Communication 5
Communication 5
Listening
ELLLO – listening practice and quizzes on a variety of topics
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab – easy, medium, and difficult listening activities
Voice of America – listening practice with news stories and transcripts
StoryCorps – listening practice with stories about people (with transcripts)
Classroom Listening Skillshttp://pcc.horizonwimba.com/pcc/board?action=display&rid=997-1330195804304
TED Talks – listening practice with subtitles in many languages
Progressive Insurance Commercials
Commercial – Unicorns and Glitterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU5o6M7S5nQ&ob=av2e
Speaking
Live Mocha – online language learning community
Pronunciation
English Vowel Sounds 1 – English with Jennifer (YouTube)
Front Vowels Part 2 – Jennifer ESL
ESLAmerica.US – pronunciation from beginning to advanced levels
Text To Speech – text to speech with video
AT&T Labs Natural Voices – text to speech
JenniferESL – stress patterns
Dictionary.com – pronunciation of individual words
IPA Consonant Sounds – YouTube
R and L – Jennifer ESL
R and L (in one word) – Jennifer ESL
Voiced TH – Jennifer ESL
Unvoiced TH – Jennifer ESL
The Omission of /t/ – Jennifer ESL
Sentence Stress 1 – Jennifer ESL
Songs
- Complicated – Avril Lavigne (Vimeo)
- Someone Like You – Adele (YouTube)
- Firework – Katy Perry (Vimeo)
- Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield (YouTube)
- I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly (YouTube)
- Superman – Five for Fighting (Vimeo)
- Brighter than the Sun – Colbie Caillat (YouTube)
Assignments
- Wimba – Self Introduction
- Wimba – Partner Introduction Speech
- YouTube – Learning English Video Clip
- Wimba – Consonant Sounds
- Wimba – Front Vowels
- Why Not Eat Insects? – Ted Talks
- Wimba – Word Endings, Word Stress, and Sentence Stress
- Wimba – Food Dialog
- Speeches
- Final Exam Conversation Situation #4
- Final Exam Conversation Situation #1, #2, or #3.