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I work with adult migrants and they live with their non-English speaking families. Therefore, unlike children of native English speaking families, these adults are not surrounded by rich English words that are full of meaning. We might say to a child "put your toys away" and they won't understand, so we do it for them. However, we started doing it when they were 8 months old, and after a few more months, they understand what it means.

Hosted by the Seminole Community College, this webpage has numerous audio resources that guide listeners as they learn proper pronounciation, as well as quizzes for people at varying levels of ENglish comprehension.

A list of common mistakes made by Chinese speakers when learning English, such as gender confusion, subject-verb confusion, and verb tense confusion.

A list of helpful resources for learning English for Spanish speakers.

Article from MSNBC about how Chinese speakers learn math differently than English speakers.

Offers free grammar and vocabulary quizzes in a variety of languages. Quizzes can be used by people at any and all stages of learning the English language.

Extensive list of resources for Spanish speakers to practice English.

Article on the importance of learning other languages in regards to global culture, the internet, an employment (among others). Also has graphs to show trends of bi/multilingualism.

Terms that ESL students are commonly taught while learning English. Words included in the glossary are relevant to grammar, TESOL, TOEFL, pedagogy, and jobs.

An interactive website that allows visitors to learn another language and try their skills on native speakers. Members of this website speak a combined total of 109 different languages.

A collection of resources for ESL students, including language references, teacher resources, tests, articles, discussion forums, and tools and resources.

Words that library patrons need to know. Provided by the Toronto Public Library.