Level: 4 or more below TLEE; Skills: grammar, vocabulary, reading, writingResource type: Textbook, Workbook Description: Multimedia (interactive, audio-visuals). Short beginning textbook with ten chapters. Each chapter has pictures with sentences, followed by interactive activities. Beginning level students learn vocab such as mother, father, holiday, married and grammar such as is/are.
Author: Amy Liao
Level: 4 or more below TLEE; Skills: reading, vocabulary, writing, spelling and phonics; Resource type: Textbook, WorkbookReader and course pack about Langston Hughes. Focus is vocabulary building, beginning grammar, phonics, and spelling. Sentence writing and listening. Easy to access, multimedia, accurate. Authentic texts organized thematically. Course pack can be accessed by following the link under …
BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English 2 (Ivits) (CC BY)Read More »
Level: 4 or more below TLEE; Skills: Reading, writing, spelling and phonics, vocabulary; Resource type: Textbook, WorkbookReader and course pack. Word and sentence level. Focus on phonics and vocabulary building. Easy to access. Course pack is available at the link under ”readable” or go through BC Open repository.
Level: 4 or more below TLEE; Skills: vocabulary, literacy; Resource type: printable pdf graphicsFrom the text: “These printable materials were created for beginning literacy-level adult learners and newly arrived immigrants and refugees who need to develop basic vocabulary to survive and function in our communities. In addition, the materials focus on developing pre-reading skills and …
ESL Beginning Literacy Booklet (Holzknecht) (CC BY-NC-SA)Read More »
Level: 4 or more below TLEESkills: Vocabulary, reading, speaking, writing; Resource type: Canvas Commons course Description: Slide shows and worksheets that guide students to learn about careers and build interview skills.
Level: 4 or more below TLEE; Skills: Vocabulary, reading, speaking, writing; Approach: Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS)Resource type: slides, lesson plansDescription: Beginning lessons for 2-4 (or more) weeks of a 6 unit course. The units are intended for the instructor of the courses to use while leading the lessons with aural and verbal …
Level: 4 or more below TLEE; Skills: reading, vocabulary, listening, speaking, functional-notional; Resource type: TextbookDescription: Interactive, integrated-skills, multimedia textbook. Texts are not authentic but genre-based (e.g., workplace forms). Appropriate for a low level class with a workplace focus.
Level: 4 or more below TLEE, 3 below TLEE: Skills: functional-notional, listening, speaking, reading, writing; Resource type: TextbookInteractive, accurate and easy to access. Texts are not authentic but have authentic qualities (e.g., L/S video examples use authentic language and student actors). Focus is not academic.
Level: 4 or more below TLEE, 3 below TLEE: Skills: grammar instruction, writingResource type: Textbook, WorkbookDescription: Textbook using form-focused instruction for word-to-sentence-to-paragraph writing. Covers parts of speech, sentence word order, spelling, paragraph writing.
Level: 3 below TLEE; Skill: Reading. Resource Type: CourseCanvas Commons course based on the novel The Wishtree. Companion grammar course can also be found in Canvas Commons.