STUDENT LINKS

(TLC Class Website)


(posted to help individual students)



ESL CHAT -- FRIDAY  April 15, 2011  6-9 p.m.

Au Coquelet Cafe, 2000 University Ave @ Milvia St (MAP)
(One block west  from Shattuck Ave.)
6-7 P.M. FREE ESL COACHING CLINIC
7-9 P.M. ESL CHAT
 (& perhaps later  if we're having a good time)



Resources for ESL students and vistors to Berkeley

1) ESL

2) Discount Websites

3) Berkeley Websites

4) General

5) Video

6) Free Software  (Clean and Legal)

7) U.C. Berkeley Campus Map

John Paulin, PhD


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STUDENT LINKS

Student Resources

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1) ESL
 

— Dave’s ESL Café — eslcafe.com

— Manythings  — podcasts, grammar, vocab, slang, reading, spelling, tongue twisters,  songs, etc. — manythings.org

 

  • Listening

— ESL Lab —  Sound files of everyday conversations, listening quizzes, etc. —  esl-lab.com

— English Listening Lounge  — Visit the english listening lounge. Listen to all kinds of people talking about all kinds of things. — .englishlistening.com

— Yappr. — News, politics, comedy, music, sports, etc., etc., on video with text transcription. — Yappr.com.

—  Elllo.org. Audio Clips with Transcripts. Read along while you listen.
Todd and Aiman Discuss Bribes


  • Pronunciation

— Dictionary.com: Definitions, IPA transcriptions, and clickable real audio recordings of American English pronunciation. Word of the day.

—  Okanagan College instructional material. Basic English phonetics. PDFs and MP3s of pronounciation exercises.
international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation
 
— A very good website with sagittal diagrams and real audio.
soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/sounds.htm

—  U of Iowa. Flash animations of mouth making speech sounds in American English as well as German and Spanish.
uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics

—  UCLA Linguistics Dept. a course in phonetics. Clickable vowel charts that activate mp3 recordings.
hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/contents.html

—  U of Toronto — flash animation interactive sagittal section of vocal tract.
chass.utoronto.ca/~danhall/phonetics/sammy.html

— All the sounds in the world. Clickable IPA chart with sound clips (International Phonetic Alphabet).
paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html


Stress Timing
 

  • Korean

—  English idioms with links to Korean definitions.
h1-language.com/eslidioms/indexkorean.htm

—  English Lessons in Korean
voanews.com/korean/english_usa.cfm

—  Links to many useful Korean ESL webpages
iteslj.org/links/ESL/Bilingual/Korean_English

 

  • American Slang Dictionaries Online

Since slang is constantly changing, it can be difficult to find definitions of certain terms in a printed dictionary. Luckily, there are many different Web sites offering online American slang dictionaries. For example:




—  Wiktionary.org defines thousands of idiomatic expressions:
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_idioms

— Slang Site     is an extensive dictionary of slang and colloquialisms that is neatly organized and easy to use. Definitions are fairly short, but example sentences are provided for the majority of terms.

— Urban Dictionary . " The dictionary you wrote."  Collaborative project-- A large site which allows users to submit their own definitions for various slang terms. While the quality of the information can sometimes be questionable, this site is often the best resource for learning more about obscure slang usage.           
urbandictionary.com

— Many Things has a list of American slang definitions sorted alphabetically. Example sentences are provided with each term to make it easier for you to understand the correct usage.
manythings.org/slang

— Peak English has a slang dictionary that’s easy to use, but many of the definitions provided are for common slang terms that should already be familiar to most native English speakers.
peakenglish.com/slang/slangSearch.jsp

— Dave’s ESL Cafe has a short guide to American slang designed to assist those who are learning English as a second language.
 eslcafe.com/slang/list.html

— en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Slang_expressions

— infosquares.com/americanslang

— schandlbooks.com/AmericanSlangNouns.html
 


  • ESL Discussion Topics

btinternet.com/~ted.power/discuss.html





  • Vocabulary

5000  SAT Vocabulary Words
(Cancel PDF popup --It's a math review.)

Owl  Phrasal Verbs (Idiomatic use of  adverbs and prepositions with English verbs).

