Sunday, December 2, 2007

Good Morning L5 Class!


Thanks for the great party last Thursday! It was very special and I'll always remember it. The gift is wonderful!

Ok, so here's your lesson for today, Monday, December 3rd, go to:

http://a4esl.org/podcasts/

Here are some podcasts with listening exercises, you should listen to:

1) ESLpod 325 - Describing People's Moods

2) Did a Cell Phone Kill a Man?
3)
A Rooster Crows Too Early
4)
#167 New York, New York

Ok, enjoy! When you finish that, you can work on your grammar in the AZAR grammar program.

See you tomorrow!

- Bonnie


Monday, November 19, 2007

Read Current Events

Good morning class! Smile, and follow the link for this week's reading:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

Here are some articles to read and answer the questions:

:)Your Favorite Teacher

PCC-CEC L5 COMPUTER CLASS LESSON

For Slim - "O' Captain, My Captain"

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15754


Directions: Read the poem below. What is it about? Is it about a captain of a ship? Who else could this poem be about? Follow the link above to learn more about Walt Whitman, the poet.


O Captain! My Captain!
by Walt Whitman

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack,the prize we
sought is won, The port is near,the bells I hear,
the people all exulting,While follow eyes the
steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck
my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the
bells; Rise up- for you the flag is flung- for
you the bugle trills,


For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths- for you
the shores
a-crowding,


For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager
faces turning;

Here Captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head!

It is some dream that on the deck,

You've fallen cold and dead.



My Captain does not answer, his lips are
pale and still,

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse
nor will,


The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage
closed and done,

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with
object won;

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!

But I with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Intermediate to Advanced Web Exercises

Here is a great website for all levels, but is particularly good practice for Intermediate and Advanced ESL students.

PCC-CEC L5 - Practice Reported Speech on this website. Go to:

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/

On the menu, scroll down to Reported Speech.

Also, for listening and speaking go to:

http://www.a4esl.org

This is a good website for downloading ESL podcasts for your ipod or mp3 player or just listen on-line.

Enjoy!

Reading & Listening ESL Website

Hi All,

Here's another good website for Reading and Listening.

http://www.rong-chang.com

Enjoy!

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

UCLA-ALC L100 READING AND DISCUSSION Welcome to Your ESL Class Website!

UCLA Extension Instructor: Bonnie
American Language Center – AIEP

WELCOME TO READING & DISCUSSION ENGLISH CLASS!

CORE II COURSE DESCRIPTION – L101 READING AND DISCUSSION
Ten-Week Quarter

This class meets Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 2:50 p.m. Here is information about your class.

BOOKS: MANDATORY!
1) Password 2, Linda Butler

OPTIONAL:


2) The Oxford Picture Dictionary (Monolingual)

MATERIALS: * pens, pencils, erasers, *notebook (for vocabulary)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This class meets eight hours a week. In this class, you will learn basic reading skills such as finding the main idea and skimming and scanning for information in short passages (1-3 paragraphs). You will also become familiar with basic vocabulary related to survival situations (e.g. asking for repetition) and notions (e.g. numbers, colors). Most of the class time will be spent on reading, vocabulary development, and speaking activities based on the texts. Time permitting we will also use outside sources such as newspapers, magazines, and computer web-sites. You will have homework on most nights.


COURSE REQUIREMENTS: You will be expected to do all of the following:
* Take 2-3 vocabulary / reading skills quizzes (short tests)
* Take a mid-term and a final exam
* Keep a vocabulary notebook, add at least 10 new words each week


* Speak voluntarily in class discussions
* Complete class/homework (even when you are absent)
* Speak only English during lessons
* Arrive on time to class
* Maintain courteous relations with your instructor and your classmates
* Observe all requirements of the Student Conduct Policy

(see ALC Student Handbook, page 4)

COURSE GRADING SYSTEM:

*FINAL & MID-TERM: 25%
*TESTS & QUIZZES: 25%
*HOMEWORK: 25%
*CLASS PARTICIPATION: 25%

*A = EXCELLENT
*B = VERY GOOD
*C = FAIR/AVERAGE
*D = WEAK (not passing)
*F = FAIL (not passing)
*PP = PROVISIONAL PASS (all work completed; eligible for Certificate; requires repeating the course)

Friday, June 29, 2007

English for Everyday Conversation

Welcome to English for Everyday Conversation!

Description: Course Number 917. This course is for Intermediate and High Intermediate English language who want to improve their conversation skills and learn idiomatic expressions and sharpen their pronunciation skills. Emphasis is on increasing communicative fluency. Discussions are an important component of each class and all are expected to participate.

