Outdoor Activity Options

TTP Outdoor Activity Map

(please comment below to add your own destination suggestions)

Destinations

Busan City Museum - map Museum Website Photos:  Set 1 Set 2
Busan Global Village - map Global VillageWebsite Photos: Set 1
Busan Museum of Modern Art - map Museum Website Photos: Set 1  Set 2
Children's Park  - map Park info Photos: Set 1
CGV Daeyeon Cinema - map Movie Schedule
Dalmaji  - map Photos: Set 1  Set 2
Gwanganli Beach - map Photos: Set 1  Set 2
Hwangyoung Mountain - map Photos: Set 1
Igidae - map Photos: Set 1  Set 2
Oryukgo - map Photos: Set 1
U.N. Memorial Cemetery - map Cemetery Website Photos: Set 1  Set 2

Restaurants

두울원  칼국수  - map   Naver Street View website
시실리 - map website
문화 쌈밥 - map website
할매  팥빙수 - map website

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More Outdoor Activity Photos: Spring 2012    Fall 2011   Spring 2011

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Pronunciation Practice & Resources

Minimal Pairs

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Rachel's Videos:  The L Sound  The R Sound  The W Sound  Listen & Repeat Exercises
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English

	A	B	C
1	lice	rice
2	late	rate	wait
3	low	row	woe
4	law	raw
5	lay	ray	way
6	late	rate	wait
7	lane	rain	wain
8	led	red	wed
9	lie	rye	why
10	leek	reek	week

	A	B
1	clue	crew
2	blue	brew
3	glass	grass
4	flee	free
5	blow	bro
6	clock	crock
7	blouse	browse
8	bled	bread
9	Blake	break
10	claw	craw

	A	B
1	belly	berry
2	mole	more
3	hail	hair
4	heel	hear
5	fool	four
6	file	fire
7	deal	dear
8	meal	mere
9	rebuttal	rebutter
10	cuddle	cutter

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Rachel's Videos:  The b and p sounds  *  The f and v sounds
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English

	A	B
1	big	pig
2	bet	pet
3	bad	pad
4	mob	mop
5	cab	cap
6	rib	rip
7	symbol	simple
8	rabid	rapid
9	stable	staple
10	nabbed	napped

	A	B
1	fine	vine
2	fiddle	vittle
3	flog	vlog
4	leaf	leave
5	safe	save
6	huffer	hover
7	proof	prove
8	half	have

	A	B
1	bat	fat
2	boat	vote
3	pile	file
4	cab	calf
5	pry	fry
6	sappy	savvy
7	cub	cuff
8	cape	cave

	A	B	C	D
1	bee	pee	fee	vee
2	berry	perry	ferry	very
3	buy	pie	fie	vie
4	bile	pile	file	vile
5	bail	pale	fail	veil
6	bay	pay	fay	vay
	bane	pain	feign	vane
8	best	pest	fest	vest

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Rachels Videos:  's' as in 'sip' ,  'z' as in 'zip' , 'sh' as in 'ship'  ,  'j' as in 'jar'  ,  'ch' as in 'char'  ,  'dj' as in 'measure'
Sounds of American English

	A	B	C	D	E
1	Sue	zoo	shoe	chew	Jew
2	cass	Kaz	cash	catch
3	sear	zir	sheer	cheer	Jeer
4	sane	zane	Shane	Chain	Jane
5	lease	Lee's	leash	leech
6	sip	zip	ship	chip	gyp
7	seep		sheep	cheap	jeep
8	leased		leashed	leeched

	A	B
1	major	measure
2	pressure	pleasure
3	Confucian	confusion
4	ledger	leisure
5		conclusion
6		division
7		exposure
8		explosion
9		supervision
10		treasure

There was a huge explosion by the shore.
This sure is a confusing conclusion.

	A	B
1	ditched	dished
2	matched	mashed
3	hatched	hashed
4	hitched	hissed
5	watched	washed

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Rachel Videos:  The ih as in site Sound  * The ee as in She Sound * oh as in No sound * aw as in Law Sound  *  EE vs ih: Tense vs. Lax

	A	B
1	seat	sit
2	peak	pick
3	eel	ill
4	leave	live
5	meal	mill
6	peel	pill
7	reach	rich
8	teen	tin
9	seek	sick
10	deep	dip
11	liter	litter
12	beaker	bicker

	A	B
1	boat	bought
2	low	law
3	hole	hall
4	close	clause
5	bowl	ball
6	most	must
7	won't	want
8	goat	got
9	shown	Shawn
10	oaf	off
11	coast	cost
12	woke	walk

Rachel's Videos: 'eh' as in 'bed'   'aa' as in 'bat'   'aw' as in 'law'    'oy' as in 'toy'.'uh' as in 'butter'  'ah' as in 'father'
Sounds of American English

	A	B
1	and	end
2	bland	blend
3	ham	hem
4	tamper	temper
5	land	lend
6	gassed	guest
7	pan	pen
8	spanned	spend
9	band	bend
10	tamp	temp

	A	B
1	bat	bet
2	had	head
3	paddle	pedal
4	shall	shell
5	gnat	net
6	mat	met
7	pack	peck
8	mash	mesh
9	rack	wreck
10	past	pest

	A	B
1	color	collar
2	nut	not
3	stuck	stock
4	luck	lock
5	come	calm
6	fund	fond
7	bum	bomb
8	wonder	wander

	A	B
1	beg	bug
2	ben	bun
3	dell	dull
4	messed	must
5	guess	Gus
6	jest	just
7	net	nut
8	better	butter

	A	B
1	all	oil
2	jaw	joy
3	paw	poi
4	brawl	broil
5	toe	toy
6	cone	coin
7	old	oiled
8	toll	toil

More Minimal Pairs
 http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)

Sacramento Pronunciation Practice Recordings

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Stores

Stores Audio File
   

• Banana Republic
• Barnes & Noble
• Bass
• Book Warehouse
• Bose
• Brooks Brothers
• Calvin Klein
• Chico's
• Claire's Accessories
• Coach
• Converse
• Dressbarn
• Eddie Bauer 
• Guess
• Izod
• Jelly Belly
• Jockey
• Kasper
• Kenneth Cole
• Lane Bryant 
• Levi's
• Lancôme
• Macy's
• Marshalls
• Nordstrom
• Motherhood Maternity
• Nautica
• Nike
• PacSun
• Perfumania
• Puma
• Quiksilver
• Saks Fifth Avenue 
• Sports Fever
• Styles for Less
• Tommy Hilfiger
• Van Heusen
• Wilsons 
• Gymboree
• OshKosh B'gosh
• Stride Rite
• Naturalizer
• Nine West
• Rocky Mountain 
• Chocolate Factory
• Samsonite
• Vitamin World
• Wilsons Leather Outlet
• Zales

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Sacramento Words
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Food & Drink

Food Audio File

• Starbucks
• Tall
• Grande
• Venti
• Latte
• Cappucino
• Frappuccino
• Caffe Mocha
• espresso
• caramel macchiato
• falafel
• hummus
• babaganoush
• feta cheese
• tzatziki
• spicy vinaigrette
• dijon mustard
• chipotle
• Cinnamon battered French toast
• fluffy hotcakes
• short stack
• tall stack
• granola
• sausage links
• cajun seasoned salmon filet
• Alaskan crab claw meat
  smothered in Hollandaise sause
• three egg omelet
• parmesan cheese
• soup du jour
• garlic croutons
• jalapeno peppers
• portabella mushroom
• chicken pita
• calamari
• mozzarella sticks
• tacos pescados
• chicken enchiladas
• fettuccine creole
• cheese tortellini
• ravioli & meatball
• golden nugget cream ale
• earls hopfarm auburn ale
• total eclipse black ale

Streets & Places

Places Audio File

• California State University Sacramento
• Napa Hall
• Hornet Stadium
• Capistrano Hall
• Calaveras Hall
• Mariposa Hall
• Sequoia Hall
• Sutter Hall
• El Dorado Hall
• Arden Fair Mall
• Bella Vista High School
• Burbank High School
• Carmichael Library
• Colonial Heights
• Crocker Art Museum
• Jesuit High School
• Kaiser Rancho Cordova
• McClellan Aviation Museum
• Radison Hotel
• Red Roof Inn
• Elk Grove
• Lake Tahoe
• Carson City
• Reno
• San Fransisco
• Petaluma
• Berkeley
• San Mateo
• San Jose
• Palo Alto
• Stanford
• Concord
• Modesto
• Sonoma
• Folsom Boulevard
• El Dorado Freeway
• Dos Coyote
• Hoppy Brewing Company
• Giovanni's Pizzaria
• Riverfront Park
• Bradshaw Road
• Riverwood Shopping Center
• La Riviera Drive

Sacramento Survival Guide

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Pronunciation Resources

Top Practice Sites

• RachelsEnglish.com
• Sounds of American English
• Englishcentral.com 
• Sozoexchange.com

Other Sites

• American English Pronunciation Practice
• LearningEnglish Pronunciation
• EnglishPronunciation at EnglishClub.com
• English Pronunciation/Listening (OkanaganUniversity, Canada)
• Phonetics: English Sound Library (Universityof Iowa)
• Eva Easton - Pronuciation
• Teaching Pronunciation
• Emily's Pronunciation Class
• Listen & Repeat Machine
• Common Korean Errors
• Ear Training

Sources of Practice Audio

• Elllo.org
• Breakingnewsenglish.com
• Esl-lab.com
  Music related (more fun than pronuciation related)
• Lyricstraining.com
• Singsnap.com (online Karaoke)

Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed say certain things or  interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or  avatar) Naturalreaders.com Voki.com Oddcast.com (multilingualdemo) Vozme.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text) ReadtehWords.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text)

Instructional Videos

• TarleSpeech
  Samples
  
  • Frequently Mispronounced Words - Wood,  Women, Beach , Version
  • Confusing Word Pairs - coffee/copy, live/leave, world/word
• Seattle English
  Samples
  
  • Introduction to Long Vowels
  • Short Vowel Sounds
  • Schwa + r Sound
  • Long O
  • Compare short i, short e, and long e

  RachelsEnglish.com:

Consonants:  'v' as in 'van' - 'f' as in 'fan' , 'th' as in 'thin' -  'th' as in 'this',  'z' as in 'zip' - 's' as in 'sip' , 'sh' as in 'ship' - 'dj' as in 'measure', 'ch' as in 'char' -  'j' as in 'jar',  'l' as in 'lap' ,  'r' as in 'run', 'w' as in 'will'
Vowels: . 'ah' as in 'ai' as in 'buy'  'father' ,  aa' as in 'bat' ,  eh' as in 'bed', 'ih' as in 'sit' , 'ee' as in 'she' ,  'oo' as in 'boo' , 'ur' as in 'her' ,  'aw' as in 'law' ,  'uh' as in 'pull' , 'uh' as in 'butter'.  'uh' as in 'supply' , 'ow' as in 'now', 'oh' as in 'no' , 'oy' as in 'toy' ,  'ay' as in 'say' , 'ew' as in 'few'

Stress and Intonation Videos 

• Word Stress: Reduced vs. Unstressed
• Word Stress: Function Words
• Word Stress: Content Words
• Listening Comprehension: Word Stress in 2-Syllable Words
• Intro to Word Stress in American English
• Jennifer ESL - Stress - 9a  9b  9c
• Jennifer ESL - Intonation - 10a 10b 10c 10d 

Extensive Reading

Dear Trainees

You can all find the Extensive Reading Blog (a work in process) here. I hope it is useful to you all :)

Cultural Understanding Readings

What People Like about Korea Search
What People Dislke about Korea Search

Lists of Likes/Dislikes about Korea

Korean Experiences outside of Korea Google Doc 
(Please add any relevant resources or links)


Readings

Working on Common Cross-cultural Communication Challenges
http://www.pbs.org/ampu/crosscult.html

Cross Cultural Communication
http://crinfo.beyondintractability.org/c101/26228.jsp


Culture - The Fifth Language Skill
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/culture-fifth-language-skill
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/making-culture-happen-english-language-classroom

Teaching Culture in Adult ESL: Pedagogical and Ethical Considerations
 http://tesl-ej.org/ej33/cf.html

Should culture be an overt component of EFL instruction outside of English speaking countries?
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/dec_03_wb.pdf

Successful Classroom Discussions with Adult Korean ESL/EFL Learner
shttp://iteslj.org/Techniques/Lim-AdultKoreanshtml

Cross-Cultural Communication Strategies

http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/xcolcomm.htm

http://www.slideshare.net/tinatonio/world-englishes-final

Gender Differences
Differences Between Men & Women
You Just Don't Understand 
Deborah Tannen Interview
Dr. Teresa Pierce Lecture - Language & Gender
Men, Women & Communication  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kCU3pP_-Vg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_callosum
Truth About Gender Communication, Colette Carlson  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqaTOnQw5o

Open Content Journals

Journal of Intercultural Communication
http://www.immi.se/jicc/index.php/jicc/index

Cross-cultural Communication
http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/issue/archive

Styles of Communication
http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/communication

Intercultural.org
http://www.intercultural.org/documents/readings.pdf

Non-verbal Communication Links
List of Gestures (wikipedia)
http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2007/09/24/top-10-hand-gestures/
http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/chap5.html
http://www.expats-moving-and-relocation-guide.com/nonverbal-communication.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxoB6MhmbIg
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Eupemisms
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Alkire-Euphemisms.html

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