English Language Learners at Southeast

Support services designed to assist English Language Learners (ELL) can be accessed by Minnesota State College Southeast students for their learning needs at our area Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs in Red Wing and Winona. The ABE programs provide courses in grammar, pronunciation, and conversation for adults who speak English as a second language.

In Winona, the ABE English as a Second Language classes are held from September through May on Monday through Thursday from 8:30-11:30 a.m., and on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 West Broadway, Winona, MN 55987.

For more information in Winona, please contact:  Christopher Dahlke, [email protected], or at (507) 494-0924.

In Red Wing, the ABE English as a Second Language classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8 p.m., in the Red Wing High School ELL Room (enter door 10), 2451 Eagle Ridge Dr., Red Wing, MN 55066.

For more information in Red Wing, please contact:  Jill Rivard, [email protected], or at (651) 385-4562.

English Language Learner Web Resources

Below you will find several links to sites providing resources for students who are English Language Learners. These sites include information and practice sites for reading, listening, writing, speaking, cultural knowledge, activities for ELL Students, quizzes, tests, exercises, and puzzles to assist with learning English. 

Activities for ELL Students: Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help students learn English as a Second Language

Newbury House Online Dictionary: Contains more than 40,000 entries. It provides simple and clear definitions, sample sentences, idioms, photographs, cultural facts and figures

ESL Cyber Listening Lab: Provides online English listening comprehension quizzes and activities for English Language Learners

English Interactive: For self-studying language learners 

English as a Second Language (ESL) for Teachers and Students: Provides information for students from beginners who are just starting out to more advanced students who want to hone and polish reading comprehension, conversation, and writing skills