Tuesday, November 6, 2012

ONLINE REVIEW OF UNITS 7&8

Click on these links for an online review of the last two units before the final test:

UNIT 7:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=7&stage=1

UNIT 8:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=8&stage=1

UNIT 8 - 2012

Education, College, University, Discussing pros and cons of different college majors;
READ: http://www.usaeducationguides.com/list_of_american_universities.html

LISTEN: http://www.esl-lab.com/collegemajor/collegemajorrd1.htm

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKODOEhiaUY
                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3QD1OinHXc
                 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlfq36_varroa-mite-university-of-florida-honey-bee-lab_animals

PRACTICEhttp://www.esl-lab.com/collegemajor/universitydegree-video.htm 

Learning Methods & Personal Qualities in regards to Learning Preferences: 
READ: http://www.mindtools.com/mnemlsty.html
FIND OUT YOUR LEARNING STYLE: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html


Asking for Preferences, (WOULD RATHER & WOULD PREFER):


PRACTICE: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-49279.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-43957.php
http://valmeenglishcorner.blogspot.com/2010/02/id-rather-i-feel-like-id-prefer-i-fancy.html

TOEFL PRACTICE: http://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/toefl_stan_test2.htm

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXr8sYdZ2yQ

BY + GERUND to describe things to do things:
PRACTICE:http://www.slideshare.net/c.meza/u8-interchange-3

READ: http://pablogrammar.blogspot.com/2011/06/lifelong-learning-by-gerund-to-describe.html
GRAMMAR

UNIT 7 - 2012

UNIT 7
THE ENVIRONMENT / WORLD PROBLEMS / CURRENT ISSUES:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.bbc.com/
 IDENTIFYING, DESCRIBING & SOLVING PROBLEMS:
ADJECTIVE LIST FROM BOOK
 PASSIVE IN in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS & PRESENT PERFECT:
GRAMMAR: http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G10%20Present%20Cont%20Passive.html
https://eee.uci.edu/programs/esl/passivelink.html
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammarchallenge/pdfs/13_continuouspassives_table.pdf

GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

PRACTICE: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

PRINT OUT TO STUDY WITH: http://bogglesworldesl.com/passive_voice_flashcards.htm

PREPOSITIONS OF CAUSE: 
GRAMMAR: http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/vlc/GrammarCourse/Lesson2_Preposition/CausePurpose.htm
http://www.sfsu.edu/~etc/?q=system/files/Prepositions_of_Cause_Concession_Condition_Time_0.pdf
READ: http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/68813-preposition-cause.html

INFINITE CLAUSES & PHRASES: 
PRACTICE: http://elprofeonofre.com/documents/NI_G3%20Infinitive%20Clauses%20&%20Phrases%20II.pdf

GRAMMAR DIAGRAM: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/diagrams2/diagram33.htm

QUIZ 3 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 5&6

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 5:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=5&stage=1

UNIT 6:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=6&stage=1

Friday, October 12, 2012

UNIT 6 - 2012

UNIT 6
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS:  
READ: http://www.englishtown.com/community/channels/article.aspx?articleName=109-complain
http://osdir.com/ml/education.english.belajar-english/2007-08/msg00003.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2554639/how_to_make_a_complaint_guide_for_esl.html?cat=7;bcsi-ac-88d5739678ba0628=1DC107F800000002vuhrityp/RMrxMdyaE7k6k7d+VSKBAAAAgAAALgJEQCEAwAAAAAAAKqDAgA=


REPAIRS: (GENERAL & ELECTRONICS)
EVERYTHING: http://www.issbc.org/janis-esl/subtopichouseprobs.html
VOCAB: http://www.elcivics.com/esl/repairmen-1.html
AUTO: http://www.dailyesl.com/auto-mechanic.htm
LISTEN: http://www.esl-lab.com/night/nightrd1.htm
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYTiOMLc1s
CROSSWORD: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crosswords/home.shtml

DESCRIBING EVERYDAY PROBLEMS:  
LISTEN: http://www.esl-lab.com/home/homerd1.htm
READ: http://englishwilleasy.com/english-through-pictures/people-english-through-pictures/household-problems-and-repairs/

EXPLAINING SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE:  
http://www.esl-lab.com/complain/complainrd1.htm


DESCRIBING PROBLEMS, (Past Participles as ADJs): 
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passive4.html
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm
 EXTRA: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv191.shtml


DESCRIBING PROBLEMS, (w/ keep + gerund, need + gerund, and need + passive infinitive):
 GRAMMAR: http://www.slideshare.net/c.meza/u6-interchange-3
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic7223.html
http://www.slideshare.net/studentsandteachers/plan-of-book-3

UNIT 5 - 2012

UNIT 5
DESCRIBING CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS / COMPARING COUNTRIES:

READ: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/if-it-were-my-home-comparing-your-country-to-othe
http://www.aneki.com/comparison.php
http://www.economist.com/content/all_parities_china
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/06/the_expat_explorer_survey_to_which_country_should_you_emigrate.html

INTERACTIVE: http://www.countryreports.org/data-tables/index.htm

ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE EMOTIONS:
LISTS: http://www.ehow.com/list_5806188_list-descriptive-adjectives-describing-emotions.html

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/grammar/adjectives/list-of-adjectives-to-describe-tone-feelings-emotions.html


