Bible Curricula and Materials

Bible Curricula

• For the Nations Refugee Outreach offers their adult Bible curriculum for purchase.

• Friendspeak from Let's Start Talking: training and Bible-based curriculum for one-on-one conversation times with internationals.

• ESL Bible studies from NavPress

• Free PDF downloads of English Lessons from the Book of Mark

• English in Action, by Wally Cirafesi, published by NavPress (for Bible-based English programs)

• Bible Verse Chants by Glenda Reece: book of jazz chants based on Scripture

• The Story Film and app - telling the Gospel story in numerous languages

• Discovery Bible Study - method of studying the Bible in a safe environment

• Adventures in English, Discoveries in English, and Exploring English - multi-level curricula for conversation skills with accompanying (separate) reading lessons based on Bible passages. Some of these are intended for children.

• Light of the World curriculum from LiteracyEvangelism.org - Each lesson contains Bible stories, audio narration, grammar, conversations, and a song or game. You can view all of the lessons here on YouTube

• Tried and True ESL Resources - adult ESL curricula designed for faith-based ESL programs. Books are designed to be low-cost. Sample lessons may be requested from the author.

  1. Tried and True ESL Lessons: four-level curriculum for beginner through advanced students, designed for the faith-based ESL program. This series introduces relevant material practical for everyday life in an English speaking country, utilizing a functional approach. The integrated skills curriculum features vocabulary with photographic illustrations, speaking, listening, grammar, pronunciation, and communication practice activities around a specific topic. Each lesson also contains a brief biblical principle related to the content.

  2. Tried and True Everyday English from Genesis - multi-level ESL text for high beginner and intermediate students. The exciting stories from the book of Genesis serve as the basis for the book, as a survey of Genesis reveals a number of relevant topics of interest to the modern-day immigrant experience. Tried and True Everyday English from Genesis, Book A utilizes a functional approach and features integrated skills of speaking, listening, grammar, pronunciation, and communication practice.

• Passport to Adventure: EFL curriculum designed for children, to be used in Christian schools around the world.

Multilingual Bible Materials

• www.multilanguagemedia.org - buy Christian materials in a variety of languages

• www.scriptureearth.org - scripture resources in thousands of languages

• https://find.bible - a directory with links to thousands of Bible versions and resources from different organizations

• https://www.wycliffe.org/resources/bible-resources - find Bibles and other print, audio, and video resources in numerous languages

• http://unbound.biola.edu/ - up to four languages may be placed on the screen at the same time for side-by-side comparison

• https://dbs.org/ - Digital Bible Society’s Bible resources in numerous languages

• The Good News Coloring Book, with pictures and Scriptural content, is available in 115 languages and can be downloaded for free. Some languages are available in bilingual versions, with English and another language on the page together.

• Itunes Radio has many audio Bibles available for free listening