Activities for ESL Students
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English. Includes bilingual quizzes in over 40 languages, vocabulary quizzes, grammar quizzes, and crossword puzzles. You can also link to podcasts where you can listen to a native English speaker read the same story you are reading.
Interesting Things for ESL Students
This has many fun and easy to use activities for learning English. It is a great website for parents to do with older children. Although the site was designed for English as an Additional Language, native English speakers will also find interesting things to do.
To Learn English
Hundreds of free lessons, grammar sheets, vocabulary sheets, games and activities for ESL learners.
Assess Your Canadian English Skills Online
This website, sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, helps learners assess their English skills according to the Canadian Language Benchmarks. The results are for personal information only – they are not accepted as proof of English language proficiency by educational institutions.
Canada's Food Guide
This site has printable copies of Canada's Food Guide in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil and Urdu.
Provincial Library Multilingual and ESL Resources
Read about public library resources and services in Saskatchewan in your own language. The multilingual brochure is now available in Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, German, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. This site also has links to online newspapers, radio stations, dictionaries, audio books, e-books, and resources for newcomers in Canada.
Elections Canada Multilingual Information Guide
In an effort to provide as many electors as possible with important information about federal elections, Elections Canada has produced, in 27 heritage languages, a voter information guide and a document concerning voter identification at the polls. Information is provided in Arabic, Chinese, Urdu, Korean, and many more languages.
Microsoft Digital Literacy
Whether you are entirely new to computing or have some experience, this site will help you develop an understanding of computers. From using the Internet, to sending e-mail, to creating a resume, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you learn how to use computers. The information can be translated into over 30 different languages.
Saskatchewan Immigration
This Saskatchewan Immigration website provides important information about immigrating to Canada and working, living, and studying in Saskatchewan. The information is available in twenty-four different languages.
Type on Line
This is a structured typing course for both beginner typists and more experienced typists looking to improve speed. Includes keyboard lessons, number pad lessons, and practice with words and numbers. Click on Keyboard lessons on the left hand side of the page to get started.
Spelling and Typing Games
Improve your typing skills and vocabulary. Words are grouped together by topics such as animals, cooking and weather. The faster you type the higher your score will be.
This site is NOT for beginner typists.
Mousercise - Mouse Tutorial
Try this site to practice your skills using a mouse. Learn how to recognize links on the internet, and improve your ability to use a mouse. Excellent site for new computer users.
Mouse Skills and Activities
This site will teach you how to hold and move a mouse. It will also teach you how to use a mouse to point and click, drag items, check boxes, use drop-down menus, scroll, complete forms, and highlight, cut and paste items.
Microsoft Digital Literacy
This site will help you develop an understanding of computers. The Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you learn how to use computers, including using the Internet, sending emails, and creating a resume. The information can be translated into over 30 different languages.
Free On-line Computer Training
This site offers excellent tutorials for new and experienced computer users. Topics include Computer Basics, Windows, Internet Basics, Email Basics, and using Office Software such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The Literacy Services Unit uses this site for the Microsoft Word workshops that it offers to learners and tutors.
Kindergarten Readiness Resources
This list of links will connect parents and caregivers to resources in the SILS (Saskatchewan Information and Library Services consortium) library catalogue that help prepare children to go to kindergarten. There are links to books, cd's, and dvd's on subjects such as the alphabet, colors, numbers, rhymes, and much more.
Literacy Center Play and Learn
Excellent interactive activities for parents and children to learn letters, colours, shapes, first words, etc. Includes audio for listening skills and pronunciation. Click on the top "English" hand icon for fun activities and on the bottom "English" hand icon to print out activities and worksheets.
ESL Young Learners Activities
Read and listen to information about teaching English to your baby. Includes activities and stories for preschoolers and early readers. Learn about rhyming words, colours, numbers, shapes and more.
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBook Library is available on the Regina Public Library website. It has over 100
e-books to read together, with audio and animation. It also has links to fun puzzles and games and over 20 audio books featuring well known English language children's stories.
Learning Express Library
There are two Canadian Citizenship Practice Exams on Learning Express Library. Learners can use this database at home by signing in with their library card.
Citizenship Practice Test
Canadian Citizenship Test Booklet
This booklet will help you prepare to become a Canadian citizen. The questions in the citizenship test are based on information provided in this booklet. Now you can also listen to the entire citizenship study guide online. Duration is 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Richmond Public Library Practice Citizenship Test
The Richmond Public Library has created this practice test to help you prepare for the Canadian Citizenship Test. The practice test consists of over 100 multiple choice questions derived from the book Discover Canada, on which the test is based.
