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Using Video to Develop Effective Communication Skills
If you practice listening and speaking skills with your students, check out the Film English website - a resource that combines funny, poignant, powerful video clips with ready-to-use ESL lessons to support language teaching. Read More
ESL Classroom Activity Videos
ESL teachers and volunteers interested in watching professional teachers leading popular ESL classroom activities can now complete observations from the comfort of their own homes. Read More
Using Podcasts to Teach Learning Strategies
English as a Second Language podcast is a great tool to add to your students' independent learner toolkit. Read More
LearningExpress Library for ABE
LearningExpress Library contains nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books. It covers job search and workplace skills improvement; skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science; and prep for career certification, licensure exams, college and grad school entrance tests, GED, and more. Read More
Gaining Confidence in English: Volunteer Coaches Make the Difference on Skype
Lakeville ABE's Skype Coaching program matches volunteer tutors with adult English learners for one-to-one coaching in English, giving English learners more opportunities to practice speaking and listening skills and to gain confidence using English in real-life contexts. Read More
Finally! Helping ESL Learners with Syllable-Final Consonant Articulation
Final consonants and final clusters are essential to intelligibility in English, yet working on them with lasting success in class can be challenging. But it doesn’t have to be challenging – it can be fun! Read More