NOTE:

(Although labelled Adult Literacy -- in reality, these Fundamental English Course Packs are excellent and are designed for elementary school children; for HS Students, and really, for anyone learning English; including Adults with very low-level literacy skills.)

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Course Pack 1

"Book Description: This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English

Level 1 (roughly equivalent to beginner to grade 1.5 in the K-12 system). Every of the nine chapters includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of approximately 100 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack.

The online version of this course pack also contains audio recordings of each story in the reader. These recordings, combined with vocabulary and word pattern exercises, prepare the Level 1 student to read each paragraph-long text with greater independence. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading.

This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

Useful for ESL/EFL classes teaching basic reading skills , thinking, critical thinking.

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English: Course Pack 2

"Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 2 (roughly equivalent to grades 1.5 to 3 in the K-12 system). Every of the eight chapters includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of approximately 200 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with

convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. The online version of this course pack also contains audio recordings of each story in the reader. These recordings, combined with vocabulary and word pattern exercises, prepare the Level 2 student to read each chapter with greater independence.

Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading.

This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

Useful for ESL/EFL classes teaching basic reading skills , thinking, critical thinking.

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Course Pack 3

"This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 3 (roughly equivalent to grades 3 to 4.5 in the K-12 system). Every chapter within the three units includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 350 and 500 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. For students using this program in a self-paced format, there are audio clips embedded throughout the course pack. These clips narrate the denser sections of text.

Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 4

"This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 4 (roughly equivalent to grades 4.5 to 6 in the K-12 system).

Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 400 and 500 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 5 

"This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 5  

(roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system).

Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 800 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack.

Each chapter includes pre-reading questions that can be used for individual reflection, journalling or class discussion, vocabulary-building exercises, comprehension questions, spelling lists and exercises, grammar lessons and exercises, and writing tasks."

Also includes in the Appendix examples of Graphic Organizers

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 6

This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 6

(roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system).

Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 1,000 words.

The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading.

This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.

1. Appendix 1: Graphic Organizers

2. Appendix 2: Digital Story Progress Sheet

3. Appendix 3: Paragraph Writing Checklist

4. Appendix 4: Level 6 Scope and Sequence

 

 

 

READERS: (these are connected to the Fundamental English Course Packs above) 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English Reader 1 

"This reader contains nine original stories about healing, discovery, survival, relationships, justice, and connections to the land explored through the lens of the plant world.

These stories, written specifically for adults, are designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 1.

This level 1 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to beginner to grade 1.5 in the K-12 system.

Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading.  This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English; Reader 2

"This reader, written specifically for adults, contains eight chapters about Langston Hughes' family history and personal life. It includes excerpts from many of Hughes' poems and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 2.

This level 2 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 1.5 to 3 in the K-12 system.

 Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

*** FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the U.S., please see https://bit.ly/AFAMUCIRVINE -- these are free, openly available Course materials, Powerpoints, and Lectures from Faculty in the African-American Studies Department of the University of California at Irvine.)

 

*** FREE VIDEO COURSE LECTURES IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS FROM THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA at IRVINE may be found here: https://open.uci.edu/lectures 

Includes:

 

 

ADULT LITERACY FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH -- READER 3

"This reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 3.

This level 3 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 3 to 4.5 in the K-12 system.

New vocabulary and word patterns are highlighted throughout each story, and then summarized at the end.

Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English; Reader 4

"This reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 4.

This level 4 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 4.5 to 6 in the K-12 system.

New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix.

Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading.

This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Reader 5

"This reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads:  

Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 5 

This level 5 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system.

"New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities."

 

 

 

Adult Literacy Fundamental English; Reader 6

"This reader contains 11 original instructional essays written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 6.

This level 6 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system, but can be very useful for HS students in ESL classes.

New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix.

Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading.

This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.

PLEASE NOTE LINKS TO LITERACY EXERCISES AT THE END OF EACH READING

1. Appendix 1: Creating a Gmail Account

2. Appendix 2: Making a Folder for Your Digital Story

3. Appendix 3: Downloading a Picture from Pixabay

4. Appendix 4: Scanning an Image

5. Appendix 5: Importing Pictures from Your Digital Camera

6. Glossary

 

 

 

This free downloadable book is courtesy of an ESL PROFESSOR at South Seattle College: it will be of enormous help for all ESL/EFL Teachers.

