Free online tutoring in conversational English
Learning English and creative writing through photographs
Idioms, phrasal verbs and proverbs
"A picture is worth a thousand words ..." blog
Free ESL and EFL flashcards, printables, worksheets, lesson plans and downloads (PDF, video, MP3 and Powerpoint)
ESL Tower offers printable grammar and vocabulary exercises to make the lives of English teachers very easy like grammar worksheets for use in teaching by EFL, ESL, ELT and GSE teachers, vocabulary exercises to print and arranged according to topics, pronunciation printables to teach phonetics, connected speech and more.
ESL Printables, a website where English language teachers exchange resources like worksheets, lesson plans, activities, etc. Its collection is growing every day with the help of teachers from around the world. If you want to download, you have to send your own contributions (registration is required)
ESL Kids Lab offers Printable ESL Worksheets, Games for ESL Classrooms, EFL Videos, PPT Lessons Videos, Interactive Kids Vocabulary and Grammar Quizzes, Powerpoint downloads for English teaching and learning.
ESL Galaxy offers over 2,368 free printable worksheets for ESL lesson plans and ESL Activities and there are more additions every other day .The worksheets include: Board Games, Crosswords, Grammar worksheets, Vocabulary Worksheets, Theme or Topic lesson plans, Pronunciation, Survival English, Song and Video Activities, Word Search Puzzles, Festivals and Holiday Worksheets, Prefixes/Suffixes Word Formation, ESL conversation and Communicative Activities, Game and Writing Templates, Cloze and gap fill exercises, It also has ESL Games and ideas for ESL Classrooms, Powerpoint downloads, Matching and Collocations, Reading and Writing Exercises, Complete Lesson Plans.
WritingFix (a global resource for Writing teachers with hundreds of free interactive lessons and quality resources for classrooms where writing is taught, not just assigned; with interactive writing prompts and lessons for teachers, students and writers like Daily Writing Prompts, Interactive Writing Prompts for K-6th Grade, Right-Brained Writing Prompts using serendipity and creativity to launch a piece of writing, Left-Brained Writing Prompts, and Writing Lesson of the Month Network for teachers around the world.) Other valuable resources from the Mentor Text lessons created by Northern Nevada teachers for teachers everywhere are: Picture Books; Chapter Book Excerpts; Literary Excerpts & Poetry Classics; Poetry-Inspired lessons; Short Stories (designing skill-based writing lessons inspired by short story excerpts); Poetry and Writing Across the Curriculum Prompts (using iPod technology to generate excitement about writing assignments in all curricular areas).
Yahoo downloads (the best free software for Windows like Firefox 3 and others)
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows: Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
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The English language: Gateway to the world
The English language in its different varieties (American English, British English, etc) is the gateway to the world of education, business, technology and inter-people communication. More than a billion people speak the English language, and there are only a few places in the world where English is not understood.
The goal of this website
It is estimated that two-thirds of the world's population (or more than 3.2 billion people) live in Asian and African countries located 10 degrees latitude north of the equator to 40 degrees latitude north of the equator. If you are a teacher or student from grade school up to college, an employee in government or in the private sector, an entrepreneur or a professional from Asia or Africa, this website is designed to help you improve your mastery of the English language. Proficiency in English will help improve your grades and create opportunities for advancement in work and career.
The design of this website
The website is divided into the traditional classification of English grammar of the eight parts of speech, plus sections on idioms, vocabulary, spelling, listening, speaking, pronunciation, and writing. Based on these divisions, we have searched for and selected good discussions and interactive exercises from more than a thousand ESL (English as Second Language) and EFL (English as Foreign Language) websites.
The websites we have chosen are consistently good, fast loading, and generously offer to their users, free of charge, a wide range of resources. Besides the materials listed in this website, these excellent sites offer a tremendous range of valuable resources for the ESL and EFL teachers and students.
Except for three or four websites, the selected sites come from American, Australian, British or European sources. Thus, you may sometimes find it difficult relating with the situations or the contexts of the discussions and interactive exercises. As soon as we find online English lessons with an Asian or African context, we will include them here.
While broadband connection is becoming more accessible and affordable for homes, you probably still have online access either through slow dial-up connections or through rental by the hour services of Internet cafes. This website thus uses predominantly text links, with very few graphics.
