Announcements & Alerts
Tutor Resource Links
St. James ESL Cookbook will feature food from countries and cultures of program participants. We are still accepting recipes from students and tutors. Submit recipes by email at esl@stjames-cathedral.org or mail it to :
St. James ESL
Attn: Cookbook
804 Ninth Ave
Seattle WA 98104
Recipes accepted through February
The Health Benefits of Volunteering
A Review of Recent Research has found a significant connection between volunteering and good health. The report shows that volunteers have greater longevity, higher functional ability, lower rates of depression and less incidence of heart disease.
New Announcements on our Student Resource page...
- Learn to Keep Your Home Safe from Fire
-
ATTENTION Refugees and Asylees: Get a Savings Account and earn $1 for every $1 you save....
Top Picks
"links to interesting ESL teaching resources. An added bonus: the site creator annotated a lot of the listings, so you get mini-reviews of the sites before you open them. Enjoy!"
Lesson Planning
English Page
Offers weekly lessons on various topics with an ESL
focus
pre-made quizzes and worksheets, information about being an ESL Instructor, links to other ESL websites
Ready-made lesson plan templates or create your own lesson plan on a variety of topics.
Games & Activites
Use your own word lists to create and print customized word searches, mazes, crossword and math puzzles
Many Things
Games and other activities for ESL students
Activities For ESL
Quizzes, games and puzzles to use with your ESL students
Reading & Writing
Read student stories, get ideas for writing projects for your ESL students, have your students visit the website
Interactive grammar exercises and handouts
Local Resources
Seattle Public Library Literacy-ESL
A guide to ESL materials available at the Seattle Public Library.
Additional Tutor Training
Dave Sperling was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and spent nearly a decade teaching EFL in Japan and Thailand
National Center for ESL Literacy Education What do
beginning adult ESL teachers, tutors, and volunteers need to know?
This FAQ describes four crucial issues related to teaching adult
English language learners
Research, Theory and Statistics in Adult Literacy
What Beginning Teachers and Tutors of Adult
English Language Learners Need to Know
National Center for ESL Literacy Education. The
purpose of the collection is to provide a
starting point for exploration-an overview of
the reports, articles, organizations, and other
resources that are currently available on
specific topics.
The Literacy Assistance Center and the
National Even Start Association
innovative practices, program effectiveness, and theory in family literacy education.
Annotated Bibliography of Diversity and Multicultural Materials for
ABE: Materials for Use in the Classroom and Resources for Teachers and
Administrators
Compiled by Dale Parker, member of the SABES West Diversity Advisory
Group. Includes both print and video resources.
On-line courses for literacy instructors
Activities and instruction for English language learners and ESL instructors
Studies, research and statistics highlighting the importance of literacy development across the life
more esl resource links
Internet Guide to about 300 websites for English practice.
Tips From Tutors
Resource Ratings &Reviews
"A lot of the stuff out there is for groups, I'm always looking for activities we can do one-on-one."
Ann McNally, ESL Tutor
Ann and her student, Jorge, play hangman to warm up before starting lessons. They have also been working on antonyms and synonyms by using the game Memory.
"I make flashcards of synonym or antonym pairs and lay them upside down on the table. Jorge and I take turns flipping over two cards, trying to get a pair (i.e., glad and happy if it's synonym memory, or glad and sad if it's antonym memory.) The person with the most pairs wins."
Homework for Students
"Jorge chooses a few Taboo cards and then writes a story using all the words on the card (i.e. lifeguard, pool, beach, swim, drown, save.)"