Saturday 29 March 2008

Welcome to the Internet Grammar of English!


The Internet Grammar of English is an on-line course in English grammar written primarily for university undergraduates. However, we hope that it will be useful to everyone who is interested in the English language. IGE does not assume any prior knowledge of grammar.

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Tuesday 25 March 2008

Type IPA phonetic symbols online!!




This page allows you to easily type phonetic transcriptions of English words in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). You can edit your text in the box and then copy it to your e-mail application, word processor, etc.
If you can't see phonetic symbols on this page, you must install a Unicode font with IPA symbols.
Warning: The full set of characters is available only in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher for Windows.



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The editor allows you to type pronunciations of English words as they appear in English dictionaries.

  • After you copy text from the above box and paste it into your word processor or e-mail message, make sure you choose a Unicode font with IPA symbols in your word processor or e-mail application. Otherwise, phonetic symbols will not display correctly.
  • A few rarely used symbols, such as the "flap t" symbol (the letter t with a small "v" underneath) or the syllabic l and n (l or n with a small vertical line underneath) are missing because they are not rendered correctly by presently available browsers.
  • The goal of the editor is to provide a way to enter IPA-based phonemic transcriptions, therefore more arcane symbols used in "narrow" transcriptions are not included.
  • The underline can be used as an alternative to the apostrophe (') to mark the stressed syllable.
  • Ctrl+Z is used to type ʒ. To Undo, right-click in the text box and choose "Undo".
  • For help with transcribing, refer to Antimoon's table with IPA phonetic symbols, example words, and recordings (make sure you read the footnotes).
  • In addition to the symbols shown in the table, the editor provides two extra symbols:
    • The ɪ (italicized ɪ) can be used to indicate that either ɪ or ə can be pronounced, as in possible.
    • The ʊ (italicized ʊ) can be used to indicate that either ʊ or ə can be pronounced, as in education.

    You can also italicize any part of the text by clicking the appropriate button.

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Saturday 22 March 2008

Fast and Easy Bibliography Maker!


Welcome to BibMe! The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited page. And it's free.

1 Search for a book, article, website, or film, or enter the information yourself.
2 Add it to your bibliography.
3 Download your bibliography in either the MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian formats and include it in your paper. It's that easy!

Let them know about this site and help make the world a happier place... or at least a better formatted one.

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Thursday 20 March 2008

ESL Error Correction Techniques

This is a video about Error correction techniques that a teacher uses in his ESL/EFL (English as a Second Language / English as a Foreign Language) classroom. Enjoy it!

Online practice tests help prepare for exams

oxfordenglishtesting.com - for all your testing needs online

Dear Teacher,
There's a new website where your students can prepare for their exam using interactive practice tests: www.oxfordenglishtesting.com





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Online practice gives students:
» The ability to save answers and continue later.
» Instant access to:

marking & feedback
online dictionary look-up
exam tips
… and more
» A chance to build their confidence for the real exam.
» Practice for the PET, FCE, CAE and IELTS exams.

TOEIC, TOEFL and KET coming later in the year.

See the website in action
Go to www.oxfordenglishtesting.com
Or view the online brochure and teacher demo for more information for teachers.


Oxford University Press

P.S. Students who prepare with Oxford get automatic access to test(s) via the MultiROM in the Workbook Resource Packs for FCE Result, CAE Result, PET Masterclass and FCE Masterclass, and the Student's Book for IELTS Masterclass.

Inglés para Hotelería, Turismo y Gastronomía 2008

Inglés

para

Hotelería, Turismo y Gastronomía

nivel 1 (básico) y nivel 2 (avanzado)

El Proyecto Idiomas de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNaM) lanza por segundo año su propuesta destinada a estudiantes de turismo, gastronomía y hotelería, recepcionistas, mozos, agentes de viaje y todas aquellas personas que necesiten comunicarse con turistas extranjeros a través del inglés.




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Hotelería

El ámbito del turismo exige invariablemente un manejo efectivo del inglés, ya que el mismo constituye para la sociedad actual una lengua común a través de la cual hablantes de distintos idiomas logran comunicarse entre sí.

Basta con observar los crecientes índices de afluencia turística desde Norteamérica, Europa, Australia y otros continentes a nuestra provincia para apreciar la demanda de instrucción formal en idioma inglés orientado específicamente a la atención del turista extranjero.


Esta es la razón por la cual se ofrece a estudiantes y empleados del área hotelera, gastronómica y turística un espacio donde podrán encontrar una respuesta concreta a sus necesidades comunicativas insatisfechas.

Las funciones lingüísticas exigidas a empleados y estudiantes de éstas áreas que el curso "Inglés para Hotelería, Turismo y Gastronomía" tiene como objetivo proveer incluyen:

  • describir una habitación
  • recomendar y describir platos regionales
  • hacer reservaciones
  • dar direcciones en una ciudad
  • recomendar un atractivo turístico

Gastronomía


Turismo


Para mayor información, los interesados pueden dirigirse a la sede del Proyecto Idiomas en Félix de Azara 2360, entre Salta y Tucumán (Posadas), o al teléfono (03752) 422053 de lunes a viernes de 8 a 12 y de 16 a 22 hs; o bien pueden escribir por correro electrónico a proyectoidiomas@gmail.com