- Reasons the resource has implications for the adult education field;
- Resource’s potential use; and,
- Most significant or useful features to the target audience(s).
- Reasons the resource has implications for the adult education field;
- Resource’s potential use; and,
- Most significant or useful features to the target audience(s).
- Reasons the resource has implications for the adult education field;
- Resource’s potential use; and,
- Most significant or useful features to the target audience(s).
- RF.1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. (Print Concepts)
- RF.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). (Phonological Awareness)
- RF.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. (Phonics and Word Recognition)
- RF.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. (Fluency)
- General Writing
- Research and Citation
- Teacher and Tutor Resources
- Subject-Specific Writing
- Job Search Writing
- English as a Second Language
- Purdue OWL Video-casts
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https://test4citizenusa.com/Test4CitizenUSA is a free online resource for adults preparing for U.S. naturalization. It includes practice with all 128 official civics questions in English and Spanish, citizenship interview preparation, and N-400 guidance. The resource is free to use, requires no registration, and is designed for independent study as well as use by adult education, ESL/ELL, literacy, and citizenship programs.
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Citizenship Test Practice: https://test4citizenusa.com/us-citizenship-test-2026
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https://test4citizenusa.com/Test4CitizenUSA is a free online resource for adults preparing for U.S. naturalization. It includes practice with all 128 official civics questions in English and Spanish, citizenship interview preparation, and N-400 guidance. The resource is free to use, requires no registration, and is designed for independent study as well as use by adult education, ESL/ELL, literacy, and citizenship programs.
Access the resource: https://test4citizenusa.com/
Citizenship Test Practice: https://test4citizenusa.com/us-citizenship-test-2026
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This issue brief, one of the resources in the suite of materials “Preparing English Learners for Work and Career,” provides teachers and administrators with an overview of current research and practice related to connecting English language acquisition to career pathways.
Publication Year
2015
In the United States, as elsewhere, there is an increasing demand for job-driven adult education that teaches adults the skills needed for work. In many cases, education that prepares adults for employment opportunities calls for collaborative relationships between training providers, such as community colleges that offer career pathways, and adult education programs that focus on English language acquisition (ELA). This Brief provides an overview of current research and practice in career focused contextualization. Although the Brief can be used as a stand-alone resource, it also provides the foundation to the other resources in the suite of materials “Preparing English Learners for Work and Career.”
Benefits and Uses
The benefits and uses section will include the:
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This issue brief, one of the resources in the suite of materials “Meeting the Language Needs of Today’s Adult English Language Learner,” presents an overview of the need for increased rigor in all English language acquisition programs.
Publication Year
2015
This Issue Brief seeks to address the gaps that exist between what is offered in adult English language acquisition (ELA) programming with regard to academic and work readiness (academic language, analytical and reasoning skills, organizational skills, strong oral and written communication skills) and the expectations in employment and postsecondary training. Increased demands are reflected in the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS), which represent the real-world demands of postsecondary training and employment, as well as in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
This Brief provides an overview of current research and practice. It draws from current scholarship, highlights issues in the topic and provides an update to adult educators as well as to other relevant audiences, such as government representatives, policymakers and researchers. Although the Brief can be used as a stand-alone document, it also provides the foundation to the other resources in the suite of materials “Meeting the Language Needs of Today’s Adult English Language Learner”.
Benefits and Uses
The benefits and uses section will include the:
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This issue brief, one of the resources in the suite of materials “Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction,” presents a broad overview of digital literacy as it relates to adult learners in English language acquisition programs.
Publication Year
2015
This Issue Brief synthesizes current research and presents perspectives on digital literacy in English language acquisition. It includes an introduction to the definitions of literacy that are expanded to include digital literacies. The concept of “digital divide” is reframed as a continuum of digital skills, including the language, technology and problem-solving skills required for participation in everyday digital contexts. Because technologies and their uses continually change, requiring different skills, everyone is a learner with respect to digital literacy. This shifts the role of the teacher to that of a co-learner, in addition to orchestrating learning. Although the Brief can be used as a stand-alone resource, it also provides the foundation to the other resources in the suite of materials “Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction.”
Benefits and Uses
The benefits and uses section will include the:
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Beginning Alphabetics Tests and Tools (BATT) strives to provide a ‘principled’ system for ABE/ESL teachers who want and/or need to develop their students’ knowledge of Roman alphabet letters, English letter-sound patterns, sight or high frequency words, and transfer of those lettersound-word skills to text fluency and comprehension.
Publication Year
2015
Beginning Alphabetics Tests and Tools (BATT) strives to provide a 'principled' system for ABE/ESL teachers who want and/or need to develop their students' knowledge of Roman alphabet letters, English letter-sound patterns, sight or high frequency words, and transfer those letter-sound-word skills to text fluency and comprehension. This resource includes: 1) teacher-friendly tests for determining known and unknown skills, 2) evidence-based reading instructional practices, orders, approaches, and lesson plans for teaching unknown skills, 3) teacher-tested lists of other activities and materials, and 4) time-saving teacher resources. It was also piloted by a group of MN ABE/ESL reading teachers, who contributed their insightful feedback, teacher-tested tools, and testimonials.
