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Adult Literacy Links

Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Virtual Visits – for teachers and learners

 

Adult High School (AHS)
List of the 41 Community Colleges offering Adult High School
1994 AHS Manual
NC Competency Test PowerPoint
If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, click here to download a Microsoft PowerPoint viewer that will allow you to view this file.

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Compensatory Education Resources (CED)
Goal Planning Sheet
CED Contacts
CED brochure
Compensatory Education Fact Sheet
WWW Resources for Adults with Learning Difficulties Bibliography
NC Council on Developmental Disabilities
The Arc
The Arc of North Carolina
NC Assistive Technology Program
Exceptional Children's Assistance Center

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English as a Second Language (ESL)
www.a4esl.org (multi-level grammar, vocabulary, and exercises)
http://www.answers.com (dictionary with translations in all languages)
Dave’s ESL Café
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise (great site for writing, quizzes, and reading)
www.better-english.com (free weekly online English lessons)
www.cdponline.org (reading, video and exercises)
www.ego4u.com (grammar, vocabulary, test, business communication, etc.)
www.englishlearner.com (grammar, vocabulary, reading, exercises, and tests)
www.englishpage.com  (presentation of all verb tests)
www.english-to-go.com
www.esl.about.com
www.eslcafe.com (idioms, slang, phrasal verbs, quizzes, flashcards, and chat)
www.esljunction.com (conversation starters)
www.eslpartyland.com (multi-level quizzes, lessons, discussions, and chat)
www.ezslang.com
www.slangsite.com
www.freewebs.com (weekly themes, websites, conversation starters)
www.guidetoonlineschools.com/tips-and-tools/esl-resources-teachers (practice in listening, reading/writing, grammar, civics, games, and more)
www.hyperdic.net (alphabetized dictionary by letter aggregations/sounds)
www.idiomsite.com (common idioms)
www.clichesite.com (common clichés)
www.languageguide.org (picture dictionary; 100 language combinations)
www.learnamericanenglishonline.org (all free after sign-up)
www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive (grammar logic)
www.leo.stcloudstate.edu (more verb work, exercises)
www.lousywriter.com (How to write better; grammar, etc.)
www.manythings.org (word games, quizzes, exercises, proverbs)
www.owl.english.purdue.edu (rules for grammar)
www.starfall.com
www.pdictionary.com (beginner sites-also great for kids)
www.usingenglish.com (reading comprehension, grammar & quizzes)
ESL Lounge  
Intelecom's Crossroads Cafe
Randall’s ESL Cyber -Lab

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General Educational Development (GED)
GED Examiners
GED 2002 Resource Center
GED Testing Program Fact Sheet
GED Testing Service
Steck-Vaughan’s official GED Practice Test site
Steck-Vaughan’s GED 2002 Teaching Strategies course
For a copy of the ( Request for N.C. only )  GED Transcript Scores form, click here.

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Special Populations
Correctional Education Association
Division of Services for the Blind
ETS Policy Statement for Documentation of Learning Disability
Learning Disabilities Bibliography
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Institute for Literacy's Bridges to Practice Project
NC Assistive Technology Program
NC Department of Correction
NC Department of Health and Human Services-Ending Homelessness in America

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NCCC Literacy Resource Center Resources
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
Online Transition Resources (National Institute for Literacy)

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General Adult Literacy Resources
MOTHEREAD,Inc.
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium- Provides professional development for state directors of adult education.
National Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and Learning (NCSALL)
National Reporting System
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
North Carolina Online-Professional development website for Basic Skills instructors – includes free online professional development courses.
Office of Vocational and Adult Education-This is the United States Department of Education website for the program that funds adult education.
Project IDEAL-Project IDEAL is a consortium of states working together to develop effective distance education programs for adult learners.
ProLiteracy
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE)
TV411-Television/video series for ABE produced by the Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA).
US Department of Education

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Updated by Jannai Johnson Friday, January 06, 2012 09:49:14 AM