ESOL Learner Materials
All of the teaching modules and activities for the Skills for Life programme from Entry 1 to Level 2.
All Things Topic
Some helpful conversation prompts and worksheet that allow you to focus on a relevant topic.
ESOL Courses
Lots of videos and radio clips which can be used with your learner to improve listening skills and to promote discussion. There is also a great section on Life in the UK which uses a variety of media to engage different learners.
Know Your Vegetables
A very useful booklet to help people identify, prepare, and cook vegetables that are available in the Yorkshire area. The booklet offers essential nutritional information and gives a brief guide on how to grow the vegetables. The booklet is in English, Farsi and Arabic, and is small enough to take to shops or supermarkets to help identify the English name of the vegetables and to shop more confidently and economically. There are some simple recipes that can be adapted and could be used for a more ‘practical’ lesson English lesson!
One Stop English
As the website suggests, this is a great place where all sorts of ESOL resources are gathered. Some of the resources are free and there is some good stuff for complete beginners.
Skills Workshop
A site full of resources made by real teachers. If you look at the tabs across the top of the homepage, you’ll see ESOL and Literacy sections, also Pre-Entry (Beginner).
SQA ESOL Literacies – resources for Beginner literacy
A very good series of resources for students with low or no Literacy, designed to be used as a framework or to dip in and out of.
‘SEN Teacher’ Literacy Resources
These are aimed at Special Educational Needs teachers but useful for developing Literacy from Beginner level. You can make your own handwriting sheets, wordsearches etc. These would be great to give students as homework to reinforce what you did during a lesson.
ESL Flashcards
Sets of flashcards on e.g. body parts, emotions to print off. They are aimed at children, but many can be used with adults. Excellent for teaching and revising vocabulary, good for any level.
Learn English – British Council
Great website from the British Council with lots of great resources and lessons on developing your grammar and vocabulary. There is also a section on IELTS.
ESOL UK
“For tutors by tutors, it is the aim of ESOL UK, to bring you language learning mediated by video, audio and the internet; the internet for independent learner access but with conventional worksheets for classroom use as well. These materials are suitable for both language and literacy learners. Many of these materials were developed in collaboration with ESOL tutors at Leeds City College”.
Talk English
Huge resource, with phone apps, old fashioned grammar resources, and a few quizzes thrown in. Something for everyone!
Busy Teacher
A compilation of thousands of worksheets! It can be searched by subject to help you find what you need quickly. Anyone can upload though so check the quality of the material before sharing.
Error Correction {British Council}
It can be difficult when teaching to know when to correct mistakes and when to let them go in the fluency vs accuracy discussion. This website gives some useful tips for dealing with it, as does Error Correction 2, also by the British Council.
Handwriting Practice
Exactly what you think it would be: sheets you can print out to help people practice their handwriting.
Lanternfish
Lots of resources to help teaching phonics.