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General

• UC Riverside
  UC Riverside Security Tips
• Temecula Schools
• The Press-Enterprise Newspaper

Restaurants

• Getaway Cafe (UC Riverside) Menu
• The Sub Station (UC Riverside)
• Rubio's  (UC Riverside)   Menu
• Koreana Grill BBQ Buffet (Riverside) reviews
• Korean BBQ House
• FlameBroiler
• Angel Thai Riverside
• IHOP (International House of Pancakes)
• Red Lobster
• Outback
• Baja Fresh
• Applebee's   Menu
• Chili's  Menu
• Chevy's Fresh Mex Menu  
• Denny's   Menu
• Panda Express
• Galleria Food Court:
  P.F. Chang's   SanSai Japanese Grill   Cheesecake Factory-Menu  Elephant Bar
• Yelp Reviews:  Riverside   Temecula

Shopping

• Galleria at Tyler Mall  Directory
• Riverside Plaza
• Promenade Temecula (Shopping Mall)
• University Village
• TJMaxx
• Forever 21
• Nordstrom  Nordstrom Rack
• Marshall's  Facebook Page  & Fan Finds
• Target
• Macy's  
• Kids - Gymboree  OshKosh B'Gos
  
  Grocery Shopping: Yahoo Directory
  
  • Von's  Specials
  • Safeway  Weekly Specials
  • Ralph's - Specials 
  • Whole Foods
  • Trader Joe's
  • Far East University Market 
  
  Shopping Research
• Shopping.google.com
• Amazon.com
  
  Coupons & Shopping Guides
• Offprice Shopping (TJ Maxx/Marshalls)
  CVS Shopping
  Target Coupon Shopping
•  Coupons   Weekly Circulars
  
  

Dry Cleaners

• near Temecula 
• near Riverside
• Prices University Cleaners Vineyard Cleaners    GreenEarth 
  laundry ($1.39/lb.)
• Dryel:    Product   How it works

Transportation

• Riverside Transit Agency
  How to Ride the Bus Video
  System Map
  Schedules

• Korean Air Baggage Info
• TSA Info (3-1-1 Rules)
• Airport Options

Travel & Airfare Search

• Kayak.com - mutli-search site for flights, hotels, & car rental
• Southwest.com - affordable regional airline Rapping Attendant 
• Hotels.com - Accommodations Search

• Riverside Taxi Fare Finder
• Taxi Fare Finder
• SuperShuttle  LAX  Burbank  Ontario  Long Beach   Orange County
  

SoCal Guides

• WikiTravel Riverside Temecula   SoCal
• Museum Guide
• VirtualTourist
• TripAdvisor.com
• Las Vegas Free Attractions * Vegas Shows * Vegas Strip

Shoe Size Conversion

Clothing Conversion

More Info on Clothing Sizes - Wikipedia   Overstock

Writing Docs

• 이수영 Young
• 안미선 Kelly
• 이하람 Ha Ram
• 김민지 Min Ji
• 김동우 Bruce
• 최윤정 Krystal
• 강태일 Taylor
• 이지원 Sage
• 최민지 Michelle
• 류정애 Blair
• 이희정 Hailey
• 김태현 Nora

U.S. School Tours & Videos

------------Temecula Videos------------
City of Temecula Videos   CityofTemecula.org   Temecula on Facebook

Inside Temecula Episode 10: Temecula Valley Unified School District, Part 1

Inside Temecula Episode 10: Temecula Valley Unified School District, Part 2

More Temecula Videos

• 6th Grade Advisement Class
• Temecula high schoolers explaining curriculum requirements to Gangnam Style (really)
• Walking around Chaparral High School
• Freshmen learning cheers
• Getting ready for the first day of high school   (how it went)
• a tech-savvy first day
• a very teenage말 first day
• TVHS Parkour  (What is Parkour?)  Documentary
• Riverside Middle School Tour (student POV)

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Other School Tours

Daniel Webster Middle School



Bettendorf Middle School



Fullerton High School  Tour Video


Northgate High School


Madison High School



Tualatin High School Freshman Orientation September 2010


More Tours

• Klinger Middle School
• West Sylvan Middle School
• Scribner Middle School
• Apple Valley High School
• Manalapan High School Virtual Tour

Fashion & Style Tips for Teachers



How to dress on the job



--------Trainee Videos------------
Sony's (August 2011)
EunJin's Food Tour (Summer 2011)

 Assorted Videos
California High School Lunch Talk

American Education Resources

Temecula School System

• Temecula Middle School      Handbook
• Temecula Valley High School    Handbook

American Education Resources

• Facts & Figures Google Doc
• U.S. Teacher Salaries
• Sources of Education Funding
• Basic Facts about American Education
• InfoUSA: The Education System
• US Department of Education     Blog
• Education Week
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Education in the United States
• Classroom 2.0