Canadian Citizenship Study Questions & Answers
For the City of Regina (up-to-date as of May 28th, 2011)
Elections Canada Multilingual Information Guide
In an effort to provide as many electors as possible with important information about federal elections, Elections Canada has produced, in 27 heritage languages, a voter information guide and a document concerning voter identification at the polls. Information is provided in Arabic, Chinese, Urdu, Korean, and many more languages.
Free Online Canadian Citizenship Practice Test
This website contains questions relating to Saskatchewan and questions which have appeared in the Canadian Citizenship test. You can have a test of 5 to 100 questions and the database gives your score.
Saskatchewan Immigration
This Saskatchewan Immigration website provides important information about immigrating to Canada and working, living, and studying in Saskatchewan. The information is available in twenty-four different languages.
Learning Express Library
An interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. This product was created in the United States and the tests are based on American testing standards. Canadian standards may be different.
Exam English - Practice TOEFL Tests
This is an excellent site for practicing for a TOEFL test. Choose from 6 different practice tests listed at the top of the page: iBT Reading test | iBT Listening test | Vocabulary test | Structure test 1 | Structure test 2 | Structure test 3.
Free TOEFL Stuff
This site has practice questions for both reading and grammar. The grammar section has 300 questions divided into topics such as articles, prepositions, verb agreement, word form and much more. This is an excellent site for reviewing English grammar skills.
Learning Express Library
An interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. This product was created in the United States and the tests are based on American testing standards. Canadian standards may be different.
GEDpractice.com
Gedpractice.com is a free service where you can practice the types of questions you will see on the actual GED test. Select the test you would like to take from the various content areas including Language Arts, Writing; Language Arts, Reading; Social Studies; Science; and Mathematics.
Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour
This site has information from the Government of Saskatchewan for people planning to write a GED (General Education Development) test. Click on Preparing to Write the GED Tests and then on GED Information Bulletin (Canadian Edition) at the bottom of this page. This bulletin provides excellent information, hints and practice questions for each of the content areas.
ABC Life Literacy Canada
ABC Life Literacy Canada is a national charity committed to promoting literacy to the general public and to the private sector. The organization focuses on public awareness programs, and the development and execution of national literacy awareness campaigns. They also provide promotional support to local literacy groups; and conduct research to further the development of a fully literate Canadian population.
Literacyhub.ca
This website is a Saskatchewan based regional knowledge network, sponsored by the Regina Literacy Network and the Balcarres Communities Literacy Network. Excellent resources and links are being added daily for adult learners, parents, children, youth, volunteers, educators, and literacy practitioners.
Saskatchewan Literacy Network
The Saskatchewan Literacy Network is a provincial organization that promotes and supports literacy in Saskatchewan. They provide services and information to literacy learners, volunteers, and practitioners.
Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network
The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network Inc. (SALN) exists to work with First Nations, Metis, Inuit, and non-Aboriginal people and communities to promote and support Aboriginal literacy.
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English Language Teaching
This is an excellent site to practice reading basic vocabulary which is used on a daily basis.
Adult Learning Activities
Improve your reading and life skills by clicking on a story of interest to you. Vocabulary relates to everyday life with topics including housing, work, health, government and family. Includes audio to listen to stories and activities for practicing new vocabulary.
English Express
This newspaper for adult learners of English in Alberta is published 8 times a year from September to May. It includes news reports, articles of relevance to newcomers, learners' stories, word games, and teaching notes for tutors and instructors. The articles are archived on a companion website, which provides listening practice and learning activities.
Interactive Spelling
This exercise provides text with audio support of simple passages, and then students have to type in the correct words that go into blanks. Passages are available in varying levels of difficulty.
TumbleBook Library
TumbleBook Library is available on the Kid Space page of the Regina Public Library website. Click on TumbleBook Library at the top of the page to get a variety of stories that can be both read and listened to. Story Books are the easiest to read, Tumble Readables are for people with intermediate English reading skills, and Audio Books are for listening only - no written text is available for reading.
Adult Education
Short stories written for adults, with audio and worksheets. The website provides guided assistance for adults who are improving their reading skills.
English Pronunciation and Listening
Excellent site for practicing listening skills and pronunciation. Focuses on pairs of sounds that are difficult for speakers learning English as an Additional Language to pronounce and distinguish.
