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Personal Communication
Ask for and give
Personal Information http://www.manythings.org/ Find the
section headed Other Interesting Things and click on Computer Assisted Writing. At this
site there are two activities for students to practice. A. Self Introduction
Students
need to fill in the prompt boxes with their personal information. When
finished click the box that says Write
It. There will be a series of sentences using this information. Version
1 and 2 are in the first person and Version 3 is in the Third person present
tense. Students will be able to print this information. B. Personal Information
Students
need to fill in the prompt boxes with their personal information. When
finished click on the box that says Write
It. There will be a Brief
Introduction, a Self Introduction and a Personal Data box. Student
information will be written under each box. Students will be able to print
this information. A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. Greetings/Partings Introductions Complete an ID form Our Community
Identify
places Tell where
places are Read Maps http://mapquest.com Use this site to
practice reading directions and maps. Students need to know their home
address and a destination address. A map and written directions can be
printed. All levels. A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. Ask for,
give, and follow directions School and Country
Listen for room numbers Identify people and
places at school Talk about where places
are in buildings http://www.isabelperez.com
A story
written by students telling about their school in Spain. Uses the structure
there is/there are. Location of places in buildings. A worksheet is available
in the ESL Curriculum Library files. All levels. Read building
directories Write absentee notes Daily Living
Talk about seasons and weather http://www.manythings.org/ Choose Word Games, Click on Java Script
Hangman Choose Weather ---Copy the complete sentences in
your notebook.
Ask for, say, and write times, and dates http://www.manythings.org/ Choose Word Games and click on JigWords,
MatchWords & SpeedWords Scroll down to Time
first choose JigWords Match the time words to the time numbers. Click on
back and then choose MatchWords match the time words to the time numbers. (a form of concentration) http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
Grammar,
Prepositions click on IN
AT ON Time Expressions: Click on the dot in front of the correct word
to complete the sentence. There are 20 sentences. Check your answers at the
end of the exercise.
Read Calendars
Listen for times and dates
Listen to weather forecasts
Read store hour signs Creating
a personal daily schedule: http://www.manythings.org Computer Assisted Writing JavaScript
Click on Daily
Schedule:
Write your answers in the box under the question then click OK. When you are
finished filling in the times you will have a page that gives you several
sentences with your daily schedule. The sentences will be in the first person
( I ), the third person ( uses your name ) and there will be some combined
sentences using and. http://www.englishsite.com
Use for practice with daily schedules. Click on the word FLASH at the top of the page and then Click on
Routines. The students will be able to control the presentation by using the
pause and continue buttons at the bottom of the screen. http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
Provides grammar practice for daily activities. Grammar, Verb Practice, Present
Tense Click on Simple
Present Error Correction: A sentence is written incorrectly. Choose by
clicking on the dot next to the correct sentence. There are 10 sentences.
Check your answers when you have corrected all the sentences. Simple
Present: Write the correct present tense form of the verb to complete the
sentence. There are 15 sentences. Check your answers at the end of the
exercise. http://grove.ufl.edu/~ktrickel/activity.html
This site provides present tense practice using pictures for routine or
daily activities. The students complete a sentence under each picture by
choosing the correct verb to describe the activity in the picture. Great for
level one and level two students or any student who needs practice with the
present tense. Its a very easy site to use. Food
Identify kinds of food http://www.manythings.org/ There are
three exercises for practicing food vocabulary at this site. A worksheet is
available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. A.
Choose Quizzes and then click on Easy Vocabulary Quizzes scroll down to
the bottom of the list and click on FOOD. This is a picture word match quiz. Will
work for level 1 A and up.
B.
Choose Word Puzzles and then click on Scrambled Words click on RESTAURANT. Place the letters
in the correct order by clicking and dragging the letters into the box.
C.
Choose Other Interesting Things and click on Computer Assisted Writing then Click
on FOOD and DRINK. Fill in the prompt boxes with your
personal likes and dislikes. When finished click and there will be sentences containing your information. These
sentences are in the third and first person present tense and there are also
some compound sentences. Students will be able to print this information.
http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
There are several exercises for practicing food vocabulary and structures
at this site. Vocabulary: Vegetables
and Fruits Multiple Choice: This is a matching exercise. Match the picture
to the word by clicking on the letter that is next to the word. There are 16
items and answers are provided at the end o f the exercise. Vegetables
and Fruits Fill in the Blanks: Type the correct name of the vegetable or fruit
under the picture. Use the vocabulary in the Multiple Choice exercise. Check
you answers at the end of the exercise. Write shopping lists http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/ Nouns, Pronouns and
Articles A, An or Some Making a shopping list. Choose the correct article ( a, an or some
) to put in front of the word. There are 50 practice items. Check your answers at the end of the
exercise. Identify food packaging http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/ Packaging 1: This is a matching
exercise. Match the picture to the word by clicking on the dot in front of
the word. There are 39 pictures in this exercise. Answers are at the end of
the exercise. Packaging 2: Write the correct word
for the type of packaging used in the picture. Use your answers from
Packaging 1. There are 15 pictures to write about. Check your answers at the
bottom of the page. Ask where things are in
a supermarket http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/ Vocabulary - Grocery
Departments: This is a reading exercise. The students
need to choose the department where an item is located in the Grocery Store.