Latin prepositions in English Verbs

  • English Grammar

ESL Grammar lesons by Ted Power
btinternet.com/~ted.power/lev03.html

English Grammar by Germans              
learnenglish.de/grammar/verbmodal.htm

Purdue University Owl website — Online Writing  Lab for English grammar, punctuation, composition for college students.  Excellent  site
Owl Home: owl.english.purdue.edu
Owl Grammar
Owl Punctuation




  • Independent Study
— American Accent Training, Second Edition.  by AnneCook.  Excellent book for accent reduction with focus on English as a  stress timed language. Includes 5 CDs which can be ripped and played on computers or mp3 players.

— Meetup.com — Practice your English.  Join all kinds of groups, clubs, etc., about every subject imaginable.  Various US cities including Berkeley.

— Toastmaster's —  International organization with many local chapters which helps people learn to speak publicly. Membership fees.

  • Humor

Monty Python: Mr. Cropper's Philosopher's Song

Tom Lehrer: Elements Song  (Stress timing practice: identify the schwa sounds).
Elements Discovered at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Periodic Table




2) Discount websites

— Techbargains.com

— Dealnews.com

— Google shopping

—250 Free Business Cards


3) Berkeley websites

— Craig's List —  Free classified avertising.  Anything and  every thing.

— Yelp.com — Reviews of restaurants, clubs, shopping etc. various US cities including Berkeley.

— sfgate.com —San Francisco Chronicle website. News, weather, entertainment, tv listings, etc.

— ebparks.org/parks  — Eastbay Parks. Hike and enjoy nature.

  • Libraries

Berkeley Public Library   —  DVDs, CDs, Books, TOEFL and exam prep materials,  children's books, etc. Reserve a computer. 2090 Kittredge St @ Shattuck Ave.

Berkeley Public Tool Lending Library  —  Borrow tools including power tools.  Next to Public Library's South Branch: 1901 Russell Street @ Martin Luther King Ave.

U. C. Berkeley  Ed Psych Libary  — (Educational Psychology ).  Lots of children's books, has a children's reading room  — bring your kids. Good place to study. "Second floor"  (ground level on  east side of building).  Adjacent to Hearst St.

  • Commercial

— Berkeley Bowl  —  Excellent supermarket - High quality, low prices.
920 Heinz Avenue Berkeley, CA 94710 | Phone: 510.898.9555
2020 Oregon Street  (@ Shattuck)  Berkeley, CA 94703 | Phone: 510.843.6929
Mon. - Sat. - 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sunday - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

— Trader Joe's —  Excellent supermarket - High quality, low prices.
1885 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703. (510) 204-9074
5727 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618.  510-923-9428

 

4) General

— About.com — answers to just about everything.

— Digg.com — news items, etc., that people find interesting.
 


5) Video

Practise your English listening and  comprehension. Learn Hollywood English. Learn CNN English or Godfather English — learn to speak like a news anchor or a mob boss. Study English dialects from  the Americas and around the world.


    6) Free software 

    (For safe, virus free software, go to CNET’s  download.com  or to the software company’s website)

    • Open office—microsoft office clone: Word processer, spread sheet, data base, powerpoint clone, etc.
    • AVG — anti virus software.
    • AWC —Advanced Windows Care. Windows operating system  optimization.
    • Anvir Task Manager—manage start menu, etc.
    • Auslogics Defrag — defragmenter.
    • Zonealarm —  fire wall.
    • A Squared — anti malware, trojan, etc.
    • Winamp — media player.
    • HI-Q audio recorder.
    • Audacity — multitrack sound editor.
    • Gimp —  Photoshop clone.
    • Scribus — desktop publisher.
    • Foxit Reader — PDF Editor.
    • Jing Screen  Capture — Capture stills and video from screen.
    • Kompozer —  Web design: CSS editing software.
    • Filezilla —  FTP application.
    • SyncBack  —  file backup and synchronization utility
    • Zotero — Bibliographic plugin for  Firefox browser. Will also save webpages, PDFs, etc., to a database on your computer.

    — Giveawayoftheday.com  — Free software for one day only.
    — Dottech — Free software and software reviews. Comparisons of free software

     


     7) U.C. Berkeley Campus Map

    john