LIBRARY IS OPEN
The Library Is OPEN!
Main Library: Monday - Saturday 9:30a-5p.
Richmond Library: Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30a-5p.
Limited in-person classes available at this time.
The Atlantic City Free Public Library has moved some of its programming online. Click here to view the library's online programs & classes.
The library also offers a variety of online resources. Click here to access our premium e-resources.
Basic ESL
Basic ESL (virtual)
Beginners English class for non-native, English speakers. Classes include interactive learning activities that focus on increasing the listening, speaking, reading, grammar, and writing skills of the students.
Classes meet using Zoom.
Class Schedule:
Mondays 7 pm - 8:15 pm
Wednesdays 7 pm - 8:15 pm
Fridays 10 am - 11:15 am
Learning Languages Online
- Rosetta Stone Solutions for Libraries
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.
Websites to Learn a Language
- Activities for ESL/EFL StudentsOffers 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 EnglishDesigned 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 EnglishThis 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 CafeDave'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 DictionaryProvides 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 LanguageProvides ESL resources, especially related to writing, for both students and teachers
- U.S.A. LearnsListen & read lessons online. Some instruction also offered in Spanish.
- Using EnglishUsingEnglish.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.
Engen Lab
ESL Career Readiness Lab (in-person or virtual)
Hours: Mondays from 9:30 am to 1pm
Location: Main Library, Next STEP Lab
Engen's Language Upskilling platform offers ESL classes and tutorials with a focus on:
- Job interview skills
- Food and beverage industry
- Hospitality industry
Engen can be accessed remotely on your personal device or during the ESL Career Readiness Lab in the Main Library,
For more information visit the Main Library's Help Desk or call 609-345-2269 ext.3060
This class is part of the Building Employment Skills Training (BEST) Program, funded by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development.