Digital Resources for Flexible Solutions and Blended Learning
The recent WIOA standards in Adult Education emphasize the importance of integrating technology into instruction at every level. In order to prepare adult learners to be college and career ready, programs need to incorporate multimedia tools and technologies to help learners develop their visual and digital literacies.
Pearson’s Future: English for Results meets WIOA requirements with online tools that offer flexible solutions for classroom instruction and blended learning and allow learners to practice language and life skills as well as develop their visual and digital literacies.
The student texts of Future are now available with MyEnglishLab or with the Essential Online Resources, serving a range of digital needs of students and teachers.
MyEnglishLab, an easy-to-use online learning management system, allows students to apply new language skills in online interactive activities and assessments, which helps them take an active role in their learning. MyEnglishLab is an excellent tool for individualizing instruction and blended or flipped classroom.
NEW College and Career Readiness:
A lesson for every unit in Levels 1–5
- Reading lessons available in two formats: Interactive activities with audio and instant feedback and printable activities with downloadable audio and answer key
- Writing lessons available in printable format
NEW Future Transitions to Work:
Beginning- and intermediate-level vocabulary and exercises for five top employment industries: Food Services, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Technology
Grammar Coach lessons for every unit:
• NEW Grammar video presentations
• Multiple interactive activities with instant feedback
NEW Additional Listening and Life Skills activities with listen, record, and compare features
- Intro has 70 activities
- Levels 1–2 have 80 activities each
- Levels 3–4 have 60 activities each
- Level 5 has 30 activities
Vocabulary Practice includes flashcards, vocabulary games, and interactive activities with instant feedback for a fun and engaging way to practice the unit’s vocabulary.
Digital Literacy Videos offer lessons that help students develop their computer skills.
REVISED CASAS Test Prep: a CASAS-like reading and listening test for every level
Additional resources include class audio MP3 files and audio transcripts with student book page references.
Digital Resources for Teachers
MyEnglishLab: Future offers digital tools that allow teachers to assign practice, organize homework, and track the time students spent on activities.
With the flexible gradebook and a wide range of diagnostic tools, teachers can:
- view student scores by unit and activity
- analyze class data to determine steps for remediation and support
- easily spot students who are failing below threshold score for their program
- monitor student progress on any activity or test
Essential Online Resources
The Essential Online Resources, a digital hub that includes additional interactive activities and printable resources, is an excellent tool for independent, self-directed study.The Essential Online Resources included with the Student Book have extraordinary tools for individualizing instruction, as well as providing immediate feedback.
The MyEnglishLab option includes everything in the Essential Online Resources and much more.
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| Vocabulary Activities and Games |  |
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| Grammar Coach Videos | |
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| Grammar Activities | (four activities per lesson) |
(one activity per lesson) |
| Listening, Speaking, Life Skills Activities | |
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| Interactive CCRS Reading Activities with instant feedback | |
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| Printable CCRS Reading Lessons | |
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| Printable CCRS Writing Lessons | |
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| Transitions to Work | |
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| Digital Literacy Videos | |
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| CASAS Test Prep (teacher must assign) | |
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| Placement Test (teacher must assign) | |
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| Student Book Audio and Scripts | |
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| Flexible Gradebook and Diagnostic Tools | |