Academic ESL Grammar Books 1-5 (from a very generous ESL PROFESSOR @SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE, WASHINGTON STATE, USA)

	ĉ	1. Book One.doc View Download		412k	v. 1	FREE	Analea Brauburger
	ĉ	2. Book Two.docx View Download		256k	v. 1	FREE	Analea Brauburger
	ĉ	3. Book Three.doc View Download		452k	v. 1	FREE	Analea Brauburger
	ĉ	4. Book Four.docx View Download		129k	v. 1	FREE	Analea Brauburger
	ĉ	5. Book Five.docx View Download		155k	v. 1	FREE	Analea Brauburger

 

 

 

 

Technology Tools for Teaching in Higher Education, The Practical Handbook Series

"This second publication of the Practical Handbook Series, Technology Tools for Teaching in Higher education also highlights the benefits of international collaboration to create a piece of work that can be used by Educators all over the world.

The demand for the first edition that was released as a hard copy was overwhelming with requests coming from Educators who are constantly looking for new methods and approaches to integrate active learning into their teaching environments.

In line with TU Dublin’s approach to making knowledge widely available, this and future editions are being published on the web to encourage increased take-up by educators to improve the student experience."

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Sharing Content

Student Creation

Collaborative Learning

Enhancing Interactivity

Online Assessment

INFOGRAPHICS FOR STUDENTS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE

Three Good Tools for Creating Infographics

 

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CURRICULUM

"This open educational resource was compiled by students in EDUC 5303G – Technology in the Curriculum, a Masters course at Ontario Tech University.

This work, which represents the culmination of a course assignment, is a collection of critiques and evaluations of digital technology tools that can impact the classroom and the administrative duties of teaching professionals.

Each submission is the work and opinion of the original student author and is meant to provide a resource for practitioners or students of education in order to integrate technology into their teaching practice.

Open educational resources are an excellent way of providing highly accessible material that can be both edited and expanded upon by other contributing authors.

The work of these student authors provides insight into the technology tool but also insight into the ways in which they perceive the tools themselves, the evaluation of the tool, and the students’ opinions in the context of professional teaching praxis."

 TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Introduction

2. Teaching and Learning Tools

1. Blackboard Learn

2. Epic!

3. Flipgrid

4. Go Noodle

5. Google Classroom

6. Google Jamboard

7. G Suite for Education

8. H5P

9. Kahoot!

10. Nearpod

11. Prodigy

12. Quizlet

13. Zoom

3. Administrative, Curriculum Design, and Professional Development Tools

1. Blendspace

2. Brightspace by D2L

3. Compass for Success

4. Digital Badges and Microcredentials

5. Explain Everything

6. Plickers

7. Schoology

8. Wakelet

9. Wisetail

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING: A TEXTBOOK

 

 

 

 

HOW TO RESEARCH: A COMPILATION OF BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS and INFORMATION LITERACY TUTORIALS

 

 

 

 

A CRITICAL THINKING RUBRIC

 

 

 

 

CRITICAL THINKING AND EVALUATING INFORMATION

(from OER COMMONS)

 

 

 

 

The Information Literacy User’s Guide:  An Open, Online Textbook from the State University of New York  (includes Critical Thinking exercises)

Table of Contents:

 

 

Media and Information Literacy

This practical guidebook for training discusses a variety of 21st century literacies, and provides applicable learning activities for both teachers and students. 

MIL_Guidebook.pdf  (for the complete text of this valuable guidebook)

 

 

 

 

THE STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SHARES

THEIR LITERACY IDEAS, WRITING HELP, and TIPS FOR STUDENT, CLASSROOM and TEACHER SUCCESS:  

https://success.uark.edu/get-help/student-resources/index.php 

 

                 Writing | Classroom | Stress | Study | Time | Self

 

 

 

 

 

PRONUNCIATION HELP FOR ESL LEARNERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** BEST FREE ESL SITES:  https://bit.ly/ESLTEA1

 

 

 

 

** BEST FREE DATABASES FOR STUDENT RESEARCH: https://bit.ly/SILCFREE

 

 

 

 

A POWERPOINT GIVING VISUAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN SEARCH ENGINE USING www.google.com/cse

CSE SEARCH ENGINE PPT FOR A CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINE 2022.pptx  

 

 

 

A POWERPOINT ON HOW TO CREATE A FREE, BASIC WEBSITE FOR ESL/EFL CLUBS, OR,

FOR YOUR CLASSROOM:

HOW TO CONSTRUCT A BASIC WEBPAGE VIA PBWORKS 2022.pptx

 

 

 

GOOGLE: ALL ABOUT GOOGLE

 

AND:

** LISTINGS OF GOOGLE CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINES CREATED BY PREVIOUS TEA CLASSES:  

A LISTING OF GOOGLE CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINES.docx

 

 

The Customized Search Engines created by TEA 2020, TEA 2021 and TEA 2022 are below:

 

** THE CUSTOMIZED LESSON PLANS SEARCH ENGINE CREATED BY TEA 2020 

(https://bit.ly/2OgVGK9) (searches for Lesson Plans in all Subject Areas)

 

 

 

** THE CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINE CREATED BY TEA 2021:

https://bit.ly/FTEA2021 - (searches for ESL/EFL material, including classroom activities for teachers, and articles written on ESL/EFL topics.)   

