LibGuides: ESL & Language Learning: ESL

ESL Classes at the Library

All classes are held in the Main Library's Learning Center and are FREE to attend.

Basic English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes

Students will listen, read, practice conversation, and learn writing techniques, vocabulary, pronunciation and proper grammar. Registration is recommended for this class. Visit the Help Desk or call (609)345-2269 to register and for the the class schedule.

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Customer Service:

English language curriculum that focuses on customer service and job readiness skills. Students will learn how to effectively communicate with customers and employers.

The ESOL Customer Service Training Curriculum was developed by the Maryland Department of Labor and is part of the Atlantic City Free Public Library's Communication Skills of the 20th Century Workforce (CS21) program.

Registration is required. Visit the Main Library Help Desk or call (609) 345-2269, ext. 3044, to register and receive the class schedule.

Learning Languages Online

Rosetta Stone Solutions for Libraries (JerseyClicks)
An e-Learning solution that helps build language skills and provides immediate feedback to guide pronunciation based on innovative speech-recognition technology. Offers 30 languages, including English as a Second Language. Key features include: 50 hours of instruction; core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills; focused activities to refine grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and more. Mobile app is also available.

Languages include: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English (American and British), Filipino (Tagalog), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America and Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Websites to Learn a Language

Activities for ESL/EFL Students
Offers quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
BBC Learning English
Designed to help teach British English as a second language using current events, British life and history, and extracts from literature. Words in the News presents current news stories using text and audio files, with vocabulary and pronunciation highlighted.
Breaking News English
This site features lessons based on current news stories. Lessons include the text of the story, along with reading, writing and listening exercises. The Lessons and news stories can also be downloaded in MP3 format.
ESL Cafe
Dave's ESL Cafe is one of the leading ESL/EFL sites in the world, for both students and teachers. Students have their own help center, idioms, insight into useful slang, and forums. Teachers get web links, job listings, activity ideas, forums, and more.
Meriam Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Provides a list of 3,000 of the most commonly spoken words in English that should be known by anyone learning English as a second language. Once registered you can check off words from the list and place them directly into your My Learner’s Dictionary word list. Also offers a Learner's Word of the Day by e-mail feature.
Purdue OWL English As A Second Language
Provides ESL resources, especially related to writing, for both students and teachers
U.S.A. Learns
Listen & read lessons online. Some instruction also offered in Spanish.
Using English
UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse the grammar glossary and references on irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, teacher handouts, and find useful links and information on English.

ESL & Language Learning: ESL

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ESL Classes at the Library

Basic English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Customer Service:

Learning Languages Online

Websites to Learn a Language