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ESL Tutoring at TMCC

See also: ESL College Program and ESL Resource Center Flier

The ESL Resource exists to enhance, or supplement, students’ individual efforts in English Language Acquisition by providing a place with programs and resources for students to practice and perfect specific areas of need related to pronunciation, grammar, syntax, reading, and writing.

Location:  Vista B106C (inside the Tutoring & Learning Center)

Important: To make an ESL tutoring appointment, please use the TLC Online Scheduler. Learn More | Login Now

The ESL Resource Center has tutors that help you gain access to a library of resources to practice many communications skills. You can also find online help on this Web page.

The following is a breakdown of what the ESL Resource Center has to offer:

• Get help with any ESL homework.
• Learn to use the great resources available to help with learning English - books, CD's, videos, cassettes.
• Practice the basic ESL skills — Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing, Grammar.

In order to make your tutoring experience most effective, please adhere to the following:

• Have your assignment, assignment instructions, textbook, paper, writing utensils and anything else that is necessary to maximize the quality of your session.
  
• Keep noise to a reasonable level and refrain behaviors that disturb others.  Everyone deserves the same opportunity to work in a quiet and productive workspace.  ERC tutors reserve the right to ask disruptive students to leave and not return if necessary.
  
• Always feel free to ask questions if an explanation does not make sense to you.
  
• Tutors will enhance your finished work, but they will not complete coursework for you.
  
• Tutors are not authorized to teach students.  If you do not understand course concepts, then your instructor is your best resource.
  
• Tutors will not edit entire writing assignments.  Tutors will perform a “paper review,” which consists of the following:
  • Checking for the presence of a thesis statement
  • Checking for correct academic writing format
  • Checking for the presence of an introduction and a conclusion
  • Examination of one paragraph for common grammatical errors
• Tutors will not make judgments on the quality of students’ work – whether an assignment is “good” or otherwise.  Your instructor determines that during the grading process.

ESL Online Resources

All Skills

Dave's ESL Café — Idioms, quizzes, slang

English Club — Quizzes, jokes

ESL Independent Study Lab — TOEFL, games

ESL Resource Center — Lessons, exercises for all skills

KarIn's English PartyLand — Quizzes and trivia on many topics

Many Things — Anagrams, quizzes on all topics

The Internet TESL Journal — Games, quizzes on many topics

Listening/Speaking/Pronunciation

American Accent Training — Very specific help with pronunciation

Eva Easton's Authentic American Pronunciation — Listening exercises, quizzes, songs

Reading/Writing/Grammar

Activities 4 ESL Student — Grammar and vocabulary quizzes, games

Online Writing Lab — Grammar and writing exercises

Story Archives — Reading

Writing Den — Writing

Vocabulary

Merriam-Webster — Vocabulary and spelling games

TELF Games — Vocabulary games

The Free Dictionary — Vocabulary

News

CNN News — Reading/listening

The Online News Hour — Reading

Voice Of America — Reading/listening

Study Skills

Cal Poly — Exercises, notes to help improve your study skills

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