EET recommends

Do you know about author Elizabeth Weal?  For more information on her work, contact her at elizabethweal@tenaya.com. See tenayapress.tenaya.com 

 

Above left, Euphronia Awakuni, Planaria Price, and Susan Ritter of Evans Community Adult School in Los Angeles are pictured at the November 2009 CATESOL Conference in Los Angeles.

In the family

Planaria Price and her daughter Euphronia Awakuni are both ESL teachers. They have a new book out called, "Life in the USA: An Immigrants Guide to Understanding Americans." It has been published by University of Michigan Press.

Awakuni and Price did a poster session on "Teacher, Why Do Americans Do That!" at the fall 2009 CATESOL conference in Los Angeles. They also did a workshop called, "Cut and Paste English, the American Language Scrapbook." To reach Price, e-mail planariap@earthlink.

 

Above, VOA staff member Avi Arditti presented information at the TESOL 2009 conference in Denver.

EET recommends Voice of America’s Special English. The goal of the site is to “communicate with people who are not fluent in English.”  Over the years, its role has expanded.  It helps people learn American English while they learn about American life and stay informed about world news. It provides listeners with information they cannot find elsewhere. Visit http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm

 "Compelling Conversations!" Compelling Conversations are featured in each issue of Easy English Times. Ask more. Know more. Share more. www.compellingconversations.com

Above, Lance Belville is pictured with Easy English Times editor Lorraine Ruston and publisher Betty Malmgren at a CATESOL conference.
See his site at www.ActingYourWayToEnglish.com  for more information on how to energize your classes.

American Speechsounds - see www.americanspeechsounds.com
Three announcements from American Speechsounds:
-an engaging new game
-our healthcare software
-free upgrades on our website 

1)  Our new game:  Is ERnie an attORney?
Are your students (or you) tired of drill?
Engage them with this game for American vowel sounds!
Is ERnie an attORney? lets users assume the identity of a character and answer questions to earn points. Players' responses are based on differentiating vowel sounds.  Is ERnie an attoRney has a color-coded key that you can adopt--EE as in grEEn.
15 characters, 2 levels and 700 questions provide hours of learning fun.
PC compatible; downloadable or CD.
If you'd like a 2-week preview, go to
http://speechgame.com/IsErnieAnAttorney/public/DownloadPage.aspx
use this license key TEKL8-REKV3
Purchase Is ERnie an attORney? at www.americanspeechsounds.com
2) American Speechsounds for Healthcare Professionals is an asset for any ESL speaker in healthcare. They can improve their spoken English, master relevant pronunciation, become employed more quickly, and succeed in the healthcare industry where clear communication is critical. It's an easy, effective way to practice pronouncing hospital and medical terminology.  A language-based directory guides the way for speakers of 30 different languages; it
-Allows individuals to practice independently at their own pace
-Features thousands of spoken words and expressions commonly used in healthcare--from "pain" and "viral" to "subacute bacterial endocarditis"!
-Teaches consonants, vowels, stress, intonation, and abbreviations/acronyms (RBC's/CAT scan)
-Addresses past tenses, plurals, silent consonants (benign), and more -Contains video and audio instructions on how to make each sound -Offers hundreds of hours of practice on more than 3,000 words as words, phrases and sentences
-AUTHORING enables you to easily add new content to suit your needs American Speechsounds for Healthcare Professionals starts at $119.95; volume purchases are discounted.  Go to  ww.americanspeechsounds.com. Contact us for a preview.
3) Remember that free upgrades are available at www.americanspeechsounds.com

American Speechsounds
2488 SW Sherwood Drive
Portland, OR  97201
503-713-3468

Photo, below: Nancy Hiser of American Speechsounds often shares a table
with Easy English Times at CATESOL or TESOL conferences. See her website for more information on her pronunciation software.

 

Elwell Publications. Contact Sharon Elwell author of "Free and Cheap Materials for Teaching ESL," "Jeremy and the Wappo," and "Reach Out and Teach Someone," at selwell549@aol.com. Sharon has written a new book called “Caught in the Middle: Reflections of a Middle School Teacher” about her experiences teaching in Huron, a tiny California central valley town. The vignettes provide a powerful, touching and unique insight into children who are caught in the middle between childhood and young adulthood and between two cultures. Sharon is also the author of the popular "Pon & Petronillo" which appears in Easy English Times.

"Cambridge dictionaries give learners access to the words and meanings they need."  See http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/

Alta Book Center Publishers www.altaesl.com "The largest source of ESL/EFL books and materials in the world."

ESL-Library.com - The resource site for language teachers
Find and print hundreds of ready made ESL lesson plans, and thousands of ready-to-print ESL flashcards for the classroom.  At ESL-Library.com, preparing for class is easy... Just hit print. http://www.esl-library.com