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The World & I Online’s ESL Program offers both English-language
support and inspiration to help students achieve their full
potential through Reading Comprehension (Advanced and Simplified),
Vocabulary, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, and the American Culture
Corner.
Each week you will find an article highlighting some aspect of
American life. For reading comprehension, the article will come in
two forms: first, an Advanced Level, presenting it in its original
form as an authentic resource used by native English speakers -- a
great way to study for the TOEFL -- and second, in a Simplified
Level for newer ESL students. Each version will include the
written text, an audio clip of the text read by a real American,
and a set of comprehension questions.
For the Advanced Level we will present TOEFL-simulated
comprehension questions, and the Simplified Level will come with
basic comprehension questions. The Advanced comprehension
questions will measure the students’ ability to read, understand,
and analyze passages similar in topic and style to those that
North American students encounter in their education. Students
will be questioned on their ability to infer the meaning of a word
from the context of the passage, identify the main idea of the
passage, and make inferences about the author’s meaning.
After answering the questions, students may print them out for
their teacher. The answer key will be
published at the end of the next week’s article.
Special Features
Vocabulary: Our Vocabulary section will be updated each
week with ten new words that ESL students often encounter on
American standardized tests. They will include the part of speech,
definition, synonyms, and sample usage in a sentence, as well as
an audio clip of the word. This is an invaluable resource for both
you and your students!
Idioms: Experts say that the foreign learner of English who
tries to avoid idioms will immediately single himself out as a
foreigner. Each week we will present you with a short list of
idioms grouped by theme, complete with explanations and sample
sentence usage.
Phrasal Verbs: Learning phrasal verbs is one key to
boosting a student’s English fluency. Here we’ll present a
compilation of themed phrasal verbs each week. For example, one
week you’ll find phrasal verbs using the verb “to turn,” and
another week a section using the verb “to look.”
American Culture Corner: Here you will find a wealth of
articles on American culture, from its art and music to its
folktales and lifestyles, published by The World & I over the past
20 years.
ESL Archive: The complete contents of each week’s ESL page
-- the Advanced and Simplified articles with audio versions and
questions, plus vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs, and proverbs --
will be stored in our ESL Archive at the end of each week. The
Archive will be categorized by article topic, and once you click
on an article it will bring up the full contents of that week.
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