ELL Online Classroom Resources

English Language Learning Resources

The following online resources are used in WDMCS Community Education English language classes and may be useful to English Language Learner (ELL) students. To sign up for English language classes and learn about other resources available to ELL students, visit our English Classes page or call Karen Crosby, ELL teacher, at 515-633-5009.

Everyone

• Babbel
• Duolingo
• Idioms and phrases
• University of Iowa – Sounds of Speech
• West Des Moines Library English Programs

Beginner

• Ventures Basic
• Starfall Letters and Numbers

Level 1

• Venture 1
• Marshall Reading and Listening – 1
• Starfall Reading
• Time for the Classroom – 1

Level 2

• Venture 2
• Easy English News Audios
• Easy English News Videos
• News in Easy English
• News for You
• Marshall Reading and Listening – 1
• Time for the Classroom – 2

Levels 3/4

• Venture 3 and 4
• Easy English News Audios
• Easy English News Videos
• News in Easy English
• CNN 10
• Marshall Reading and Listening – 2
• News for You
• Smithsonian
• Time for the Classroom – 3 & 4
• Time for the Classroom – 5

Do you want to take an English language class? Visit our English Classes page to learn more and sign up.