UCAELI Student English Practice Websites

 

Various Skills

 

    * Manythings.org  http://www.manythings.org/

    * Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe Quiz Center   http://eslcafe.com/

    * Englishpage.com  http://www.englishpage.com/

    * The English Zone http://english-zone.com/index.php

    * Karin's ESL Partyland - Lots of Quizzes  http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm

    * ESL Monkey  http://members.aol.com/eslmonkey/

    * English Forum   http://www.englishforum.com/00/students/

    * English Learner.com - Free lessons by email   http://www.englishlearner.com/index.html

    * English Works! - reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar exercises  http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/index.html

    * English Baby! - Learning vocabulary and slang from popular culture  http://www.englishbaby.com/

 

Grammar

 

    * Focus on Grammar Companion Site  http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/fog/

    * Grammar Reference Site - About.com    http://esl.about.com/blgrammar.htm

    * Self-Study Grammar Quizzes  http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

    * Activities for ESL Students http://a4esl.org/

    * Grammar Safari - searching for grammatical structures on the WWW l   http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/student_grammarsafari.html

 

Reading

 

    * TESL Journal Reading Links  http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Reading/

    * Timed Readings - Easier  http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeslstudent/read/readdo2.html#isalc

    * Readings with Exercises from CNN- Advanced  http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeslstudent/read/readdo2.html#cnnlinc

    * America Today and Tomorrow   http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm

    * Test Junkie - Online tests of various kinds for fun (interm-adv)  http://www.queendom.com/tests/index.htm

    * Project Gutenberg - Free Ebooks - Classics pre1923  http://www.promo.net/pg/

    * Reading Strategies - SQ4R and Mapping   http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/reading/main/strategies.htm

    * Graded Readings  http://www.gradedreading.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html

    * Literature Links - How to read different literary works and links to literature  http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/literature/main/index.htm

    * Vocabulary Building Links http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/reading/main/vocabulary.htm

    * Crayon - Build your own newspaper of online news links  http://www.crayon.net/

 

Writing

 

    * Online Writing Lab   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/#top

    * ITESL ESL Writing Links   http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Writing/

    * Argument and Opinion Essay Writing   http://www.writefix.com/argument/

    * Writing Resources for Language Learners - Ohio University  http://www.ohiou.edu/linguistics/esl/

    * Guide to Grammar and Writing by Charles Darling at CCC   http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

    * Dave's ESL Cafe Chat Central - online chatting for ESL students  http://host8.123flashchat.com/eslcafe/

    * PIZAZZ - Creative Writing Activities  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eleslieob/pizzaz.html

 

Listening

 

    * Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab   http://www.esl-lab.com/

    * ESL Radio  http://www.eslradio.net/radio.htm

    * Voice of America News (Special English) http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm

    * National Public Radio  http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/rundown_archive_hub.php

    * Hollywood.com - Short interviews with celebrities  http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/rundown_archive_hub.php

    * Englsih Behind the Scenes - download movies with listening exercises!  http://www.english-behind-the-scenes.com/site2/index.php

    * This American Life - Archives - streaming audio slice of life radio program  http://www.thislife.org/

    * iTESL's ESL Podcast Index  http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/

 

Television and Radio Drama

 

    * PBS  http://www.pbs.org/

    * Discovery Channel  http://dsc.discovery.com/

    * Shoe String Radio Theater  http://www.shoestring.org/listen.html

    * The Mercury Theater on the Air  http://www.mercurytheatre.info/

    * One Act Plays   http://www.oneact.org/

 

Poetry

 

    * The Academy of American Poets  http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/361

    * Harper Audio  http://town.hall.org/radio/HarperAudio/

    * Yahoo Poetry from Many Countries  http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Poetry/Countries_and_Cultures/

 

Pronunciation

 

    * American English Pronunciation Practice  http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Poetry/Countries_and_Cultures/

    * English Pronunciation/Listening Practice  http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

    * Phonetics: The Sounds of American English  http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

    * English Club English Pronunciation  http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/

 

Reference

 

    * Cambridge Dictionary online  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/SearchForm.html;jsessionid=B1E51FE0E082B791805BD31C6AAFDC9D

    * Bartleby.com - Great Books Online   http://www.bartleby.com/

    * ETS - TOEFL Mainpage  http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.fab2360b1645a1de9b3a0779f1751509/?vgnextoid=69c0197a484f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&WT.ac=Redirect_ets.org_toefl

    * SlangCity  http://www.slangcity.com/

    * The Online Slang Dictionary  http://onlineslangdictionary.com/

    * Practice Tests for SAT, GRE, TOEFL, TOEIC  http://www.kaptest.com/index.jhtml

    * Controversial Issues: http://www.procon.org