A Guide for Immigrants

A Guide for Immigrants (schools, visas, banking, etc...)

Learn About the First Thanksgiving in the U.S.

Click here: Learn About the First Thanksgiving (read and listen)

Looking for a Job?

From ebiz:

Top 15 Most Popular Job Websites | October 2015

Here are the top 15 Most Popular Job Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website's Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast."*#*" Denotes an estimate for sites with limited data

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/job-websites

Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love? (Subtitles)

One Republic - I Did It All

Some Inspiration

(Go ahead and sing along!)

English Phrases and Expressions

Common Phrases in English Conversation

Phrases for Beginners (greetings, etc...)

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/phrases.html


Phrases for All Levels (changing your mind, boring!, advice, disappointment, disagreeing, etc...)

http://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions

http://2ndnature-online-eikaiwa.com/Expressions/TOC.htm

https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/index.htm

Supermoon on Sunday at 9 PM

There's a rare supermoon total lunar eclipse happening this weekend, and it won't come again until 2033

Yahoo News:

       

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On Sunday evening, Sept. 27, you'll get the chance to see a rare type of lunar eclipse that hasn't happened since 1982.
It is called a supermoon total lunar eclipse, and over the last 115 years there have only been five of them.

Read more here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/theres-rare-supermoon-total-lunar-205421688.html

Minnesota

Minnesota...not a bad place to live, except, perhaps, in the winter! Here are some websites to learn about Minnesota:

Some People Don’t Know That Minnesota Was The First To Do These 12 Things: http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/minnesota/mn-firsts/

Best Things To Do in Minneapolis- St. Paul: http://travel.usnews.com/Minneapolis_MN/Things_To_Do/

150 Things To Do in Minneapolis: http://www.minneapolis.org/visitor/tours-attractions/suggested-itineraries/150-things-to-do-in-minneapolis

 

This is a road trip I took with my family down to Red Wing area last fall. It was beautiful to hike above Red Wing and see the fall colors.

 





Aaaaaand... we're back!

Welcome back to the new school year!

I am teaching a Career and College Preparation class for high level ESL now. I will miss my beginner ESL classes very much!

Happy Labor Day- Monday, September 7, 2015

It is always the first Monday in September.

Learn about Labor Day here: http://www.elcivics.com/labor-day-1.html

I hope you had a wonderful day!

 

Last Day - Party Pictures

Thank you so much for a wonderful party on our last day of summer term. I am so happy to meet and know each one of you!

I hope you have a wonderful summer -  and keep learning English!  :) See you September 1st or 2nd!

Day classes with Laura/Sue's class:

Evening class:

 

Cheers,
Alison

 

Easy Website for ESL Beginners!

It's here- an easier way to find your favorite beginner ESL websites. Yes!!!!


Symbaloo - ESL Beginners

Continued Practice with Jobs and Employment

It is our last week of summer school! You have made so much progress lately with simple present tense and past tense. Now, we will go back to practice the following:

Job Applications
Understanding a Work Schedule
Job Related Readings
Readings about People in Jobs
Dictation Related to Work

Please complete these here:

Jobs and Employment:
http://www.web-esl.com/pages/jobs.html

The 4th of July!

Independence Day (July 4th) celebrates America's freedom from England in 1776 by creating the Declaration of Independence. Learn more about the history here:

Finally, here is more information from EL Civics: EL Civics: 4th of July

I will be watching a parade in the morning, having a BBQ at my house, and watching the fireworks in the evening. What will YOU be doing this Saturday, July 4th?

Here is a list of FIREWORKS near you in the Twin Cities area: 31 Choices for Watching the Fireworks 2015

 Happy Birthday, America!

June 15, 2015

Dear ESL Students,

Great job so far! Here is some practice with:

PRESENT TENSE VERBS:

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B7%20Present%20Tense.html


PAST TENSE VERBS - (regular -ed ending) and (irregular)

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B12%20The%20Past%20Tense.html


I will give you a quiz paper at the end. You may check your answers at the end (bottom) of these websites.
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Here are more quizzes:

simple present: https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/FlashedESL/fe-simplepresent.html

simple present (he/she/it___ add an s,es, ies): https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/GrammarCentral/simplepresent.html

simple past: https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/FlashedESL/fe-simplepast.html

irregular simple past: https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/FlashedESL/fe-pastirregular.html

Cheers,
Alison

Jobs Unit- June 1

Hello to my beginner students at Metro South!

1. Watch this video about "Making a Difference", please enjoy. You DO make a difference!

2. JOBS-  We are learning about jobs and employment for this summer.

Continue with these websites:

http://www.web-esl.com/pages/jobs.html (Jobs and Employment Activities)

http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/classroom/activities/beginner/b_numbers/deploy/activity/index.html (Calendar Practice)

http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/classroom/activities/beginner/forms/deploy/activity/index.html (Filling Out Forms)

Busy Days

Hi English Learners!

I have been very busy teaching ESL to young children in elementary school (day) and adult beginners (night) all year. I hope to add more blog posts and interesting websites in a month or two. Thanks again for visiting this site. I hope you find it helpful while learning English.

:)
Alison