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Ann Raimes
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Ann Raimes has taught and written for ESL and
multilingual students for more than twenty-five years. She served as
Chair of the CUNY ESL Task Force in 1993- 94, a group of twenty
faculty members charged with making recommendations about ESL
instruction across the CUNY system, which has 250,000 students. She
has spoken at conferences around the world and has published numerous
articles on ESL teaching, including topics such as writing theory and
practice, trends in the field, composing processes, grammar, teaching
methodology, the TOEFL Test of Written English, and evaluation of
research. The ESL/Multilingual links and resources available in this
ESL Center are among the Web sites she has found most helpful and
useful.
Ann Raimes' ESL Tip Sheets
Significant features of difference from English are
noted on these Tip Sheets for each of the ten languages.
Language Guide to Transfer Errors
Sometimes errors in writing a new language can occur when you are grappling with new subject matter and difficult topics. You concentrate on ideas and clarity-- and because no writer can do everything at once, you fail to concentrate on editing.
The following language guide sets out several problem areas for multilingual/ESL writers. It shows grammatical features (column 1) of specific languages (column 2) that when transferred to English lead to an error (column 3). The guide covers neither all linguistic problem areas nor all languages; that would take volumes. Rather, it lists a selection, with the aim of being useful and practical. Use the guide to raise your awareness about your own and other languages.
Dave's
ESL Café
This site is well known and frequently visited by ESL, EFL, and
multilingual students and teachers around the world. Stop by for Cafe
news, bookstore browsing, chat, discussion, frequently asked
questions, a graffiti wall, an idiom page, a photo gallery, a quiz
center, a web guide, and much more.
ESL
Home Page
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this site
page is for ESL learners who want to learn English through the World
Wide Web. Many people have created ESL learning materials for the
Web. This home page links you to those ESL sites and other
interesting places. The variety of materials will allow you to choose
something appropriate for yourself.
ESL at
Houghton Mifflin
Online activities, textbooks, and dictionaries provide students
with a wide array of innovative resources. XPRESLINK is an Internet
activity designed to help students develop language skills from
authentic web sites. Sites organized by topics--with questions at
beginner, intermediate, and advanced language levels--are provided to
stimulate student discussion and writing.
ESL
Language Resources
Visit this site to link to any of the following:
- Foreign & Domestic News
- Foreign Language and Culture
- Foreign Language Resources on the Web
- Language Links
- Language Resources on the WWW
- Languages through Yahoo
- Multi-Language Sites--lists
ESL on the
Net
Here's a wealth of connections to ESL Links and Guides, ESL Places
to Visit, Computer-Assisted language Learning Sites. Online
Publishing and Journal, Software, MUDS and MOOS, Usenet Newsgroups,
Discussion Lists, and a bibliography of Internet-related articles of
particular interest to ESL students and instructors.
Lingua MOO
A MOO is a MUD (Multi-User Domain) Object
Oriented environment, or virtual educational community, where
you can not only communicate in actual time but also add to a virtual
world by building new rooms and other objects. Lingua MOO, at
the University of Texas at Dallas, is a learning environment
for students and a broader community for research and collaboration.
Lingua MOO is a text-based virtual reality where you can create your
own spaces and interact with people from around the world in
synchronous time. Go to the Courtyard where you can easily get to all
the various resource centers in the MOO. These include "A Help
Kiosk," "Lingua House," "The Comoonity," and a library. When you
visit Lingua MOO you must connect as a guest. You are bound to have a
great experience.
SchMOOze
University
SchMOOze University has a diverse student population where people
studying English as a second or foreign language can practice English
with other learners. Visit this MOO for opportunities for one-on-one
conversations, group conversations, and access to language games, an
online dictionary, and more. SchMOOze University welcomes ESL and EFL
students and everyone else who is interested in cross-cultural
communication. You'll find abundant MOO reference documents and
articles as well as links to other ESL/EFL related pages.
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