American English and British English
Please take note that these websites either teach American English or British English. For a better understanding of the differences between American and British English, please read the following articles : (1) American and British English differences from Wikipedia; and (2) Differences Between American and British English from About.com.
How to answer the interactive exercises
In answering the interactive exercises, you should follow carefully the prompts and directions. You should read each sentence or part aloud before clicking the answer you think is right. After the correct answer is displayed, think it over as to why it is the correct answer. (Please take note that the correct answer may depend on whether the exercise comes from an American English or a British English website.) After doing so, read the complete sentence again aloud with the correct answer.
To train yourself to think in English, try to recite the sentences with the correct answers from memory and at your full speaking volume. Or you can ask a friend to read out loud the sentences with the correct answers and you repeat them without looking at the computer screen.
Free online tutoring in conversational English; Learning English through photographs
Towards the goal of helping you achieve proficiency in the English language, this website offers two unique features. These are free online tutoring in conversational English and the section on "Learning English and creative writing through photographs". You can contact any of our online tutors through Yahoo Messenger. Photographs, on the other hand, can be a good source of materials for practicing speaking, listening, writing, vocabulary and grammar
Testing your level of English proficiency
Before browsing the other sections of this website, it is a good idea to first test your level of mastery of the English language. Listed below are some online diagnostic and assessment tests. Clicking the blue link will take you to the specific page where the diagnostic and assessment test is located, while clicking the website name will bring you to the site's home page.
[01] Free Online TOEFL, English and Multi-Language Vocabulary Test, from FreeTOEFL.net
Designed for multi-language vocabulary tests (Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, etc) and for English exams like TOEFL, iBT, GRE, SAT and TOEIC
[02] Online Assessment Tests, from World English
Diagnostic Grammar Test
English Grammar Placement Test
English Language Assessment Test
Online English Assessment Tests
[03] Diagnostic tests / Assessment tests on English grammar, from www.english-at-home.com
[04] Assessment Tests, from Churchill House School of English Language
Elementary Level
Intermediate Level
Upper-Intermediate Level (FCE)
Advanced Level (CAE)
[05] Test your English now (vocabulary, grammar, listening and reading (cloze test)
[06] Free online, interactive exercises in grammar, vocabulary and discourse, from Language Project (approved by the British Council)
Elementary English Practice Exercises
Intermediate English Practice Exercises
Advanced English Practice Exercises
Notes:
Typical English mistakes by speakers of other languages, by Language Project, (approved by the British Council; more examples available upon registration): Arabic speakers; Chinese speakers; Japanese speakers; Korean speakers; Portuguese speakers; Spanish speakers; Czech speakers; French speakers; German speakers; Greek speakers; Italian speakers; Polish speakers; Russian speakers; Swedish speakers; Turkish speakers.
PresenTired:
"The Voicemail"
from Scott
Schwertly on Vimeo
English for the medical professional, from HospitalEnglish.com (free resources for medical professionals like doctors, nurses, physical therapists, radiologists, physician assistants, pharmacists, etc, studying English and medical printables for teachers; with medical vocabulary builders and pronunciation guide, patient counseling activities, disease state directors, healthcare professional articles, medical flashcards, hospital lesson plans, and ESP worksheets)
Olympics ESL exercises and activities, from ESLTower.com (prepare and motivate your English class for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games through printable vocabulary puzzles, quizzes, flashcards, game cards and exercises related to Olympic Games, sports and countries)
Olympic sports
“Olympic Sports” Dictionary Hunt
"Olympic Sports" Wheel Search Puzzle
"Olympic Sports" Matching Quiz
Olympic Games word puzzle
What we do in sports crossword verbs puzzle
Olympics Games word puzzle
"Olympic Sports" Spelling Quiz
"Olympic Sports" Multiple Choice Quiz
Olympic Sports Vocabulary Game Sheet
Sports and Olympics - Word Puzzle
Countries, Sports and Athletes
Handheld English is a complete English course with MP3 lessons downloadable directly to your mobile phones; This course can be used by university students, professionals, and others who want to speak English well. If you practice one or two hours each day with the audio lessons, you should be able to speak simple English within six months. However, learning English fluently will require hard work each day. This course can be used by both beginning and advanced English students. The lessons are neither too difficult for a beginning student nor too easy for an advanced student. They can be used in an established school or when studying alone.
