English as a Second Language

The internet's meeting place for ESL & EFL teachers & students from around the world.

For people who have either started a career in teaching English as a foreign or second language, or who want to start one.

The English as a Second Language site is a starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English through the Web.

A survival guide for new teachers who have had little or no previous training in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL).

A multi-year effort to provide distance learning resources for adult basic learners and adult educators.

Free lesson plans online, English grammar, web boards, free job-finder service, games and activities, teaching tips and articles on teaching from Purdue.

For ESL Students- Lots of interactive quizzes for easy, medium and difficult levels.

Interactive quizzes on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary, & crossword puzzles. Available levels range from beginners to advanced.

Adult Literacy

NIFL coordinates literacy efforts across Federal agencies, promotes public policy for literacy, produces and disseminates literacy information, & supports state and local literacy programs.

Indiana LINCS is a member of Midwest LINCS- one of five regional technology hubs that strives to connect all literacy resources within the nation to practitioners & students who can use them.

Comprehensive information on adult and continuing education, career education, and vocational & technical education, including employment and training.

LiteracyLink's goal is to provide a link for underserved and hard-to-reach adults & their teachers to quality adult basic education & GED preparation tools using technology.

NCFL pioneered the approach that puts family at the forefront of educational reform. Since its inception in 1989, NCFL has provided the leadership to solve our national literacy problem.

Information, research, and resources to help prepare young people and adults for postsecondary education, successful careers, and productive lives.

From Northwest LINCS, a service of the National Institute for Literacy.

Commercial site offering an observational assessment for evaluating infants' and toddlers' development over a period of three and a half years - from Birth to 3 ½ yrs. old.

A new national patient education program designed to promote clear communication between health care providers and patients.

Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better.

Drug Education Partnership- Materials on drug abuse, having a healthy baby and minority health issues, all for low-level readers are available free from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Designed to help students, teachers, & citizens understand the American jury system & its role in American legal, social, & political life.

Community Partnerships for Adult Learning- Select research, how-to suggestions and web sites in the areas of creating partnerships and other topics that are central to adult education.

Adult learning activities at this free site to build reading & life skills.

Ready At Five is a statewide, public/private nonprofit firmly committed to increasing the number of children entering school ready to succeed.

Florida's Bridges to Practice project served as a call to action to adult literacy programs to initiate reform so that adults with learning disabilities will experience greater success in meeting their educational and life goals.

Bytes of Learning produces and publishes powerful learning tools designed specifically to meet the needs and challenges of education.

Models for Student Web-Based Research- A website designed specifically with the new-to-technology educator in mind.

Free math help site featuring interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets and forums.

Los Angeles Public Library's Adult Literacy Services

Project IDEAL is a consortium of states working to develop effective distance education programs for adult learners.