The San Mateo Adult School will be on Summer Break from August 8 to September 7.
Fall classes begin Tuesday September 8.
During the break, you can continue to improve your English at www.usalearns.org
and the other sites listed on this page and on the San Mateo Adult School student blog.
See you in September!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Learn to Type or Improve Your Typing
Keyboarding (also called typing) is very important in today's culture. It's all about computers, emails, texting, and twittering. If you can't type or you type slowly, it's harder to get a job or succeed at work.
You can learn to type or improve your typing here:
http://sense-lang.org/index.html
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Survey about Listening Programs
Here is a survey to find out if you are interested in listening programs.
Please take the survey here:
Click Here to take survey
Please take the survey here:
Click Here to take survey
Monday, July 6, 2009
Would You Be Interested in Listening Lessons?
Technology changes fast!
Twenty years ago, CDs were the new thing. Now it is MP3 players.
And now MP3 players are pretty cheap.
(What does cheap mean? It means inexpensive.)
You can buy them for $20 or $30 dollars.
Many people have them.
Question: Would you be interested in English lessons for your MP3 player?
Please tell us if you are interested.
Maybe we can provide lessons like this for you in the future.
You can tell us your opinion about this in the comment section or you can tell us when you see us in Room 28 at the Adult School.
Twenty years ago, CDs were the new thing. Now it is MP3 players.
And now MP3 players are pretty cheap.
(What does cheap mean? It means inexpensive.)
You can buy them for $20 or $30 dollars.
Many people have them.
Question: Would you be interested in English lessons for your MP3 player?
Please tell us if you are interested.
Maybe we can provide lessons like this for you in the future.
You can tell us your opinion about this in the comment section or you can tell us when you see us in Room 28 at the Adult School.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Does Spelling Drive You Crazy?
English spelling is hard!
American children study spelling for five years. It is not easy!
American adults use Spellcheck and other programs to help them with spelling.
If you want help with English spelling and reading, check out:
www.starfall.com
By the way, what does drive you crazy mean?
It is an idiom that means something makes you feel terrible, confused... crazy!
Don't let English spelling drive you crazy. Check out starfall.
American children study spelling for five years. It is not easy!
American adults use Spellcheck and other programs to help them with spelling.
If you want help with English spelling and reading, check out:
www.starfall.com
By the way, what does drive you crazy mean?
It is an idiom that means something makes you feel terrible, confused... crazy!
Don't let English spelling drive you crazy. Check out starfall.
USA Learns
Do you want more English practice?
Check out www.usalearns.org
U.S.A. Learns is a free Web site funded by the U.S. Department of Education to support immigrants who want to learn or improve their English skills as they become part of American society.
First English Course: a 20-unit, video-based beginner-level course
Second English Course: a 17-unit, video-based intermediate-level course
Practice English and Reading: 42 intermediate-level stories and activities
The introduction is available in English or Spanish.
Check out www.usalearns.org
U.S.A. Learns is a free Web site funded by the U.S. Department of Education to support immigrants who want to learn or improve their English skills as they become part of American society.
First English Course: a 20-unit, video-based beginner-level course
Second English Course: a 17-unit, video-based intermediate-level course
Practice English and Reading: 42 intermediate-level stories and activities
The introduction is available in English or Spanish.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Your Friend: The Public Library
Do you need a place to relax? To learn about the world? To take your children so that they can have happy and successful lives?
For free?
If you answered "yes," then I have good news. We have a place like that. It's called your local public library.
At the library, you can borrow books for you and your children, magazines, books in other languages, movies, music, and more. You can use a computer. You can bring your child to storytime. You can listen to speakers and watch special movies and programs. You can meet with friends and use a study room or study area to practice English or study for your Driver's exam or other tests. And at the San Mateo Public Library, you can even go to the cafe and drink coffee and eat pastries!
Public Libraries also have Distance Learning programs that you can borrow, including Crossroads Cafe.
You can learn more about the Peninsula Library System here: http://www.plsinfo.org/
The library has many branches. Check the website for the locations and hours.
San Mateo Public Library http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/dept/library/
650 – 522 – 7800 -- 55 West 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA, 94402
Mon & Tues: 12 to 9 pm *** Wed & Thurs: 10 am – 6 p *** Fri: 10 am to 5 pm *** Sat: 10 am – 5 pm *** Sun: 1 – 5 pm
San Bruno Public Library
701 Angus Ave W, San Bruno, CA 94066 (650) 616-7078
Mon-Thurs – 10 am – 9 pm *** Fri: 10 – 6 pm *** Sat: 10 – 5 pm *** Sun: closed
Foster City Library (650) 574-4842
Monday – Thursday 10 am – 9 pm, Friday 10 am – 6 pm, Sat 10 – 5 pm, Sun 1 – 5 pm
1000 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City
Burlingame Public Library 650 – 558 - 7400
480 Primrose Road, Burlingame, 94010 (near Burlingame Ave, not far from Caltrain)
Mon – Thurs 10 am – 9 pm, Friday 10 am – 7 pm
Saturday 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm
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