Week 18 (December 15 - 18)

1) polite question/answer quiz  

2) first conditional quiz from this website, www.englishmedialab.com 

3) vocabulary.co.il  has good games and practice for beginning high +

4) http://learningenglish.voanews.com/ - listen and read news stories

Week 17 (December 8 - 12)

1. http://www.manythings.org/voa/  multiple choice grammar practice with sentences 

 

2. http://www.manythings.org/voa/youtube/  stories on YouTube

 

3. audio concentration game  listen to the words and match them

 

4.  animal sounds - learn how animals talk

Week 16 (December 1 - 5)

1) Registration for Spring 2015 on Monday.
 
2) Try the homophone matching game (words that sound the same but have different meanings). 

3) Rhyming matching games. Rhymes are words that have similar ending sounds.

4) This vocabulary game is fun. 

5) Learn restaurant vocabulary 

Week 15 (November 24 - 26)

1. Past simple irregular verbs game from                      
   www.eslgamesplus.com     

 

2. Wh__ question words game - see how many you know

 

3. adjectives and antonyms board game -  don't forget to 'toss the dice'

 

4. action verbs matching game 
 

Week 14 (November 17 - 21)

1) Can you name these pictures?  Try it.

2) Words about family - how many do you know?

3) Take this family quiz to test your understanding

Week 13 (November 11 - 14)

1) Count vs. Noncount nouns practice 

2) Use free iTunes podcasts to learn English (and other things) esl podcasts how to use.docx

 

3) Use Google Maps to find places in San Francisco:

Google Maps 2014:   How to use Google maps

4) sf neighborhoods.docx  what neighborhood do you live in?

5) More maps of the world and continents with games and games that go with them. Read carefully to see what to do. 

6) USA maps and quizzes  Try them.

Week 12 (November 3 - 7)

1) Take an Internet Vocabulary quiz.

2) A new bilingual dictionary to try. We can use a few words from the quiz above.

3) Maps of China in English

4) China map with cities You can look at or print the document here.

Week 11 (October 27 - 31)

1) Words that sound the same but have different meanings - you choose the right answer! 

2) What do you want for breakfast? For lunch?  Read the menu and practice the vocabulary.

3) U.S. Map Puzzle

 

4) Talking Map Puzzle with regions

Week 10 (October 20 - 24)

1) Take a typing test - how many wpm (words per minute) can you type?

2) Match the male and female words.

3) A clothes test - Use Internet Explorer for this game. (I'm not sure if this game works...)

4) How to use at, in, by ... for time We'll try this quiz in class.

Week 9 (October 13 - 17)

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1) Easy pronunciation practice here. Try it. 

2) Guess the right word - we'll learn how to use this exercise in class.

3) A Reading Game - on following directions. We'll try it in class.

4) Just for fun - When Pigs Fly!  Point your cursor at the clouds to win.

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Week 8 (October 6 - 10)

1) Here's a new website for games about grammar, vocabulary, etc.

2) Here's an easy grammar game called Snakes and Ladders.

3) How to count non-count nouns - read the lesson, then go to the exercises to practice.

4) A pronunciation page with listening and speaking practice.

Week 7 (September 29 - October 3)

This week, we have a few different things to read and practice.

1) Food vocabulary! Study words for Chinese food with this site.

2) For students who are looking for a job, find resume and cover letter examples here.

3) Take a rest and read a story. You can listen to the story while you read. Then you can answer questions about the story.

Week 6 (September 22 - 26)

Vocabulary Practice

 1) Vocabulary quizzes - guess the correct definition

 2) Try a different word game here - it's easier 

 3) Do you know the vocabulary for English punctuation? Try a quiz.

 4) Expand your vocabulary with these Business English word lists. 

Reading about Microsoft Word

Click here to read The ESL Computer Book.

Week 5 (September 15 - 19)

Your first assignment in Word 2013:   Introduction to Microsoft Word 2013.

To learn about Word 2013 on your own, you can explore this website. 

Here is a link to a list of "shortcuts" for typing a document.

Practice your pronunciation skills with the links below:

     Practice pronunciation on YouTube - long vowel sounds

     Practice pronunciation on YouTube - short vowel sounds

     Short and long vowel comparison comes with a lesson page here

     Practice phonics here - short vowel sounds  listen and see the words

Week 4 (September 8-12)

Spelling Practice & More  :-)

Practice SPELLING here - use arrows to catch the letters & spell the words
Listen and Spell here - listen to the spelling and type what you hear        
More spelling practice - faster and more difficult
Spelling with 'coconut' vowels game  -  play it slow or fast 

Chinese music from the past to the present - but it's not modern.

Build Your Dream Home2012.pdf  -  Click this link for a relaxing project (Uh-oh... I think this game is broken.)

          Here is a picture from one of your classmates. Good health for everyone!  :-)

Week 3 (September 2 - 5)

Review of Computer Basics

1. Watch this video for information on how to use the mouse.
2. Practice these mouse exercises.
3. Computer vocabulary video.
4. Now practice using your mouse to take a computer vocabulary quiz. Match pictures with words.
5. Here is another computer vocabulary quiz. Match the word with its definition.
6. You can practice listening and review vocabulary. This video covers basic computing skills.

Week 2 (August 25 - 29)

Listening to English

1. Practice phonics and reading:

http://www.mcedservices.com/phonics/phonics.html 

2. Vocabulary related to simple math:

http://www.mcedservices.com/math/pdfs/BasicGloss.pdf

3. Practice listening to questions related to this math vocabulary:

http://www.mcedservices.com/math/quiz1/Qz1-102B.htm

4. This is a strange English Listening Quiz, but it's fun. Try it.

Week 1 (August 18 - 22)

Keyboarding:

1. Learn about the keys and how to use them.
2. Find out which fingers type which letter.
3. Now practice what you've learned about the keyboard .
4. When you know where the letters are,  practice typing here.