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Mousing

Mouse Practice - Learn how to use the mouse. (Left click only.)
http://abeged.com/MousePractice/mpage1.html

Mouse Program - Start with "Move the Mouse." Click on "Home Page" to start again.
http://www.mouseprogram.com/

Learn to Use the Mouse - A good introduction.
http://www.instruction.greenriver.edu/avery/activities/mouse/MouseSkills.htm

Mousercise - Click on the number "2" and continue with 3, 4, 5...
http://www.3street.org/mouse/page2.html

The Jig Zone - Click on a picture. Complete the puzzle.
http://www.jigzone.com/ms/g.php?dir=gallery/h/AN&z=6_piece_classic

Mousing Games from Lyndsay's Mania - Try Dot2Dot, Make-a-Match, and Buy It (Money Game).
http://www.mccollam.com/fun/

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Typing and Literacy

Letter TV Audio Alphabet (Step 1)
Practice letter names.
http://www.lettertv.net/pages/audioalpha.htm

Jo Edkin's Typing Practice (Step 2)
Type the letters in red.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/typing/

Mrs. Pitcher's Keyboarding Drills (Step 3)
17 sets of exercises, starting with the Home Row.
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html

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Beginning ESL

REEPworld - Learn English about health, work, and family.
http://www.reepworld.org/englishpractice/index.htm

Adele's ESL Corner - Grammar, listening, and vocabulary practice through personal stories. Truly beginner! (Some British spellings.)
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/index.html

Cynthia's Links for English students - Perfect for students in Level 100-250!
http://www.geocities.com/cynthia_ingersoll/ESLlinks.html

English 4 U - Grammar activities - Easy, intermediate, and difficult.
http://www.english-4u.de/grammar_exercises.htm

Handwriting Worksheets - Type a sentence. Then, print a worksheet to practice your handwriting.
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/

Pumarosa.com - Free Spanish-English bilingual English course for beginning and intermediate students.
http://www.pumarosa.com/

Susan Gaer's Literacy Games - Match capital and lowercase letters, numbers with words, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/sgaer/hotpotatoes/index.htm

U.S.A. Learns - Go to the 1st Course for 20 different units for beginning learners. Practice listening, writing, reading, and pronunciation!
http://www.usalearns.org

Ventures Arcade - Lifeskills-based language practice. Levels 1 and 2 available. Other levels will be posted early 2009.
http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/venturesadulted/venturesarcade/

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Intermediate and Advanced ESL Links

Activities for ESL Students- Quizzes in vocabulary and grammar
http://a4esl.org/

BBC Skillswise- Teach yourself, and don't forget to test yourself, too! Activities for grammar, spelling, reading, writing, listening, and vocabulary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/

English For All - Watch video stories and answer questions to practice English.
http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm

English Grammar Secrets - Grammar rules and practice activites.
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/

English 4 U - Grammar activities - Easy, intermediate, and difficult.
http://www.english-4u.de/grammar_exercises.htm

ESL Blues - You will find many different activities here.
http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/trouindx.htm

ESL Independent Study Lab - Links and interactive pages for English learners
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html

Interesting Things for ESL Students - You will always find something new here.
http://www.manythings.org/

John's Activities for English Learners - Made especially for adult ESL students.
http://www.johnmh.com/esl.html

Listen and Write - Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Free listening and dictation tool. Create a free account to chart your progress.
http://www.listen-and-write.com/

Power Proofreading - For advanced students. Start with the Level 2 activities. Find and correct the errors.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm

Pumarosa.com - Free Spanish-English bilingual English course for beginning and intermediate students.
http://www.pumarosa.com/

TV 411 - Reading, writing, vocabulary, and math activities that have practical use for your life. Use the left menu. (Lifeskills)
http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml

U.S.A. Learns - Go to the Low-intermediate or Intermediate Reading Skills. Practice listening, writing, reading, and pronunciation! Many different topics that are practical for everyday life.
http://www.usalearns.org

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Reading Activities

California Distance Learning Project - Read and listen to stories about life topics. For intermediate to advanced level students.
http://www.cdlponline.org/

City Family Magazine - Written in clear English for adult learners. You can also search for the topic you want.
http://www.cityfamily.org/v2/cicityFamily.asp

Kizclub Stories - Graded online readers for children. Also useful for low-level adult learners.
http://kizclub.com/Sbody.html

Readings Skills Stories - Group 1 (lower levels) / Group 2 (higher levels)
http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm

REEPworld Stories - Stories about immigration and adjusting to life in a new country (Family, Health, and Work). For beginning and intermediate level students.
http://www.reepworld.org/englishpractice/index.htm

The Learning Edge - An interactive online newspaper for high beginning to
http://www.thewclc.ca/edge/

Topics: An Online Magazine for Learners of English
ESL students write about many topics, including life in the U.S., traditions from their home countries, and more.
http://www.topics-mag.com/

Time Magazine, for Kids - Read about world events, recent news, and more.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

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Listening and Pronunciation

Elllo - Choose from over 1000 interviews with English speakers from all over the world. Choose activities according to your level. ("Elllo" is the English Language Listening Lab Online.)
http://www.elllo.org/index.htm

E.L. Easton's Listening Activities and Pronunciation Activities
http://evaeaston.com/

Listen and Write - Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Free listening and dictation tool. Create a free account to chart your progress.
http://www.listen-and-write.com/

Pronunciation Activities from Interesting Things for ESL Students
 http://www.manythings.org/pp/

Randall's Listening Lab - Randall always has something new for ever level.
http://www.esl-lab.com/

Sounds of English - Learn how to pronounce every sound of English. Video!
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

Voxopop - Message boards with real people and real English. Discussions are called called Talkgroups. Anyone can listen to Talkgroups already happening. You need to create a free account to record a response or to start your own discussion.
http://www.voxopop.com/

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Citizenship Preparation

A Guide to Naturalization - English
http://tiny.cc/guide315

The Citizen's Almanac, M-76 - English
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-76.pdf

The Citizen's Almanac, M-76 - English
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-76.pdf

New Naturalization Test: Updated Materials (March 2009)
www.uscis.gov/newtest

Take the Practice Test Online (Posted November 2009)
Click here to practice the Naturalization Self Test

100 Civics Questions

Civics Flash Cards, M-623

Civics Lessons for the New Naturalization Test, M-638: "Learn About the United States"

96 Sample Questions

Sample Civics Questions for Elderly Applicants

College/ University Preparation

  • TOEFL Online - Learn about the Test of English as a Foreign Langauge.
  • getTOEFL - many free online activities to "get you into the mood" for TOEFL.
  • Daily Quiz - try a new TOEFL-inspired quiz each day!
  • LiteracyNet Archives- academic-level listening, reading comprehension and vocabulary practice based on real news stories from CNN and other news stations.

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Arlington Education & Employment Program (REEP)
Clarendon Education Center
   2801 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 218
Arlington, Virginia, 22201
Phone:  (703) 228-4200  FAX (703) 527-6966

Technology Coordinator: mcona@arlington.k12.va.us

Last updated November 2009