Twelve website's notes

Lucy's assiment

Listening

ELL http://www.englishlistening.com/getPassage.do

Notes:

Lesson 2 : The Renaissance and the America .

Topic: Mini-Lectures in Modern History

Length: 8:39

Accent: BritishGender:

This website can help us to know the accent from different country .

Speaking

Everyday English in Conversation

Note:
I couldn't help it. They were so good!

Cindy is a little hungry. She wants to eat some cookies she bought last night, but she finds that all the cookies are gone....
Cindy:
John, where are the cookies? Don't tell me you ate them all! Again!

John:
Yes, I did. I couldn't help it. They were so good.

Cindy:
I thought you didn't like cookies.

John:
Well, I don't like cookies flavored with chocolate at all. But vanilla is different. I love them to death.

Cindy:
Huh, I didn't know that.

John:
Well, tell you what, vanilla cookies taste even better with a glass of cold milk.

This is a easy type website, the sentences are useful in normal time.

Writing

Paragraphpunch: http://www.paragraphpunch.com/

Users develop an idea and write their own topic sentence, body, and a conclusion. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing.Completed paragraphs may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or e-mail application.

Wow , this website were quite interesting . it's can write a article to me.

Vocabulary

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun!

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/index_main.php

This website is learning English by playing game!!

Dictionary

TheFreeDictionary.com http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

Free daily content for your website

Useful!!

Concordancer

Simple Search of BNC-World http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/lookup.html

"Search"

Presentation Skill
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF CLIENT PRESENTATIONS http://www.strategiccomm.com/tencommpres.html

Notes:

1. Tell a story

2. Present only what the client needs to make a decision

3. Be flexible

4. Never overestimate eyesight

5. Don't tell what it is; show what it means.

6. Deliver; don't read

7. Look and listen.

8. Act like a professional.

9. Be a person.

10. Plan ahead.

Pronounciation

Sounds of English http://www.soundsofenglish.org/index.html

Reading/Literature

The Online Books Page

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Features over 10000 online books free to the public.

All Skills and Others
English-Zone

http://english-zone.com/index.php

English as a Second Language fun site! Learn grammar, practice English verbs, idioms, spelling conversation, and more here!

Encyclopedia

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. Over 7 million articles in over 200 languages, and still growing.

The websites of learning english .

Listening


1. The International Listening Association

the professional organization whose members are dedicated to learning more about the impact that listening has on all human activity.The International Listening Association promotes the study, development, and teaching of listening and the practice of effective listening skills and techniques
http://www.listen.org/Templates/try_new.htm

2. VOA news

International news from the Voice of America (VOA), a multimedia broadcasting service in 44 languages from the United States.

http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm

3. Active listen

Techniques and strategies for being a good, active listener with individuals and in lectures.

http://www.studygs.net/listening.htm

4. English Listening Lounge

The passages are real people, speaking real English, talking about what interests them. There are passages for everyone: easy passages for beginners, and more difficult passages for advanced students. The English Listening Lounge is inexpensive and is a very effective way to learn English. If you listen often your English will improve.

http://www.englishlistening.com/

5. Effective Listening

Tips and guidlines on listening. How to listen effectively

http://www.drnadig.com/listening.htm

Reading



1.American Rhetoric online speech bank

full text and audio directory and database of American speeches, sermons, lectures, and interviews.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

2. CNN

CNN.com delivers the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment, politics, and more.

http://edition.cnn.com/

3. Englishclub

English Reading for ESL learners. This is where you'll find help to improve your reading skills.

http://www.englishclub.com/reading/

4. Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy organization. Through RIF programs, such as the National Book ...

http://www.rif.org/

5.Starfall

A free website to teach children to read. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.

http://www.starfall.com/


Writing




1. University Online Writing Lab

The Purdue serves writers from around the world and the Purdue University Writing Lab helps writers on Purdue's campus.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

2. On-line Grade Level

Committed writers use writing for a wide spectrum of practical, economic, social, personal and aesthetic purposes. Engaged writers use a language that is alive, flexible and adaptable to the highest expression of which the human being is capable.
http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/Writing/default.aspx

3. Language and Learning Online – Writing

This resource is intended to help students develop skills to improve their writing at university.

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/index.xml

4. Study Skill and Learning Assistance

About study and writing skill

http://www.richland.edu/staff/sblahnik/studyskills.html

5. BBC

Explore and develop your creative writing skills with the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/

Speaking




1. Speaking- English – at- home

How to express shock in English • How to say what's important • Better English speaking skills ...

http://www.english-at-home.com/speaking/

2. The effortless English Club

Improve English Speaking Fast.

http://www.effortlessenglishclub.com/free.html?gclid=CL2frtGW-5ACFRkZewodKGAxrQ

3. Truth or tradition

how to speak

http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=83

4. ESL-English learning

English speaking and conversation practice activities for students and teachers of ESL. Lesson plans and ideas for various levels, beginning, intermediate, advanced. Topics and fun games for language learners who want to improve their presentation and speaking skills.

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html

5. BBC
Latest Speaking Activity
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/speaktry/speaking_activities.shtml

Grammer



1. Grammar Bytes

Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude. Includes detailed terms, interactive exercises, handouts, and more!

http://www.chompchomp.com/

2. Pop-Up Grammar

The Grammar & Writing Guide contains the full and quickly searchable text of the Oops Me book, with Pop-Up Definitions of grammatical terms. ...

http://englishplus.com/grammar/

3. Grammar Now

Grammar and composition questions answered immediately. Proofreading and editing service also offered.

http://www.grammarnow.com/

4. The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

a grammar reference and workbook for grammar, punctuation, ...

http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/

5. Self-study Grammar Quizzes

Free Online English Learning: Study English with Quizzes, Tests, ... Grammar - Difficult • Grammar Quizzes about Places. Vocabulary Quizzes ...

http://a4esl.org/