There are 25 items and answers are provided at the end of the exercise. Listen for aisle numbers Read price tags and
expirations dates Food Grammar: http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/ A. Nouns, Pronouns and Articles - How/Much How Many: This is a matching
exercise. Look at the word and choose which question word to use How Much? or
How Many? There are 50 items and about half of them are food words. B. Nouns, Pronouns and Articles - A Few or A Little: Food vocabulary using a
few or a little. Students choose the correct work to complete the sentence,
I see a few ---. or I see a little
--. These phrases are also used, I have---, Give me ----. There is ---,
There are ---, and some of the items are in the form of questions. There are
25 practice items. Check the answers at the end of the exercise. Shopping
Identify clothes by
article, size, and color http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
Vocabulary - Choose Color. Write the
name of the color the question is written in. Clothes: Scrambled Sentences - Use all the words above the white box to type the sentence in
the correct order. Remember to use capital letters and periods. Practice in
using clothing, and color vocabulary and singular/plural constructions. There
are 10 sentences. Please check your answers when you are finished. Clothes: Questions and Answers Read the question, click
on the arrow and choose the best answer. There are 10 questions to answer.
Check your answers when you are finished. Shop for clothes Read clothing ads and
comparison shop Listen for and say
prices and totals Read size tags, price
tags, and receipts Write checks Grammar focus: http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
scroll down to Grammar and choose Singular and Plural. This exercise
provides practice in changing sentences from singular to plural. Read the
singular sentence. Change the sentence to plural. Type your plural sentence
in the white box below the singular sentence. Scroll
down to Nouns, Pronouns and Articles, choose
Plural Nouns - Type the plural form of the noun in the box next to the
singular noun. There are 20 words to change to the plural. Remember to check
your answers when you have completed typing all the words. Return
to the main and scroll down to Nouns, Pronouns and
Articles, choose My, Your, Our There will be a sentence with a word missing. Click on the arrow to
view the choices. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. There are
15 sentences to complete. Remember to check your answers when you have
finished the sentences. Home
Identify rooms,
furniture, and kinds of housing http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
There are several exercises for learning housing vocabulary. Vocabulary: A. House Multiple Choice: Look at the picture, read the question and
choose the correct answer. There are 15 questions. Check your answers at the
bottom of the page. B. House Fill in the Blanks: Using the vocabulary
learned in the Multiple Choice exercise write the correct word under the picture.
There are 15 pictures to identify. Read for-rent ads and
comparison shop http://www.statesmanjournal.com
Reading For
Rent ads. A worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. (All
levels) http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/ Other Verb
Activities
- Yes/No Mixed: Choose the correct
answer for the question. Vocabulary is for reading FOR RENT ads. Practice
answering There is/There are, Do/Does, Can and Be questions. There are 25
questions. Check the answers at the end of the exercise. Ask for utilities to be
turned on Ask for simple repairs Health Care
Identify kinds of health
clinics Read a thermometer Make doctors
appointments http://www.esl-lab.com Making
Appointments. A recorded conversation of making a Doctors Appointment. Level
2 or 3 A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. Talk about symptoms and
injuries http://www.isabelperez.com
Body Parts
Practice: scrambled letters practice for spelling the names of body
parts. Levels 1A, 1B and 2 A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. http://www.sccd.ctc.edu/~ssesl/
Body Parts,
Common Illnesses: There are several activities here and many will work for
upper level students. For my Level 1B students, I used the puzzles. They are
leveled and my students used the ones created for beginners. Besides puzzles there are Dialogues,
Readings and one exercise called Visiting the Doctor. Please explore this
site to discover which activities would be appropriate for your students. All
levels. A worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. Listen to doctors
instructions Employment Identify kinds of jobs http://www.manythings.org Choose Word
Puzzles and then click on Word Search. Click on Jobs. Return to the home
page by clicking the back button twice. Choose Word Games and click on JavaScript Hangman. Choose the
Fast Hangman Games for Vocabulary Study and click on Occupations. Provides
great vocabulary practice for all levels. Choose Concentration game: then
click on Jobs practice in
matching occupational words. http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
There are several exercises for studying Occupational vocabulary. Vocabulary: A.
