The REEP Adult ESL Curriculum is a comprehensive system that provides instructional direction for programs and teachers of adult immigrants and refugees. First published in 1982, this student-centered, life skills focused curriculum is continuously updated to reflect advances in the fields of adult education, instructed second language acquisition and literacy, and to meet the changing needs of our students. Needs assessment and goal setting activities are at the heart of the curriculum and enable students to actively direct their learning. Students vote on life skills topics such as health, employment, community, government, and transportation to determine the context through which they will develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Digital literacy skills development weaves through all levels and topics of the curriculum.
KEY: Curriculum documents contain references within the text to other curriculum files. They are noted with a file icon and a bolded title, such as Needs Assessment Tools Chart. You can find the referenced files on this homepage. Text that is hyperlinked goes to outside websites.
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Instructional Planning
- Curriculum Organization
- Needs Assessment overview | Need Assessment Tools Chart | Examples: Picture Questionnaires | Mind Mapping | Learner-generated Questionnaire | Information Grids | Timelines | Compositions | Achievement Charts | Individual Education Plans | Four Corners |
- Course Planning
- Unit Planning | Beginning Levels | Upper Levels | Grid, Calendar
- Lesson Planning | REEP lesson plan form
- General Level Descriptions | 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | 550 | Exit
- Individual Goal Setting
- Grammar Development | Verb Tenses | Sentence Structures
Teacher Reference Texts | Student Texts | REEP Grammar Activity Favorites - Reading Development | Chart | Alphabetics 1 | Alphabetics 2
- Writing Development – under revision
- Digital Literacy Development | Skills Chart
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Assessment
- General Level Descriptions | 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | 550 | Exit
- Assessing life skill objectives | Evaluation Tools Chart | Progress Through the Curriculum | Life skill objectives – all levels
- Culminating Assessment Overview & Sample Activities | Template | Activity Assessment Form | Assessment Sheet | Student Self-Reflection
- Final Assessment
- Reporting Progress
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Units & Objectives
- **Getting Started (req’d): 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 350 | 450 | Lesson Plans
- Final Reflections (req’d): 100/150 | 200/250 | 300/350/450 | Lesson Plans
- Community: 100150 | 200/250 | 300/350/450 | Lesson Plans
- **Consumerism: 100 | 150 | 200/250 | 300 | 350 | 450 | Lesson Plans
- **Health: 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 350 | 450 | Lesson Plans
- U.S. History: 300/350/450 | Lesson Plans
- U.S. Government: 300/350/450 | Lesson Plans
- Housing: 100/150 | 200/250 | Lesson Plans
- Legal: 300/350/450 (Resources)
- Time & Weather: 100/150
- Transportation: 100/150 | 200/250 – under revision
- **Work: 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 350 | 450 | Lesson Plans
- Life skill objectives (all, by level): coming soon
- Life skill objectives – coming soon
- A.C.C.E.S.S. Curriculum for levels 500 & 550 (Advanced Culture, Civics, & English Studies)
- Level 400 Curriculum for Writing Development – (under revision)
** = Revised for English Language Proficiency Standards and Digital Literacy Integration.
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Lesson Plans & Activities
- Lesson Plans & Activities
- This is a complete inventory of all lesson plans and activities noted throughout this curriculum in instructional planning, assessment, and units and objectives)
- Lesson Plans & Activities
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Additional Resources
- TESOL Techniques used in this curriculum
- Civics it Up! Instructional Techniques Bank
- Civics it Up! Curriculum (under revision)
- Lesson Plans from the REEP outreach program
- Lesson Plan links on the REEP wiki (outside resources) (REEP staff only. Login needed)
- REEP teacher training videos and Smartphones in Adult ESL Instruction (Youtube)
- REEPworld.org: Story-based interactive lessons for Family & Community, Health, and Work (levels 100-250)
- Suggested websites for English and life skills practice (all levels)
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Acknowledgements
- This curriculum originated as The REEP Curriculum, in print, in 1982. The curriculum was revised in 1994 through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. Through support of an English Language Civics grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the Commonwealth of Virginia, the 1994 curriculum was revised and made available online in 2003. Since 2003, the curriculum has grown and developed. In 2015-16, the Curriculum was reformatted and consolidated to be more accessible on any device type. Objectives and resources are continually updated and new lesson plans are added every year.
- REEP thanks the teachers and staff who have played a role in the development of this curriculum.
Terms of Use REEP makes its Adult ESL Curriculum and accompanying resources available online so that its teachers and staff can have ready, easy access as they plan and execute their instruction. We do not maintain paper copies of the curriculum, as we continuously update the material. Other programs are welcome to use these online resources with the understanding that REEP will be credited appropriately. Written credit should appear as follows: Product of the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP), Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia
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