Literacy is not just reading. The Literacy DuPage program focuses first on everyday listening and speaking, then reading and writing.

In today’s digital world, there is a wealth of online resources for teaching and learning English. Here is a selection of user-friendly sites.

Careful though . . don't let these sites eat up your time. You might want to investigate just one or two each week:

• Our website, literacydupage.org,  maintains a collection of Lesson Packets in the life skill areas of survival, community, health, shopping and money, and employment. Each packet includes ideas for practice and 4 levels of lesson plans. 
• Literacy Works members-only section has resources to support tutoring activities, such as recordings of past trainings, instructional materials. worksheets, and slide decks. To access this section, click on Resources, scroll down to Members-only, and type in the LDP member code 3709LWmember  
• Sean Banville has been developing ESL websites since 2004. They are some of the most used worldwide. The next three are his websites:
• Listen A Minute 480 listenings, 9-page handouts, & online quizzes. Very short passages (less than a minute). Printable handouts, downloads plus MP3 listening, and quizzes.
• ESLGold.com offers a great range of speaking, grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading resources. Filter them by level and find a variety of useful exercises.
• iteslj.org A project of The Internet TESL Journal, this has a vast array of conversation questions that you can use during tutoring sessions. Click on a topic and find enough questions to keep conversation going for a long time. 
• ESLCivics.com  Introduce EL Civics and ESL with pictures and related, uncomplicated vocabulary. Worksheets and activities extend each presented topic. This website provides an easy way to learn about U.S. history, government, geography, and American culture. 
• ESL-Lab.com Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab can help boost your students’ listening skills. Online since 1998, listening activities focus on comprehension skills based on content, voices, vocabulary, and natural speed. The site has activities and quizzes for all levels. 
• ESLVideo.com provides free video lessons and listening activities for teaching and learning English. The site has interesting and popular videos from YouTube, TV shows, and movies and are only a couple of minutes long. They include a transcript, quiz, exercises, and notes.
• Google Images Harnessing the power of search, this site is first-rate for quickly exploring a range of pictures and worksheets. If you type in the topic here and add ESL at the end of your search (for example, “the beach + ESL”) it will generate lessons and resources to pursue.
• News in Levels (NiL) writes news articles for students of English. NiL uses easy words and grammar and includes Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3.

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Nine public libraries (Carol Stream, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Indian Prairie, Itasca, Naperville, Westmont, and Wheaton) are offering a "one community, one book" program series called “Neighbors Together” in which each library will host a book discussion on Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas.

This program series in September is to promote Literacy DuPage and to highlight the diversity of DuPage County. We are scheduling additional immigration-themed events, and members of all libraries are welcome to participate in any of the programs or book discussions. Click here for more details.

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In collaboration with Carol Stream Public Library, Literacy DuPage will offer a once-a-month conversation group from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. This in-person group is open to intermediate and above level adults who want to practice their everyday conversational skills. The address is 616 Hiawatha Drive. No registration is required. The dates are:

Tuesday, September 19

Tuesday, October 17

Tuesday, November 21

Tuesday, December 19

The Wheaton Public Library’s collection of ESL and adult literacy materials is located on the 2^nd floor. It is organized by topic and includes books, DVDs, and audiobooks, as well as a section of high interest, low reading level materials for adults.

The library has 9 study rooms (6 on the 2^nd floor and 3 on the lower level), which are available for individuals or small groups to reserve for up to 2 hours a day. All study rooms contain whiteboards, and some also have TV screens. To reserve a study room, please contact Adult Services at askref@wheatonlibrary.org or 630-868-7523. Literacy DuPage tutors can make reservations up to a week in advance.

The Tech Center on the 1st floor offers a public computer lab with laptops to check out for in-library use. The 2nd floor has a small number of database computers, which require no logins or time limits, but cannot access any websites other than library databases. Databases with resources for English language learners include Mango Languages and Brainfuse HelpNow.

Additional information about Wheaton Public Library’s services for English language learners, as well as a link to area resources, can be found here: https://wheatonlibrary.org/discover/english-language-learners



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