 

 

 

** THE CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINE CREATED BY TEA 2022:

https://bit.ly/FTEATEXT --searches for FREE TEXTBOOKS in all subjects - this search engine covers the website https://bit.ly/FREETEXTW)

 

 

TEA = TEACHING EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT, AN INTERNATIONAL FULBRIGHT PROGRAM

 

 

** ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ESL/EFL TEACHERS available here:

https://bit.ly/SILCTEACHERS    and   https://bit.ly/SILCQK1

 

 

 

*** PDX SCHOLAR: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/

(An amazing new Search Engine created by Scholars and Librarians)

CLICK the "ACROSS ALL REPOSITORIES" option just under the Search Window, using the down arrow to select this option. This will assure a much broader and a more universal search across hundreds of academic repositories.)

 

 

 

 

NEW! ESL WEB SITE: https://bit.ly/ESLSILC

 

• CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTED LIST (2 PAGES) OF BEST FREE ESL WEBSITES
  

• ADDITIONAL ESL/EFL MATERIALS -- WTH READINGS
  

• FREE ESL/EFL BOOKS: ALL FREELY DOWNLOADABLE   

• BUSINESS ENGLISH FOR SUCCESS 
• BEST READING WEBSITES FOR CHILDREN
• FOR KIDS, BY KIDS  

• WRITING PROMPTS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO START WRITING
  

• FREE BOOKS ON WRITING AND COMPOSITION
  
• INTEGRATED SKILLS: ACADEMIC WRITING WITH SOURCES (a TUTORIAL IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH)
• THE WORD ON COLLEGE-LEVEL READING AND WRITING (designed for HS STUDENTS)
• WRITING FOR CHANGE: AN ADVANCED ELL RESOURCE (with Exercises and guided questions for students)
  

     . ADDITIONAL WRITING RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

• 10 SIMPLE RULES FOR WRITING A LIT REVIEW
  

      .PROMOTING CONVERSATION SKILLS and UNDERSTANDING IDIOMS 

     . GRAMMAR RESOURCES, GRAMMAR LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHING ESL/EFL

• GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
• BREHE's GRAMMAR ANATOMY- rich with Illustrations and examples and Exercises for Students
  
• GRAMMAR SLIDES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: A FAVORITE OF TEA 2021 and TEA 2022
  

      . EXPLORATIONS 1: GRAMMAR FOR THE EXPERIENCED BEGINNER

     . ESL SYLLABI - FOR TEACHERS WANTING TO CREATE THEIR OWN SYLLABUS --THIS GIVES SEVERAL EXAMPLES

• UNDERSTANDING SPOKEN ENGLISH - Grade 3 through Adult
• BEST FREE DATABASES FOR STUDENT RESEARCH  (for MS and HS students)
  
• IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION

• AMERICAN ENGLISH SOUNDS -- PRACTICE FOR ESL STUDENTS

• GAMES; FUN; LESSON PLANS; and COOL CLASSROOM RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS OF ESL/EFL

• PREVENTING PLAGIARISM -- TUTORIALS TEACHING HOW TO PARAPHRASE and CITE RESOURCES
  

     . INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: HOW-TO-DO-TUTORIALS -WITH INSTRUCTONAL VIDEOS  (In the Search Engine just to the right of the above website, click the button reading 'freetech4teachers' - this will search for instructions on how to use a specific technology application, such as Google Forms or Canvas.)

 

 

 

 

 

A NEW SEARCH ENGINE THAT LOOKS FOR FREE TEXTBOOKS IN ALL ACADEMIC AREAS IS NOW AVAILABLE at: https://bit.ly/FTEATEXT  

(Created by the 2022 Fulbright TEA Scholar-Teachers at the University of Arkansas;

the F proudly stands for FULBRIGHT. I am so VERY proud of all the Fulbrighters hosted by SILC.)

 

 

 

RESEARCH TUTORIALS TO PREPARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES and LIFE in the USA may be found HERE and HERE.

 

 

 

This website is dedicated to all the Fulbright Scholars and International Teacher Fulbrighters hosted by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville @ (SILC)

 

 

MAY ALL OF YOU SUCCEED WAY BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS.

 

 

 

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