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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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English Speaking Board (ESB)
Materials at all levels and skills. Scroll down the page to find Skills for Life.

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English-speaking Union (ESU)
Lesson plans and resources to help support speaking in class, including Listening and Response, Expression and Delivery, and Debate.

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ESL Bits
Resources to help learners improve their reading and listening in English.

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ESL Discussions
14,180 English Conversation Questions: * 709 discussions. * Ready-to-print handouts. * Everyday & controversial topics.

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ESL Video
ESL Video offers free online English listening and grammar activities, free teaching material, the ESL Video quiz maker tool to create video-based listening and gap-fill quizzes.

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ESOL Books
Course books for groups of ESOL literacy learners – not free, but there is a discount if you buy a class set, and some free downloadable resources and sample chapters.

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ESOL Courses
Free online English lessons, including resources and activities. Some nice resources on Life in the UK and British Culture.

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ESOL Digital Pathways
ESOL Digital Pathways provides free learning resources at all levels from Entry 1 to Entry 3. The online programme empowers learners with engaging digital lessons that build English proficiency and digital literacy.

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ESOL for Construction Resources
Resources to support learners interested in construction professions. These are ESOL resources created by Dundee City Council and WEA. A large collection of free downloadable resources for use by ESOL teachers in the classroom.

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ESOL for work/ vocational Padlet
This Padlet was created by Rachel Oner (NATECLA) as a one stop shop for ESOL resources related to work and vocational subjects.

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