Professional Development

Mission College ESL Group

Since 2006, Mission College ESL faculty log into our district course management system, AngelLearning, and enter ESL Department Group. This site houses many of the Mission ESL Department documents, such as course outlines and lists of textbooks, audio and video recordings; contains links to learning objects; and provides inter-department communication through email and discussion boards. New ESL faculty request to join.

Our Yahoo group, started in 2003, also remains available for Mission College ESL faculty.

The ESL Interactive Multimedia Computer Laboratory

Room E2-401 is a digital language lab equipped with 1 teacher and 30 student multimedia PCs with CD-DVD drives and headsets. The networked lab runs the Genesis software-based classroom control system and is connected to the Internet. Additional equipment includes overhead projection, videotape recorder/player, cassette recorder/player, and printer. Connections for external devices (laptop, iPod, etc.) are also available.

Genesis Interactive Demo
ESL Lab Training for faculty ESL Lab Training Award
Development of the ESL lab project

Speech/Pronunciation

Student Speech/Pronunciation Samples
Pronunciation Scoring Guide (PDF)
Pronunciation Scores for ESL910-970 DRAFT June 2004 (PDF)