Lauren Wilson                                                                    Spring Quarter 2013
                       Shoreline Community College                                                 
                       English as a Second Language Instructor   email me: lwilso@shoreline.edu      
 

Speaking/Listening

Grammar Links

Reading/Writing

ELLLO A great site for listening

VOA on Manythings.org  Another site for listening practice

Randal's Listening Lab      Six Minute English

Looking for a Challenge? StoryCorps   

 

I Speak Performance 2010    Do you want to see a video?  Click YES

I Speak 2012

Places to Go around Seattle - written by ESL students

Speaking/Pronunciation
             Pronunciation website - University of Iowa
 
Pronunciation/ Dictionary - Howjsay.com
 
Spelling

 Spelling and typing practice 1 - Ambleside Primary School

 Spelling and typing practice 2 -- Manythings.org

 spelling/grammar practice - English-Zone.com

 guessing/spelling practice - Interlink Language Center

 
 
Simple Past
Past Tense Study and Practice  - University of Victoria
(study and do the exercises at the bottom)
Past Tense Frog Game - English-online.org.uk
Past Tense Match Game - Manythings.org
Past Tense Speed Word - Manythings.org
Past Tense Verb Game - Quia.com
Past Tense Basketball - marks-english-school.com
Past Tense Story - Shoreline.edu FIX

 

Present Perfect

 How to form the Present Perfect Tense 

Using the Present Perfect Tense 

 Review and Practice 

Simple Past vs. Present Perfect lesson

Simple Past vs. Present Perfect exercises

- University of Victoria

1.  Time Clause Study Page - Mt. St. Antonio College FIX

2. Time Clause Lesson and Exercises - University of Victoria

Comparatives and Superlatives 
 
1.  Comparative/superlative study - English-Zone.com
          2. More practice   - a4esl.org
3. Comparative/Superlatives 3 - learnenglish.de

Past Progressive/Past Continuous

    1. Past Progressive review and practice  - University of Victoria

    2.  Past Progressive or Simple Past? - ESLPartyland

OTHER
*Punctuation Game [sign up necessary]
Parts of Speech Game 1 - University of Victoria

 

Here are 6 lessons to help you with writing:

Writing Lesson - READ

Study  Clear Paragraph Writing

Do  Lauren's Writing Lesson

Study Ruth's Paragraph Lesson - Ruth Duffy/Shoreline.edu

Study Writing Topic Sentences - eolf.univ-fcomte.fr

Study Writing Closing or Conclusion Sentences - Writing Den

   Writing for Business (Thanks to Anthony for this find from Colorado State University.)

New Writing Links

Reading/Writing Practice - California Distance Learning Project
On this site, you can choose a story, then do many activities related to the story.  Finally, write an answer to a question about the story and send it to me: lwilso@shoreline.edu

Vocabulary

Word lists: General and Academic
 
Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
 
List of Phrasal Verbs - Englishclub.com
Phrasal Verbs practice1 - a4esl.org
Phrasal Verb practice 2 - eflnet.com
Phrasal Verb practice 3 - eslpdf.com
Idioms Dictionary -usingenglish.com
Idioms practice - a4esl.org
 
Prefixes and Suffixes
prefix/suffix activity 1 - oswego.org
prefix/suffix activity 2 - bbc.co.uk
prefix/suffix activity 3 - quia.com