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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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Black Cat Graded Readers
ENGLISH – Graded Readers for Primary, Secondary School, University and Self Learners. Choose the title that best suits your students and discover a wide choice of free resources.

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Books Beyond Words
A set of picture-focused stories for people who may struggle to read words. Every story is co-created with people with lived experience and trialled by people with learning disabilities. Resources are available at a small cost. The format of these materials with a focus on simple language, makes them suitable for pre-Entry ESOL.

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Books Unbound
This is a US based website aimed at children, but it has some useful information about different ESOL communities, and word lists in 5 different languages. (Pashto, Karen S’Gaw, Spanish, Rohingya and Dari). The word lists are free and there are links to culturally referenced books to buy.

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Breaking News English
ESOL resources at 7 levels, based on news stories. Uses US English.

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BRIDGES to ESOL
This programme includes 12 interactive lessons with skills practice and quizzes, a 128-page downloadable workbook with teacher’s guide, and a learner dictionary to support vocabulary and alphabetical learning.

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British Council Business English
A set of ESOL teaching resources to help learners improve their English for the workplace and learn about business topics. Videos, podcasts and articles at a more advanced level.

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British Council IELTS
Free materials for IELTS preparation.

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British Council Teaching English
General resources for teaching adults.

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Bromley by Bow ESOL resources
ESOL teaching resources to help learners improve their language through Health and wellbeing themes. The free resource explores common health issues for learners and their family, including mental health and alcohol awareness, while learning English and having fun.

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Cambridge English
Support for Cambridge English exam preparation.

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