Pam Hogan ESL sites for Adult Learners

                    

1. English Practice - Para practicar Inglés

http://www.pumarosa.com/ingles/index/beginner/play.htm?f 

This site, pumarosa.com, is a good site w/ audio vocabulary, phrases and grammar from English to Spanish.

vvvvv www.LanguageGuide.org

Set interface to native language. Picture and Sound/text in Target Language.

English w/Spanish interface has fantastic grammar and sentence examples also.

vvvvv  http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/index.htm

memory match picture vocabulary w/sound, find pairs, concentration style game

http://a4esl.org/  Activities for ESL students

http://www.inglesmundial.com/  dialogs w/audio and Spanish support.

http://www.liveabc.com/site/dailytalk/life.asp

75 Dialogs w/ sound. Click line by line Slow or Fast, translation in Chinese only.

vvvvv http://acacia.cnice.mecd.es/~agip0002/auro/inicio.html

or http://clicknlearn.net  Learn English Spanish or French w/ pictures and sound

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/  List of different vocabulary w/pictures like: http://iteslj.org/v/ei/furniture.html 

vvvvv Randal’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab at www.esl-lab.com recommend = “Nice to meet you” dialogue & quiz (escuchar diálogos y examencitos)

Click on Quiz Script to see text, then play audio

www.rong-chang.com - click vocabulary then English vocabulary. Also Listening then Q & A for Learning English stories w/ sound and exercises.

http://esl.about.com/library/speaking/bldialogues_introductions.htm - Dialogue practice- no audio

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/   all 12 Minimal Pairs chapters list

or http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/minpair1.html - Minimal Pairs w/ audio  for “TH”  and other confusing letter sounds

http://www.manythings.org/pp/

www.easyenglish.com  quizzes, no audio

http://www.englishforamerica.com/ - no audio, vocabulary, hangman, matching

http://www.free-toefl.com/ - more difficult

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/adjectives/game.shtml

http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp?sk=aJd3Q9Pgv0d7WoRm&resource=pag_stu_speaking_phrases   eslgold.com has lots of phrases in English w/ audio. Sound. works best in Windows Media player mode.

http://esl.about.com/cs/englishspanish/ - Oprima CURSOS SHERATON  grammar and translation. No audio

http://www.world-english.org/

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Bilingual/Spanish_English/ first link is to the url below: pumarosa.com quite a good site w/ audio vocab, phrases and grammar Eng-Span.

www.Alicebot.org    escribe cualquier oración  y el robot le va a contestar como una conversación. Text chat -talk w/ a robot.  Beware errors! She answered me with “what is your students like?”  Can pay for sound version

2. Reading Books - Leer libros

http://www.aesopfables.com/

vvv www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html -  click on “Little Explorers” Spanish/English Picture dictionary, then click on any letter in the top row – great!! but no audio.

http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp - children’s stories in English or Spanish

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/storytime/stories/index.shtml - Tweenies stories & songs BBC England

vvv www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour - The Fisherman and His Wife: words, pictures and audio

Mother Goose on the Web, Mother Goose audio versions: 3 Little Kittens, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Red Riding Hood

vvvvvhttp://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm -  “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” and others w/ darling pictures and audio

vvvvv www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes.html  Poetry & Rhymes good, but no audio

http://edyd.com/Fabulas/  - Fables/Stories in Spanish & English   - good, but no audio

http://www.seussville.com - Hit Low Bandwidth site, then Playground for Dr. Seuss educational activities

www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/  basic elementary level Sesame Street

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/rzn0000/ - Tocar:  Reading Zone> Picture Books>Bedtime Stories: (Cuentos más difíciles More difficult - Grades 4 and up) Alice in Wonderland, “Owl & the Pussycat” long text with old fashioned detailed illustrations, scroll for more stories.

http://www.mundolatino.org/rinconcito/arcoiris.htm - L-1 (Spanish) reading practice.

v http://www.mightybook.com - Not a free site any more.  Charging annual membership. Great online picture book library: words, pictures and audio .Hit skip intro, then click on your age group (reading level)   Top navigation bar w/educational games

http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp - stories for children in English or Spanish

http://archiecomics.com/comic_shop/past_comics/archie/archie_past_comics_stacks.html -Comic books in English w/ pictures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/storytime/stories/tweeniestales/  Stories w/ sound

http://www.ladybird.co.uk/main.asp?Page=games%2Fgames_index.html - stories online  - British site

3. Songs/ Canciones

http://pbskids.org/lions/songs/

http://www.eflclub.com - Beatles songs with fill in the blank exercises

www.gigglepotz.com/eslsongs.htm

4. Correo electrónico gratis/ e-mail:

http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=mx - mejor sitio para correo electrónico gratis

www.hotmail.com - buscar Direcciones/ números de teléfono:

http://spanish.whowhere.lycos.com/

www.yellow.com.mx

5. Surfing/ Como Navegar

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/aztecs.htm - can toggle between English and Spanish info on Aztec history.

http://mexico.web.com.mx/ - Para los Avanzados:  For more Advanced students:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/cyberhunt_kids.htm - best topics: Monarch Butterfly, Desert Life, Amazing Aztecs

6. Using the Internet

http://www.sol-plus.net/solinaweb.htm - overview in Spanish

http://oceancountylibrary.org/In_House/Tutorials/Mousercise_Espanol/mouse1.html - Como usar el ratón - una lección   Mouse skills.

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/technology/gtrain.htm - Como usar “Microsoft Word”

7. ESL Games/Juegos

Buscapalabras:

http://www.1-language.com/wordsearch

http://www.eslbears.homestead.com/Contact_Info.html

http://pbskids.org/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com

http://www.funschool.com/php/games/games.php?section=g3 -try downhill racer in cross country mode – screen navigation skills

http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm -Language arts – elementary

http://www.queendom.com/mindgames/jigsaw/index.html -mouse practice - jigsaw puzzles

www.jigzone.com -mouse practice - jigsaw puzzles

http://www.kidsgames.org/  Boowa & Kwala games

http://games.funschool.com/games.php/game.php?g=1160&t=j&w=620&h=360&section=g3 -Funschool- try downhill racer for screen navigation awareness

http://roniewebster.home.att.net/games/colorsjig.swf -match words English and Spanish for colors

8. Search Engines - Sitios para Buscar Informacion

www.google.com/intl/es/

www.espanol.yahoo.com

http://mx.yahoo.com

www.univision.com

http://www.mundolatino.org/mx.htm

http://www.ajkids.com/

http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Great_Web_Sites_for_Kids/Great_Web_Sites_for_Kids.htm

9. Avanzados:

http://litlink.ket.org/ -Pre-GED & GED online lessons connection (by PBS)

http://www.gcfaprendagratis.org/es/main/students.asp -computer application lessons in Spanish Free, technical, kind of boring, good for advanced

http://www.quia.com/dir/esl/

http://www.sherton.com.ar/

http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=homepage -California Distance Learning Project for Adult ESL

http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&topicID=1&storyID=15 -Listen to story “looking for a job”, W-4 form

http://www.eslgold.com -all levels and skills

Read student stories

http://www.topics-mag.com/edition23/favorite_cities/page.htm

http://archiecomics.com/comic_shop/past_comics/archie/archie_past_comics_stacks.html

10. No Sound

 http://a4esl.org/

11. Citizenship

http://uscis.gov/graphics/exec/natz/natztest.asp - Naturalization site practice for US exam 100 questions

http://www.sre.gob.mx/ime/

 
 
 
 
 
 

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CDE Adult Education and Family Literacy, Center for At-Risk Education (CARE)
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