Online Learning for Adults
As we work to offer our students new ways of learning, we have to look at resources they can access from home.
Online Adult Basic Education
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Pre-GED/GED Online
Wisconsin Literacy has a subscription to GED Online, as well as Pre-GED online. If you haven’t logged in previously, please contact Marsha@Wisconsinliteracy.org.
Once enrolled, your students can access these lessons from anywhere. We’ll offer a webinar soon to learn how to use it.
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Contact your Regional Literacy Consultant (Beth, Marsha, Anna) to join the free pilot.
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Math for people 5 to 105.
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Math video lessons at all levels.
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Math lessons on many levels.
Online English Language Learning
Lessons on COVID-19 for High Intermediate ELL:
All Skills
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English news with reading, listening, and writing activities
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Trending music videos, viral videos, and movie trailers in the U.S.
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A site to practice English skills.
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Interactive lessons on many subjects (click on “All Topics”
For Reading and English practice: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/reading/ -
Reading, grammar, writing, spelling, and vocabulary lessons
Click on “Student Lessons” on the right, or “Reading Skills for Today’s Adults” on the left -
English and U.S. citizenship lessons
-- Requires simple registration using an email address and password
-- You can save your progress
Listening/Speaking
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Listening practice
Audio recordings of stories about love, loss, family, and friendship -
Video speeches from experts on education, business, science, tech, and creativity
Subtitles available in 100+ languages
Reading
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Reading lessons and practice
Requires simple registration using an email address and password -
Reading lessons and quizzes
Requires simple registration using an email address and password -
Reading practice
Inspiring true stories -
Reading practice
Free online short stories -
Reading practice
Online stories about United States history -
Reading practice
Short stories by English learners from San Jose, California
Pronunciation
- Sounds of Speech
Animated articulation diagram to show how English sounds are produced- Find “The Website Version” at the bottom of the page
- May need to update Adobe Flash Player
Grammar/Writing
- Purdue Online Writing Lab
English grammar lessons- For writing exercises, click on “English as a Second Language” on the left and then on “ESL Students”
- Find more activities at “Suggested Resources” at bottom of page – click on “OWL Exercises” and choose from list on the left
