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Computer as DRILL sergeant

Computer as DRILL sergeant. Tech-driven and/or facilitated practice and feedback for the ESL writer. Basic Instruction. Rosetta Stone. http://www.rosettastone.com/. Online translators and dictionaries.

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Computer as DRILL sergeant

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  1. Computer as DRILL sergeant Tech-driven and/or facilitated practice and feedback for the ESL writer

  2. Basic Instruction • Rosetta Stone. http://www.rosettastone.com/

  3. Online translators and dictionaries • Online translator, can cut and paste the translation from the web site (no Hindi) http://www.emailaddresses.com/online_translation.htm • Alta Vista Babel fish http://www.altavista.com/help/free/free_searchbox_transl • World Lingo http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html • http://www.wordanywhere.com/ (Hindi source)

  4. Online Dictionaries • Oxford Picture Dictionary (CD) commercial software product http://www.oup.com/us/corporate/publishingprograms/esl/titles/cd.rom/opdi/?view=usa • On-line picture dictionary about adjectives by Enchanted Learning at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionarysubjects/adjectives.shtm

  5. Quizlets

  6. Vocabulary • Healey, Deborah. July 2000. Vocabulary Games. English Language Institute Technology Tip of the Month. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/july2000.html • Vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar drill type Power Point presentations http://iteslj.org/t/ppt/ • Freeware Hangman Game http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/wordsearchkuoadult.html • Freeware games including “Jumble” and “Whirlwords” http://familygames.com/freelane.html • Tetris-type game (arrange the falling letters to form words) http://mn-software.freepage.de/Spell_It.htm • Scrambled Body Parts (Gaer) http://www.quia.com/jw/48735.html

  7. Grammar Help (Online Writing Labs) • Purdue University Online Writing Lab – OWL.http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ ESL index page http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html. Links for Genres of Writing, including a section on “Writing in Grade School through High School” http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/genre.html#grade Links for ESL students http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html • Rensselaerhttp://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/esl.html Additional information at http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/wc_web/school/student_index.htm • Towson Universityhttp://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/index.htm • Diagnostic grammar test http://english-grammar.webpark.pl/diagnostic_grammar_1.htm • ESL Writing Help http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/eslwriting/

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