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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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Games to Learn English
Games to play online. Aimed at children but some are relevant to adults.

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Gatehouse Books
Commercial resource: A selection of readers designed for adults – good quality and well designed with topics appropriate for ESOL learners. Includes What’s Your Story and Walt’s Adventures series.

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Gateway Qualifications
Sample papers for ESOL Skills for Life.

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Global English Project
Resources to celebrate national, regional and local cultural celebrations.

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Government guidance on proving English language abilities with the secure language test (SELT)
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT). This site gives guidance including who the approved test centres are.

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Grammar Education Resource Guide - Super Summary
This includes grammar resources for students, teachers, and anyone who speaks English.

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Grammarism.com
Automatically generated worksheets and exercises for grammar practice. Worksheets may need some tweaking as it is American grammar and spelling. 3 free worksheet downloads per day.

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Hancock McDonald ELT
Mark Hancock and Annie McDonald are ELT authors, speakers and teachers. On this site, you’ll find free classroom materials and downloads on pronunciation, listening skills and other topics, blog posts, ELT articles and information about their books.

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Health resources for asylum seekers and health professionals by Refugee Council's HARP Project
There are links to the resources in the blog post. Whilst not specifically ESOL resources, these could be used in an ESOL context. The resources include films, maternity guides and health communication cards.

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Heart and Parcel English Resources
Heart and Parcel have created open access homemade English activities based on our cookbook learner’s recipes and stories. These are English cooking class videos, activities, worksheets and lesson plans designed for CEFR A2-B1/ Entry 1 – Entry 3 ESOL learners and cover Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening!

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