Cátedra de Lengua Inglesa
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5012 Fonética Inglesa I
5016 Fonética Inglesa II
British Council BBC
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron.shtml?mtk=9
Great page for teachers to get activities to practice pronunciation! It has a bank of various listening activities you can download and use in your classroom. On these pages you will also find links to articles connected with the teaching of pronunciation, as well as listening exercises to practice the different sounds of English.
Sounds of English
http://www.soundsofenglish.org/
This site was designed for ESL students and teachers alike. It includes listening exercises, handouts, tips, sounds and videos to help you with your pronunciation.
This is an informal phonetics and phonology forum where students can discuss linguistics-related topics with students from other countries. It has many other forums within; users may participate in forums on syntax, semantics, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, computational linguistics, etc. It is up to the users if they register or not, they all can participate anyway. By registering, users have access to special features, but that’s all!
Varieties of English
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/%7Elsp/
This is a whole site devoted to the many varieties of the English Language (African-American English, American-Indian English, British English, Canadian English, Chicano English, Northeast U.S English. and Southern States English). It gives plenty of information on the particular features of each of the variants and sub-variants of the language; it also includes an exercise section in which students can listen to actual native speakers talking and compare their accents.
The Linguist List
The Linguist List is a free resource that provides you with information on language. Users can subscribe to a linguistic mailing list and receive further information on the topic.
Human Language Page
A comprehensive catalogue of language related Internet resources, including online language lessons, translating dictionaries, programs to help you study a language, and more.
Fonetiks.org
This is a free online language laboratory of human speech sounds. Here you can listen to the main sounds of English language in seven different English accents. On the menu on the right, you will find a large list of pronunciation exercises for you to choose from.
Phonetics: The Sounds of Spoken Language
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
It is a Phonetics Flash Animation Project from the University of Iowa. The “site contains animated libraries of the phonetics sounds of English, German and Spanish.” The site includes an “articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context” for each consonant and vowel. It also has “an interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.” In order to use it, you must have Flash 7 or install the Flash Web Player.
English Pronunciation
http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/pron/
Excellent online pronunciation help from Okanagan University College
International Phonetic Association
http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/
Lots of links and information, including Phonetic Fonts for Windows and Mac.
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
An excellent dictionary, thesaurus, reference, and translator, with tools to install in your computer. You can hear the pronunciation of the word and see the translation into the IPA phonetic alphabet.
5019 Composición Inglesa I
5021 Composición Inglesa II
5195 Fundamentos de Redacción
5194 Redacción Inglesa I
5185 Redacción Inglesa II
Writing at the University of Toronto
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/
This website belongs to the University of Toronto. Here, students are provided a number of online resources to help them write correctly. Check the section “Advice on Writing!” There you can find plenty of information on grammar, punctuation, how to plan and organize a paper, how to do research, when to use sources, different types of writing, style and editing, etc.
Business Collocations
http://www.better-english.com/strongcoll.htm
Here you can find a series of collocations exercises and practices in which business situations are used.
HyperGrammar
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
HyperGrammar is an electronic grammar course at the University of Ottawa’s Writing Center and it is available for use free of charge. It is still under construction, so there are sections that might be incomplete. In spite of that, it is a quite useful grammar and writing tool for ESL students.
University of Kansas Writing Center
http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/guides.shtml#4
Here you will find plenty of information on writing strategies. The Center provides students with several guides for writing and many other links to online writing resources.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html
This is a list of the top twelve common errors when writing. They are all explained briefly and a simple example is given for each one of them. What they recommend students is to consider it and check it while editing a paper.
Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University is a free service. Anyone can access the site and you can even submit brief questions to OWL real tutors. The site is quite complete as to the number of writing resources and instructional materials it provides. There you can find information on how to write a memo, a business letter, abstracts, resumes; grammar and mechanics, and many other important aspects for academic writing, including the different formatting and style guides available.
Writing Labs & Writing Centers on the Web
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/owls/writing-labs.html
This is an exhaustive list of the writing centers online. Most of these centers are projects of American Universities and Colleges’ English Departments. Some of them only provide students with a list of online resources; while others include free handouts, summaries and practices on the topic for everyone to access.
Improving Text Flow in ESL Learner Compositions
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Alonso-ImprovingFlow.html
“In this article, we provide a way to focus on the progression of information through thematic patterning (Danes, 1974) in the writing classroom. We apply this as a tool to help in the rewriting of a student text, and suggest how it might be of practical use in the ESL classroom.”
Tips for ESL Students on Reviewing and Improving Written Work
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Bayne-Writing.html
“This article covers five practical tips for students to self-review, revise and improve the pre-submission standard of work written in English.”