Occupations Occupations
1 and 2:
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. Click on the arrow and
choose the correct word. Occupations 1 students have 4 occupations to
choose from. There are 20 sentences to complete. Check your answers at the
end of the exercise. Occupations 2 students choose from the complete list
of occupations. There are 30 sentences to complete. B.
Occupations Occupations
3:
Complete the sentence telling what each worker does on the job. Chick on the
dot that is the best choice for the occupation. There are 20 sentences. Check
your answers at the end of the exercise. Jobs Listening 1 and 2: Click on the word listen. When you hear the Job Title (listening
1) or Occupation (Listening 2) type it in the box. Some of the Job Titles
will have more than one word. Check you answers at the end of the exercise.
Real Player needs to be down loaded to your computer to complete this
exercise. These Listening exercises use the same words from the Occupation
practices 1, 2, and 3. Give your work
experience and skills http://members.bellatlantic.net/~positv/Job_info.htm
Can be used for all levels but is most appropriate for levels 2 and up. A
good way to do a career or professional survey. Provides a good description
of job skills, tools or equipment needed, salary and employability prospects
for a wide range of jobs. A worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library
files. Read help-wanted ads http://www.statesmanjournal.com
Reading
Employment ads. (All
levels) A worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. Complete Job
applications Understand safety
warnings Grammar
Focus: http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/ Grammar Verb Practice - Present
Progressive: Click on Scrambled
Sentences These scrambled sentences are about working at Taco Bell.
Type the words in the correct order to make a correct sentence. Remember to
use capital letters at the beginning and periods at the end of each sentence.
There are 10 sentences. Check your work at the end of the exercise. Verb
Practice Simple Present: Click on Simple
Present Occupations: Answer the question, What does he do at work?
Write your answer in the box below the question. Remember to use capital
letters at the beginning and periods at the end. There are 10 questions.
Check your work at the end of the exercise. Transportation and Travel Identify kinds of
transportation Read traffic signs Use public
transportation Listen for bus numbers
and fares http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
Vocabulary Free
Time Activities: Match the word to the picture. Write the correct
activity from the word bank above the pictures to match the activity in the
picture. There are 20 pictures. Check your answers at the end of the
activity. Great sites that provide grammar,
writing, and reading practice that match the objectives for the Chemeketa ESL
program. http://eslus.com/LESSONS/SPELL/SPELL.HTM
Spelling
Practice (
a ) lessons have sound ( b ) lessons
choose between two words. This is a good exercise for all levels and I have
used it with my Reading/Writing 1B class. A worksheet is available in the ESL
Curriculum Library files. http://eslus.com/eslcenter.htm This site has reading, grammar, listening,
writing, spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation and Idiom practice for upper
level students. (Levels 3, 4 and 5) http://www.isabelperez.com Easy
Questions and Answers: This
provides the students with practice in reading a question and choosing the
correct answer. They are Yes/No questions using the be verb and the do verb.
This is great practice for 1A and 1B students. A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. http://www.isabelperez.com Easy Questions: In this exercise
students will have a scrambled question. They will need to place the words in
the correct order to form the question. Most questions will be Yes/No
questions in the present tense using the be and do verbs. A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. http://www.isabelperez.com Present Tense Questions: In
this exercise the student is given a statement and they then have to change
the statement to a question. Present tense questions using the be and do
verbs. This was a struggle for the 1B class but they did it successfully. A
worksheet is available in the ESL Curriculum Library files. http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
The grammar exercises at this site are well developed and use the same
vocabulary that is presented in the Vocabulary practice exercises. Check it out! http://www.manythings.org this site
is for all ESL levels. The home page is well laid out and provides many
opportunities to practice vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. There are
quizzes, word puzzles, word games, grammar, and some writing exercises for
students. It can be used for independent study or for classroom activities.
There are also some exercises with sound but Real Player or Flash Player is
needed for these exercises. http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/
This site is one of the best Ive seen for Adult Ed. ESL students. Many of
the categories match the topics we use in our curriculum. There is vocabulary
and grammar practice. The grammar appears to use the vocabulary learned.
There are many wonderful exercises for our level 1 and level 2 students. This
would also be a great review site for level three students. There are a few
listening exercises with sound, but Real Player or Flash Player is needed for
these to operate successfully. I think they must be working on this site as
some of the links dont work. Be sure to check the sites before they are
assigned to students. http://www.english-zone.com Lots of
ESL materials for many different level students. http://a4esl.org This is the TESOL site and has many exercises for students to do.
Multi-level. http://terra.chemeketa.edu/faculty/whij/johnslinks.html
John Whitney has created a list of learning links for Chemeketa Community
College Students. This side is well organized and easy for students to use. The
major categories are:
ESL (English as a Second Language) Links
Reading and Reference Links
Writing & Research Links
College and Career Links |
