Grammar, Writing & Listening Mastery for ESL100L

Practice Tools for ESL302, ESL106 & ESL091 - Parts I & II

For grammar and listening mastery, you can use the following ONSITE SOFTWARE and ONLINE LINKS listed in the chart below.  You can complete the New Dynamic English exercises in the ESL Lab (GE 209B) and the Focus on Grammar exercises in GE 209B, GE 118 and in the Writing Center, GE 207.  The online exercises can be completed anywhere you have access to a computer with an Internet connection.  

The Focus on Grammar Advanced Course is very challenging and integrates the grammar of each unit within college-level reading, listening, and writing activities.  Be sure to check out the grammar notes for each unit and the appendices for useful charts and lists for reference and practice.

FOG-ADV = Focus on Grammar Advanced Course; NDE = New Dynamic English

Structure Mastery

Software (GE108)

                                  Online Links
Tense and Time Fog-Adv. Part 1 Unit 1; NDE Level 3 Disc 2 Unit 1; Level 4 Unit 1 http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/index.html (Click Grammar in Context Book 3 Listening Activities.  Listen for time phrases and verb tenses in the activities for Lessons 1, 2, and 3.

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 1. (Always Follow these directions for this site.  Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to Aadvanced and click Companion Website. Click Student Resources on the left navigation bar to read directions. Click the back arrow in the upper left tool bar.  Under Student Resources, select the appropriate unit.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslverbaux.html http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_seqtense.html  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tensec.html 
     
Certainty and Necessity (Modals) Fog-Adv. Part 1 Unit 2; NDE Level 4 Disc 2Units 1 and 3 http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/index.html (Click Grammar in Context Book 3 Listening Activities.  Listen for a variety of modals and their meanings in  Lesson four, one through five.)

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 2. Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to Advanced  and click Companion Website.   Under Student Resources, select Unit 2.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.
     
Contrast and Emphasis (Auxiliaries) Fog-Adv. Part 1 Unit 3 http://eslgrammar.heinle.com/gic/index.html (Click Grammar in Context Book 3 Listening Activities.  Then click Lesson 8, three.) 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 3. Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to High Intermediate and click Companion Website.   Under Student Resources, select Unit 2.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.
     
Count and Non-Count Noun use Fog-Adv. Part 2 Unit 4; NDE Level 3 Disc 2, Unit 2  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslcount.html 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslcount2.html 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 4. Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to High Intermediate and click Companion Website.   Under Student Resources, select Unit 2.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.
     
Definite and Indefinite Articles Fog-Adv. Part 2 Unit 5 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html#first

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 5. Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to High Intermediate and click Companion Website.   Under Student Resources, select Unit 2.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.
     
Modification of Nouns Fog-Adv. Part 2 Unit 6  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_hyphen.html 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 6. Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to High Intermediate and click Companion Website.   Under Student Resources, select Unit 2.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.

     
Quantifiers Fog-Adv. Part 2 Unit 7  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslsubverb.html 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/focusongrammar/  Select Unit 7. Click Enter Site.  Scroll down to High Intermediate and click Companion Website.   Under Student Resources, select Unit 2.  Three different topics will appear. Select one or more to write about.
     
Study important tips on sentence clarity   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_sentclar.html 

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