Discover the many benefits of learning a second language.
Language expert, Ms. Carline Ferailleur-Dumoulin, (middle photo) who is fluent in four languages will share with us what we can gain by simply learning a new language.
My mother when she arrived in the U.S. after marrying my father didn’t speak very much English. My father wanted very much to perfect his Spanish. After I was born my mother dedicated herself to speaking nothing, but Spanish to me while we were at home alone. At least for a couple [...]
The English Professor: An English as a Second Language Site contains a collection of original ESL exercises and activities as well as selected links to other online ESL resources. Features: • Grammar worksheets, with a total of 30 lessons on basic English grammar complete with answers • Listening activities, with interviews, jokes, stories, exercises focusing on the alphabet, numbers, verbs, pronouns, basic vocabulary, as well as exercises using flashcards • ESL/TESL links, sorted by level and subject Site URL:
This ESL site is maintained by Isabel Pérez Torres and provides various useful ESL resources for use in primary and secondary education. Teachers and students will appreciate both the exercises prepared by the author and the directories of links she provides to other ESL sites. Features: • Exercises on grammar (parts of speech, present tenses, past tenses, future tenses, conditionals, passive voice), vocabulary (with topics for elementary, pre-intermediate, and intermediate students), pronunciation (English sounds, past simple endings), and communication and culture (dialogues, celebrities and entertainment, festivities and special celebrations) • Online and downloadable reading comprehension and writing activities • Special section for learning the forms and uses of English verb te
Last Monday when I was on my car to work like any other weekday early in the morning, I was listening to my favor radio station AM860. One of the topics discussed was what foreign language would you pick if you want to learn a second language. Of course, English is your first language. There [...]
Prepared by Dr. Lucy Tse and Dr. Jeff McQuillan, English as a Second Language Podcast (ESL Pod) offers quality podcasts that will help ESL students improve their listening skill and build a stronger command of English. Features: • Free podcasts containing everyday conversations and thorough explanations of everyday phrases and expressions • Learning guides for members with complete transcripts, comprehension questions, extra explanations, cultural notes and tips on learning English • A wide variety of topics including business, daily life, dining, entertainment, health/medicine, relationships, shopping, transportation and travel Site URL: http://eslpod.com/website/index.php
This web-based journal is a true goldmine for teachers seeking help and advice on teaching English as a Second Language. The primary contents of the site are articles - research papers, lessons - lesson plans and teaching techniques published in past issues from 1995 up to now. Besides common topics such as Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and Business English, you can find other interesting sub-categories, among which are: - Articles: Becoming a Better Teacher, Computer Assisted Language Learning, English for Specific Purposes, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Materials Development; - Lessons: For the First Class, Cooperative Learning, Oral Presentation, Travel Survival; - Techniques: Authentic Materials/Realia, Becoming a Better Teacher, Classroom Management, Public Speaking. The next focus of the site is on activities teachers and students can do in the classroom. For teachers, there is an abundance of conversation questions, jokes and
Marina Dodigovic, "Artificial Intelligence in Second Language Learning: Raising Error Awareness (Second Language Acquisition)"Multilingual Matters Limited | 330 pages | 2005 | ISBN: 1853598291 | PDF | 3.7 MBThis volume argues that adults can learn English as a second language if their typical errors are corrected systematically and in line with their preferred style of learning. The remedy designed for this purpose relies on artificial intelligence. The book describes original research which demonstrates the success of this approach.Download : Click here to download | Mirror 1 | Mirror 2
Just found a great website with resources for learning English as a Second Language.
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UsingEnglish.com is a general English language site, specialising in ESL (English as a Second Language) with a wide range of resources for learners and teachers of English, and has been running since the beginning of 2002. Different varieties of English are used; there are contributors from the United States, Canada, Pakistan and non-native speakers, but much of the site uses British English as it was set up in the UK.
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(A group of Iraqi men and women, old and young sit outside a café smoking and drinking coffee. They are all relaxed and there are no bombs or guns or any sound but that of their voices.)ONE: I was born on the day the tanks first...TWO: ...rolled?ONE: Yes. Into Kuwait.TWO: All those years ago-THREE: Seems like yesterday.TWO: -upon the blistering desert sands my father raised his hands in surrender.THREE: I too raised my hands. They-TWO: Yes.THREE: -only thought I was surrendering…TWO: Yes.THREE: I was praying.TWO: Praying.FIVE: Praying. Yes.FOUR: Americans and their tanks and jeeps and humvees and guns and bombs-SIX: -were everywhere then.FOUR: Yes. Like locust.ONE: For a short time English was the regions second language.SIX: Today.ONE: Today it is.SIX: English speaking infidel.FIVE: We, my father and our friends, were nothing more than puppets for Saddam-SIX: Yes.FIVE: -and Saddam was the American puppet.SIX: Yes.TWO: We were so afraid they would invade our land and take our pride
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This unusual book and Compact Discs program has special value for foreign-born students and business people who are working, traveling, or going to school in the United States or Canada. Its purpose is to eliminate the speaker's often difficult-to-comprehend accent through training in the rhythms and sound-flow of English as it is spoken in North America. In the process,
Internet offers vast possibilities for self improvement, once of which is for learning to speak and read a second language. It would be an edge to be bilingual in our world where there are many languages used in different countries. This advantage can be used on workplace, school, traveling on a foreign country and other [...]
