ESL On-line Sites

WEBSITES

The below websites are for improving English skills. The sites can help with grammar, mechanics, pronunciation, listening, reading, and essay construction. Put the “cursor” over the site and click on control (“Ctrl”). A hand will appear. Hold down “Ctrl” and left-click on mouse to go directly to the site.

GRAMMAR

http://www.ingilizceci.net/GrammarMaryAns/Yeni%20Klas%F6r/gramtoc.html (verb tenses)

http://www.rong-chang.com/ (quizzes)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ (grammar quizzes)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/ (ESL practice)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html (ESL: grammar, etc.)

http://dept.kent.edu/english/eslowl/resources.htm (grammar and resumes)

http://www.cuyamaca.net/lyn.neylon/genericweb/grammarlink.htm (links to ESL grammar sites)

http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/ (pre-intermediate verb tenses and animations)

http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/ (quizzes)

http://www.xcers.com/xCers_Conversations/free_audio.html (listening and speaking)

http://www.manythings.org (grammar, listening, etc.)

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Quizzes/CGI/ (quizzes)

http://abcteach.com/directory/languages/ (grammar)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html (how to make citations/research for writing a paper)

LISTENING AND PRONUNCIATION (can use headsets for listening)

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Downloadable_MP3_Files/ (listening)

http://www.eslfast.com/robot/ (practice asking questions and speaking with a “live” robot)

http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html (minimal pair practice and pronunciation)

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm (listening and reading)

http://esl-lab.com (listening—try the “play window media”)

http://www.manythings.org/repeat (listen and repeat)

http://www.englishclub.com/daily-lesson.htm (listening)

http://www.xcers.com/xCers_Conversations/free_audio.html (listening and speaking)

http://www.howjsay.com (pronunciation)

http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/index.htm (pronunciation practice)

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html (pronunciation practice, see movement of the mouth for English sounds)

http://iteslj.org/ESL.html (click on MP3 files for listening and reading stories)

http://a4esl.org/ or http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html or http://a4esl.org/q/h/ (grammar quizzes, tests, podcasts)

VERBS and VOCABULARY

http://www.esldesk.com (go to Spelling/English for irregular verbs)

http://www.englishpage.com (go to ”verb tense”)

http://english1010.com/default.htm (Learn English Idioms)

http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/list.html (slang)

http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/ (two-word verbs/phrasals)

http://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/Very_Too_Enough.htm (when to use “very” or “too”)

http://iteslj.org/v/s/ (Spanish English vocabulary quizzes)

http://www.lingolex.com/bodyen.htm (Learn Spanish/English)

OTHER (cognates, business vocabulary, comparative, translation)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/nr-usmoney.html (money)

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html (business vocabulary)

http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/espanglishtips/#comp (the comparative in English)

http://www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/6177/ws-cognates.html (cognates: words similar in meaning in Spanish and English)

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/espanglishtips/#false (false cognates in Spanish/English—words that look similar but are not similar in meaning)

http://www.musicalspanish.com/tutorial/false-cognates.htm (false cognates: similar in Spanish and English but, in reality, not similar in meaning)

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr (translation site)

http://translation2.paralink.com/ (translation site)

http://www.wordreference.com/ (translations site)

http://www.englishclub.com

BOOKS AND PRACTICE TESTS (Accuplacer and TOEFL)

http://esl.about.com/ (commercial site for ESL programs)

http://www.english-coach.com/?gclid=CMCF9rH1zocCFQunHgodvnXFLw (site sells programs, etc.)

http://www.esl.net (site sells books, programs, etc.)

http://www.testprepreview.com/accuplacer_practice.htm (PRACTICE Accuplacer and TOEFL tests)