Instructional Technology

LEO Lab

The Learning English Online (LEO) computer lab consists of 21 computers, including an instructor machine that is connected to an overhead LCD projector for display to the class. In addition to the standard Office 2007 installation (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), the room provides access to Focus on Grammar, Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive and a variety of multimedia and typing programs. Students can listen to AEC textbook supplements and record their voices digitally for class assignments. Although the lab is primarily used as a teaching classroom, it can be used by students any time the lab free.

Click here for the LEO lab schedule.

Digital Library

Listed below are the accompanying audio and video supplements for textbooks used in AEC courses.

Academic Listening Encounters
Academic Listening Encounters

First Edition

Clear Speech from the Start
Clear Speech from the Start

First Edition

College Oral Communication 1
College Oral Communication 1

Third Edition

Focus on Grammar 2
Focus on Grammar 3

Third Edition

Interchange Full Contact 2A
Interchange Full Contact 2A

Third Edition

Key Concepts 1
Key Concepts 1

First Edition

Lecture Ready 2
Lecture Ready 2

First Edition

Open Forum 2
Open Forum 2

First Edition

Password 1
Password 1

First Edition

Pronunciation for Success
Pronunciation for Success

Second Edition

Quest 3: Listening and Speaking

Second Edition

SPEAK Test
SPEAK Test

Practice Test

Tapestry 4
Tapestry 4

First Edition

Well Said
Well Said

Third Edition

On-Line Activities

  • Activities for ESL Students. Over 1,000 Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • Adult Learning Activities. Vocabulary and comprehension exercises based on CNN News stories you can read and listen to.
  • Dave's ESL Cafe
  • English Language Centre Study Zone
  • Englishpage.com. Tutorials and exercises for vocabulary, verb tenses, conditionals, modals, and prepositions
  • Interesting Things for ESL Students. A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
  • Literacyworks Learning Resources. More advanced vocabulary and comprehension exercises based on CNN News stories you can read and listen to.
  • NPR.org. This site features a huge number of articles, photographs, and sound files from a variety of non-commercial radio programs.
  • http://forum-network.org/. Taped interviews and videos of lectures by academics, and interviews featuring political figures and business executives.  Provided by PBS and NPR.
  • Phonetics: The Sounds of American English. From the University of Iowa. See an animation of mouth anatomy or a video of a native speaker pronouncing each sound. Click on "English sounds library" and then choose the sounds you want to work on.
  • Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. Many listening activities for beginning to advanced students.
  • Voice of America. The U.S. government funds this multimedia broadcasting service which offers programming in over 50 languages all over the world through radio, satellite television, and the Internet. This link goes to the English language website, where you can listen to news and features.
  • Writing DEN. Articles with photographs and sound files, accompanied by vocabulary, comprehension, and notetaking questions at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels.

Dictionaries and Grammar Guides