Immigration Resources and Sites
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
This site is for a local resource in York that has information for detained immigrants, in addition to community programs to help immigrants.
Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services
This site is for a local resource in Harrisburg for immigration and refugee services, including legal council.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of PennsylvaniaThis site offers information on civil rights in many languages, as well as questions and answers for non-citizens.
https://www.aclu.org
National Immigration Law Center
This site offers updates on immigration policies. It includes resources for immigrants and news on policy changes.
Dictionaries and Translation Sites
Word Reference
This is an online bilingual dictionary. It includes words, definitions, and examples in 16 different languages.
Merriam Webster Learner’s Dictionary
This English dictionary has simple easy to understand definitions and examples. You can also listen to the word to learn how to pronounce it.
http://www.learnersdictionary.com
Google Translate
This site can be used to translate simple words and text between 86 languages.
https://translate.google.com
Sites to Help Parents of ELs with School
Colorín Colorado This is a bilingual site (English and Spanish) with articles and resources to help families of English learners.
http://www.colorincolorado.org
Starfall Young students love this site! It has interactive books and games that teach the alphabet and early reading skills.
http://www.starfall.com
Sites to Help Parents Learn English
USA Learns This site is for adults to improve English speaking, pronunciation, listening, reading, spelling, writing and grammar.
http://www.usalearns.org
English Learners Pod This site has podcasts for adult English Learners. The podcasts are designed to help you learn English.
https://www.eslpod.com/website