English Acquisition Program
Bethlehem Area School District ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages Resources for English Language Learners (ELLs)
Center for Language Assessment
Northeast Middle School 1170 Fernwood Street Hours of Operation: 8:00am - 4:00pm 610-865-7880
Parent Links
BASD Resources
BASD ESOL Policy (pdf) BASD Calendar BASD Parent/Student Links BASD Dining Services
Local Community Resources
Free English Classes Fowler Family Southside Center - Northampton County Classes held at additional locations throughout Northampton County call (610) 332-8650 or email northamptoninfo@northampton.edu
Free English Classes
Standards and Requirements
PA Language Proficiency Standards For English Language Learners Pennsylvania English Language Learners - PaELL PA Department of ED SAS ELL Overlay PA Common Core Standards WIDA: Standards Overview PDE Q &A Regarding English Language Learners (ELLs) with Disabilities US Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
Translation Services
Free Translation and Professional Translation Service Google Translate Babel Fish Translation Spanish/English Dictionary of Health Related Terms (pdf) Online Spanish Spelling and Grammar Checker
Tools for Learning
Graphic Organizers for Content Instruction Clip Art for School and Business Professionals EFL - English as a Foreign Language Club Idioms: Introduction Favorite Poem Project GrammarNOW! English-Zone.com Little Explorers® Picture Dictionary Memori - ESL and EFL Materials LanguageGuide.org Englishleap: Learn English Online Free
General ESL Resources
Dave's ESL Cafe ¡Colorín colorado! Helping children read...and succeed! Activities for ESL/EFL Students Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students Learn English at English, baby!
Online Books, Songs, News and Audio files
International Children's Digital Library Storyline Online Children's Storybooks Online Curl Up with Your Favorite Blanket: Bed Time Stories for Kids Tar Heel Reader Shaggy Dog Stories and other mp3 recordings for English Learners TESL : Songs English Listening Language Lab Online Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab for ESL/EFL Students Learning Resources - A Project of LiteracyWorks 25 Places to Find Instructional Videos Newspaper Map - Read newspapers from around the world! VOA News.com Learning English VOA News.com Learning English - The Classroom ESLnotes.com - The English Learner Movie Guides NPR.org English as a Second Language podcasts are now available through iTunes. iTunes available here.
Student Friendly Dictionaries
Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English Online Heinle’s Newbury Dictionary for American English Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary
Other Resources
Make Beliefs Comix Sentence Expansion Examples Storybird Little Bird Tales Wordle.net (For Wordle and Tagxedo you may need to install the newest version of Silverlight. Click here to download. On a Mac, you may need to install this script to Print and/or then Save as PDF. Clcik here to download.) Tagxedo Livemocha - Learn a Language online