Writing English
http://www.writingenglish.com/punctuation.htm
This site provides details on the uses of specific punctuation marks such as the comma, period, exclamation mark, question mark, oblique, semicolon, colon, hyphen, dash, parentheses, brackets, and the apostrophe. The explanations might be too short but the examples given are quite illustrative.
Common Errors in English Language
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html
Paul Brians, a well-known English Professor at Washington State University, prepared this site. He compiled an exhaustive list of the errors commonly made by American English native speakers. You can go through it, and read the explanations for each of the entries. There are also supplementary pages you do not want to miss, and links to other quite good resources worthy to visit.
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
Although the site offers a series of premium services you have to pay for, there are three free basic services in particular that will definitely be your best friends when writing a paper in English: the English dictionary, the Thesaurus, and the Spanish-English dictionary. You just have to follow an easy three-step process (select a reference, enter a word or a phrase, and click search). There is also a new free feature: a Medical Dictionary (you never know…)
Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Brought to you by the Purdue University Writing Lab, this is probably one of the best writing resources available on the Web.
Language Learning Strategies Instruction and Language Use Applied to Foreign Language Reading and Writing: A Simplified "Menu" Approach
http://www2.aasa.ac.jp/~dcdycus/LAC2000/rausch.htm
This article outlines “one possible way of addressing language learning strategies instruction and language use through what I have called a ´Menu Approach´”
http://dictionary.reference.com/
An excellent dictionary, thesaurus, reference, and translator with tools to install in your computer. You can hear the pronunciation of the word and see the translation into the IPA phonetic alphabet.
11 Rules of writing
http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/
This site is a concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation. It is intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills. Explore each of the rules to see examples of its application, and use the references to find additional explanations and examples on the Web or in print. Look up grammatical terms in the glossary. For a wider variety of information, check related FAQs and other writing resources. Also, click on the Word of the Day until you've learned a few new words. If you would like to use this set of rules as an aid in your own teaching, see the teacher's note.
GrammarBook.com Your ·# 1 Source for Grammar and Punctuation
http://www.grammarbook.com/videos.asp
Videos about the use of pronouns, verbs, commas, prepositions, apostrophes, hyphens, capitalization and others.
Write Site
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/services/write-site/news.php
APA. Critical thinking, reading and writing, editing, invention, pronouns, research process, revising, structure and organization, verb tenses, the writing occasion, the writing process.
Guide to Writing Basic Essays
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/index.html
Decide on your topic. Prepare an outline. Write your thesis statement. Write the body. Write the introduction. Write the conclusion.
5009 Conversación Inglesa I
5014 Conversación Inglesa II
5177 Conversación Inglesa III
NorthStar
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/northstar2e/northstar2e/index.html
More purposeful integration of critical thinking and an enhanced focus on academic skills such as inferencing, synthesizing, notetaking, and test taking help students develop strategies for success in the classroom and on standardized tests. A culminating productive task integrates content, language and critical thinking skills.
A structured approach gives students opportunities for more extended and creative oral practice, for example, presentations, simulations, debates, speeches, public service announcements and more.
Mouth Workout
http://www.elfs.com/MM5%20menu.html
Tongue twister exercises to improve problem consonants.
International Phonetic Association
http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
Lots of links and information, including Phonetic Fonts for Windows and Mac.
Barriers to Acquiring Listening Strategies for EFL Learners and Their Pedagogical Implications
http://tesl-ej.org/ej32/a2.html
“This study explores the difficulties or barriers confronted by the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners while acquiring listening comprehension strategies during a training program.”
Using Mnemonics in Vocabulary Tests
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Idoine-Mnemonics.html
“This paper introduces the use of mnemonics as a possible method to improve high school vocabulary test scores and finishes with some recommendations for conducting tests in higher education.”
Pronunciation for International Intelligibility
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/internationalintelligibility.html
This article explores the main problems in pronunciation of non-native speakers
Building Vocabulary Through Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Pittman-BuildingVocabulary.html
By slowly and steadily studying the most prominent prefixes, roots, and suffixes, students can acquire a vocabulary that is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Listening In Language Learning
http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/files/97/sep/nunan.html
This article examines the “theoretical, empirical, and practical aspects of listening comprehension.”
Listening: Problems and Solutions
http://eca.state.gov/forum/vols/vol31/no1/p16.htm
“Some teachers think that listening is the easiest skill to teach, whereas most students think it is the most difficult to improve. This contradiction tells us that there are some things about teaching listening that need to be explored.”
World Link
In this site you can find dictations for practicing listening.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
An excellent dictionary, thesaurus, reference, and translator with tools to install in your computer. You can hear the pronunciation of the word and see the translation into the IPA phonetic alphabet.
