Christine's ESOL class: Online Resources

Practice and Exercises

Grammar and vocabulary exercises. It also includes bilingual vocabulary exercises (Spanish – English, Chinese – English, Korean – English, etc.)

http://manythings.org

Vocabulary, speaking, grammar, listening, and reading exercises

http://usingenglish.com/quizzes

Intermediate exercises on conditionals, conjunctions, gerunds and infinitives, prepositions, modals, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, relative pronouns, etc.

http://www.e-grammar.org/

Practice with verb tenses

http://Oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile

Oxford University Press – English File:

Choose your level for interactive games, web links, readings, and exercises on listening, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary

http://Oup.com/elt/global/products/headway

Oxford University Press – Headway:

Choose your level for Interactive grammar and vocabulary exercises and games

http://www.cambridge.org/venturesarcade

Ventures Arcade:

Choose your level for grammar and vocabulary exercises. There’s also a citizenship exercise section.

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/multimedia.htm

Quizzes, video lessons, and games

http://www.englishmedialab.com/games_puzzles.html

Games and exercises

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/index.php

Explanations, games, exercises: listening, reading, and vocabulary

http://www.eslwonderland.com/activities/index.htm

Intermediate and advanced: listening, reading, and writing activities better

http://ezslang.com

Vocabulary, listening, and readings on several topics to help you understand English

http://eslmonkeys.com/students/esl_learning.php

Word of the day, stories, and free ESL books

http://eslcafe.com/students

Quizzes, idioms, slang, and a discussion board help center

Games and Fun Things

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

vocabulary games: word searches, crossword puzzles, matching, homophones, slang, suffixes

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

USA geography maps and games

http://www.towerofenglish.com/comics.html

Comic strips in English

http://www.towerofenglish.com/humor.html

English humor

http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.html

Interactive vocabulary games

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/GrammarGames.html

Interactive grammar games

http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/

Cartoons to help you learn English verb tenses

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/hangman.htm

Vocabulary and spelling game (another Hangman)

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/crosswords.htm

Cross word puzzles

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html

English grammar games

Listening and Pronunciation

http://www.rong-chang.com/mjc/pronunciation/

Pronunciation explanations and exercises

http://www.shiporsheep.com/

Pronunciation practice – move the cursor over the words to listen to them and repeat

http://esl-lab.com

Listen to conversations and answer questions – easy, medium, and difficult

http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm

Practical American English audio course

http://www.npr.org/

National Public Radio website – you can listen to radio news programs online, repeating the audio files as many times as you want

http://Voanews.com/specialenglish

Voice of America radio – listen to news stories while you also read them. The announcers speak a bit slower so that English learners can understand better.

http://www.betteratenglish.com/

Podcasts with transcripts addressing issues related to learning English – Click on the play symbol on the left, and read the transcript under it, in the left column.

Lessons and Online Courses

http://usalearns.org/

A free online course to learn English. Register, choose your level, and begin. The site uses audio, video, pictures, and text to teach you English. It also records your progress.

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/

Free English lessons online – choose your level on the left of the page

http://eslpartyland.com/students/inter.htm

Lessons on different topics to help improve your English

http://www.dailyesl.com/

Lessons and exercises on subjects: in the community, on vacation, at school, at work, in your free time, at home, holidays or special events, relationships and family

Dictionaries and Reference

http://www.dictionary.com

English dictionary with pronunciation

http://translate.google.com

Translate words and sentences

http://iscribe.org/english/index.html

English grammar and usage explanations

http://thesaurus.com/

Thesaurus – find synonyms, definitions, flashcards, translations, and crossword puzzles

http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/index.html

Grammar, writing, and punctuation explanations

http://idiomconnection.com/