Blogs

• 20 Blogs
• Teach 100 Blogs

Timeline of US Education from Melissa Boutin
Another Education History Presentation

TLS - Overview & References

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• TLS Ativities  Past Sessions: Fall 2011   Spring 2012
• TLS Handouts
• TLS Online Resources

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Theoretical Foundations

• Teaching Listening and Speaking: From Theory to Practice by Jack Richards
• Parts and Goals of a Listening and Speaking Course- The Four Strands
• Paul Nation - The Four Strands of a Language Course (1996)
• The Four Strands (2007)

Week#1

Week#3


Related Videos

TLS Online Resources

Listening/Speaking Activities & Materials

• EnglishCentral.com - uses YouTube videos to provide feedback on user pronunciation,  track their progress, and build vocabulary. Uses a ‘flipped classroom’ approach.
  Examples: Korean Wave Takes over the world
                  Steve Jobs: What Truly Matters
• Elllo.org English Listening Lesson Library Online) Lots of listening activitiesExample: http://www.elllo.org/english/1001/1019-Ron-Hawaii.htm
• Breakingnewsenglish.com - news stories with lots of language activitiesExample: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1003/100315-poaching.html
• Esl-lab.com -Many listening activities Example Lesson: http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expenserd1.htm
• Agendaweb.org many categories - links to activities on other sites
• Examenglish.com
• Listenaminute.com
• 5 Minute English- Hundreds of Short Self-Study English Lessons
• Tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets/functions/ (games, worksheets, roleplays)
• Waze.net - Oral English Activities
• ESLPodCards.com - downloadable audio materials
• LessonStream.org -  Lesson plans using assorted types of media
• EnglishMediaLab.com- English Grammar Exercises, Video lessons,quizzes, Vocabulary Exercises
• 123Listening - free listening tests, printable worksheets, free audio and worksheets
• Eslgold.com/speaking.html (topic & level based speaking practice)
• Eslgo.com/resources/sa.html (role plays & speaking activities)
• Eslfast.com/robot/ ('easy' conversation practice)
• Talkenglish.com/  (sentence level practice)
• Eslpoint.com/speaking.html (level based index of resources - many dead links)
• Voxopop.com/  (audio discussions)
• BBC Learning English
• English Online France - Free Activities and Quizzes
• Youtube.com/user/duncaninchina (popular YouTube English Teacher)
• Real-english.com
• Englishpond.com/listening

• FocusEnglish: Everyday English in Conversation
• Pearson Public Speaking Website
• Great American Speeches
• Top 100 Speeches
• ManyThings.org Audio Concentration & other listening stuff
• ITESLJ - Techniques & Articles
• Logic Problems - http://eslteachingideas.blogspot.com/2010/02/esl-logic-problems.html
• What's the Difference - TMZ - What's the Difference

Sources of Korean Media News (in English)

• Soompi.com
• Allkpop.com
• Koreaboo.com

Music

• Lyricstraining.com - Using songs to practice language skills
  Example: http://www.lyricstraining.com/game72.htm
• Learn English By Songs.- another EFL music resouce
• Musicalenglishlessons.org
• Teaching with Songs -
• Songsforteaching.com
• Tefltunes.com  - ESLSong Lessons Songs For Teaching Grammar
• Lyrics Mode - find lyrics to popular English songs  
• K-POP MADNESS: Lyrics

Online Karaoke

• Singsnap
• Karaokepla
• Karaokeparty.com

Pronunciation

• Sounds of American English
• American English Pronunciation Practice
• RachelsEnglish.com
• EnglishCentral.com
• LearningEnglish Pronunciation
• EnglishPronunciation at EnglishClub.com
• English Pronunciation/Listening (OkanaganUniversity College, Canada)
• Phonetics: English Sound Library (Universityof Iowa)
• Eva Easton - Pronuciation
• Teaching Pronunciation
• Emily's Pronunciation Class
• Pufs Pronunciation

Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed say certain things or  interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or  avatar) Naturalreaders.com Voki.com (see LearningCall Audio Guide for examples) Oddcast.com (multilingualdemo) Vozme.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text) ReadtehWords.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text)

Mobile Tools

• Google Translate - Android  iPhone
• Conversation English
• iVocabulary
• English Phrasebook m(Idioms)
• 15,000 Useful Phrases
• AccelaStudy

Discussion Questions

• Iteslj.org/questions/
• Esldiscussions.com/
• Conversation Questions for the ESL & EFL Classroom

Make your own comics and animations

• Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
• Comicmaster.org.uk
• Stripcreator.com/make.php
• Wittycomics.com
• Blank Cards
  Videos
• Goanimate.com
• XtraNormal

Assorted Tools

• Graphic Organizer Links & Gliffy.com (mind mapping and chart building)
• Barry Fun English Tools
• Online Clocks & Stopwatches
• Mrs. Dell's Tools List