beginning English exercises

• numbers 0 - 10read
• number names, zero to ten:read spell
• A - a, B - b, C - c ...read
• things in the classroom:read spell
• personal information:read spell
• money:read spell
• daily activities:read spell
• months:read spell
• family:read spell
• vegetables:read spell
• fruit:read spell
• clothing:read spell
• places around the neighborhoodread spell
• rooms in a houseread spell
• accessories:read spell
• farm animals:read spell
• fast foodread spell

intermediate and advanced English exercises

• kitchen equipment:read spell
• transportationread spell
• things in an office:read spell
• kinds of moviesread spell
• wild animals:read spell
• tools:read spell
• sea creatures:read spell
• space:read spell
• San Francisco tourist places:read spell
• the Earthread spell
• insectsread spell
• fabric patternsread spell
• punctuation marks:read spell

Greetings teachers of English as a second language (ESL),

The exercises above are designed primarily for use with literacy-level and beginning-level ESL classes, especially classes where many of the students have little or no experience with computers. The interface and the interactions are very simple, and the buttons are very large. My colleagues and I at the City College of San Francisco find that it's usually possible to get everyone in a large class working on their own after just a minute or so of demonstration.

You should note, however, that although the game-like element adds some excitement, the simplicity of these exercises makes them somewhat monotonous. I don't recommend that you plan to use them for an entire class hour. I usually find that 15 to 25 minutes is about right.

I hope you find these exercises useful. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or topic requests.

Cheers,

Kurt