Hello, jgrubb75-ga!
I am not sure if you want chats and conversation that you can print
off the internet for use in your classroom, chatrooms where students
can converse, or audio versions of conversations. Therefore, I have
provided you with links to cover all the bases. In terms of
transcripts of English conversation, I would imagine these could come
from any type of news interview on the net. But I am not sure if that
is exactly what you are looking for. If you end up with transcripts
from a chat room, you will most likely get examples of "poor English
skills" from native speakers, simply because they use so much slang
and poor grammer.
Look at the following resources and let me know what you think. If
you don't find what you want, please ask for a question clarification
and I will look elswhere. Am I correct in assuming you only want
conversations that can be printed off from the internet, as opposed to
written text available offline?
If you truly want conversational material, I would look up online
magazines with interviews
of celebrities, regular citizens, etc. Or any online article that
contains interviews.
Focus on English
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http://www.focusenglish.com/
"This site is dedicated to helping ESL/EFL learners develop
conversational English skills. At FocusEnglish.com, you can:
listen to native speakers talk about various topics;
learn useful idioms;
learn common words and phrases;
test your vocabulary skills in everyday English;
practice responding, in English, to real-life conversations;
listen to native speakers give sample responses.
I had a problem with a few of the links. You also need Real Player if
you want to listen to the conversations out loud.
http://www.focusenglish.com/enginfocus/enginfocusindex.html
They also have a chat room but I am not quite sure how it works:
http://www.focusenglish.com/chat/openchat.html
Perhaps the students could form a chat room amongst themselves!
English Conversation Transcripts:
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http://home.att.ne.jp/zeta/sanae/'02business.htm
When you click on a lesson, and it asks about translating into
Japanese, click on canel, and it will come up in English.
Example: Lesson 14 - Children's Nutrition
http://home.att.ne.jp/zeta/sanae/'02business14.htm
Scroll all the way down until you get to the actual conversation!
Lesson 14
Children's Nutrition (5) Friday, July 5 (January 10)
1<S>: Uh... Susan, a lot of American children don't like broccoli and
President George Bush Sr. was known for his dislike of broccoli. How
about you?
2<N>: Oh, I love broccoli. In fact, I love most fruits and vegetables.
3<S>: Great! Your parents must be very proud of you.
4<N>: Well, they're probably a little relieved, because they didn't
have to worry about me hiding broccoli under the table or giving it to
the dog.
5<S>: [Laughter] Is there anything that you don't like?
6<N>: Uh... my least favorite food has to be watermelon. I can't stand
it.
7<S>: Watermelon! Oh, well, if you go to China, you're served
watermelon after each meal.
8<N>: Oh, it would be a nightmare. I like watermelon in some ways. I
can appreciate how beautiful it is. And I think it's the perfect
summer fruit; it's got a wonderful color. But the taste, ugh... I just
can't stand it.
9<S>: Umm... anything else?
10<N>: Um... I guess cucumbers and some raw tomatoes but other than
that, I'll eat anything. I love fruit but unfortunately in Japan,
fruit can... tend to be very expensive. So that's the only, I guess,
bad part about it here.
11<M>: Melon used to be quite expensive. It's getting cheaper now. You
don't like melon either?
12<N>: Not so much. The price of melon in Japan... rather... is very
well-known in America. It's one of those famous points. So I knew when
I came to Japan that it was something that you would give to a guest,
things like that. When I visited an elementary school several years
ago when I was teaching, I was served melon and I wanted to be very
polite, so I managed to eat the whole slice and I was very happy that
I did so, but I did not enjoy it.
13<S>: Hmm.
English Listening.com
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http://www.englishlistening.com/flmenu.phtml?level=1
Has audio and written transcripts of various people talking about
subjects, but there is no back and forth conversation. (After clicking
on the desired topic, rather than listen you can click on transcript)
Online Resources:
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http://webguide.englishclub.com/Online_English_Courses/
There are some links on here that may prove useful.
English page
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http://www.englishpage.com/
On the right hand side of the opening page are examples of the top 10
lessons. I clicked on "Apartments" which brought me here:
http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/interactivelesson6.html
On the bottom, there are links to practice vocabulary in the context
of a conversation.
(This is probably good if you are looking for something to print off
for your students)
There are also discussion boards at
http://englishpage.community.everyone.net/community/scripts/directory.pl
(However, the student discussions are examples of poor English skills,
so that may not be of help!!!)
ECHO Club
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http://www.echo-club.com/
One resource they have on this site is a discussion board.
English Baby
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http://www.englishbaby.com/
Some conversation examples:
http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/index.htm
Eavesdropping:
http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/eaves/eaves.php
Movie:
http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/movies/movies.php
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There are a host of links here where you might find sample
conversations:
http://webguide.englishclub.com/ESL_Web_Sites/
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English Club Chat room:
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http://chat.englishclub.com/
1-Language.com
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http://www.1-language.com/
Chat room
http://www.1-language.com/chat/index.htm
(just enter a nickname and begin) This might be a good way to print
off chat material and examine what is wrong with the grammer!
Links from Stanford University Listening Conversation
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http://www.stanford.edu/class/lingefs693a/week10.html
Many of these are audio links as well.
Some more possibly useful links!
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http://dwc.hct.ac.ae/ilc/ILCUsefulwebsites.shtml
Dave's ESL cafe
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http://www.eslcafe.com/
There are Student forums on many topics, where you can read topics and
replies.....again, maybe not in the best English!
More links from Touro College
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http://www.touro.edu/faculty/English/ESL.htm
English Conversation
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http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/conversation/
Some easy conversation with listening and transcripts!
Example:
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/conversation/
A: Hello, Jack.
B: Hi, Simon.
A: How's things?
B: Fine, thanks. How are you doing?
A: Oh, not too bad. Just finishing off a few things before the
holidays.
B: Oh, you're off soon, aren't you?
A: Yeah, beginning of next month.
B: Have you eaten yet?
A: No, I was just thinking about that.
B: Shall we go to that Indian?
A: you mean the Vegetarian?
B: Yes, that's right. What shall we say, ten minutes?
A: Alright, see you at the bottom of the stairs.
More links to conversation, but mostly audio
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http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/web/englishlistening.html
Think Tank
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This site has many transcribed interviews, but I imagine they are far
too advanced.
Example:
A Conversation with Todd Gitlin
http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript235.html
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Please let me know if this type of information is what you are
actually seeking. I hope I have provided some useful sources. If you
need further clarification, please don't hestitate to ask.
umiat-ga
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