Useful Resources for You and Your Students:
- Job Readiness Resources:
- Workforce Readiness Workshops: FREE training opportunities for quality jobs.
- Resume Templates (Entry Level, Mid Level, Functional and Hybrid)
- Online Resume Service at WPL: Use this form to submit a resume and/or cover letter for proofreading and editing from WPL’s Certified Professional Resume Librarian.
- Immigration & Legal Help Local Resources
- Meeting Space: Looking for a space to meet with your students? The library has the following options: (Discounted parking available! See library personnel for assistance.)
- You may use one of large table for a group tutoring on the 3rd floor.
- You can reserve a study pod to do 1:1 tutoring on the 3rd floor.
- You may reserve a study room on the first floor.
- Notary Public Service: The Worcester Public Library offers free notary services to Worcester Public Library card holders by appointment only.
- News for You offers easy-to-read news stories that can help your students learn to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Don’t forget: LVGW purchases a subscription for you to use with password 180594.
- Workshops & Learning Resources for ESOL & Basic Literacy Teachers and Tutors
Popular Sites for LVGW ESOL and Basic Literacy Tutors and Teachers
Lesson Plans & Instructional Resources for ESOL & Citizenship: ready-to use lesson plans and activities
Change Agent
The Change Agent is a biannual magazine for adult educators and learners published by the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) at World Education.
News for You (password: 180594)
The site offers easy-to-read news stories that can help you learn to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Seven new stories are posted each Wednesday, along with audio, exercises, vocabulary, a crossword puzzle, a word search, and a poll
News in Levels: World News for Students of English
Dictionary: Oxford Picture Dictionary |Dictionary.com
English Book Club: Phrases to Share Your Opinion, Agree & Disagree & More!
New York Times: The Learning Network: Teach and learn with The Times: Resources for bringing the world into your classroom
Proliteracy: Courses and Professional Learning| U.S. Adult Literacy Facts |Notebook (Fall 24)
ThoughtCo: ESOL for Teachers and Students
ThoughtCo: ESOL for Business and Work
ThoughtCo: Teaching Adult Learners
Literacy Minnesota: Educator Resources
Comprehensive list of resources from our friends at the Framingham Literacy Volunteers affiliate.
Basic Literacy (Adult Basic Education)
Back to Basics: Using Phonics to Improve Reading and Engagement Regardless of Student Reading Level
COMMONLit Library(Email Info@lvgw.org for login instructions.)
NEW VOCABULARY PLATFORM FOR USE IN TUTORING
Wordcraft, a new vocabulary tool that teaches ESOL vocabulary through Latin and Greek root words, is available for testing. The website is at www.playwordcraft.com
Wordcraft was developed in NYC public schools as an experiment. By teaching vocabulary through the building blocks, students, many of them multilingual, learned thousands of words and developed a vocabulary that soon rivaled their parents’.
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