The
purpose of the ESL Multimedia Lab is to facilitate language learning
and skill acquisition at all levels of the ESL curriculum. The purpose
of the online lab is to further the same and to encourage active
study/practice habits outside the college environment. ESL instructors
will be present in the Lab (L-120) to facilitate and guide these
learning endeavors through individual and group instruction and
guidance with oral and written work.
Please
recommend the following programs to your ESL 302 and 91 students:
- Focus
on Grammar High-Intermediate and Advanced (Icon on desktop)
- Writer’s
Resources (Icon on Desktop) – This is a complete course on all
of the elements of writing with clear examples of many types of
well-written paragraphs and essays.
Sentence and grammatical elements are included as well. You
may want to preview this in the Lab so that you can recommend
sections of it to your students as needed.
- The
Longman Advanced Dictionary
The
following link provides a complete list of lab materials available for
ESL 302, 106, and ESL 91 students:
http://www.eslstation.net/ESL100L/Lab-Materials.htm
For
a list of online materials, please
click the following link for very useful sites. Please check them out
and suggest additional grammar, reading, and writing practice for your
students.
http://www.eslstation.net/ESL100L/Online-Materials.htm
The
link below provides a goldmine of well-written essays that clearly
demonstrate the parts and organization of an essay. Click Paragraphs
to read the essays and then check out the margin notes, proofreading,
and In-Brief (graphic organizer) links. Don’t
miss this great site. It’s listed
under
Reading
, and the site’s essay link can be found under the Writing section
for Online Links for 100L.
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/menu.htm
You
may wish to check this link for Revision Strategies:
http://www.eslstation.net/WorldFKTL/Revision_strategies.htm
and
this link for editing strategies:
http://www.eslstation.net/WorldFKTL/editing_strategies.htm
The
next link allows you to insert a written passage for analysis of its
vocabulary, breaking the words down into four frequency levels. It
will highlight academic words students need for successful reading
across the disciplines. It may also be useful in analyzing articles
for possible prompts – at least with regard to vocabulary difficulty
– but not for cultural ambiguity.
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/cgi-bin/webfreqs/web_vp.cgi
Please
encourage your students who are having difficulty to come to the lab
in a group for help. If you can encourage a group to come at a
specific time, please email Kathleen.hanson@sjcc.edu
and I will try to schedule either a lab workshop or a session with a
lab instructor on duty at that time or the Instructional Assistant.
Include in your email the issue you want covered with your students.
Here is the schedule for Lab instructors.
http://www.eslstation.net/Lab_Information/Instruc_Sched.htm
For
Lab workshop information you can check the following link on a monthly
basis. Our workshop topics will be posted under the schedule for the
given month. Please
recommend the workshops to your students. If you would like to
recommend a workshop topic at a time when your students can come,
please check the instructors’ schedule to see if it’s feasible and
email the instructor on duty at that time to see if it can be
arranged. Workshops will begin after the second week of the semester
and will be posted by the end of the second week. Encourage your
students, including those online, to bring their assignments for
questions, comments, and guided instruction for revision and editing.
http://www.eslstation.net/Workshops/index.htm
You
will receive a packet of information for students. Please go over this
material with them and tell them they will be welcome to use the ESL
Lab after the first week of the semester. Meanwhile, they can use www.eslstation.net.
No formal orientation is scheduled for your students since most will
be familiar with the lab. Thank you
very much for helping inform your students of the wealth of learning
opportunities available to them.
For
ESL Lab hours, please click here and please let us know how we can
help you facilitate the learning objectives of your course during this
semester.
http://www.eslstation.net/Lab_Information/Lab_Hours.htm
Kathy
Hanson
Lab Coordinator
The
Reading
and
Writing
Center
is open
L-103
(first floor of the
Learning
Resource
Center
)
M-Th
8:30am-9:00pm;
F
8:30am-2:00pm
Available
for students:
- Drop-in
help with reading and writing assignments for any course
- Personally-assigned,
scheduled tutors for long-term tutoring
- Help
with word processing
- Free
printing of students' writing
- Handbooks,
self-study tutorials, research guides
- Take-home
handouts and worksheets
- Free
workshops on various reading/writing topics
VISION
FOR THE
FUTURE
