Useful Links

Websites offering printables, articles, and other useful materials.

• Teaching ESL to Adults
  Resources, tips, and strategies for teaching ESL to adults from an ESL tutor.
• English for Everyone
  Free Printable English Worksheets
• ESL Gold
  Topics include speaking, conversation, listening,& reading.
• About.com: Teaching Conversational Skills
  Tips and strategies concerning the teaching of English conversational skills.
• Teaching Integrated Skills
  Integrated skills topics for teaching English as a second language.
• Using English.com
  A large collection of tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics
• English for Everyday Living
  Learn the names of the things you see or use every day.
• Spelling It Right
  Free printable worksheets, help and advice from an experienced English teacher and examiner.
• ESL Galaxy
  ESL Lesson Plans for Adult Classes.
• Ted Power - English Language Learning and Teaching
  Worksheets for beginners who are unfamiliar with the Roman Alphabet

Word Lists

1,000 most frequently used words in English.

• First Hundred
• Second Hundred
• Third Hundred
• more to come...

Downloads

• Monthly Tutor Report
• Phonics Primer
• Conversational English Phrases
• Easy Voter Guide

Math/Algebra

• Super Teacher Work Sheets
• Aplus Math.com
• HippoCampus.com
• Test and Worksheet Generators for Math Teachers

Official Sites

Though there are a multitude of "Official" Literacy sites, good starting places are listed below.

• The National Institute for Literacy
  provides leadership on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children, youth, and adults.
• Southern California Library Literacy Network
  Library programs in Southern California sharing resources and ideas, and addressing literacy issues.
• California Library Literacy Services (CLLS)
  Adult Literacy Services represent a partnership between the California State Library and local city and county library systems, a partnership working to improve the literacy skills of nearly 20,000 Californians annually.
• Literacy Powerline
  Our Goal: 100% literacy through 100% community engagement
  We encourage everyone to join the 1,000,000 for Literacy: Shatter the Silence facebook site before we take the
  Declaration for the Right to Literacy
  to President Obama in September.
• ProLiteracy
  ProLiteracy champions the power of literacy to improve the lives of adults and their families, communities, and societies.
• Read To Succeed
  Read To Succeed is an exciting community partnership created to promote literacy in our lives.