ESL Talk Time materials for conversation starters, independent speaking practice, debate clubs, discussions, lesson add-ons and more: ESL Discussions.com (currently with 642 discussion topics to choose from and 12,840 conversation questions on everyday themes and more controversial issues, in ready-to-print Word and PDF downloads); and Speechtree (with dozens of conversation starters on themes such as abstract themes, academic matters, daily life, hobby topics, holiday related topics, nature topics, personal history, personal values, relationship topics, work topics, world and culture)
Learn English Professionals (British Council) can help you reach your professional aspirations by developing your English skills and helping you prepare for English language exams with its online test to see what level your English is according to the six levels outlined in the European Framework. Various sections include Maritime English, English for Engineers, English for Journalists, English for Finance, Legal English and English for Tourism. You can also practice your English with grammar movies or listen and watch Sanjeev use English in the workplace with the J@m movies, its cartoon series practicing English through work in a web design company. With the Specialist vocabulary builder (choose between Medical, Legal, IT, Marketing and Financial words), you can learn or test yourself on up to 100 words in each category). Choose the level of difficulty and start learning. Specialist Vocabbuilder uses the Collins Cobuild dictionary to create exercises just for you; the exercises are different every time. Start Specialist Vocabbuilder now.
English - Spanish Language Dictionaries, from WordReference.com (free online Oxford Spanish dictionary, conjugator, audio pronunciations and forums for your questions)
Hazar.com offers free online dictionaries for translating Turkish to and from English, German, Italian, Danish and Japanese; free resources for people of Turkish heritage
Public speaking tips from Scott Ginsberg
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Online resources
Common English Mistakes Made by Chinese Speakers, and TOEFL Vocabulary, from English Daily (over a thousand real multiple-choice questions for TOEFL test preparation
Bilingual
Vocabulary Quizzes from The Internet TESL Journal's
Activities
for ESL Students
Arabic
- English
Chinese
- English
Indonesian
- English
Japanese
- English
Korean
-English
Kurdish
- English
Malay
- English
Persian
(Farsi) - English
Portuguese
- English
Russian
- English
Sesotho
- English
Somali
- English
Spanish
- English
Swahili
- English
Tagalog
- English
Thai
- English
Turkish-English
Urdu
- English
Vietnamese
- English
Zulu
- English
Online bilingual dictionaries from www.freedict.com
A Word A Day, from Wordsmith
Pictorial
Vocabulary Guides, from LanguageGuide.org
Learn the pronunciation and spelling of thousands of words
using an image based interface, with supported languages
as English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Polish,
Russian, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Chinese (traditional characters),
Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Turkish, Thai, Viet-namese,
and Indonesian
Read 6000+ Online Newspapers @ ThePaperboy.com
Online magazines
Women
Today Magazine
Femmes
Aujourd'hui
Chinese
Women Today
Relationships; Sex & Love; Advice; Beauty; Fashion;
Food; Money; Work; Chat; Online Studies; Life Stories; Wellness
& Spirit; Self-Esteem; Family & Home; Health &
Fitness; Wit & Wisdom
SOON
Online Magazine
Learning English Index
free world-wide easy-English literature programme; free
copies available on request
Creation Super Library (also available in Chinese traditional; Dutch; French; German; Hungarian; Indonesian; Japanese; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; and Swedish)
Chamada (a portal for Portuguese-speaking persons, provides literature, Biblical messages, articles, tracts, magazines, book information and much more)
Power To Change (English); for other languages, click Arabic; French; German; Italian; Japanese; Malay; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Thai; and Czech
Online resurces for reading, writing and listening
8 to 13-year old authors read their own stories and poems as you follow along. Selections are chosen from over ten thousand entries a year from children all over the world
Wired for Books, from WOUB Center for Public Media, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University
Hundreds of hours of spoken audio in English of a tremendous range of poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults
Spoken English Learned Quickly offers free downloads of lessons and books (Learning Spoken English, a 450-page Student Workbook and an Instructor’s Guide) to your computer, iPod, Blackberry, MP3 player or PDA; Lessons in vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and verb tenses using spoken English exercises; Complete lessons contain enough recorded audio lesson material for two hours of study a day, five days a week for nine months.
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