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This site is aimed at adult
students learning English as their second language (ESL) or
English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
You will find useful programs and interactive sites for all
levels – beginners, intermediate and advanced, on
communication skills, reading, conversation,
pronunciation, spelling, writing – including academic
writing - learning and study-skills.
All
you will need is a computer, headphones and microphone plus
the will to learn.
I
try mainly to use sites that don’t ask you to spend money
– they are freely available for anyone to use. The beauty of
www.englishtalk.info is that I have done most of the finding
for you.
You
may need extra software such as Flashplayer
6.
ABSOLUTE
BEGINNERS
Sounds of the
alphabet
– Large letters with a
clearly spoken voice.
e-Readers
Reading
LiveMocha. Useful for all levels.
This is one of the best, free sites I’ve found for students to
learn English, with sound. Interact with native
speakers and get your English corrected
English For Beginners and
Early Intermediate
English Themes for Beginners
and Early Intermediate
BEGINNERS
Keyboarding
Skills
. If you don’t know how
to type – this is the site for you. First click on
the Touch
Typing icon. Next, under
Typing
Lessons Index, click on English.
Learn English
Online
Start
from lesson 1 and work your way through. Make sure you do each
lesson properly. Do not rush this. Follow all
the
links so you get to practise all the exercises.
Woodlands Junior
School.
An
amazing site full of interactive activities from many other
sites.
Crickweb.
This is a huge, brilliant resource aimed at young children but
adult students will enjoy the interactive
exercises.
ManyThings. Click in the top
left-hand corner on Easy
Things For Beginners. There
are games, listening, and grammar exercises here. Two of my favourites are
Hangman and Catch the
Spelling.
Improve your English and
Maths with
BBC
Skillswise.
Video
– Basic English Grammar, Simple Past Tense.
Easy English Grammar
Quizzes
EnglishExpress
– Reading and listening.
INTERMEDIATE
BBC
Skillswise
– try the spelling, reading, writing, and grammar
sites.
Go4English
(instructions in Arabic).
Behind the
News
– Australian TV site. Lots to see and listen to here.
EnglishExpress
– Reading and listening.
English Grammar
Quizzes
Learn English
Online
Start
from lesson 1 and work your way through. Make sure you do each
lesson properly. Do not rush this. Follow all
the
links so you get to practise all the
exercises
;
English For Intermediate and
Advanced
English Themes for
Intermediate and Advanced
Bilingual Exercises For
English Language Learners
ADVANCED
BBC
English
. News, sport, quizzes,
grammar, listening, business English. There is even a section on learning
English explained in other languages, including
Chinese and
Arabic. Using this site could
keep you learning for years.
BBC
Skillswise.
Linking
sentences, punctuation, verb-subject agreement, prepositions
and much, much
more.
Go4English
(with instructions in Arabic)
Academic English
Cafe
Self Study Grammar
Quizzes
Behind the
News
– Based on news stories from Australia and around the world.
Lots to see and listen to here. There are separate
student and teacher zones, and quizzes to answer. Most useful for
students to listen to and for teachers to use to stimulate
discussion.
Owl@Purdue
– This has everything you need on grammar and writing.
Melbourne
University
(Australia). Many academic ESL resources are here
but not all the links work. Still, this is a very valuable
site.
RMIT Study and Learning
Centre
.
Here you can improve your study skills, academic writing and
maths skills through the interactive tutorials and printable
handouts.
St. Cloud State University’s
writing centre
gives some very useful
strategies for researchers and academics. Find out
how to organise your ideas, develop and improve your writing
skills; give citations for online publishing and so
on.
Difficult English Grammar
Quizzes
from a4esl.org.
Writing a Research
Paper
from Owl@Purdue.
Academic
papers
, journals and research
site from the University of California. This is a wonderful
research tool.
Intute:
One of the best web resources for education and research,
including free
online services to help you improve your internet
information skills.
COMPUTER
AND WEB SKILLS for beginners.
BBC
Webwise
. Learn how to use the
internet step by step.
BBC Computer
Tutor
.
This shows you how to use a mouse, keyboard and computer
screen.
Mouse
Skills
QUIZZES, GAMES, TESTS
and CROSSWORDS.
Learning
English should be fun. Games, tests, quizzes and crosswords
really help reinforce the language so keep playing!
A4ESL This site
also includes bilingual quizzes, in Arabic, Burmese, Japanese, Italian,
Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai – and
more!
Self Study Grammar
Quizzes
Present Tense
Quiz
En
glish4U
EnglishExpress.
EFL Classroom
2.0
.
USEFUL
DICTIONARIES AND TRANSLATION SITES
Popsijo Read Japanese, Chinese
and Korean websites by moving the mouse over the words you
want to look up.
Translated instantly for you on the
page.
Wikipedia Also in many
languages.
Wiktionary
Japanese-English,
English-Japanese Dictionary
SPELLING
GAMES
Visual
Thesaurus
Spelling Bee.
Play the word, try and guess what you heard and type it
in.
Free
Rice
. Improve your
vocabulary, step by step, and support a good cause in the
process. Click on the
Subjects
link near the top for more options such as English
grammar, math,
science, geography, art,
history, and other languages.
Manythings
www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb
www.spellinghemscott.net
www.englishlearner.com.au/hangman
Interactive
game
called, Look, Copy, Cover, Write. Needs Flashplayer 6.
Other
Links
British
Council
Test your level
here.
www.english-4u.de
Hospital
English
–
Learn and practice medical vocabulary, including the human
body. Word derivations and uses of Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes.
Nicely illustrated.
www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions and First
Aid
.
www.esaurus.org All medical words are
alphabetically listed, and
translated into Chinese.
For advanced learners only.
www.engagemenow.wikispaces.com
Reading
Larry
Ferlazzo’s
best sites for intermediate readers.
Larry
Ferlazzo’s
best sites for beginner readers.
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