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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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ITN Archive
With more than a million video clips available, the ITN Video Archive covers a wide range of genres, including UK and international news, sport, entertainment, war, disasters, politics, the environment, and the royals. Very useful to support language development for a wide range of topics.

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Kahoot
Set games and challenges that learners can play on their phones or tablets remotely.

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Language Teaching for the Planet
A collection of English lesson plans all themed on Climate change and environmental themes. Created by ELT Sustainable.

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LanguageCert
Search this website for the secure English language test (SELT) preparation resources and information about taking the SELT test. NB some of these resources are free and some are to purchase

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LASSN Teaching resources: Website list
This site provides a list of all of the learning resources that accompany the Skills for Life ESOL curriculum.

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Learn My Way
Free courses and activities to teach internet skills, using a computer and finding a job online.

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Learning & Work Institute
Learning and Work Institute worked with Learning Unlimited to research and develop a new set of resources aimed at volunteers supporting adult English language learners and organisations using volunteers in this role. These resources are free to use for all.

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Learning Chocolate
Learning with chocolate is a user friendly site – really useful for both teachers and students (self study) – you choose either US or UK voices / pronunciation. You can change the language of instructions to match your students

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Learning English with Cambridge
Online activities for adult and young people. ESOL teachers can select downloadable materials by level and topic, including grammar.

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Learning Unlimited
A range of resources, some free and some commercial. They include reading books at different levels and resources targeted specifically at refugees and asylum seekers.

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