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ESOL Teaching Resources Hub

The ESOL Teaching Resource Hub is a collection of website links, documents, videos and audios for ESOL teachers. Whilst many are specifically ESOL teacher resources, we’ve also included those that may be useful in a general ESOL context.

We are currently building this comprehensive resource and will be adding regional and local materials. Do you have a resource to share? We encourage you to contact us if you want us to consider your resource for inclusion in the Resource Hub. We also welcome general suggestions for improvement.

We hope you find this page useful and discover something new to enhance your teaching, fully unlocking the potential of your ESOL provision.

As well as collecting and presenting resources created by many providers and other agencies, MESH has an ever-expanding pool of resources created by our own qualified teaching team, covering a variety of useful topics such as using Council services, accessing the NHS, and volunteering.

Our resources include presentation slides, film, audio, activities and associated teacher notes. Follow the link here to visit the MESH resource collection.

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Exploring and Belonging!

“Exploring and Belonging” is a project aimed at understanding the feelings of forced migrants, such as refugees and asylum seekers, regarding their sense of belonging in Yorkshire and Humber. The MESH team delivered sessions with these individuals to explore valued locations in their communities, often seen as local heritage sites. Participants also enhanced their English skills through structured sessions focused on this theme. Additionally, resources have been developed to support teachers in integrating these insights into their classrooms.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way - Video-based Resources

Resources created by MESH to showcase initiatives in Yorkshire & Humber that support migrants. These resources focus on food support services, enrolling at college and learning English outside the classroom, through activities such as gardening. The series uses film as a central resource, developing slides and lesson plans that help ESOL teachers to deliver classes focused on these issues in Yorkshire & Humber.

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Exploring & Belonging in Huddersfield

An extensive set of resources all about local heritage in Huddersfield. Includes downloadable level-specific reading resources, slides and teacher notes, plus background material on the history of Huddersfield, including migration history in the town. Developed through MESH’s Exploring & Belonging project, you can use these resources with learners to explore an English town. You can also model research on local heritage in your own area using these resources.

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Exploring & Belonging in Hull

An extensive set of resources all about local heritage in Hull. Includes downloadable level-specific reading resources, slides and teacher notes, plus background material on the history of Hull, including migration history in the town. Developed through MESH’s Exploring & Belonging project, you can use these resources with learners to explore an English town. You can also model research on local heritage in your own area using these resources.

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Ideas for teaching Yorkshire dialect

Ideas for teaching and embedding Yorkshire dialect in ESOL classes. Suitable for all levels.

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METRO Yorkshire slang quiz

A quiz on Yorkshire slang from Metro newspaper. Good to use with higher level learners, or use it in conjunction with the LearnEnglishPlus Yorkshire dialect resources.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way - Cooking and Food Resources

Resources developed by MESH to provide ESOL tutors with a selection of activities to teach about cooking and food.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way - Health Care in England

Resources developed by MESH to complement the Healthcare in England literature, which was developed to give new arrivals in the UK or those who don’t speak English an understanding of how to access healthcare services in their local area.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way - Right to Remain Toolkit

Resources developed by MESH to complement the Right to Remain toolkit, which was developed to give new arrivals in the UK or those who don’t speak English an understanding of the asylum process and their legal rights.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way - Working in the UK Toolkit

Resources developed by MESH to complement the ‘Working in the UK Toolkit’ document produced by Migration Yorkshire. This document has been produced to help people understand how to find work in the UK.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way: Childcare Choices

Resources developed by MESH to help familiarise learners with the Childcare Choices website. This is a government website that tells parents and others about childcare provision and what people are entitled to.

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