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 or 703-936-1212 for recorded message
Listening:
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)
Voice of America News: Special English
WAMU Radio Station
Washington Post (online videos)
YouTube
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)
Time (magazine)
Voice of America News: Special English (option to read & listen)
Washington Post (newspaper)
Washington Times (newspaper)
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://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/frequent.shtml
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), and so on.
3. Vocabulary Exercises for the AWL: http://web.uvic.ca/~gluton/awl/id17.htm
There are many exercises here for the different sections of each sublist. You should start at the beginning with the first one and once you have mastered one set, move on to the next. The words in Sublist 1, for example, are more frequently used in academic texts than the words in Sublist 2, etc.
4. Paul Nation: Levels Tests Online http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/
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) |
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