Pronunciation Guide - English Consonants and Vowels
This is an excellent web based resource that provides an animated articulatory diagram of each English consonant and vowel, a step-by-step description of how the sound is produced, video and audio of the sound spoken in context and an interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.
ESL Listening Lab
This is an excellent site for practicing listening skills. Each listening activity has a variety of vocabulary quizzes to help you review and improve your listening and speaking skills.
English Club Dictations
Improve your listening, spelling, writing and keyboarding skills by listening to online dictations and typing them back. Short, medium and long dictations are available for learners at different levels.
Pronunciation Videos
This website helps people improve their American English pronunciation. It includes a series of videos which explain in detail how each sound is made. This is an excellent resource for advanced learners who are looking to improve their pronunciation.
Verbling - Learn a Language
Free online language classes from native speakers. Recorded and live classes available 24/7.
Khan Academy
A collection of free videos covering K-12 math, science topics such as Chemistry, Physics and Biology, as well as History, Finance and Economics. There is also a section of practice worksheets for the Math.
Alison
Over 400 free interactive on-line courses in ten different categories.
Verbling - Learn a Language
Free online language classes from native speakers. Recorded and live classes available 24/7.
Change Maker
Practice making change with Canadian money. Figure out how many of each bill or coin that you will get back when you pay for something. Pictures of all Canadian coins and bills are provided.
Purplemath for Pre-algebra and Algebra Learners
Purplemath is for pr-algebra and algebra students. The lessons are written with clear instructions, common student mistakes, lots of examples, and practice questions with solutions for checking. The lessons are cross-referenced to help you find related material, and a "search" box is on every page to help you find what you are looking for.
Coolmath
This interactive math Website describes itself as an "amusement park of math" and is divided into sections for parents, teachers, kids aged 3 to 12, and kids "aged 13 to 100." The site features activities, games, and lessons in a variety of Math areas such as fractals, algebra, and geometry. There are also lessons for math of money and personal finance.
AplusMath
This is an excellent site for learners wanting to improve their skills in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Choose from the options on the left hand side of the page - Flashcards, Game Room, Homework Helper, and Worksheets. Great for both kids and adults wanting to improve their basic math skills.
Math Dictionary
This is an animated, interactive dictionary for math students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms in simple language. Flash Player 6 or higher is required to use.
Saskatchewan High School Math
This site has material from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education curricula for all high school math programs. Students can access lessons, worksheets, quizzes and practice tests. This is an excellent resource for students enrolled in Math 10, Math 20, Math A30, Math B30 and Math C30.
English Pronouncing Dictionary
This is an English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound. Type in a word or phrase in English and listen to the correct pronunciation and alternate commonly used pronunciations.
Multilingual Dictionary
This site has two easy ways to perform a multilingual word search. You can enter an English word to see translations in 30 different languages. You can click on one of the 30 languages and have a word in that language translated to English.
Pronunciation Dictionary
This site has an excellent pronunciation key. By clicking on the speaker icon you can hear a sample word pronounced. By typing in an English word in the Find window and clicking on Dictionary you will be able to read the definition and hear the word spoken.
Free Online Crossword Puzzle/Word Search Maker
You can create word search puzzles and crossword puzzles using vocabulary you and your learner are working on. Enter the words and clues and the website will design a printable puzzle.
Resources for English as a Second Language
usingenglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for tutors and learners. Find free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts, as well as links to lessons plans, quizzes, reading comprehension exercises, and articles for ESL tutors.
Free Printable English Worksheets
englishforeveryone.org is a database of over a thousand free printable English worksheets. The worksheets are visually appealing, straightforward, and easy to locate.
Conversation Questions For ESL Learners
This is an excellent site for both one-to-one tutors and tutors leading Group Tutoring Sessions. There is a group of questions for over 150 different topics which will help stimulate conversation and sharing of cultural practices, and personal opinions and preferences.
Printable Flashcards
Download hundreds of free printable flashcards. Every set of flashcards comes in color and 3 different sizes. There are fifty different sets including the alphabet, daily activities, occupations and jobs, sports, holidays, and many more.
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International Adult Literacy Survey
The International Adult Literacy Survey database (IALS) was a seven-country initiative conducted in the fall of 1994. Its goal: to create comparable literacy profiles across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries.
National Adult Literacy Database
Federally incorporated, nonprofit service organization which fills the needs for a single-source, comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada.
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