English as a Second Language
The Learning Center also has paper resources to help learn and practice English, such as books on tape and leveled reading books that may be read with a volunteer Monday-Friday, 12-3 p.m. (when the classes resume at Churchill, see the Class Schedule for more information( or that may be checked out from the lending library.
The websites listed below are only a few of the online resources available to English-learners.
1-Language.com- Activities for ESL Students
- Dave's ESL Café
- Dr. Grammar
- EFLnet
- English Exercises Online
- ESL Gold
- Fun Brain: Translator Alligator Vocabulary Quizzes(in English and Spanish)
- Inglés Mundial (in English and Spanish)
- Isabel's ESL Site (in English and Spanish)
- Karin's ESL Partyland: The Quiz Center
- ManyThings.org
- NetGrammar
- OM Exercise (in English and Spanish)
- Pumarosa (in English and Spanish)
- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
- UsingEnglish.com
- Wordreference.com
The following links are webpages with collections of links to other ESL websites.
- Agendaweb.org
- ESL Independent Study Lab
- The Internet TESL Journal
- Purdue's Online Writing Lab
- Tower of English
Citizenship
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Naturalization: (Information about the process and qualifications for becoming a U.S. citizen)
- U.S. Citizenship & Service Help Center
Citizenship Test Preparation
In addition to the following online resources, the Learning Center offers a course that prepares people to take the citizenship exam.
GED
If you are interested in taking the GED, please tell the Learning Center staff so that the staff may help you find a GED preparation class. The Learning Center also has practice books that may be used to prepare for the test.
- 4Tests.com: Free Practice GED Test
- Amby's GED Prep
- GED for FREE
- GED & College Prep at Free-Ed.net
- GED Practice Tests
- Literacy Link – WES, Pre-GED, & GED
- Spanish GED Resources (in Spanish)
- About.com: GED Student Resources
- YouthBuild USA: GED Preparation
The following links are webpages with collections of links to other GED websites.
Higher Education
The following resources offer assistance in finding programs or financial assistance for people interested in obtaining a GED or a college degree.
- Graduate! Greater Louisville
- Kentuckiana College Access Center
- The Race for Education
- Kentucky Equine Education Project Scholarship
- North American Racing Academy
This initiative strives to promote post-secondary education in the Greater Louisville area.
KCAC offers help, free of charge, to anyone trying to enroll in college. Assistance is provided in researching schools, filling out financial aid forms, and other arenas.
The Race for Education offers scholarships to 17- to 25-year-olds who are children of people in the horse industry, or who are in the horse industry themselves, or who plan to work into the horse industry.
KEEP offers an annual $1000 scholarship program for five undergraduate students who are attending a college in Kentucky and working toward a career in the equine industry.
The project of Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron, the North American Racing Academy (NARA) is the first racing academy in the United States. NARA offers a formal training program for professional race riders.
