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The [[Law-Related ESL Lessons]] were developed on Clicklaw Wikibooks by [[People's Law School]] as a resource for instructors of [http://www.elsanet.org ELSA Net]’s English language classes. The lessons feature legal topics that affect newcomers to Canada and British Columbia. The modules include reading material for learners, downloadable instructional packages at varying Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels, and assessment tools.  
The [[Law-Related ESL Lessons]] were developed on Clicklaw Wikibooks by [[People's Law School]] as a resource for instructors of [http://www.elsanet.org ELSA Net]’s English language classes. The lessons feature legal topics that affect newcomers to Canada and British Columbia. The modules include reading material for learners, downloadable instructional packages at varying Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels, and assessment tools.  


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*criminal law, and
*criminal law, and
*landlord and tenant law.
*landlord and tenant law.
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Revision as of 06:18, 5 December 2013

The Law-Related ESL Lessons were developed on Clicklaw Wikibooks by People's Law School as a resource for instructors of ELSA Net’s English language classes. The lessons feature legal topics that affect newcomers to Canada and British Columbia. The modules include reading material for learners, downloadable instructional packages at varying Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels, and assessment tools.

ELSA, which stands for English Language Services for Adults, provides basic and intermediate level English training for adult newcomers to Canada. ELSA is government-funded and is free to students.

These lessons feature student-centered, interactive activities on such legal topics as:

  • driving,
  • family law,
  • employment law
  • paying taxes,
  • consumer law,
  • criminal law, and
  • landlord and tenant law.