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Photo Album (ESL and Friendship Groups)

The Cornell Campus Club offers English classes to spouses and partners of
international students and to visiting scholars. Classes are open to both men
and women. Classes focus on communication skills and are taught by experienced
volunteers.This is an informal service which provides no accreditation or support for
visa applications.. Each classmeets once per week for 2 hours, and students may take
up to 3 classes each week.Classes are held on or near campus

Fall '08 ESLCLASSES

Registration in late August
Watch this site for details

Contact Anita Watkins (aw236@cornell.edu)

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Hot off the press! Read stories and articles written by our students.

Past editions of Ithaca Chatter.

//////////////////////////////// Ithaca Chatter, Newsletter of the Campus Club ESL Students

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ESL newsletters are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files and may be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
This software is available for free from Adobe.

Volume 4, Issue 2, Spring 2005
Volume 4, Issue 1, Fall 2004
Volume 3, Issue 2, Spring 2004
Volume 3, Issue 1, Fall 2003
Volume 2: Spring 2003 Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 2002
Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2001

Article from Cornell Alumni Magazine, November-December 2002
"Can We Talk? Lessons on Language and Life"
Published by permission of Cornell Alumni Magazine

LOCAL ENGLISH PROGRAMS

Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3)
TC3 offers intermediate and advanced level courses designed to help students
develop their English language ability to a level sufficient to successfully undertake college level
study in the U.S. Interested students should contact the admissions office at 844-8211, extension 4320.
ESOL Program

BOCES
TSTBOCES ESL (http://www.tstboces.org/teacherpage.cfm?teacher=1290)
Boces offers ESL classes at all levels to anyone over 21 years of age (and not
holding a US high school diploma) living in the Ithaca area. Courses are offered in the morning
and evening in downtown Ithaca. Students have an opportunity to practice English speaking,
reading, and writing skills. Enrollment is ongoing. Students must
make an appointment for a placement test by calling 273-4095.

Office hours are 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Language Expansion Program provides conversation partners for anyone
interested in learning, improving or teaching a language. They service students in language classes,
contact the Public Service Center at 200 Barnes Hall or contact Julie Daum at jad52@cornell.edu.

Selected Links for ESL students

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Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web
This is a good starting point.
There are quizzes, idioms and discussions plus a large directory of links to other ESL sites on the Web.

Internet TESL Journal - Student Activities
Many exercises for ESL students. Choose from grammar, vocabulary, idioms and more.

Grammar
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Grammar Slammer

Listening Links
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***Randall's ESL Cyber Listening
Designed for self-directed Esl study
General Listening Quizzes: Easy, Medium and Difficult
Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes
Long Conversations with Real Video
Short Listening Exercises (some pronunciation files)

You need Basic Real Player
Steps for Doing the Listening Activities

Download and install one of the software products listed above.

Select a listening quiz from the main page of this site.

Read the Pre-listening questions to prepare yourself for the listening.

Click the "Play Audio" button to start the audio.

Check your score on the quiz.

Review the script of the conversation.

Return to the main page to do another listening activity

***English Listening Lounge

Work on developing your English listening skills. Free selections for new, regular and advanced.
Membership for more files also available for $20. You need Real Audio to listen. Each lesson
has a file to listen to, questions on the listening, answers so that you can check your comprehension,
and a copy of the transcript.
Lingua Center: Things to listen to

National Public Radio

*** Recommended by Anita

TOEFL Preparation
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The Official Web site for TOEFL

Dictionaries and Vocabulary
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Collins Cobuild Dictionary
Newbury House Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The Wordsmyth Dictionary-Theasaurus/
Internet Picture Dictionary

Miscellaneous
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Interesting Things for ESL Students
A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.

ESL Independent Study Lab
Information Links
Selected Information from the
International Students and Scholars Office Web Page

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Information on licensing for drivers in New York State
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/license.htm

Life in Ithaca
http://www.isso.cornell.edu/ithacalife/il.php

CORNELL CAMPUS CLUB English as Second Language

The Cornell Campus Club International Committee

is celebrating 60 years of service and fun.

Please look at our Photo Album

Photo Album (ESL and Friendship Groups)

Ithaca Chatter, Newsletter of the Campus Club ESL Students

Selected Links for ESL students

Selected Information from the
International Students and Scholars Office Web Page