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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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Teach English the Yorkshire Way: Volunteering
Resources developed by MESH to complement various volunteering websites with the aim of giving learners an idea of what opportunities are available in their local area, what skills are useful for different opportunities, and the language that will help them understand literature about volunteering.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way: Warm Spaces
In this Learning Resource we focus on the provision of Warm Spaces – what they are and how you can access them in different areas of Yorkshire and Humber. Warm Spaces are also known as Welcome Spaces.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way: What's on?
Resources developed by MESH to give learners an understanding of activities and events in their area and encourages them to engage with ‘What’s on?’ websites.

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Teach English the Yorkshire Way:Theatre Resource
This resource focuses on the tradition of going to the Theatre and particularly Pantomimes around Christmas time.

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The Bell Foundation Prison and Community ESOL Program
Free ESOL worksheets for independent learning in prisons and community settings. If you are delivering ESOL classes or have contact with ESOL learners in prison settings, you can share these resources with your learners. Free printable resources at different ESOL levels, downloadable once you register on the Bell Foundation website.

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The Big Picture: Materials and Resources for ESOL tutors
A great set of resources for ESOL tutors to use with learners with literacy issues. Focused on themes such as family life and festivals, the materials can be used in a mixed-level class as well as pre-Entry/E1 classes. Includes lesson plans and other resources.

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The English Hub for Refugees
Materials developed to help support refugees with the topics they need to know about at a variety of different levels, from A1 with literacy to B1+. (E1 – E3+). Plus grammar and vocabulary resources.

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The ESOL Podcast
Regular podcast contributed to by ESOL learners, often exploring current topics. There are associated materials and ideas for lessons.

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The ESOL Podcast - Why ESOL is important
This fortnight’s episode of The ESOL Podcast is from Kirklees College. ESOL students there decided to record an episode about why ESOL is important. It’s great to hear so many ESOL voices talk about how ESOL helps them in their lives.

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The ESOL Podcast s3 e6 - Learning English in the UK
Following on from last fortnights episode where ESOL students in Yorkshire shared their tips on learning English, in this episode we hear about the experience of learning English in the UK from ESOL students in Thurrock.

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