Helpful Links — Oakland Literacy Council

Below are some suggested websites to assist tutors in their lesson plans. There are many more but these are some of our favorites.

CROWDEDLearning

An Online Resource for Skilled Immigrants

Working through Upwardly Global, LARA has created an online resource for skilled immigrants, providing important information on how to become a licensed professional in Michigan. The goal is to promote skilled immigrants and refugees to translate their education and talents to meet Michigan’s licensing requirements and promoting Michigan as a destination for skilled immigrants. There are Michigan Professional Licensing Guides for a variety of professions.

MLoTS

The Media Library of Teaching Skills (MLoTS) is a free, digital collection of short, authentic classroom videos intended for adult basic education professional development.

Englishpage

This site has many teaching materials and dozens of interactive exercises.

The Literacy List

The Literacy List is a large collection of free Adult Basic Education and English language (ELL/ESL/ESOL) websites, electronic discussion lists, communities of practice (CoPs), and other Internet resources for adult basic skills learners, teachers and tutors. The resources have been suggested by adult literacy, basic and secondary education, and ELL practitioners.

Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling

Free Curriculum developed for targeted to adult basic education (ABE) learners at the low-intermediate level (fourth to seventh grade equivalence level).

Citizenship Resource Center

Great resources for obtaining US Citizenship including lesson plans, practice tests, information about how to apply among many other topics.

Curriculum and Lesson Plans from the Minnesota Literacy Council

Downloadable lesson plans for a wide variety of literacy needs.

EverythingESL.net

This site has lesson plans and teaching tips.

PANDA

Information provided about a variety of disabilities and how Adult Basic Students can be better supported.

The Internet TESL Journal

This site contains information on teaching techniques and creating lesson plans. It also has on-line quizzes, games, and activities for all skill levels.

Adult Education Teacher Resources

A list of resources and links compiled by the Office of Adult Education, State of Michigan.

LearnEnglishFeelGood

This site offers English grammar practice, new vocabulary learning, idioms and phrasal verbs.

ESL Gold

Great ESL resources organized by Speaking, Grammar, Vocabulary, Listening, Reading, and Writing. Also TOEFEL test preparation activities, videos, and quizzes.

Conversation Board Game

Conversation starters within the context of a board game.

ManyThings.org

There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities on this site. The primary focus is for ESL; however, native English speakers may also find some interesting things on this site.

Workforce Readiness Workshop

This link takes you to information from a January 2020 tutor workshop about assisting adult students in their search for a job.

The Purdue Owl

This site offers useful tips for tutors.

Puzzlemaker

Use this site to make puzzles and games using words and phrases that you choose.

Testprepreview

This site contains GED test practice questions in the areas of reading, grammar, math, science and social studies.

Troy Adult Education and Careers (TRAC)

Read the brochure for this intensive program offered by the Troy school district to study English for a job and get a career certification. Applications are now being accepted until March 6 for the programming beginning in the fall of 2020.