BATT is closely aligned with four Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K–5) from the Minnesota Academic Standards (MDE, 2010) and Career and College Readiness Standards for Adult Education (OCTAE, 2013):
What the experts say
Beginning Alphabetics Tests and Tools offers ABE/ESL instructors a simple but comprehensive toolkit for encouraging adults to develop a strong foundation for reading English well. The activities within support best practices from evidence-based recommendations in literacy instruction and provide instructors with the tools (handouts, plans, resources, tests) to engage beginning readers as they learn to read and, hopefully, enjoy reading!
The resource provides a teacher-friendly collection of free, accessible assessment tools for practitioners to use that target alphabetics instruction for beginning readers. In addition, the resource takes a pragmatic approach to phonics instruction, thoughtfully describing and then applying synthetic, analogic, and analytic approaches in ways that make sense for various purposes. Furthermore, the five lesson plans progress developmentally, addressing increasingly higher stages of students’ alphabetics knowledge and providing a picture of the scope of instruction in this area. If used within a balanced approach to literacy instruction and introduced with training (or used by someone with a general knowledge of alphabetics instruction), this resource could be a valuable one for teachers of adults being introduced to literacy.
Users are encouraged to read the front matter at the beginning of each section with care since good directions and advice are offered there—and it may be easy to overlook them. Of special note: the authors invite users to adapt the assessment directions as needed, and practitioners may want to do so. For instance, students are usually not told what the test is about until step 6 or 7—after the demonstration of what to do on the test. In general, it would be better to tell them the purpose of test first and then provide the demo, so students know what to attend to in the demo.
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Archive of September 14, 2016 webinar.
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Publication Year
2016
Realizing Opportunities for English Language Learners (ELLs) Through State Academic Content Standards was produced by StandardsWork, Inc. as part of the CCR Standards-in-Action (CCR SIA) project. Facilitated by Susan Pimentel, lead CCR SIA content expert, the webinar concentrates on meeting the needs of English-language learners (ELLs). It discusses the necessary shifting away from traditional teaching theories that encourage language instruction in isolation from other academic disciplines. Specifically, the webinar showcases research-tested strategies on how ELLs can realize opportunities through new state-level academic standards in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. The webinar highlights a series of research findings on how best to realize opportunities for ELLs in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. Ms. Pimentel discusses pedagogical shifts for language acquisition and ten steps adult educators can take to re-envision ELL education in their programs. In the final portion of the webinar, she responds to attendees’ questions.
Benefits and Uses
This Webinar was created for College and Career Readiness Standards In Action (CCR SIA) project for adult educators from 12 states, who requested information on how CCR standards can be implemented for ELLs. This Webinar responds to their questions. The Webinar content, demonstration video, and links to further resources all provide essential information for you to use as you re-envision ELL education in your states.
Use this resource to help plan ways to implement CCR academic content in classrooms with ELLs. View it individually, as part of a professional learning community, or a professional development workshop. In addition to providing essential information about teaching ELLs, it could fuel a discussion of different strategies and approaches to implementing CCR standards.
The webinar includes a classroom video demonstration that is particularly useful in conjunction with Ms. Pimentel’s summary of research on reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language (slides 17-28). The slides which articulate the pedagogical shifts in teaching ELLs (slides 29-30) provide a concise statement of the new direction for ELL instruction afforded by the CCR standards. The PowerPoint slides are available a stand-alone resource.
Required Training
A fundamental awareness of the CCR Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy is recommended.
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The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, which teachers and trainers may use for in-class and out-of-class instruction.
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Publication Year
2016
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) website was developed at Purdue University as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. OWL houses writing resources and instructional material. Students—no matter their skill level— and members of the education community will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction. The site is organized into the following sections:
Benefits and Uses
OWL is a collection of resources that support writing instruction created for college-aged students—no matter their skill level—and their instructors and tutors. These materials are relevant to ABE and ESL students and relatively simple to adapt for the purposes of adult educators.
OWL resources support instruction aligned to College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards for writing and language, though CCR standards are not specifically named.
For example, the sections on academic writing address expository, argumentative, and narrative writing—CCR Writing Standards 1-3. The resources also support development of the writing process—CCR Writing Standard 5; the need for evidence to support claims—CCR Writing Standard 9 and Key Advance 2; and correct methods for citing resources—CCR Writing Standard 8. Conducting research is also addressed—CCR Writing Standard 7 as are mechanics, punctuation, and grammar—CCR Language Standards 1-2.
OWL provides writing resources and instructional materials to support students as well as educators. Resources present clear guidelines and expectations for academic writing. Teachers can use the site’s resources to develop lessons, assignments, and classroom resources. Students will find hands-on exercises and printable resources that support their continuing development as writers.
OWL provides a wealth of materials that address a variety of topics about writing, topics that are also addressed by CCR writing and language standards. The site is well-organized by topics and subtopics. The Site Map provides a good overview of the site’s scope and sequence.
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