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Sunday, May 12, 2013

100 Absolutely Free Things to Do in Los Angeles!

 

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters | Photo courtesy of John Kim, Flickr
 

The best things in life are free. Check out this great website!

Discover Los Angeles: http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/100-free-things-do-los-angeles

 
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I teach adult ESL students in Minnesota. I also have a special interest in designing online experiences for students learning ESL. I have a Master's in Teaching ESL and a MN K-12 teaching license. I love what I do!
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  • Great Site! manythings.org

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  • English Tests and Vocabulary Learning
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Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary.com (excellent)
  • Learn the Most Common Academic Vocab!
  • English Prefix, Root, Suffix List
  • BBC LE Quizzes
  • MATH Vocabuary
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  • General English Vocab Exercises
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  • Memrise (Game: use images and themes to learn vocab)
  • Building a Better Vocabulary (Ideas & Help)
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  • Learn English Vocab and Feed the Hungry :)
  • How to Learn Academic English

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Writing

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Reading

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  • Reading Matrix
  • Weekly Reader

Standardized Test Study

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  • Good Luck IELTS (exam help)
  • BBC LE (exam skills and useful links)
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  • Accuplacer ESL Practice
  • Online TOEIC and TOEFL Tests

Videos

  • Video Tutorials about Using English - CC (Australian Network)
  • Excellent Videos to Learn English- Learn with Jennifer
  • PBS Video- Public TV Programs
  • PBS Frontline News (transcripts and CC)- Excellent!
  • Free e-courses from top scholars professors (Academic Earth.com)
  • Funny Videos about Learning English
  • TED - Amazing 20 min. talks by remarkable people (CC)

Video Program Series with English Words (CC)

  • U.S. Sociology and History (Excellent! CC)
  • Science (CC)
  • American Literary Videos (CC)
  • Exporing the World of Music (CC)
  • Art in the Western World (CC)
  • American Cinema (CC)
  • Connect With English
  • Family Album USA

ESL News

  • Newsela
  • Learning Words in the News (BBC)
  • BBC News
  • Breaking News English for ESL
  • (GOOD) Voice of America- Read, Listen, and Learn the News
  • New York Times- Global
  • PBS Frontline News Videos and Articles (CC and transcripts)
  • Google News/ Search for Words and Phrases
  • Easier English News and Activities
  • Intermediate Level ESL News and Activities

Business English/Jobs/College Resources

  • College Rankings - US News and World Report
  • Structure of the US Education System
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  • Career Pathways- Dictation- Comrehension
  • Minnesota State Colleges
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  • Craig's List (find a job)
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  • Goal Setting!
  • Best Site for Interviewing Info!
  • Top 50 Interview Questions
  • More Interview Preparation - top 10 Questions
  • Preparing for a job interview
  • Why Volunteer?
  • Job Hunting in the 21st Century (presentation)
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  • L.A. Cash for College - Learn about Financing College
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GED Websites

  • Test Prep for GED and Other Tests
  • Sample Essays with Rubrics
  • GED Reading
  • GED Writing

Literacy-- Survival Skills and CASAS Study

  • CASAS
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  • Los Angeles County Library- Literacy/Life Skills
  • Minnesota Literacy Council- (Yay Minnesota)

Living in Los Angeles- Resources

  • 100 Free Things to Do in Los Angeles
  • California Science Center- FREE and Fabulous!
  • Holiday Lights near Pasadena
  • Volunteer Opportunities in Your Area
  • Craig's List- Shopping for used items - Jobs also
  • Check traffic with sigalert.com

Other Cool Sites

  • U.S. Accent/Speech Archive
  • How Stuff Works (interesting site, especially the quizzes)
  • Keyboarding, Typing
  • Practical Money Skills for Life- for personal finances
  • Virtual Tours of Sites Around the World
  • Smithsonian Museum Virtual Tour
  • World Clock
  • Currency (money) Converter
  • Khan Academy- Short Math Tutorials- and Other Subjects

Web Tools and Teacher Resources

  • Teach grammar with songs
  • English for Everyone
  • Reading Comprehension (free for your class!)
  • Good Teacher Resources for F2F (Pronunciation -s, -ed) Woodward English
  • Grammar Girl
  • Many Resources for Teaching
  • EFL Smart Blog (use f2f or lab)
  • Daily Script (tv and movies)
  • ESL Notes (Amazing! Summary, vocab, questions with films)
  • BBC Learning English (good resources to use with lessons)
  • ESL Partyland (Excellent Ideas)
  • ESL Conversation (Good)
  • Best Conversation Questions
  • Boggles World- Holidays and other good resources!
  • Film English_ Lessons
  • Ventures Teacher Web Resources!!!
  • Complete Lexical Tutor
  • Teaching Academic Vocab
  • Using English for Academic Purposes (includes readings and exercises)
  • Pearson ELT (great ideas)
  • Reader's Theater (scripts and plays)
  • Wordle- Create Word Art
  • Use this for analyzing Pros and Cons
  • Graphic Organizers
  • New ideas PSFK
  • Survey Monkey
  • Ventures Teacher Web Resources!!!

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