CULTURE SHOCK:
LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2006_10_mon.shtml
WATCH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016lk44
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-15002723
http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/amish_country.htm
HOME
LISTEN:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/expressenglish/2011/10/111024_ee_home_page.shtml

TOURISM AND TRAVEL ABROAD:
READ: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/south-america/chile
http://www.wikihow.com/Travel-Overseas-by-Oneself
http://www.hotelsbycity.net/help/tips/traveling/
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/why-americans-dont-travel-overseas/


MOVING ABROAD:
READ: http://www.overseasdigest.com/moving-abroad-advice.htm
http://www.expatforum.com/britain/expats-brits-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-return-to-unsafe-costly-uk-study-suggests.html
http://www.expatexchange.com/lib.cfm?articleID=428
http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/good_advice_when_moving_abroad

expressing emotions
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14372195

giving advice: 

NOUN PHRASES CONTAINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:
GRAMMAR: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/phrfunc.html
PRACTICE: http://elprofeonofre.com/documents/NI_E1%20Noun%20Phrases%20Containing%20Relative%20Clauses.pdf

expectations: the custom to, (not) supposed to, expected to, (not) acceptable to
READ: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622084

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

QUIZ 2 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 3 & 4

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 3:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=3&stage=1

UNIT 4:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=3&unit=4&stage=1

UNIT 4 - 2012

UNIT 4
THE MEDIA / NEWS STORIES / EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS: 
http://www.bbc.com/


NARRATING A STORY / DESCRIBING PAST EVENTS, (past continuous-v- simple past):
GRAMMAR: http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc19.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/tiemposverbales/unit12.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Tenses/PastSvsPastC.htm
http://www.rsg.rothenburg.de/schulleben/projekte/intel/tenses/simplepast_progressive.htm

SIMPLE PAST  VS. PAST PERFECT: 
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastperfect/menu.php
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc22.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

MIXED TENSES: 
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/james-cook

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

UNIT 3 - 2012

UNIT 3
Making unusual requests / asking for favors; (direct requests):

                                                http://www.slideshare.net/tcher_joe/unit-3-l4-ni3

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkc5z7gAYUU&feature=related

Indirect Requests:
LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/145_gramchallenge36/

formal and informal requests:

WATCH, (internal business emails): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpvD1W3mbUE

taking and receiving messages, (tell/ask):
GRAMMAR: http://free-english-study.com/speaking/indirect-requests.html
                      http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/indirect_requests.html

accepting and declining requests:

REQUESTS WITH MODALS, IF CLAUSES, AND GERUNDS, indirect requests (p.17):

1. WOULD ... ?  ► IF + SIMPLE PAST
 Would it be all right if I used your laptop?

2. WOULD YOU MIND ... ?  ► IF + SIMPLE PAST
 Would you mind if I borrowed your laptop?

3. WOULD YOU MIND ... ?  ► IF + GERUND
 Would you mind letting me borrow your laptop?

4.  DO YOU MIND IF ... ?  ► PRESENT TENSE
 Do you mind if I use your laptop?

5. IS IT OK IF ... ?  ► PRESENT TENSE
 Is it OK if I use your laptop?


CONDITIONAL VERBS OVERVIEW:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/conditionsum.html

INDIRECT REQUESTS, (questions in reported speech):

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

UNIT 1 - 2012

UNIT 1: What do you think about her? / What's he like?
Describing personality types and personal qualities

RELATIVE CLAUSES DESCRIBING PERSONALITIES TYPES AND QUALITIES:

GRAMMAR & QUIZ: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-2.html
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-relative-pronouns.php

BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY:
http://jobmob.co.il/blog/positive-personality-adjectives/
http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/adjectives.htm

some psychological models using adjectives of personality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Personality_Factors
http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/personality%20traits.htm 

WATCH:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTG0kRuXWbQ
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2187
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijV_XvdQqo0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-uMkkkx1ec

PRACTICE:
http://www.esltower.com/VOCABQUIZ/Describing%20personality/Describing%20personality.html
http://www.esl-lab.com/person1.htm

DESCRIBING PAST RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
WATCH: http://vimeo.com/8076064

WATCH, (In response to if the male to female ratio in Alaska was really 20:1):
http://www.alaskannomad.com/askanmtf.htm


EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES:

LIKES, (grammar, listening, reading, practice):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page2.shtml

DISLIKES, (grammar, listening, reading, practice):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page3.shtml

READ about Groucho Marx´s likes and dislikes:
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/17/what-groucho-ate/

When you have NO STRONG FEELINGS, (grammar, listening, reading, practice):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1423_how_to_express/page4.shtml

AGREEING and DISAGREEING:GRAMMAR: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-agreement-disagreement.php

PRACTICE AGREEING:
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii137/esl-test.php

and DISAGREEING:
PRACTICE: http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii138/esl-test.php

COMPLAINING
GRAMMAR: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-complaininig.php
PRACTICE: http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii068/esl-test.php

RELATIVE PRONOUNS as SUBJECTS and OBJECTS:
GRAMMAR:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-relative-pronouns.php
http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvanced/a/relative_clause_3.htm

clauses with it + 
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclause6.html

adverbial clauses with when
http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvanced/a/adverb_clauses.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm