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.
Level: 3 below TLEE; Skill: pronunciation; Resource type: ModulesMultimedia thematic modules. These modules integrate with other level modules ‘Getting to Know You’ and ‘People and Places’ by Ferguson, also on Libretexts. Authentic texts thematically organized.
Level: 3 below TLEE; Skills: grammar, writing; Resource type: TextbookTextbook, classic paragraph-to-essay focus. Focus on rhetorical modes (narrative, compare-contrast) Some grammar included. Topic sentences, formatting.
Level: 3 below TLEE; Skills: listening, speaking, grammar; Resource type: TextbookMultimedia listening and speaking textbook with chapter themes such as jobs, travel, introductions, food. Text comes with audio links to listening activities. Approach: Integrated skills, thematic.