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Resources Hub

The Resource Hub is a collection of website links, documents, videos and audios for ESOL teachers. Whilst many are specifically ESOL 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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NIACE Citizenship Pack

Materials for teaching different aspects of UK citizenship.

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OASIS - Open Accessible Summaries in Language Studies

The OASIS database makes research on language learning, use, and education available and accessible to a wide audience.

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Omniglot

An online encyclopedia of writing systems in a wide range of different languages. Useful for literacy teaching.

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Our Languages: ESOL Research Project

This website presents a series of teaching materials for ESOL teachers wanting to explore the theme of ‘languages’, and how they operate in society. It offers a range of suggested participatory tools, activities and texts that can be used and adapted in the classroom.

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Oxford University Press Teacher's Club

Teacher’s club by Oxford University Press. It’s free to register and access free teaching resources based on OUP’s textbooks.

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Padlet Resource - Learners New to ESOL

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 - 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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