General GED sites-helps with all subjects

• PBS’s site, Literacy Link: Great resource for teachers and students alike. Teachers can log in and monitor their students’ progress. There is a GED section, Pre-GED section, and Workplace skills section.
• Steck/Vaugh’s site for GED practice
• The Study Guide and Strategies by St. Thomas University: Includes essay (excellent!) and writing tools, math including a good section on word problems, web site evaluation tools, goal setting, and much, much more- The site can be translated into many other languages also.
• Kentucky Department for Adult Education and Literacy: - Check out the links—some great sites for curriculum materials and for your students.
• Internet Resources for Teachers of Adults - Links for everything in adult education: ESL, GED, etc.
• G.E.D. On-Line Preparation
• On-Line G.E.D. Practice Test Site
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Reference sites

• City of Austin Public Library: includes Encyclopedia Britannica, Dictionaries, on-line catalogue, ebooks, and much more.
• Austin Community College Library: Many resources including an outstanding listing of map sites, on-line dictionaries in other languages, curriculum (central theme is research) designed jointly by ACC Developmental Reading and the library.
• Free On-line Dictionary
• Free On-line Thesaurus

Reading/Vocabulary

• http://www.freevocabulary.com/
• http://www.vocabulary.com/
• http://www.edhelper.com/

Writing/Grammar

• http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ - another great site! FYI-some of the quizzes are advanced.
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu - Purdue’s writing lab. Direct link to classroom handouts:
  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/
• Tips for essay writers (University of Texas site; they actually score the essay)
• http://www.better-english.com

Math sites

• http://mathforum.org/teachers/adult.ed/- great site!
• http://www.math.com - everything the name implies—you can even design your own worksheet.

Translation sites

• http://www.freetranslation.com/
• http://www.worldlingo.com/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html

English as a Second Language

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/ -focuses on writing.
• http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/natz/100q.pdf - Copy of the 100 questions from the Department of Justice
• http://www.englishclub.com/ - Practice your grammar, pronunciation, and more!
• http://www.better-english.com
  

Search Engines

• Google-includes great database for images.
• Yahoo
• Ask Jeeves
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Career Information

• ACC's Counseling Department's Career Web Resources

Questions? Please contact us at adulted@austincc.edu

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