Academics:
Admissions Office
Career Services
Grad School: Goals Statement
Library
Ombudsman Office for Students (Johnson Center, 2nd Floor)
Patriot Web (tuition, balance, applications, class schedule, etc.)
*Presentations
Research and Documentation (by Diana Hacker)
Resume Writing
Study Skills
Testing: TOEFL, IELTS, GRE GMAT, SAT
Writing Center
General:
Conversions - clothes, shoes, weights, measurements, temperatures, speed, etc.
CUE Bus - info for bus that goes around Fairfax City and parts of Fairfax County
CUE Bus destinations - search for restaurants, shops, and stores that are on the CUE bus line
Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) - driver's license info, etc.
English Language Institute - eli.gmu.edu or 703-993-3660
GMU alerts - http://alert.gmu.edu (about school closings, emergency notifications, etc.)
GMU email - http://mail.gmu.edu
GMU Interactive Map (Fairfax Campus))
GMU Operator - 703-993-1000 (they can connect you to any department on campus)
GMU Parking - http://parking.gmu.edu
GMU Students
Maps or directions - www.mapquest.com
News - www.msn.com or www.yahoo.com
Phone numbers or addresses - www.switchboard.com
Weather - www.weather.com
Listening:
Academic Earth (online scholarly lectures)
Florida Institute of Technology: Astronomy Lectures
Khan Academy (YouTube lectures on science, economics, business, math, etc.)
National Geographic (online videos)
News for You (Adult ESL newspaper--read & listen)
Newsweek (online videos)
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (option to read & listen)
Teaching American History.org (online audio lectures and discussions)
TED Lectures (lectures on a variety of topics)
Voice of America News: Special English
WAMU Radio Station
Washington Post (online videos)
YouTube
Grammar:
Fun with Grammar (grammar games)
Reading:
Assessment - check your reading speed (wpm) and comprehension
http://www.freereadingtest.com
National Geographic (magazine)
News for You (Adult ESL newspaper--read & listen)
Newsweek (magazine)
Speed Reading Tips (video clip)
Time (magazine)
Voice of America News: Special English (option to read & listen)
Washington Post (newspaper)
Washington Times (newspaper)
Speaking:
Public Speaking video (transcript)
Vocabulary:
1. General Service List (GSL): http://jbauman.com/gsl.html
The GSL is a list of 2284 words that appear most frequently in texts. Experts recommend that students know all these basic words first before learning the more difficult words from the Academic Word List (AWL).
2. Academic Word List (AWL): http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com
The AWL contains words that occur in academic texts. You should focus on the words in the first sublist (most frequent), then sublist 2 (the next most frequent), etc.
3. English Vocabulary Exercises http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/
With General and Academic Vocabulary exercises. The Academic Word List contains words that occur in academic texts. You should focus on the words in the first sublist (most frequent), then sublist 2 (the next most frequent), etc.
4. Paul Nation: Levels Tests Online http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/
5. Online Dictionary Free http://www.online-dictionary-free.com/
6. Prefixes and Suffixes http://www.prefixes-suffixes.com/
7. English Language Roots http://www.prefixsuffix.com/
8. Word Roots and Prefixes http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm
9. Merriam-Webster Dictionary: www.m-w.com
10. A Word A Day: http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
Have a word and explanation emailed to you daily.
11. Study Stack: http://www.studystack.com/
Play with Study Stack word games that other people have created. Or sign up for your own free account and enter words you want to remember. It will automatically generate games for you to play.
Writing:
Gallaudet University English Works!
George Mason University Writing Center
Perdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Writer's Reference (writing & grammar exercises, ESL help, research, sample papers)
|
top