-----GENERAL RESEARCH and THEORY-----

- The idea that the most effective way to teach students is to give them problems to solve, with only minimal guidance i.e., experiential or discovery learning is a popular teaching method, but fails because the way human memory functions. Why Minimal Guidance or Experiential Learning Does Not Work

- Teaching English - Techniques, Resources, Certificates, Methods. TESOL Teaching English resources for ESL/EFL classes. esl.about.com/od/teachingenglish/

- Teaching Multilevel Adult ESL classes. Choose and organize content for multilevel ESL classes. ERIC Digest article. www.ericdigests.org/1996-1/adult.htm

- Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Practice in Adult ESL. A National Center for ESL Literacy Education article outlining the Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory and how it has been applied to teaching ESL. Inventory included. www.cal.org/ncle/DIGESTS/MI.htm

- The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). Research and Information. www.cal.org

The Secret of School Success: "Self-Regulation" and Discipline. The Secret of School Success

- Is Spelling an Important Component in ESL Instruction? Not really! Spelling in ESL Instruction

-----ADULT LITERACY INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES-----

- The Verizon Literacy Campus is a great resource for information about the literacy challenges that millions in this country face and your resource for free online courses that help prepare you for an active role in adult and family literacy programs. www.literacycampus.org/course/index.asp

- Instructor planning guide and assessment: Planning Adult Ed Instruction

- Colorado Department of Education (CDE). CDE serves the preK-12 public education, adult education and family literacy, and library communities of Colorado. A resource for a variety of education information. www.cde.state.co.us

- Literacyworks. Literacy resources for individuals with low-level literacy skills. www.literacyworks.org

- GED Writing Prep. General Educational Development Testing Service: www.acenet.edu/clll/ged/sampQ-writing2.cfm

- GED Writing Prep. Northwest Lincs: www.nwlincs.org/NWLINCSWEB/gedclass.htm

- College Writing Prep. The Writing Center at University of North Carloina-Chapel Hill: www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/

- Writing Prep. The National Council of Teachers of English: www.ncte.org/profdev/online/ideas

-----ESL LIFE SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES-----

- ESL Resource Center http://www.eslus.com/eslcenter.htm This site offers fun material for ESL students working under teacher supervision. Classes can use the site to work on pronunciation, conversation, grammar and vocabulary.

- ESL Lessons on the Web. Five complete ESL lesson plans and links to many, many more. www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson224.shtml

- Activities and Exercises for ESL Students/Linguistic Funland! ESL instructors can surf this site for a wide range of "stuff" for their students to do. Several links to international ESL sites. www.tesol.net/teslact.html

- Pima College Adult Ed's "The Splendid ESOL Web". An online curriculum bank aligned with ESOL content standards - VERY GOOD. cc.pima.edu/~slundquist/index.htm"

- EFL/ESL Teaching Techniques. Handy teaching techniques for English grammar, conversation, listening and culture. iteslj.org/Techniques/

- TESL: Lessons. Over 10,000 teacher resource links. Several civics readings, including American holidays and history. iteslj.org/links/TESL/Lessons

- Low Level Activities for Adult ESL. Easy to use activities for the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Can be adapted for the more advanced learner. www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/low.pdf

- One Stop English. Frequently updated site offering ESL lessons catagorized by level, topic and language skill. onestopenglish.com

-----TECHNOLOGY-BASED ACTIVITIES----- (Internet and software resources where students can work independently)

- John Horbacz out of Colorado Springs District 11, has produced some excellent computer-based interactive lessons developed with the Hot Potatoes software (which other non-profit programs can do as well for free). The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Feel free to use this link for many of his activities: www.johnmh.com/caepa/links.htm

- Activities for ESL students. Quizzes, exercises and puzzles that students can do in various levels of difficulty. a4esl.org

- ESL Blues. Virtual Grammar and language skill worksheets and quizzes for pre to high intermediate ESL students. http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/