Tools for ESL Education

The Professional Development Promising Technologies (Pro-D Pro-T) website is a resource for English as a Second Language (ESL) and Enhanced Language Training (ELT) instructors, program coordinators and educators at large who want to explore potential learning ideas using online tools.

Use this site to explore tools, teaching and learning activity ideas and project outlines that use a variety of technologies you can easily implement in your classes, face-to-face (F2F) instruction, online or in blended settings.

  1. First go to Web Tools
  2. Try Instruction Ideas
  3. Experience Web Tools in the Classroom
  4. Finally, check out the Industry Projects.

1. Web Tools

Explore the twenty-one online tools that can enhance your teaching. The tools provide the ability to seach, share, collaborate or present information, both individually and in groups. The tools are chosen based on rigorous selection process. Each of these tools:

  • Address one or more language strands
  • Has potential for learning, and
  • Supports learners in a variety of ways.

Each tool’s listing includes:

  1. Short “how-to” videos, screenshots, and explanations
  2. Potentials and limitations
  3. Supportive literary reviews
  4. Additional links to external sites and resources
  5. Links to activity ideas and projects to accompany practical applications

Go to Web Tools

2. Teaching Ideas

A goldmine of teaching activity ideas for your class. These activities show teachers and instructors how to use the Web Tools to:

  • Present new information
  • Provide support and feedback to learners
  • Collaborate on classroom work

Go to Teaching Ideas

3. Web Tools in the Classroom

Learner-based activities using the Web Tools. Activities can be easily duplicated or adapted and demonstrate how learners can easily use each Web Tool to support:

  • Learning, discovering, and building new knowledge
  • Researching and collaborating with peers
  • Creating final projects and tasks to present in classes

Go to Web Tools in the Classroom

4. Industry Projects

Six industry-based project examples integrating the Web Tools, based on context in 3 different industries:

  • Engineering
  • Nursing
  • Oil and Gas

Find inspiration in these project examples, duplicate them, or adapt them to your own teaching and learning needs.

Go to Industry Projects