Thursday, February 17, 2005

ESL/ABE/GED: National LINCS: Learner Produced Material

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/hotsites/hotsites.html National LINCS
A service of the National Institute for Literacy

The section I particularly liked is called Topics (http://www.topics-mag.com/), which is an online magazine for learers of English. There are movies and reviews, stories written by students and a section called "You Said It' which is student opinions on the topics. I liked this site because most of the material is produced by learners, so the reading level is appropriate, and the topics are relevant to our students.
This is a great site for working on reading and writing skills, and it is set up so that students can participate in generating materials for the next volume. Intermediate and higher level students might like this site.