GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND WORD GAME WEB SITES
Activities for
ESL Students
Grammar and vocabulary quizzes, crossword puzzles
and bilingual quizzes in many languages.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Wide variety of quizzes and practice on slang,
idioms, phrasal verbs, reading comprehension, history,
geography, and grammar as well as ESL and EFL Chat rooms
and valuable links to educational resources.
EFLNET
Intermediate to advanced practice in grammar, phrasal verbs,vocabulary
and TOEFL Test preparation.
English Page.com
This free site provides the high-intermediate to advanced
ESL student with authentic reading and listening resources
as well as tutorials and short tests on a wide variety of
grammar points. Also featured is a multilingual dictionary
and vocabulary building exercises.
Idioma
Ingles para Hispanohablantes
Extensive vocabulary and grammar practice for Spanish
speakers.
Interesting
Things for ESL Students
A diverse
web site including spelling, vocabulary and sentence games
and puzzles, listening exercises and pronunciation practice
(minimal pairs).
Internet
Picture Dictionary
Wide
selection of vocabulary with pictures and additional activities
for beginners.
Karin's ESL Partyland
Our
student pages have over 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion
forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a
chat room, and lots of great links.
Learning English as a Second Language
Lessons and quizzes on Idioms and Slang, vocabulary
and grammar topics at the Beginner and Intermediate levels.
Free Registration required for some features.
PRONUNCIATION WEB SITES
Eva
Easton Authentic American Pronunciation
This web site offers a wide variety of recorded material that
demonstrates the pronunciation of American English, including
the names the letters of the alphabet, vowel and consonant
sounds, word linking, contractions and stress patterns used
in American English. Real Player and Flash are required.
LISTENING WEB SITES
English Listening Lounge
Listening passages with questions, answers and
transcripts. Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels. Monthly fee required.
Learning
Resources
Current
news stories with sound to include vocabulary, quizzes,
sequencing activities and more for intermediate and advanced
learners.
The
Learning Edge
Online
Newspaper articles with sound as well as games and quizzes.
Intermediate and advanced levels.
Randall's
ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Easy, Medium and Difficult listening exercises with quizzes.
READING WEB SITES
Adult
Learning Activities - California Distance Learning
Project
This site provides adult learners with short reading passages
about recent news stories related to science, money, housing,
family, law and government, jobs, school and traveling. All
the readings are supported by audio and many are also complemented
by video clips.
ESL Desk
- Learn English as a Second Language
This site has a variety of quizzes, readings, grammar and
vocabulary lists for ESL students. Each of the readings and
lists is linked to a related online dictionary, thesaurus
or lesson. This web site also offers a special reading board
onto which any English text can be pasted and automatically
links each word of the text to a dictionary in English or
any one of 15 different languages.
Reading
Skills for Today's Adults
This site provides reading practice for adult learners at
grade levels 1 to 8. Each reading is recorded for learners
to read along and is followed by printable exercises to test
comprehension.
COMPUTER-RELATED WEB SITES
BBC
Computer Tutor
This site offers basic keyboard and mouse training using a
user-friendly animated "instructor" who guides the
learner through each step in British English. No registration
required.
GCF
LearnFree.org
This site offers the adult learner a variety of interactive
activities related to common everyday tasks such as following
recipe instructions, using an ATM machine, reading classified
ads and applying for a job. It also provides free tutorials
on common software programs; some with video instruction and
free online courses with live computer instructors. (Free
account registration required)
TypingWeb TypingWeb is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels.
IMMIGRATION WEB SITES
U.S.Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS)
This is the official government web site for all things related
to immigration to the U.S. and becoming a U.S. Citizen. This
site, a service of the Department of Homeland Security, provides
immigration forms, fee information, educational resources,
application instructions for visas and work permits, online
tracking of application status and the latest news about treaties
and accords affecting immigration to the U.S.
Civics and Citizenship Study Materials
This site includes a variety of educational materials for
teaching U.S. History and Government. A valuable aid for helping
citizenship candidates prepare for the USCIS Naturalization
Interview.
COMMUNITY WEB SITES
Medline
Plus
This site, a service of the National Institute of Health and
the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides a wealth of
knowledge about medical topics in simple English through interactive
animated tutorials. The site covers a broad scope of health-related
data including symptoms, causes and treatments of diseases
and conditions, test and diagnostic procedures, surgery and
treatment and prevention and wellness.
Visiting the Doctor
Choose from a large selection of activities
related to a visit with the doctor. Beginning and Intermediate
levels.
ONLINE COURSE WEB SITES
USA Learns
This site offers an online course in English as a Second Language
at beginner, low intermediate and intermediate levels. It
contains interesting reading passages and video content geared
toward adult learners, followed by comprehension and vocabulary-building
activities. A simple registration process is recommended,
but not required, to get started with this easy- to-use course.
REFERENCE WEB SITES
AmharicDictionary.com
Description: This is a free online Amharic to English
dictionary with a simple search feature.
Dictionary.com
This online dictionary provides an audio tool with the American
or British English pronunciation for each entry and instant
translation into 20 different languages. The site also provides
a translator, a thesaurus and an encyclopedia.
Google Translate
This free website translates entries into over 70 languages.