• UMBC’s Resource Center for Language and Culture

RCLC was established more than 20 years ago in association with UMBC's Department of Education and with the support of the Maryland State Department of Education. The lending library includes print and non print materials. Click on resources and scroll down to find web resources.

http://www.umbc.edu/rclc/

• Literacy Works In Chicago

In 1995 the Literacy Works in Chicago was established to to "fulfill the promise of a basic human right:  the right to read, write and interpret the world". Their mission is being acheived by providing workshops and trainings as well as literacy services to students and teachers. As part of their mission, they are also concerned with ESL/ ESOL.

http://www.litworks.org/

 

• ESLT Teacher Talk:

The ESLTeacher Talk has neat games, interviews and teaching strategies that are explained orally through a pod cast. If you click on the gray topics at the top of the page it will take you back to the previous weeks blogs and pods.ESLTeacherTalk.com http://www.eslteachertalk.com/2006/10/game-of-the-week-cells/

• CAELA Resources and Briefs: Professional Development

Professionals in the field have varying views on the skills and knowledge that teachers working with English language learners need to possess this article examines the views and explains the professional development adult instructors need to be effective.

http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/profdev.html

 

CAELA Guide for Adult ESL Trainers

Contains training materials that enable professional developers and training staff to train local and regional program staff on important topics for adult ESL instruction. These topics are broadly categorized under Information for Trainers, Workshop Modules, Study Guides for Study Circles and Mentoring, and Resources for Training.

The content of the guide reflects what professional developers and trainers need to know and teach to adult ESL program staff. It provides information on who the audience is, and explains how it is organized and how it can be used. It also includes resources for professional development in specific topic areas; training modules that can be used to train staff; and study guides that can be used with briefs on important topics in adult ESL education.

 

• New Americans

• CNN Student News

• REEP ESL Curriculum for Adults

• Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Tool Kit

• Action Research

• Professional Development for Language Teachers

• Literacy Mentor Teacher Guide

• Verizon Literacy Campus

• Adult Learning Resource Center

  www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/esl-pubs.html
  Resources include a guide for a successful interview, classroom materials, an entrance test guide, and more.  Check out the EL/Civics resources as well documents that are helpful to students preparing for the citizenship exam.

   

• Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP) http://www.apsva.us/15401081182015517/lib/15401081182015517/reepcurriculum/index.html
  The REEP Web site offers a number of resources, as well as links to other sites on U.S. history and government.

 

• Bright Ideas

http://www.clese.org/products_papers.htm
This is a 15-unit curriculum that includes strategies and instructions for teachers of beginning ESL learners as well as learning materials for students.

 

• Bronx Community College EL Civics How-to Manual

http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/ELCivics/EL_CIVICS_HOW_TO_MANUAL.pdf
The manual includes content on managing an EL/Civics program, curriculum development, successful instructional strategies, and information about useful print and media resources.

• California El/Civics Program

http://www.casas.org/ELC/vc_elc_home.cfm
Included in this site are objectives, training, and resources for planning and implementing EL/civic instruction.

 

• Center for Adult English Language Acquisition

http://www.cal.org/caela/tools/instructional/civics.html
Definitions and resources are included for EL/Civics at this link.

 

• The Center: Resources for Teaching and Learning

http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/esl-pubs.html
(On left panel, click on Adult Learning Resource Center, and then click on ESL & EL/CE) This curriculum is a fully reproducible, multilevel curriculum that is easily integrated into any existing ESL curriculum and contains six multilevel units and teaching techniques.

• City Family

www.cityfamily.org
City Family magazine helps immigrant and other working families by providing articles to help immigrants understand how America works.

• Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook

http://tech.worlded.org/docs/vera/index.htm
Twenty stories about civic participation are included that cover a range of issues, from finding a class project and goal setting to meeting with legislators and advocating for adult education funding. Preparation activities accompany each article. The source book also contains a webliography and an appendix of human rights and civics documents.

 

• C-Span Classroom

http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/
C-Span Classroom is an online reference to teach Civics and U.S. Government content to students. It also corresponds with the Cable Channels of C-SPAN.

 

• EL/Civic Activity Packets

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/ELCivicsAcPac.htm
An updated version of the EL/Civics State Leadership Project developed by Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning, Denver, Colorado.

 

• El/Civics Health Curriculum

http://www.ccs.k12.va.us/programs/esl/docs/health/Health_Curriculum.pdf
This curriculum developed by Leslie Furlong, focuses on developing civics awareness and participation with regard to health, illness, and health care.  Students are encouraged to develop competency with regard to navigating the U.S. health care system

 

• EL/Civic Website for Students

http://www.elcivics.com/
Easy lessons and activities reinforce civics education lessons.

 

• English Literacy and Civics Education

http://www.swboces.org/elce/about/
Continuous review of civics lessons during staff development sessions resulted in the identification of a sequential order of topics and language skills that became the curriculum framework.

 

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/ELCivics.htm
The Colorado State Department of Education supports and maintains this site.  It provides links to other EL/Civics resources and Colorado EL/Civics State Leadership Projects

• First Amendment Plus

www.projectshine.org/FAP/index.htm
Engages immigrant learners and citizenship instructors in contemplating the meaning of the First Amendment. Through discussion, they understand how these words influence their lives and communities.

 

• Just-in-time Civics on the Border

www.bordercivics.org
This site describes a three-year demonstration project that targeted beginning level ESL learners and built research into how adult learners with beginning level literacy skills best learn English.

 

• Literacy Links

www-tcall.tamu.edu/newsletr/win02/win02j.htm
The Literacy Links newsletterfocuses on the topic of civics education and includes a number of interesting essays on how and why to provide adult English language learners with civics education.

 

• National Standards for Civics and Government
  www.civiced.org/stds.html
  The focus is on civics instruction in K–12 contexts. It is also useful to teachers of adult English language learners both for its detailed overview of the rationale behind civics instruction and for its clearly organized outlines of specific areas of civics content.

 

• New England Literacy Resource Center

http://www.nelrc.org/expertise/civic.html
NELRC builds the capacity of adult literacy teachers and students to take action in making a difference in their lives and communities.

 

• Project-based Learning and Assessment Resource Manual

http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/REEPproj.pdf
This manual helps instructors and administrators understand that learning can be a practical and meaningful way for adults to acquire English while learning about citizenship, civic participation, and U.S. history and government.