LINKS
Reading Sites
Writing Sites
Listening Sites
Pronunciation Sites
Dictionary & Vocabulary Sites
Grammar/Structure Sites
READING SITES
One Stop English
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Magazine/news_lessons/index.htm
News articles with questions and answers.
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Magazine/Culture/news_lessons/index.htm
Articles on culture with questions and answers.
Using English for Academic Purposes
http://www.uefap.com/reading/readfram.htm
Free Graded Readers from Richmond Books
http://www.richmondelt.com/richmondspain/
Richmond Books has 12 free books that you can download.
When you get to the main menu, go to Bookshelf, then go to Richmond Readers,
then go to the bottom of the page and click on: download a complete reader.
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WRITING SITES
Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Very comprehensive site: word & sentence level; paragraph level; essay & research paper level; quizzes; and powerpoint presentations.
Leo St Cloud: Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/
LEO provides online handouts about a variety of writing topics.
Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html
Lots of handouts and exercises.
One Stop English
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Exams/IELTS/Writing/writing2.htm
Using English for Academic Purposes
http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
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LISTENING SITES
California Distance Learning Project
http://www.cdlponline.org
Listen and read an interesting news story - then do the activities.
English Listening Lounge
http://www.englishlistening.com/index.php
This site has some free listening exercises. Listen to students talk about a variety of topics.
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
http://www.esl-lab.com/
One of the best free listening sites around. It has over a hundred listening files and exercises.
Learning Resources
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
Listen to or watch CNN and CBS 5 news stories.
Arctic Science Journeys
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
“Arctic Science Journeys Radio (ASJ) is a free service that offers interesting stories about science, culture, and the environment of the far north.”
Tapescripts available.
BBC – Voices from the Archive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/voices/professions/
Listen to actors, filmmakes, scienties and others talk about their work.
EL Easton
http://eleaston.com/listening.html#esl
Provides an extensive list of listening sites.
English Language Listening Lab Online – ELLLO
http://www.elllo.org/index.htm
Lots of listening activities. You can choose the type of activity or speakers by country.
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PRONUNCIATION SITES
The Sounds of English and Spanish
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#
Go to the English site for animated graphics of different English sounds.
International OUC
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
13 Units with audio files, exercises and handouts you can download.
Eva Easton – Authentic American Pronunciation
http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html
Lots of stuff!
American Accent Training
http://www.americanaccent.com/
This is the companion website to the American Accent Training course.
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DICTIONARY & VOCABULARY SITES
Oxford Dictionary Site
http://www.askoxford.com/
English Daily
http://www.englishdaily626.com/
Good for idioms, slang and proverbs
Using English for Academic Purposes
http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm
Phrasal Verb Demon
http://takeoff.to/phrasalverbs
Check the meaning of phrasal verbs here. This site has a phrasal verb dictionary, tutorials, quizzes, and listening exercises.
Cambridge Dictionary Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
The American Heritage Dictionary Online at Bartleby.Com
http://www.bartleby.com
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GRAMMAR/STRUCTURE SITES
Sentence Sense
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen/
Very good grammar site with a study guide you can download.
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