Consumer Education Resources

Below are links to Web resources for practice in English used in work and life situations (based on the Florida Adult ESOL Frameworks.)

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Consumer Education Issues

Audio Resources/Listening Practice/Consumer

1. Restaurant Guide (vocabulary list, audio, quiz)
   esl-lab.com/vocab/v-restaurant.htm
2. At the Bank (a listening activity with multiple choice questions)
   https://www.excellentesl4u.com/esl-banking-listening.html
3. Clothes Shopping (a listening activity with multiple choice questions)
   https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a2-listening/shopping-clothes

Audio Resources/Listening Practice/Housing

1. Housing (vocabulary list, audio, quiz)
   esl-lab.com/vocab/v-housing.htm
2. Housing Complaints (audio, quiz, script)
   esl-lab.com/complain/complainrd1.htm
3. Crazy Housing Prices (short reading with audio and four follow-up activities)
   www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story025.htm
4. Great Apartment Living (can be found in medium difficulty column; includes audio, quiz and script)
   www.esl-lab.com/apart/apartrd1.htm
5. Adult Learning Activities by the California Distance Learning Project (scores can be printed or emailed)
   www.cdlponline.org
   
   • Click "Housing" at the top of the page.
   • Click the life skills headings to view substantial lists of topics with the following format:
     • Page 1: Reading (with audio and some videos)
     • Page 2: Vocabulary (with audio)
     • Page 3: Spelling Practice
     • Page 4: Follow-Up Activity (a matching game)
     • Page 5: Comprehension Questions

Calculating Tips

1. Calculate the Tip Quiz (total bill calculations, ranging from easy to difficult)
   www.funbrain.com/games/penguin-waiter
2. The Original Tipping Page (calculates different tip amounts)
   https://tipping.org/tips/us/calculator/

U.S. Concepts of Time and Money

Audio Resources/Listening Practice

1. Adult Learning Activities by the California Distance Learning Project (scores can be printed or emailed)
   www.cdlponline.org
   • Click "Money" at the top of the page.
   • Click on the life skills headings to view substantial lists of topics with the following format:
     • Page 1: Reading (with audio and some videos)
     • Page 2: Vocabulary (with audio)
     • Page 3: Spelling Practice
     • Page 4: Follow-Up Activity (a matching game)
     • Page 5: Comprehension Questions

Banking and Money

1. Money Activity that includes vocabulary, listening, and conversation practice from VOA (Voice of America English News)
   www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/classroom/activities/beginner/b_money/deploy/activity/index.html
2. Money-related Vocabulary (pictures and audio)
   www.languageguide.org/im/money/eng/
3. Banking Vocabulary and Definitions
   www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary_banking.htm
4. Money Vocabulary and Definitions (high intermediate level)
   www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary_money.htm
5. Currency Converter
   finance.yahoo.com/currency
6. Banking Services (an audio vocabulary activity)
   esl-lab.com/vocab/v-bank.htm#vocab

Calendar

1. Writing the Date
   www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/time-date.htm
2. Days of the Week (a vocabulary list with abbreviations)
   www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/time-days-of-week.htm
3. Months of the Year (vocabulary, abbreviations, number of days and seasons in North America)
   www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/time-months-of-year.htm
4. Numbers, Days, Months, and Years activity that helps you with vocabulary, listening, and real practice using numbers when ordering lunch (VOA - Voice of America English News)

Measurements

1. Metric Converter
   www.worldwidemetric.com/measurements.html
2. Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter
   www.weather.gov/tsa/met_calc  

Numbers

1. Numbers (audio)
   www.languageguide.org/im/num/eng/
2. Numbers (audio)
   www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
3. Numbers, Months, Days and Years in American English (audio) - Beginners
   learningenglish.voanews.com/content/earn-english-numbers-months-days-years/1656788.html

Telling Time

1. Telling Time (audio and quiz)
   https://www.esl-lab.com/basic-english/telling-time/
2. Learn to Tell Time
   www.abcya.com/telling_time.htm