VOA:  Stories:  http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/topics_summary.cfm
Asking for help:  http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/theclassroom/activities/#

 

 Song:  Have You Ever:  Brandy  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3kFOuK10g

Pronunciation Practice

Go to one of these websites and practice pronunciation.
http://manythings.org/pp/
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Present Perfect Quizzes

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_pastorperfect1.htm 
http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/presperf1.html
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect_quiz.htm
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html

I Will Always Love You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QaI-M9sxW4 

Lab Activities April 19

http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&topicID=10&storyID=128

Do all of the Activities for Air Rage and email me your scores!

Listen to I Will Always Love You when you're finished.

**If you finish early, go to http://www.esl-lab.com/  and go to the Easy Quizzes.  Listen to "Getting Around Tokyo" and take the quizzes.  Do the Listening activities AND the Vocabulary activites.  Dont' forget to practice with the Text Completion.

TV Assignment

REVISED TV ASSIGNMENT  (Due every Monday)  FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS!!! 

Blue Book Journal*: Every week  you are expected to watch at least 2 hours of TV, web programs, or movies in English.

In your blue book journal:

1. Write the program’s name and channel or website.
2. Write a short summary of the story or what happened. 
3. Tell me your opinion of the program (Interesting? Boring? Easy? Difficult? Why?? Etc…)
4. You must have FOUR separate entries.  If you write about a movie, write about 4 parts (For example:  Scenes 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, etc.)
5. Write down five new vocabulary words/phrases you hear throughout the week.  Find the meaning and write that down too.

Practice the Future Tense

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_futureforms.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/sv-goingto.html 

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_future_quiz.htm  

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai116/esl-test.php

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_future.htm

Lab Activity April 12

1.  Go to Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. Do the EASY General Listening Quizzes and complete your worksheet.
http://www.esl-lab.com

2.  Go to one of these websites and practice pronunciation.
http://manythings.org/pp/
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Practice the Past Tense

1.  http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm

2.  http://english-quiz.net/past-simple-tense-quiz.html

3.  http://www.eslgo.com/quizzes/pastsimpleirreg.html

4.  http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pastpastcont.html

5.  http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/quzpaans2.html

6.  http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/past-diagnostic.html

Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk

Listening Practice Site

Randall's ESL Lab     http://www.esl-lab.com/ 

Practice any time.  Start with the easy quizzes and listen as many times as you want. 

Present Tense Practice Quizzes

Test yourself with these on-line quizzes!

Simple Present
http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psv.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/65.html
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgpressimple.htm
http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/presprog.php

Present Continuous
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgprescont.htm

Lab Activities, April 5

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1380

Interview with Mae and Masa:  A young woman and young man are traveling in Thailand.  They talk about their meeting and their future plans.

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1373

What’s your favorite place in the World? A Canadian traveler asks other travelers a question:  What's your favorite place in the world?