Resources for Learning English on the Web
- Dictionaries
- The Very Best Online Dictionary Portal
- GrammarNOW! A Grammar, Composition,
Editing, Proofreading Resource
- Type in a word and access a very large array of all sorts of dictionaries
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- Lexical Definitions
- The DICT Development Group:
Online Dictionary Query
- Wordsmyth Dictionary : Welcome!
- yourDictionary.com
- Internet dictionary
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- Lexical Definitions with Sound
- Merriam-Webster OnLine
- AllWords.com
- Dictionary with Pronunciation
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- Lexical Definitions with Phonetic Transcription
- Search
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online (with phonetics)
- The CMU Pronouncing
Dictionary
- Pseudo-phonetic transcription, American English
- Symboles
phonétiques de l'anglais - Didier Madelaine - UPJV Amiens
- Download phonetic symbols
- The International
phonetic Alphabet home page
- Download the phonetic alphabet
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- Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
- English-French
Online Dictionary. Free online English-French translation
- ARTFL
Project: French-English Dictionary Form
- Multilingual
Dictionaries
- English for Special Purposes, Glossaries, Terminology,
Encyclopediae
- NETGLOS
- Multilingual Internet glossary
- Computer English
- Grand
dictionnaire terminologique
- English and French Terminological Dictionary
- Online Dictionaries,
Glossaries and Encyclopedias
- A wide array of glossaries
- Encarta
- Encarta encyclopedia (with sound)
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- Miscellaneous Dictionaries
- yourDictionary.com
- A wide array of all sorts of dictionaries
- Dictionary of
Synonyms
- Dictionary of synonyms
- WordNet
- A wemantic web
- Bell Labs
Text-to-Speech
- Speech synthesizer: type a sentence and have it read (when it works)
- British National
Corpus search
- English in use. See up to 50 contexts of a word.
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- Language Practice
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- Listening comprehension with exercises
- http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
- San Francisco CNN's excellent story archive with transcripts
and exercises
- http://www.campus-electronique.tm.fr/testsanglais/
- Listening comprehension tests for all levels
- LinguaCenter Homepage
- The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Website
- http://esl.about.com/cs/listening/index.htm
- Listening comprehension for all levels (beginners to advanced)
- http://www.globalenglish.com/
- Listening comprehension for all levels (beginners to advanced)
- http://www.englishlistening.com/
- Listening comprehension for all levels (beginners to advanced)
- http://www.hio.ft.hanze.nl/thar/listen.htm
- Dealing with telephone complaints
- http://www.manythings.org/el/
- Listening to songs
- http://www.esl-lab.com/
- Randall's ESL cyber listening lab
- http://www.stuff.co.uk/wicked.htm
- Wicked stuff for English learners: a variety of learning material
- http://grove.ufl.edu/~ktrickel/activity.html#listen
- Activities for ESL students
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- Listening comprehension with transcripts
- http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com/ax/archives_index.html
- The National Geographic Website
- http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/conversationRA/
- English conversations
- http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/listening/
- Literary texts (Alice in Wonderland, Jack London, ...)
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- Listening comprehension: live radio and archives (no
transcripts, no exercises)
- http://www.will.uiuc.edu/WILL_Contents/AM_Contents/AM_Listen.asp
- WILL-AM : the University of Illinois Radio Station
- (Click on "Archives")
- http://www.will.uiuc.edu/WILL_Contents/AM_Contents/AM_Listen.asp
- WILL-AM : the University of Illinois Radio Station
- (Click on "Listen to WILL-AM Live Online Via RealAudio")
- http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/
- World Radio Network: online radio and archives from all over the
world
- http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/video_index/video_index.html
- ABC news and archives
- http://www.npr.org/programs/
- The National Public Radio website: online radio and sound and text
archives
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
- The BBC World Service
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml
- BBC radio 4: online and archive
- http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/takako/index.htm
- Takako's adventure: a Japanese girl in Canada (a 10-episode story)
- http://www.linguapress.com/
- EFL English from Linguapress (on-line radio news)
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- Phonetics
- http://www.americanaccent.com/
- American pronunciation: theory and practice
- http://www.manythings.org/pp/
- American Pronunciation:pratice
- http://www.celt.stir.ac.uk/staff/HIGDOX/STEPHEN/PHONO/PHONOLG.HTM
- Online Phonology Course
- http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/pronunciation/default.htm
- Online Phonetics Course
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- Writing aids
- Lynch,
Getting an A on an English Paper -- Style
- General advice for good writing
- Breaking
Writers Block
- How to get started (how to organize, structure, etc. your essay)
- Basic Guide
to Essay Writing
- A concise guide to essay writing
- The UVic Writer's
Guide: Start Here
- How to write an essay
- 11 Rules of Writing
-- a concise guide to important grammar, punctuation, and writing style
rules
- A concise guide to good writing
- A Rulebook for Arguments-
Contents
- How to present and organise arguments
- Commonly Confused
Words
- A useful dictionary to avoid confusing words
- Common Errors
in English
- A list of common errors and how to avoid them
- Cliche Finder
- Avoid clichés!!
- English Punctuation!
- Punctuation rules, very useful
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- Grammar
- GrammarNOW! A Grammar, Composition,
Editing, Proofreading Resource
- An exhaustive grammar portal. Type in a grammatical question
and access a very large set of grammar websites
- INDEX to the Guide
to Grammar and Writing
- A very large set of grammatical rules and interactive quizzes covering
most problems
- OWL:
Handouts: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
- Grammatical rules, no exercises
- Big Dog's Grammar : A bare bones
guide to English
- Grammatical rules and self-tests
- Grammar Bytes! Interactive
Exercises
- Rules, tests and exercises on irregular verbs and whether to use
a comma in a sentence
- CNN Newsroom and Worldview
for ESL (grammar)
- A very interesting site offering vocabulary and grammar mutiple
choice questionnaires based on CNN video clip transcripts (video clips
not available)
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