Instructor: B. Cheeseman

Contact Info:
blcheese@ucla.edu or english4work@yahoo.com
Also,
www.myeslclass.blogspot.com

Class Location: UCLA American Language Center, Lindbrook Center

June 26 through August 30

Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 3 hours, 6:30 pm to 9:30pm
Required Text/Materials: All Clear Text Book (listening and speaking), written by Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis ISBN #9781413017045, and a notebook. Available at the UCLA Extension LuValle Bookstore, UCLA Campus

Monday, April 9, 2007

Listening Exercises on the Web

Here is a really great website to improve your listening comprehension skills:
go to: http://esl-lab.com/

It's called Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. You can choose your skill level and practice your comprehension skills by using the interactive lessons.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

WEBSITES FOR ESL STUDENTS

Hi Students! Follow the link below to a website which is good for reading comprehension and vocabulary development. The articles are topical news stories from around the world with exercises based on the readings. Also, there are listening components to some of the readings. Enjoy!

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com

Sunday, March 18, 2007

For PCC-CEC L5 ESL

Subject and Object Complements
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/objcompl.html

Objects

A verb may be followed by an object that completes the verb's meaning. Two kinds of objects follow verbs: direct objects and indirect objects. To determine if a verb has a direct object, isolate the verb and make it into a question by placing "whom?" or "what?" after it. The answer, if there is one, is the direct object:

Direct Object

The advertising executive drove a flashy red Porsche.

Direct Object

Her secret admirer gave her a bouquet of flowers.

The second
sentence above also contains an indirect object. An indirect object (which, like a direct object, is always a noun or pronoun) is, in a sense, the recipient of the direct object. To determine if a verb has an indirect object, isolate the verb and ask to whom?, to what?, for whom?, or for what? after it. The answer is the indirect object.

Not all verbs are followed by objects. Consider the verbs in the following sentences:

The guest speaker rose from her chair to protest.
After work, Randy usually jogs around the canal.


Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verbs that take objects are known as transitive verbs. Verbs not followed by objects are called intransitive verbs.
Some verbs can be either transitive verbs or intransitive verbs, depending on the context:


Direct Object
I hope the Senators win the next game.

No Direct Object
Did we win?

Subject Complements

In addition to the transitive verb and the intransitive verb, there is a third kind of verb called a linking verb. The word (or phrase) which follows a linking verb is called not an object, but a subject complement.
The most common linking verb is "be." Other linking verbs are "become," "seem," "appear," "feel," "grow," "look," "smell," "taste," and "sound," among others. Note that some of these are sometimes linking verbs, sometimes transitive verbs, or sometimes intransitive verbs, depending on how you use them:


Linking verb with subject complement
He was a radiologist before he became a full-time yoga instructor.

Linking verb with subject complement
Your homemade chili smells delicious.

Transitive verb with direct object
I can't smell anything with this terrible cold.

Intransitive verb with no object
The interior of the beautiful new Buick smells strongly of fish.

Note that a subject complement can be either a noun ("radiologist", "instructor") or an
adjective ("delicious").

Object Complements
(by David Megginson)

An
object complement is similar to a subject complement, except that (obviously) it modifies an object rather than a subject. Consider this example of a subject complement:

The driver seems tired.

In this case, as explained above, the adjective "tired" modifies the noun "driver," which is the subject of the sentence.

Sometimes, however, the noun will be the object, as in the following example:
I consider the driver tired.

In this case, the noun "driver" is the direct object of the verb "consider," but the adjective "tired" is still acting as its complement.

In general, verbs which have to do with perceiving, judging, or changing something can cause their direct objects to take an object complement:

Paint it black.

The judge ruled her out of order.

I saw the Prime Minister sleeping.

In every case, you could reconstruct the last part of the sentence into a sentence of its own using a subject complement: "it is black," "she is out of order," "the Prime Minister is sleeping."
HOW TO SUMMARIZE ANYTHING:


1) Ask yourself these information questions about the reading,
visual or spoken materials:


WHO?

WHAT?

WHERE?

WHEN?

WHICH?

WHY?

HOW?


2) If you ask yourself at least 3 of these questions about the material you read, heard, or saw then you can create an instant summary of the information presented.
Reading and Discussion Class Definitions

These are definitions you will need to know for this class:

Chapters: Large divisions of a book; also called Units

Details: Specific pieces of information such as facts or reasons.

Key point: Main point or Main idea; Important information

Main idea: Subject or focus of a written piece; Key point

Important information: details; descriptions

In context: Words or information understood from the other words in the sentence or paragraph.

Paragraph: A group of sentence containing one idea or one type of information

Scan: Read quickly for key phrases or ideas and information

Structure: organization or form of a written piece.

Summary: a short statement of the main points and important information from the reading materials.

Title: A phrase or sentence that contains the overall main idea of a written piece.

Topic: the subject of a writing or speech; contains the Main Idea

Quizlet Link & Study Guide

Hi L4 Class, Here is a link to join Quizlet when we use this website in class and work on our vocabulary. Click here:  Quizlet Vocabular...