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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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Padlet Resource - Embedded Materials
Rachel Öner has over thirty years of experience of teaching EFL and ESOL. She has taught and managed English programmes in a number of FE settings including ACL, Work-based Learning and Offender Learning. Rachel is the current Co-Chair of NATECLA and also one of the Education and Training Foundation’s nine Regional Specialist leads for English and maths in England, covering the West Midlands. Rachel mainly dedicates her time to teacher training, giving advice in all aspects of teaching and learning of English, as well as resource development, particularly in ESOL and Functional Skills. She has put this padlet resource together. You can contact Rachel at rachel.oner@btinternet.com

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Padlet Resource - Learner Materials
Rachel Öner has over thirty years of experience of teaching EFL and ESOL. She has taught and managed English programmes in a number of FE settings including ACL, Work-based Learning and Offender Learning. Rachel is the current Co-Chair of NATECLA and also one of the Education and Training Foundation’s nine Regional Specialist leads for English and maths in England, covering the West Midlands. Rachel mainly dedicates her time to teacher training, giving advice in all aspects of teaching and learning of English, as well as resource development, particularly in ESOL and Functional Skills. She has put this padlet resource together. You can contact Rachel at rachel.oner@btinternet.com

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Padlet Resource - LSIS Vocationally Contextualised Resources
Rachel Öner has over thirty years of experience of teaching EFL and ESOL. She has taught and managed English programmes in a number of FE settings including ACL, Work-based Learning and Offender Learning. Rachel is the current Co-Chair of NATECLA and also one of the Education and Training Foundation’s nine Regional Specialist leads for English and maths in England, covering the West Midlands. Rachel mainly dedicates her time to teacher training, giving advice in all aspects of teaching and learning of English, as well as resource development, particularly in ESOL and Functional Skills. She has put this padlet resource together. You can contact Rachel at rachel.oner@btinternet.com

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Participatory ESOL
In Participatory ESOL the wealth of experience that learners bring to the classroom is recognised, lessons are co-constructed and knowledge is explained. Here we have collected together participatory teaching resources and articles which explore this approach.

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Participatory ESOL Taking Stock Podcast
This series of 5 podcasts accompanies a research paper which looked at the impact of Participatory ESOL on ESOL over the last 15 years.

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Phrasal verbs chart
A chart of informal phrasal verbs in English with pictures and definitions.

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Pictures - gratisography
Free pictures available to download to support your ESOL teaching. NB: Some pictures may not be suitable for use in class.

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Pictures - pexels.com
Free stock photos, royalty free images & videos shared by creators. NB: some pictures may not be suitable for use in class.

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Pictures - pics4learning
A curated image library that is safe and free for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and illustrations for classroom projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other projects in an educational setting.

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Rachel Oner's Mega Padlet Resource
Rachel Öner has over thirty years of experience of teaching EFL and ESOL. She has taught and managed English programmes in a number of FE settings including ACL, Work-based Learning and Offender Learning. Rachel is the current Co-Chair of NATECLA and also one of the Education and Training Foundation’s nine Regional Specialist leads for English and maths in England, covering the West Midlands. Rachel mainly dedicates her time to teacher training, giving advice in all aspects of teaching and learning of English, as well as resource development, particularly in ESOL and Functional Skills. She has put this padlet resource together. You can contact Rachel at rachel.oner@btinternet.com

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