County
Health Insurance : a video-based activity on health insurance from California Distance Learning Project intended for building reading and life skills
EL Civics 8.5_Community Needs and Problems
EL Civics _ Government Citizenship:
America the Beautiful: Top 10 most beautiful places in America with a slideshow
EL Civics _ Health:
Healthy Roads Media: excellent and accessible videos on many diseases and in many languages
Nutrition, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure from LaRue Medical Literacy Exercises
Make Your Calories Count - Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Healthy Weight Management
EL Civics _Community:
Podcasts/Blogs
English Meeting: free audio and video for English learning.
Jennifer's blog about her Senior Class
Milpitas Chat Jennifer's blog about her Advanced Conversation Class
Milpitas VESL Jennifer's blog about her VESL Class
Guide to the TOEFL Test Podcast from ESLPod
Learn a song Podcast with Flash Files to Help You Learn Songs in English
ESL Activities and Exercises:
Excercises from http://www.johnmh.com/esl.html: housing, jobs, community, shopping, health, introduction
USA Learns: free online software for adults to learn basic English and life skills
Heads Up English building Enlgish skills for intermediate to advanced level
Interactive Language Arts Activities from www.scholastic.com
Quia Activities for Crossroads Cafe and English for All from Sandie Linn
Basic Literacy (write a check, use a timesheet, read a map, and fill out a form)
ESL Listening:
English Language Listening Lab Online: news, songs, listening games, and mixers
California Distance Learning Project: news stories with activities, photos, and videos
CNN San Francisco Interactive Learning Resources: News stories with activities, photos, and videos
ESL Pronunciation/Speaking:
ESL Grammar and Writing:
ESL Reading:
Learning Edge: Interactive Newspaper with focus on literacy and workplace issues
The Change Agent: an adult education newspaper for social justices
America Today and Tomorrow: advanced reading with comprehension questions
ESL Stories: 100 stories with comprehension questions and audios
TOPICS Online Magazine for Learners of English - Sandy Peters and Thomas Peters
English for Children-- 126 Short Stories + Audio & Exercises
English for Adult Beginners (1)-- 200 Short Stories + Audio & Exercises
English for Adult Beginners (2)-- 200 Short Stories + Audio & Exercises
ESL Vocabulary:
Thanksgiving:
The First Thanksgiving: Explore the First Thanksgiving of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag, through audio and visual slideshows.
Behind the Turkey: The Story of Thanksgiving: reading/listening from VOA Special English
Thanksgiving Day: Filled With Family Traditions and, Oh Yes, Food: reading/listening from VOA Special English
Best Web 2.0 Application:
Computers: