Community ESL app for iPhone and iPad

“Community ESL” teaches 28 words that students need to know for their life in the local community. The words are presented in five groups: “Fun vehicles” shows items for travel that are not usual transportation vehicles (a bicycle, a sailboat, a skateboard, a snowmobile, a wagon and rollerblades). “Getting around” presents more standard methods of transportation (a bus, a motorcycle, a taxi, a train, and an airplane). “People in the community” include a cashier, a crossing guard, a doctor, a firefighter, a letter carrier and a veterinarian. “Places in the community” are a gas station, a pizzeria, a shopping plaza, an apartment building and the hospital. “Working vehicles” are a cement truck, a delivery van, a firetruck, a garbage truck, a tow truck and a tractor-trailer.
Of course there are many other words to be learned about life in the community. Ask a member of your community if you need to know a particular word.

This suite of eight user-friendly apps is intended to introduce vocabulary to students who are learning English.
In all activities in each app, students will see a graphic, read the English word, and hear the word spoken by an accomplished teacher. Students are invited to participate in four activities: "Lets learn" (words are repeated with ample time for the student to practice saying them); "Lets practice" (a drag and drop activity matching printed words with pictures); "Lets play" (a game in which students match graphics and sound); and "Quiz" (students must choose the correct picture for a written and spoken word). Even young students who do not yet read will be able to use all activities because the sound is always attached to graphics and word boxes.