ESL Summer Fun on the Web

ESL Summer Fun on the Web !!!
List compiled by Sarah, Maggie, Matt, Gretchen and Rosemary in the
Durango and Cortez Adult Education Programs, May 2003
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ESL instructors in Durango decided to encourage their students to keep learning during the summer months, after their classes ended. With only two meeting days left following our workshop, they report, "We gave each of our students a disc and showed them all how to use it with an Internet crash course. Then last night (final class meeting), we took the whole school on a field trip to the library, got everybody library cards, and let them practice using their discs in the library computer lab. It was great!"

INSTRUCTIONS ON HAVING SOME SUMMER FUN

1.   Find your level. Level One is the easiest, Level Three is the most advanced.

2.   Decide what you want to work on. You can work on Grammar, Reading , or Listening skills and you can also play Games!

3.   At the end of the link look to see how many stars this Web page has. The stars look like this ***.

a.   One star (*) means the Web page is very easy, and you don’t have to know much about computers to enjoy it.

b.    Two stars(**) mean the Web page has some things that might be confusing for new Internet users.

c.    Three stars (***) mean this site has many links and is best for people who feel comfortable with computers

4.   Now just double click on the link and you are set!!

REMEMBER:   IT IS SMART TO ASK FOR HELP!

Level 1

Games

http://www.manythings.org/hmf/8972.html hangman game *

http://www.manythings.org/hmf/hm-colors.html   hangman game *

http://iteslj.org/th/1/sg-begin.html - scavenger hunt that shows students how to search for things on the internet. **

Grammar

http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/alpha.html Basic alphabet (click on letters for sounds in this site!) **

http://www.eslbears.homestead.com/matching.html. Vocabulary Matching **

http://www.pdictionary.com/ Picture dictionary *

Listening (Bring own headphones)

http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/gic1.html reading and questions *

Level 2

Reading

1. http://www.comenius.com/fables/7_tf.tpl Reading Comprehension *

2. http://www.comenius.com/fables/6_completion.tpl Reading Cloze (Fill the blanks)*

3. http://www.comenius.com/fables/2_matching.tpl     Reading and Vocabulary *

Games

http://iteslj.org/th/1/sg-begin.html - scavenger hunt that shows students how to search for things on the internet **

http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/internet_2000_scavenger_hu.htm - this scavenger hunts introduces one to many different areas of the internet **

http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/Inscavengerhunt.htm - same as above **

http://www.swadulted.com/ReadTech/rftwhatis/rt1home.htm - WebQuest for how to use a computer ***

http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/bay/bay.htm -Great rhyming activity. *

http://www.geocities.com/informalenglish/riddles2.html riddles with answer boxes, one-liners, Int. level *

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/JokesAndRiddles/index.html - Riddles *

Grammar

http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/ - beginning quizzes- Find the one you want and hop on it ***

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html Punctuation/ Apostrophes (those things between the “t” and “s” in the word CAT’S) **

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelie.html IE and EI words **

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelible.html

Words ending in -Ible and –Able (click on “exercises” for practice **

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html Idioms( Click the Letter) **

http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/occuptn.htm Vocabulary **

http://funbrain.com/grammar/index.html **

http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/jillq3.html Singular and Plural Nouns *

Listening ( Bring own Headphones)

http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/gic2.html Short story and questions *

Level 3

Reading

http://www.comenius.com/fables/7_tf.tpl --Reading Comprehension *

http://www.comenius.com/fables/6_completion.tpl Reading Cloze *

http://www.comenius.com/fables/2_matching.tpl     Reading and Vocab *

Games

http://iteslj.org/th/1/sg-begin.html - scavenger hunt that shows students how to search for things on the internet **

http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/internet_2000_scavenger_hu.htm - this scavenger hunt introduces one to many different areas of the internet **

http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/Inscavengerhunt.htm - same as above **

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/valencia/introproject/Footprints_in_the_Sand.html - WebQuest for how to “surf” the Web ***

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb-riddles-01.html riddles with answer boxes, simple one-liners *

http://www.esl-lounge.com/level3/lev3riddles.html. Riddles *

Grammar

1.      http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html Idioms( Click the Letter) **

2.      http://funbrain.com/grammar/index.html **

3.      http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/jillq3.html Singular and Plural Nouns *

Listening (Bring own headphones)

http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/gic3.html reading and questions

Dictionaries

http://www.pdictionary.com/ Picture dictionary *

http://www.littleexplorers.com/label/simple.shtml Picture Dictionary *

http://www.m-w.com/home.htm English Dictionary with Audio

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Any language to English Dictionary

General Sites***

http://www.comenius.com/fables/ - short fables (short stories) with exercises, some with simple language

http://www.manythings.org/hmf/   Games, grammar, and much more

http://games.englishclub.com/matching/index.htm Games

http://www.manythings.org/el/ The challenge! Listen to fun songs with activities…

http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/   English pronunciation

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html#spelling Grammar punctuation and spelling.

http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/qz.htm#grammar   Total ESL Practice

http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm#adj.htm                        Pre-intermediate to high-intermediate level English practice in many areas

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html ESL Independent Study Lab (all levels).

http://www.eslcafe.com/ Dave’s ESL Café…all around links.