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ALISON is delighted to present over 600 hours of interactive English Language Courses which will help you attain further qualification on well-known global English language qualifications such as FCE, ESL, ESOL, IELTS and TOEFL. Our interactive English language courses feature audio, native speakers, and opportunities to practice your English. If you are learning or teaching English as a second language, or if you want to improve your ability to speak, write or read the English language, you are welcome to spend many hours of study here! These English language resources are most useful for those learners who have a basic knowledge of English language but want to improve their overall abilities and understanding. For those of you who make strong progress with our free English learning resources, we offer you some very interesting courses on English literature. Finally, if you believe you are ready to use English in your workplace, why not take our Business English Test!

Gateways to Academic Writing is a fully integrated program for students who are writing in English is one that I would recommend for anyone looking for a book that covers all the bases. I cannot find anything that needs to be added to this comprehensive coverage of writing, whether the student is using English as a first or subsequent language.

Features dozens of audio clips of people from across America and Canada reading the same phrase. This site can be used to teach students about how accents can affect pronounciation. Also includes pheonitc transcription. Students may also find that listening to audio clips of English phrases spoken by Europeans may be applicable/useful to their situation.

Audio clip of Linda Chaves, former chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights speaking to Bill Hing, author of "To Be an American" about what it means to "fit" in.

Published by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, this report offers suggestions as to what services immigrant users may find useful, as well as feedback from libraries as to what programs have been successful in reaching out to new citizens. Opens in a PDF.

Extensive language website hosted by BBC. Visitors can choose what language they are interested in learning and learn essential phrases. This site would be useful for a librarian to learn basic phrases in order to initiate a conversation with an ESL patron.

India's Institute of Languages provides opportunities for people to learn how to speak different languages and perfect accents.

Clicking on each assignment brings up handouts and examples of learning assignments for ESL patrons to familiarize themselves with how to locate information.

A collection of resources that can help students who are new to Canada. Includes links to cultural and language clubs, articles, information about jobs, etc.

A "how to" guide for librarians on how to conduct a successful reference interview with ESL patrons.

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.

YouTube account with 6 videos specifically for ESL patrons on the concept of the library, its organization, circulation, how to find a book, finding online articles, and assessing what has been learned. Produced by the University of Illinois, these videos underline key words and use images to associate patrons with what is being spoken.

Excellent website with links to examples of narrative essays and worksheets. The site (www.eslflow.com) also includes links and resources to help ESL users with compare and contrast essays, descriptive essays, and letter writing, among others.

Concise video to help ESL students write essays. Slideshow presentation of main ideas is shown beside the video of the speaker, allowing users to associate the spoken words with the written words.

Extensive list of resources for Spanish speakers to practice English.

A study conducted in New Zealand university libraries measuring how library resources and information services are promoted to international/ESL students. Opens in a PDF.

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.