ESL Resources

DuoLingo  - free, bite-size lessons feel more like a game than a textbook, and that's by design: Learning is easier when you're having fun. Blog includes best practices tips for educators.

Learn American English Online -  A free website to help students improve English grammar and vocabulary skills in seven levels of instruction. 

Audible - All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet for as long as schools are closed.  Anyone can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages.

Elizabeth Claire's Easy English NEWS - get monthly newspaper, teacher’s guide, tests, and audio recordings for free.

Seesaw -  has a free version. Use this daily to document student learning. Students can take a picture or do a video of their work and read it into Seesaw. Teachers can then listen to their work and comment.  

Book Creator - free account allows one library and 40 free books.  Teachers use this to record audio for vocabulary, sentences, and other materials covered in the lesson. Students have also written and recorded their own stories. 

Fairy Tales in English retold by Fable Cottage - Favorite tales reinvented, with audio and video in English. These stories are also (usually) available in Spanish, French, Italian, and German. Have fun!

ESL Cafe - Free lessons and quizzes.  The lessons cover grammar, slang words, idioms, and phrasal verbs.  

Citizenship Resource Center -  The resource center provides information on eligibility and testing, the application process, and study materials. You can also learn more about citizenship rights and responsibilities.

Spotlight English - Spotlight is a daily 15 minute radio program for learning English. It uses a special method of broadcasting that makes Spotlight easier to understand for listeners worldwide. 

MACAE Conference Documents -  Link to a Google folder containing documents shared by Jan VanDyke during her session at the recent MACAE conference.

GCFLearnFree - From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 2,000 lessons, more than 1,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free.

Pre-CNA Quiz Link - Pre-CNA Quiz # 4