AboutRosemary Lenc Expertise I am a retired Middle School teacher. I am an expert in grammar (structure of the English
language) and writing. I have been a volunteer with AOL Ask A Teacher and have
submitted many articles and special collections (one on diagramming sentences and one
with worksheets and answers so students can check their own practice on grammar skills)
to their knowledge database. I still am with them but would like other work where I can
help students with their English study. I have time to help you with this, if you want me. I
can help with grade school, middle school and high school grammar & writing and can
also look up information on literature (reading) for students and help them with it.
Please let me know if I can be of help in these areas. Thank you.
Rosemary Lenc
Experience
Past/Present clients Have helped many, many students in grade school language arts, middle school and high
school grammar and writing in both the chat rooms (live help that AOL use to have) and
message board answers plus the many students i have taught as a teacher.
Question Hi there..I am teaching English to 11 year old kids in Malaysia. While I can easily pronounce the hah sound of the letter h in the word "her" when it appears alone, It seems hard and rather unnatural when I try getting the hah sound of h when i read things like " built her nest" or something like " nothing brilliant here " . I always end up sounding " built..ther nest " . Can you please tell me how one should say the phrase " nothing brilliant here". My guess is " nothing brillian..theer " . Please enlighten me.
Answer Dear Roy,
First of all, I want to congratulate you for doing your work with the students in Malaysia. That is so wonderful of you to do that.
Secondly, I belong to a group of volunteers (all background checked) who give of their time to help students in their studies from grade 1 through college on the internet. Our internet area is called PATH.
It stands for pupils ask, teachers help. It is at www.pathwhelp.org.
We have help for students in all subjects. There is live chat room help from 5 to 11 EST and also message boards and email a teacher help.
Now to your question:
It is very hard to tell you how to pronounce a word or a letter on the computer but I found a site that will give you the pronunciation of all the words in the dictionary, including her, here.
Go to the site: Dictionary.com
Then put in the word, here
When you see the word, here, and its definitions, there will be an audio of the word, next to the word entry. Click on the sound symbol and it will tell you the pronunciation of the word. You can do the same with the word, her. There is no "t" sound in the word "here". Listen to it at this site.
Dictionary.com
I am hoping this will help you. You could use it to help the students also if you have access to a computer and can turn it up so they can hear it.
There are other sites on the internet that may help with teaching the students. Check google for ESL (English as Second Language) sites.
Some of them also may have pronunciation helps.
Thanks for using AllExperts.
Mrs. Lenc
Roy, I had to add this new site that I got just today from Web English Teacher Newsletter. You also might want to subscribe to this email as I know and worked with the author, Carla, for many years as a voluteer worker on AOL, helping students with homework questions. I now work on PATH (Pupils Ask, Teachers Help) site which I will also give to you. On PATH, we have chat rooms in the evenings, about 5-11 PM EST time, where students can come in and get help and also we have email a teacher and also message boards, so students can get help that way.
The site for PATH is: www.pathwhelp.com
We are all background checked individuals, so the students are safe with us.
The site I got from Web English Teacher Newsletter is this one:
HowJSay? http://www.howjsay.com/
A pronouncing dictionary for those learning English. Type a word or phrase into the search box. When the text comes up in pink, mouse over it to hear it spoken.
I hope those help you.
Also here is the newsletter from WebEnglish Teacher that you might find helpful. At the bottom,it tells how you can subscribe, if you are interested. Also her site is wonderful for both teachers and students. Check that out also.
ConnectEng
The newsletter of Web English Teacher
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May 11, 2008
Inside this issue
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1. What’s new at Web English Teacher?
2. Sites to Check Out
3. Summer Workshop: Teaching English with Technology
4. If you like it, print it.
5. High school prank
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HowJSay? http://www.howjsay.com/
A pronouncing dictionary for those learning English. Type a word or phrase into the search box. When the text comes up in pink, mouse over it to hear it spoken.
Making Connections through Poetry http://www.loc.gov/teachers/history/teachers/
Students use historical documents to create found poems. Site includes explanations and links to primary documents and images.
National Writing Project http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource_topic/teaching_writing
The National Writing Project is an outstanding program for teachers. The link above leads to resources for teaching all kinds of writing. This is only one part of this outstanding Website, recently redesigned. If you haven’t visited recently, drop in and get re-acquainted!
Summer Literacy Activities at ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/
ReadWriteThink has activities for all grade levels to support literacy skills during the summer. This is a great resource to recommend to parents and to keep handy for your own kids!
Tom Daccord has invited me to join him again this summer for his excellent Teaching English with Technology workshop. This intensive three-day workshop will offer "hands-on" opportunities for English and Language Arts teachers and professors to explore practical ways to use technology to enrich the study of literature, poetry, grammar and writing. The workshop will explore innovative ideas, effective techniques, and ready-made plans for incorporating Web-based resources, desktop software packages and new and emerging technologies into classroom instruction of English and Language Arts. Each participant will be supplied with a computer for the duration of the workshop and have extended "hands-on" time to master the information and skills presented. Join us in Boston July 14-16!
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4. If you like it, print it.
For the past couple of years I have been very happy to link to the excellent lesson plans offered by the Department of Education in the state of Georgia. Unfortunately, the plans are no longer available.
Georgia is, however, making other resources available, such as the “Exploring Poets and Poetry” unit, above. I will establish links as the units are developed.
If you find a resource that you really like, it might be a good idea to print out a copy. The Internet, as Juliet once observed about the moon, is “inconstant” and “variable.”
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5. High school prank
In Montana a group of students let three goats loose in their high school as a prank. Before they let them go, they painted numbers on the sides of the goats: 1, 2, 4.
Local school administrators spent most of the day looking for #3.
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