ESL: English as a Second Language

In this activity, students are introduced to the nutrition facts label through the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) interactive learning program "Make Your Calories Count." For simplicity, the program presents two nutrients that should be limited (saturated fat and sodium) and two nutrients that should be consumed in adequate amounts (fiber and calcium). Students learn, then apply the concepts in a fun and interactive way.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

Have students use this text to speech app with augmentative and alternative communication with type and talk capabilities to create personalized picture dictionaries with images and audio.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low

Have students use this text to speech app with augmentative and alternative communication with type and talk capabilities to create personalized phrase lists with audio and optional images.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced

USA Learns First English Course is a complete online course for beginning-low intermediate ESL students. It includes integrated activities for Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking with grammar, lifes and citizenship skills.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low

The comprehensive guide has readings with some integrated exercises that include an introduction to academic writing, the process, questions, research, organization, functions, paragraphs, plagiarism, reporting, genres, reference, citation, punctuation, spelling, features of academic writing, a check list, and multiple interactive exercises to apply all. Assign students whose goal is transitioning to higher education to work through the guide independently, assign specific parts, or use specific sections in class to prepare students for the demands of academic writing in college and university. Use the sample exercise when teaching students how to identify and write topic sentences for paragraphs.

ESL: English as a Second Language

Advanced