Non-grammar Websites for Extra Practice
Listening
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab:
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http://www.esl-lab.com/
Listen to Everyday Conversations (easy to difficult with
follow-up exercises and activities)
Academic Lectures & Interviews
Language Learning, Culture Videos, & Life Tips
From ManyThings.org:
Listening & Reading
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Listen & Read Along - Flash Controls
American Stories
About Places
Stories about People (Biographies)
American History
Words and Their Stories
Studying in the USA
More VOA Special English
ESL Videos - Updated Every Day
Real English (video clips, transcripts, & exercises):
http://www.real-english.com/new-lessons.asp
Similar Sounding Words
 Game 1: bit bite boot bought but bait bat bet beat boat Burt
Bart
 Game 2: be me see he she ski tea we tree me fee key
 Game 3: win wins wit wits whip whips wick wicks wig wigs
wing wings
 Game 4: leap, reap, least, list, leave, live, lip, rip, reach, rich,
seat, sit
 Game 5: deep, dip, field, filled, greed, grid, heel, hill, meal, mill,
seek, sick
Educational videos on a variety of subjects. (English captions can
sometimes be turned on in the upper right corner.)
http://digital.films.com.ez.sccd.ctc.edu:3048/PortalSearch.aspx?st=ad
v&rd=title&addedFrom=04/01/2014&addedTo=04/30/2014&sortby=C
opyright_Date&nt=y
Advanced Listening: MP3 audio files of public radio interviews from
The Story, a radio program in which people
discuss their life experiences with the interviewer:
http://www.thestory.org/archive/podcast.xml
ESL Videos about How To Do Things (banking, driving a car,
answering the phone, etc.):
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/category/how-to-do-something
Speaking
From Dave’s ESL Café:
Conversational Language #1
Conversational Language #2
Conversational Language #3
Conversational Language #4
Conversational Language #5
Conversational Language #6
Conversational Language #7
Conversational Language #8
Conversational Language #9
Conversational Language #10
Conversational Language #11
Conversational Language #12
Conversational Language #13
Conversational Language #14
Conversational Language #15
Conversational Language #16
Conversational Language #17
Conversational Language #18
Pronunciation
Daily Practice From ManyThings.org:
Daily Listen & Repeat - Updated Every Day
International Phonetic Alphabet: Sounds & Symbols
http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemicchart-and-app/interactive-phonemic-chart-american-english/
Similar Sounding Words
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Game 1: bit bite boot bought but bait bat bet beat boat Burt
Bart
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Game 2: be me see he she ski tea we tree me fee key
Game 3: win wins wit wits whip whips wick wicks wig wigs
wing wings
Game 4: leap, reap, least, list, leave, live, lip, rip, reach, rich,
seat, sit
Game 5: deep, dip, field, filled, greed, grid, heel, hill, meal, mill,
seek, sick
Phonics Song: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4554
Game-like Minimal Pair Practice using Flash and MP3 Files:
http://www.manythings.org/pp/
Reading
Listening & Reading
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Vocabulary
Listen & Read Along - Flash Controls
American Stories
About Places
Stories about People (Biographies)
American History
Words and Their Stories
Studying in the USA
More VOA Special English
ESL Videos – Watch with subtitles--Updated Every Day
ESL Word of the Day:
http://www.englishwithjo.com/category/esl-word-of-the-day/
(Also check this site’s Idiom of the Day, Phrasal Verbs, etc.—and
study what is the most helpful to YOU!)
Word Lists:
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/c/
Slang: http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/
An academic word list with definitions:
http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_list_master.html
Practice using some common vocabulary correctly:
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/vocabulary.htm
Vocabulary Game with 60 Levels:
http://www.freerice.com/levels
Spelling
Make your individualized spelling lists; then practice, and test
yourself!
http://www.spellingcity.com/
10 Tips for Better Spelling:
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903395.html?utm_source=F
unbrainGameOver&utm_medium=GrammarGorillas&utm_campaign
=FactMonster
English Spelling Rules
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/spelling.htm
Words that Sound Alike (than/then; to/too/two)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01/
Tricky homophones game:
http://toys.usvsth3m.com/write/
Phonics Song: http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4554
Spelling Rules
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Spelling words with "ei" and "ie"
Review: "ei" and "ie"
Spelling final "y" before a suffix
Review: final "y" before a suffix
Final Silent "e"
Review: Final Silent "e"
Spelling Words with Double Consonants
Review: Double Consonants
Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English:
http://www.pilinutpress.com/index_files/MostCommonlyMisspelledWords.html
More Games To Improve Spelling:
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/
http://www.manythings.org/fq/1/spelling.php?u=1
Writing
John Fleming: The Paragraph
Paragraph Development:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm
Proofreading:
http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/31004-Proofreading-Techniques
Computer Skills
Typing Practice
Timed typing practice:
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/l/
Internet Vocabulary:
Computer
Vocabulary &
Pronunciation
Microsoft
Word 2007
online
training courses
http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-computers.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/interactivelesson3.html
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/word-2007training-courses-HA010215566.aspx
5 Ideas for Improving Your English:
Study Skills
http://www.pilinutpress.com/index_files/ImprovingYourEnglishforESL
Students.html
Learn English More Effectively: A YouTube on the Importance of Review
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1655
Study Skill & Learning Strategy Videos with Captions:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/
COMPASS
http://libguides.northseattle.edu/c.php?g=97423&p=630625
http://www.act.org/compass/student/index.html