Adult Basic Education Program - Links

ENGLISH PRACTICE

Reading sites

www.keynews.org (Lower level newspapers for ESL students)
www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html (links to children’s stories)
www.inkpot.com/news/ (newspapers from around the world)
http://thewclc.ca/edge/ (a Canadian literacy newspaper)

http://www.cdlponline.org/ (arranged by topic - working, money, health, etc)

Dictionaries

www.yourdictionary.com (dictionaries in many languages)
www.dictionary.com (English dictionary, with Thesaurus link)

Listening / Pronunciation sites

www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics click on English sounds library (discrete sound practice)
www.elfs.com/MMz.html (practice sentences with sound, need QuickTime)
www.elfs.com/SAY%20WHAT/Say%20Whatx.html (minimal pair practice)
www.soundsofenglish.org (a small variety of activities)
www.esl-lab.com (listen to conversations and answer questions, leveled, wide variety)
www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html (conversations, but no questions)
www.brainpop.com (fun mini-videos – need sound capabilities)

Grammar sites

www.elfs.com/AniMenWrk.html (build a story based on some animated pictures)
www.longman.com/languagetogo/activities.html (need to register, leveled activities)
www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/ (English idioms)
www.grammarstation.com/KnowyourVerb.html (enter any verb to learn the tense forms)

Game & Activity sites

www.languagegames.org/la/english.asp
www.teflgames.com/interactive.html (matching games)
a4esl.org (a wide variety of games and exercises)
www.manythings.org (also a wide variety of games and exercises)

US CIVICS

http://www.50states.com/ (info about the 50 states)

http://www.scottbryce.com/us_geo/index2.htm (interactive website, students can test their knowledge of US geography)

http://www.usatrivia.com/ (learn about presidents, VPs and first ladies)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

OTHER

www.typingpal.com (free typing practice, up to a point)
www.usps.com (Postal Service)
www.mapquest.com (get driving directions or maps within US)
members.aol.com/rcmoeur/signman.html (road signs)
www.ancestry.com (make a family tree)
www.jigzone.com (jigsaw puzzles for mouse practice)
www.mass.gov (information about being a resident of Massachusetts)

OTHER ABE SITES

www.massjob.org/salem.htm (Massachusetts Job Training, Salem)
www.northshore.edu/esl/index.html (North Shore Community College)
www.salemstate.edu/ce/ (Salem State College)
sabes.necc.mass.edu/OperationBootstrap/homepage.htm (Operation Bootstrap, Lynn)
www.sewib.org/youthcouncil/salem_family_inv.htm (Salem Family Investment Center)
www.shcdc.org/ (Salem Harbor CDC)
www.salemcyberspace.org/home.htm (Salem Cyberspace)
www.sabes.org/ (Systems for Adult Basic Education Support)
www.doe.mass.edu/FamComm/f_adulted.html (MA Department of Education)

If one of the links above is broken, please let us know by emailing jfino@nscap.org