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Page history last edited by skipgole 9 years, 6 months ago
 Sanjay Suchak, 2010 Brian Bailey, 2009 

 

 

Reading and Writing Sites

Site 

 

URL 

 

Description 

 

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/679/01/ 
This is a site for identifying the many parts of writing. 

TV411 Reading

http://www.tv411.org/reading
A good introduction to online reading.  This site has many different short reading exercises. After that there are graded questions. 

Academic Word List

www.academicvocabularyexercises.com  This is a vocabulary site with many online activities.  It provides general vocabulary.

Quizlet

http://quizlet.com/

A site where you can make your own flashcards. 

 

Dictionary and Graphic Organizer Sites 

Look Way Up 

http://lookwayup.com/free/install.htm  This is a nice tool you can download for free.  It quickly gives you a word's meaning when you are reading anything from your computer.

Visuwords 

 http://www.visuwords.com/fullscreen/  A visual image dictionary that gives you a unique way to identify between one word and others. 

Learner's Dictionary 

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/   This is a dictionary from Merriam-Webster that is made for ESL learners.  This gives you simpler definitions but in an English dictionary format.  You can create your own wordlists.

Learners Dictionary: 

Perfect Pronunciation

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/pronex/pronex.htm Extra pronunciation practice.  Many good pronunciation practice activities to practice the stressed sounds in words.

Wordsmyth 

www.wordsmyth.net  A beginners and advanced online dictionary.  They have pictures and animations of words displayed.  You can create your own word lists.  Membership is free. 

Internet TESL Journal 

http://a4esl.org/  This has many different things to do.  You can use it to look for grammar questions, or you can use it for vocabulary.  Organized into easy, medium, and difficult.  Made by ESL teachers! 

Bubbl.us 

https://bubbl.us/  Create your own vocabulary maps and share with other students.  This takes time to learn how to use. 

Grammar Secrets

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com

This is for intermediate to advanced learners of English.  There are short-lesson activities and interactive exercises.

 

 

Movie and Video Clips Websites

ESL Video

http://www.eslvideo.com/ 

This has a variety of videos and quizzes you can take after watching.  The videos are chosen and developed by ESL teachers.  They have 3 different levels of quizzes (high, intermediate, and low).  

Learn English, Feel Good 

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/  They have many movie clips you can watch and then take a quiz after watching.  They have clips from inside each movie, as well as previews and trailers.  They have links to other materials.

youtube 

www.youtube.com  Go to their movie channel to watch everything from movie previews (trailers) to cats making pancakes! 

 

Speaking and Pronunciation Sites

Rachel's English 

http://www.rachelsenglish.com  A good site for specific explanations of word stress, consonant and vowel sounds and other pronunciation topics.  

University of Iowa: Phonetics

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/# Look at this site for the latest tools from the University of Iowa.  You can buy an app on Google Play or Apple iTunes for $2.99

Voki 

www.voki.com  This site uses avatars and your voice to create a spoken avatar.  You can use your phone to record--no microphone needed! 

Forvo

www.forvo.com This site provides English word pronunciation as well as words in 299 languages! There are a variety of English speakers from different parts of the world (England, USA, Canada, etc.)

 

 

Listening Websites 

Randall's Cyber Listening Lab 

http://www.esl-lab.com/  Good educational site with many different types of listening.  There are monologues, dialogues, vocabulary, and quizzes. 

English Listening

($3.00 per month)

www.englishlistening.com Authentic, naturally spoken English on a variety of topics from various English speaker nationalities.  You can test yourself to find out your level from 'easy' to 'difficult'.  The listenings are short or long; slow or fast.

The English We Speak 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/  Short listening exercises focusing on slang vocabulary.  Many of the words are words mostly found in England, but they are short in length.

BBC 6 minute English  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/ 

Two people discuss various topics.  Although some British vocabulary used, this and selected vocabulary is usually explained for American listeners.  They have a 4 year old archive of topics for listening.   

English Listening

Lesson Library 

 
http://www.elllo.org/   Most topic-choices of any website and more varieties of different types of English (Australian, British, USA).  Monologues, dialogues, and more.  Quizzes, games, etc.  

Touchstone Extra 

http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/touchstone/student/index.html   This site has extra games and activities from our course book, Touchstone, that lets you review material from each week's unit.  

VOA Video 

http://www.voanews.com/english/video-audio/ Another authentic language site.  This has many common topics on news in the USA and around the world.  They have a link that lets you listen to slowed-down English. Links to VOA Learning English

 

 

English Learning Opportunities 

Montgomery County Volunteer Center

http://www.montgomeryserves.org/volunteers

ESL--Non-Credit Schedule

          http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/ce/esl.html

Longman English Interactive

Link to Software Information

Free learning website: GCF Learn Free

http://www.gcflearnfree.org

Montgomery College Clubs

Link to a list of clubs to join at Montgomery College

 

 

 

Robert Gole, Montgomery College, Created: September 10, 2011; Updated: August 9, 2013

 

Comments (1)

Maria Elena Castro said

at 12:25 pm on Jun 6, 2015

Very useful and interesting information Skip. Thanks!

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