CALL – Computer Assisted Language Learning
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) for ESOL
Click on the title of the activity that you would like to practice.
Typing & Spelling – All Levels
Spelling practice — Look in the middle of the page where it says “Elementary Spelling.” There you can see many different word lists. Click on a list. Study the words in the box. Then begin the quiz.
Grammar and listening – Mixed Levels
allthingsgrammar.com — This site has videos, audio, exercises (with answers) and interactive quizzes.
more grammar & vocabulary practice
$$$ Prices – listening practice $$$
Reading
ESOL News Oregon — Beginning, intermediate & advanced news stories about Oregon. Exercises and audio included.
Reading & Listening Videos from ESL LIbrary — Good for Levels 1 & 2! Note: You may need to click “SKIP ADS” at the beginning.
ESL Literacy Readers — Beginning, high-beginning & low-intermediate stories with pictures and audio. Click on a level, click on a story, then click on > (the PLAY arrow) to read and listen.
Home & School — Beginning stories about people and the things they do every day. Click on CONTENTS on the left side for the list of articles. All include exercises.
Portland People & Places — High beginning articles about people and places in Portland, Oregon. Click on CONTENTS on the left side for the list of articles. All include exercises.
Seven Wonders of Oregon — Intermediate articles about beautiful places in Oregon. Click on CONTENTS on the left side for the list of articles. All include exercises.
Video
Voice of America “Let’s Learn English” — multiple levels of conversation, pronunciation and vocabulary practice.
BrainPop ELL — Note: Talk to Sandra for the username & password. Animated videos about different grammar points.
We Speak NYC — A video series based in New York City with stories about immigrants and some of the issues they and the community at large face. Includes practice activities & scripts.
Cutting Edge Basic English Series — Note: You need your myPCC username & password to access this site.
Cutting Edge Simple English Series — Note: You need your myPCC username & password to access this site.
Colors, singular & plural with clothing
This / That / These / Those with clothing
Vocabulary
Online picture dictionary “learningchocolate.com” 
Passport to English – vocabulary, listening and more
Pronunciation –
Past tense -ed pronunciation (& handout)
Video lessons for number pronunciation and more. Created by PCC’s own teacher, Woods Strickiin. Thank you, Woods!
- Mirror Pronunciation Intro (1:25)
- Mirror Pronunciation 1 (3:18)
- Mirror pronunciation 2 (3:34)
- Mirror Pronunciation 3 (4:41)
- Mirror Pronunciation 1-2-3 review (1:22)
- Mirror Pronunciation 4 (2:20)
- Mirror Pronunciation 5 (3:07)
- Mirror Pronunciation 6 (3:09)
- Mirror Pronunciation 4-5-6 review (2:06)
- Mirror Pronunciation 7 (2:11)
- Mirror Pronunciation 8 (1:36)
- Mirror Pronunciation 9 (1:29)
- Mirror Pronunciation 1-9 review + 0: Consonants, Vowels, and English Spelling (14:04)
**For vowel (a, e, i, o, u + more) practice, click on the Pronunciation Exercises link top right (on a laptop) or at the bottom of this page (on your phone.)**
Time exercises
Listen & write the time — Ask Sandra for the handout, or –> click here.
Level 1
AUDIO for StandOut Basic student book
Alphabet video with sounds (youtube)
Alphabet Song with Ray Charles & friends (youtube)
Food and shopping exercises:
Clothing vocabulary exercises
Level 2
AUDIO for StandOut 1 student book
Simple present tense practice:
1) Listening:
- Adele’s Listening – “My Day”
- Adele’s Listening – “My Weekend”
- Adele’s Listening – “Personal Information”
2) Grammar:
- Grammar : Present tense — Have or has
- Grammar : Present tense — verbs
- Grammar : Present tense — verbs
- Grammar: Present tense questions — do/does
- Grammar: Simple present or present continuous?
- Grammar: (more) Simple present or present continuous?
- Grammar: Simple present error correction
Present continuous practice:
1) Grammar –
Exercise 1 – BE + verb+ ing practice
Exercise 2 – sentence writing practice
Exercise 3 – practice with negative
Exercise 4 – practice with questions
Exercise 5 – contrast with simple present
Exercise 6 – more present continuous
Exercise 7 – a story in present continuous
2) Listening –
Other grammar points:
Possessive adjectives (my, his/her/its, etc.)
Level 3
Learn English with movie clips
ELLLO.org — listening practice:
First jobs — six people describe their first job
Bad Jobs — six people describe jobs they don’t like
Practice with “because” and “so”
Practice with future – “will” vs. “(be) going to”
Explanation + practice for using WILL or (BE) GOING TO for future (printable exercise)
Practice with using WILL or (BE) GOING TO for future (printable exercise)
Practice with simple present vs. present continuous
Practice with past tense:
1) Past tense -ed pronunciation rules
2) Listening-
Adele’s Listening – “A day at the office” – past with was/were
Adele’s Listening – “A terrible day”
Adele’s Listening – “A lovely day”
Adele’s Listening – “Yesterday”
3) Grammar- action verbs
Adele’s ESL Corner — There are *many* past tense exercises. Look in the Grammar column.
English-4u.de – Past tense 5
4) Grammar — BE past tense:
was/were – affirmative statements
wasn’t/weren’t – negative statements
yes/no questions with was/were
5) Practice with video: Watch one of the short video clips. Try to describe some of what happened in the video in past tense.
Practice with comparative adjective forms:
1) Comparative adjective practice with Adele’s ESL Corner
2) Comparative sentence practice with English-4u.de
exercise 2 (includes sentences with superlative form)
exercise 4 (comparative form in first column, superlative form in second column)
3) Comparative exercises from spot.pcc.edu/map
practice 1 (multiple choice)
practice 2 (sentence writing)
4) from a4esl.org – comparative forms
Practice with count and non-count nouns
Practice with modal verbs
should and shouldn’t exercises
