English as a Second Language Online Resources for Students

 

 

 

Comprehensive Sites

 

Dave Sperling's ESL Café

http://www.eslcafe.com/

 

About.com: English as a Second Language

http://esl.about.com/

 

BBS Learning English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/

 

ESL Study Hall

http://home.gwu.edu/%7Emeloni/eslstudyhall/

 

British Council: Learning English Central

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish/central.htm

 

 

 

Dictionaries

 

Encarta World English Dictionary with audio clips

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

 

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/

 

 

 

Quizzes and Exams

 

Quizzes, test, and exercises from the Internet TESL Journal

http://a4esl.org/

 

Test Your English

http://www.testyourenglish.net/index.htm

 

TOEFL Exam

http://www.ets.org/

 

 

 

Pronunciation

 

The Sounds of American English

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

 

 

 

Grammar and Writing Skills

 

Glossary of Grammar Terms

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html

 

The Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

 

Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

 

 

 

Listening Skills

 

Randall's Cyber Listening Lab

http://esl-lab.com/

 

English as a Second Language Podcast

http://eslpod.com/website/index.php

 

 

 

Reading Skills

 

California Distance Learning Project

http://www.cdlponline.org/

 

The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/

 

 

 

Vocabulary Skills

 

English Daily

http://www.englishdaily626.com/

 

Wordskills

http://www.wordskills.com/

 

ESL Idiom Page

http://eslcafe.com/idioms/