Livemocha
http://www.livemocha.com/?gclid=CL3nrfX9iZoCFctL5Qod1jHFFA
"Una poderosa oportunidad para personas alrededor del mundo para conectarse con amigos en el mismo idioma"
http://www.manythings.org/voa/rss/
You can read the text while you listen.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Podcasts
These are the 30 newest podcasts for ESL learners
ESL Videos
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/
YouTube videos to help you study English. Currently there are 558 posts in 25 categories using 403 tagsThe Daily English Show
Watch the newest show, followed by older shows.
5011 Gramática Inglesa I
5015 Gramática Inglesa II
5188 Gramática Avanzada del Inglés
Grammar FROM Context: Re-thinking the Teaching of Grammar at Various Proficiency Levels
http://lookingahead.heinle.com/filing/from.htm
This article analyzes the causes of some problems in teaching and learning grammar
Advanced Level Grammar for ESL Learners
http://esl.about.com/od/advancedgrammar/Advanced_Level_Grammar_for_ESL_Learners.htm
English grammar explanations for advanced forms and structures for ESL / EFL advanced level learners.
Advanced Level Quizzes - English Learning Quizzes for Advanced ESL
Grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension quizzes for advanced level students.
Learning English for the Advanced Level - ESL EFL Advanced English
Learning English for the Advanced level learning materials including grammar, listening, TOEFL and Cambridge Exam preparation materials, vocabulary, reading, listening comprehension, writing, reference, and quizzes, as well as free lesson plans for ESL / EFL English teachers.
ESL Teacher Handouts, Grammar Worksheets & Printables
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/
Free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts, for English language and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and instructors to use in the classroom or other teaching environment.
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei053/esl-answers.php
CT 01 Advanced Grammar - Perfect Tenses (video)
http://www.businessenglishpod.com/2008/11/30/ct-01-advanced-grammar-perfect-tenses/
This lesson examines the use of perfect tenses in both the simple and continuous aspect - past, present and future forms. In grammatical terms, perfect tenses are used to refer to completed or finished events.
CT 02 Advanced ESL Grammar - Passive Voice (video)
http://www.businessenglishpod.com/2008/12/14/ct-02-advanced-esl-grammar-passive-voice/
In this video, Brian looks at the use of the passive voice. After looking at why we use the passive voice, Brian goes on to explain how the passive voice is formed.
CT 03 Advanced English Grammar - ING Forms and Gerunds (video)
http://www.businessenglishpod.com/2009/02/15/ct-03-advanced-english-grammar-ing-forms-and-gerunds/
In this video, Brian reviews the different -ING forms and gerunds. After looking at the various types of -ING words in English, Brian goes on to explain the use of gerunds.
CT 04 Advanced English Grammar – Conditionals (video) http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/blcourses_advanced_grammar.htm
In this lesson, Brian reviews the three basic conditionals: first (probable) conditional, second (improbable) conditional and third (past improbable) conditional. In the second part of the video, Brian looks at some common errors native speakers make with the third conditional.
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
An excellent dictionary, thesaurus, reference, and translator with tools to install in your computer. You can hear the pronunciation of the word and see the translation into the IPA phonetic alphabet.
Englishpage.com
Free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources.
Guide to Grammar and Style
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html
These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage.
Grammar Slammer!
http://englishplus.com/grammar/
A help file that helps to check grammar, punctuation, style and usage, and mistakes.
GrammarBook.com. Grammar and Punctuation Videos
http://www.grammarbook.com/videos.asp
Videos about the use of pronouns, verbs, commas, prepositions, apostrophes, hyphens, capitalization and others.
GrammarBook.com Your ·# 1 Source for Grammar and Punctuation
Grammar rules, punctuation rules, capitalization rules, commonly confused words, rules for writing numbers, FREE interactive English quizzes, Grammar and Punctuation Videos.
Resumes That Sizzle
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/
You can learn English words, practice grammar, look at some basic rules, prepare for exams, do tests or just have fun playing games. Enjoy yourself with more than 650 exercises online.
Activities for ESL Students
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
English Grammar Handbook
http://www.athabascau.ca/courses/engl/egh/
Basic Grammar. Sentences and Grammar. Punctuation. Manuscript Preparation. Idioms and Pronunciation.
IDIOMS
Toon in to Idioms
http://www.elfs.com/2nInX-Title.html
Cartoons and audio from Adam Rado.
ESL Café’s Phrasal Verb Page
Dennis Olivier’s comprehensive listing of hundreds of phrasal verbs, complete with definitions and sample sentences.
ESL Café’s Idiom Page
Hundreds of idioms are available at the click of a mouse, brought to you by Dennis Oliver of the American Language and Culture Program at Arizona State Universtity.
Color-related Idioms
http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/color.idioms.html
Collection by Phillip Miller Eberz.
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