MIAMI DADE COLLEGE |Hialeah Campus |
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Gabriella Barcsa
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Department
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Gabriella Barcsa
Adjunct
Professor
Department of ESL & Foreign Languages
Phone: (305) 237-6202
E-mail: gbarcsa@mdc.edu
Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132 |
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 COURSE INFORMATION |
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 OFFICE
SCHEDULE |
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Monday and Friday |
10:50 a.m. -12:00 p.m. and
by appointment |
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND |
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M.A.
TESOL, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1999
B.A. TEFL, Centre for English Teacher Training, Kossuth Lajos University,
Debrecen, Hungary, 1995 |
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CURRENT PROJECTS |
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Extensive Reading in the Classroom
Within the framework of a skills-based reading program students read
fiction and non-fiction extensively.
StoryCorps for ESL Learners
Students record and share personal narratives in upper level speech
classes. |
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INTERESTS |
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I enjoy reading, traveling, gardening and yoga. |
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ONLINE RESOURCES / LINKS |
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| Study skills: |
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Barsch Learning Style Inventory
- take this 15-minute test and find out about your learning
style |
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| Reading: |
| Project Gutenberg
- thousands of free electronic books in different languages |
| Miami Dade Public Library
- search for books, books on tape, CDs, DVDs, videos, etc. |
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MDC Libraries |
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Listening: |
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Randall's ESL Cyber
Listening Lab - ESL listening tasks |
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Radio
Lab - radio programs on intriguing topics in a different way |
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NPR - Helpful hint:
Use the search box to enter the topic you'd like to hear about |
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| Writing: |
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Irregular verbs - 3 forms of verbs, "-s" and "-ing" endings |
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| Dictionaries: |
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Dictionary.com -
dictionary with pronunciation, thesaurus, encyclopedia |
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Merriam Webster - dictionary with pronunciation, thesaurus,
Spanish-English and medical dictionary |
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| Idioms: |
| Idioms
- Helpful hint:
Can't exactly remember an expression you're looking for? Just
enter the keyword in the search box, and a list of idioms will
come up. |
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| Everyday events: |
| NY Times
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Miami Herald |
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| History and Arts: |
| Smithsonian
- online exhibits about different cultures and historical events |
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History Channel - read and
watch small features about different events in history |
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