After you practice these words with the “flashcards”, Press Choose a Study Mode to test yourself.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Study to Get Your High School Degree
Take free reading, writing, and math classes – to prepare for your high school equivalency test (HiSET)
To register, come to the Fuller Middle School library – 31 Flagg Drive in Framingham – at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, August 28th
Classes meet every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 6:30 to 9:30 PM
Classes offered by Framingham Adult ESL Plus (508-626-4282)
Note: This is registration for HiSET(GED) classes – NO English classes.
Can You Pronounce the TH Sound?
Many English learners have trouble pronouncing the TH sounds. Here’s a two-minute video lesson:
Here’s another video with more detail. You can find you own videos by going to YouTube and searching for pronounce TH (or any other sound too, such as pronounce R).
** Try this free Pronunciation App for your phone/tablet: “Pronunciation Power” for Apple
Duolingo
Duolingo is one of the best ways to teach yourself English – for free. It’s a good place to begin. You can use it on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.
To use Duolingo:
- Go to the Duolingo website on your computer – or – download the app to your smartphone/tablet
(Apple app store); (Google Play store) - Follow the instructions to start a course
- Create a profile (username / password ) so that you can save your work
- If you find it helpful, try to use Duolingo for at least 10 minutes every day
Back to School Vocabulary
From the English For Beginners website (with many words changed to American English)
What’s the Difference?
The website DifferenceBetween.net explains the difference between two similar words. It includes explanations of words often confusing to English learners, such as Before vs Ago, or Long vs Short Vowels, and Await vs Wait.
Kanopy – Thousands of Free Movies
This is a new service from the Framingham Library. You can watch up to 5 free movies each month – at home, or on your phone with the Kanopy App.
Classic movies, international movies, educational movies (including learning English), and lots of movies for kids too. All you need is a Framingham library card. If you don’t live in Framingham, you can check here if your library also has this service. Or – you can check to see at your own library if they have Kanopy, or other services with movies, such as Hoopla or Overdrive.
Dictation
Dictation is listening to someone speaking and then trying to write what you hear.
Practicing dictation can help improve your:
- English listening skills
- Grammar
- Writing and Punctuation
- Spelling
- Speaking and pronunciation (if you speak the words you hear – out loud – while you’re writing it)
The EnglishClub website has a good collection of dictation exercises, at 3 different levels of difficulty. Here’s an example:
1. Listen to the dictation at normal speed (just listen; don’t try to write it).
2. Listen again at slow speed and try to write/type what your hear (with a smartphone, you need to use paper).
Include capitalization and punctuation.
3. Listen again at slow speed if you need to.
4. Listen at normal speed for a last check.
5. When you’re ready, click/press Show Answer and compare the answer to your writing.
(The mailbox is just behind the big water fountain.)
