Welcome! ESL Level 6 @ MiraCosta College

Enjoy your well deserved winter break and practice English :)

Listening:

http://esl-lab.com/ Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab has lots of listening practice that include vocabulary, quizzes, long conversations, and videos (you will need Real Player to play the videos).

http://www.manythings.org/pp/index.html American English Pronunciation Practice (For ESL/EFL)

Game-like Minimal Pair Practice using Flash and MP3 Files.

http://www.englishlistening.com/startListeningNow.do Choose a domain, a topic, a level and finally a passage. Then, click play and listen. Scroll down to see questions, answers, and transcripts.

Writing Sites:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ One of my favorite sites, where you can find samples, PowerPoint presentations, and exercises. This web page has an ESL tab for grammar practice as well.

http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm The Writing Den. This interactive site includes videos and sounds and offers fresh topics and great online activities. Students can subscribe to “The Word of the Day” by entering their email address.

http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm Using English for Academic Purposes (UEFP) is a guide for students in higher education. This site also provides a section with listening, speaking, reading, note –taking and grammar.

Reading Sites:

http://www.cdlponline.org/ California Distance Learning Project with adult learning activities that include video, listening, reading and comprehension. Some of the topics are: Family, School, Nature, Working, etc.

http://www.speakaboos.com/ This is a children’s website that provides excellent quality storytelling with closed-captioning. Most of the stories are read by celebrities. They also include a feature where you can read and record your own stories.

http://www.storylineonline.net/index.html This site, also for children, includes closed-captioning in some stories.

Grammar:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html This site provides excellent grammar activities with immediate feedback and also offers an online dictionary, games, and some listening practice.

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/ The English Club is a site that provides grammar practice as well as grammar quizzes. Most of the quizzes have instant feedback.

http://a4esl.org/a/g.html This site provides easy, medium and difficult ESL quizzes. Some of them include Flash animation and the majority of the quizzes offer immediate feedback.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thanksgiving Video... Answer these questions:

Thanks, Sylvia for sharing your post!

QUESTIONS

1. Why did the English people, later called Pilgrims, leave England?
2. What country did the Pilgrims go to first?
3. When the Pilgrims decided to come to America, what was the name of the ship they traveled on?
4.How many Pilgrims were on the small boat?
5.How long did the Pilgrims stay on the boat?
6.How many Pilgrims died during the first winter in America?
7.What was the name of the Indian who helped the Pilgrims plant food?
8.What were some of the food the Pilgrims and Indians ate during the first Thanksgiving dinner?
9.What was the name of the Indian chief who came to the first Thanksgiving dinner?