Useful English Websites for Students
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Reading/Listening
1. ****Read Theory -
2. ****ENLGISH SPEAK ---
a. Audio; slow or fast speed; text/ prepositions/ phrasal verbs/ idioms
3. ****ELLO --
a. Video/transcript/vocabulary;text;definition;examples;audio/online quizzes; vocab;
comprehension/ slideshow; audio
4. ****ELS-LAB ---
a. Best website I’ve seen for LISTENING. Exercises are level appropriate.
b. Audio/video/vocabulary/quizzes
c. Teachers can find lots of useful advice.
5. ****EFL NET --
a. Level appropriate/grammar; slides/vocabulary; online quizzes; audio with
pictures/phrasal verbs/adjectives; adverbs/ listening; quizzes/verb tense exercises
online
6. ****LITERACY NET --
a. Text/summary/outline/movie/online quizzes/response
7. ****LEARN AMERICAN ENGLISH ONLINE --
a. Level appropriate/ reading/ dictation/ exercises; printable/ audio/ Writing/ Speaking
b. One of my favorite sites!
8. ****AUTO ENGLISH --
a. Level appropriate/ reading/ dictation/ exercises; printable/ audio/ Writing/
Speaking/reading
b. One of my favorite sites!
9. ****ENLGISH SPEAK ---
a. Audio; slow or fast speed; text/ prepositions/ phrasal verbs/ idioms
10. ***TED -
a. Video speeches/text/quizzes
11. ***ESL CONNEXUS 
a. Teacher Josh’s youtube videos/ grammar/vocabulary/student skits
12. ***NPR --
13. ***BBC --
14. ***NEW YOUR TIMES --
15. **INFOSQUARE --
a. 45 short reading passages/Short online Quizzes
16. **ESL FAST --
a. Text/vocabulary/online quiz/cross-word puzzle with key/dictation
17. *ENGLISH ONLINE --
a. topical; printable stories with highlighted vocab
b. Payment required for assess to exercises/ quizzes/ handouts
18. Lingua Press
a. Intermediate and advanced reading with vocabulary section and practice activities
19. Marshal University This is the best website for printable reading assignments and quizzes. Each
quiz also has a short writing assignment.
20. Study Zone This website has great online reading quizzes and grammar exercises.
Grammar
1. **** ELS WORLD --
a. Great for ELS students needing level specific grammar practice.
2. ENGLISH PAGE
3. EFL NET
4. LEARN AMERICAN ENGLISH
5. ****ITESL --
a. Massive database of online quizzes
6. ***Grammar Revolution -
a. 8 parts of speech.
b. Sentence diagraming
c. Sentence types
Vocabulary
1. FREE RICE
2. EFL NET
3. LEARN AMERICAN ENGLISH ONLINE (Click on “American Speech” and you will find American
slang words, idioms, and special expressions.).
4. VOCABULARY
5. OXFORD LEARNERS DICTIONARY
6. QUIZLET (Teacher Josh’s card sets)
Writing
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Purdue online Writing Lab
Learn American English Online
ENGLISH MAVEN
University of Ottawa (Grammar with great printables)
Guide to Grammar and Writing (Capital Community College)
Writing at CSU (Teachers can create classes)
Spelling
1. AMITY (This website doesn’t have any practice activities, but it’s a good resource for learning
about spelling rules.)
Pronunciation
2. MANY THINGS
3. LEARN AMERICAN ENGLISH ONLINE (Go to “Reading Room” and choose your level. Listen to
someone read the story. Then you can read the story aloud and record your voice and listen to
it.)
4. UIOWA
Typing
1. POWER TYPING (A good typing speed goal for 109 students is 40 words per minute.)
2.TYPING WEB
On-line Chat/Conversations:
1. LANGUAGE EXCHNAGE/ MIXXER
2. SKYPE (Teacher Josh: Skype username: jncropsey)
3. TOFEL
Useful Business English Websites
1. Business English Site
a. General business English/ Sales and Marketing/ Accounting and finance/ I.T./ Medical
English/ Business English
2. Business English Links
3. One Stop English
a. Great student assessment worksheets and other resources for Business English
Useful English Websites for Students
Prefixes and Suffixes:
http://www.gpc.edu/~lawowl/handouts/common-prefixes.pdf
http://ueno.cool.ne.jp/let/prefix.html
http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webex1.htm
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000469.shtml (this is a list of links)
Listening Practice:
***http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/ (this is a list of links)
http://www.esl-lab.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/index.shtml
http://eslcafe.com/search/Listening
http://www.englishlistening.com/
http://www.manythings.org/el/
http://www.lclark.edu/~Krauss/toppicks/listening.html
http://www.cdlponline.org/
www.english-online.at/index.htm
www.elllo.org
www.ted.com
www.eflnet.com
Vocabulary Practice:
http://www.freerice.com
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/
http://www.ohiou.edu.esl/english/vocabulary.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/index.php
http://www.manythings.org
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/voc.htm
Pronunciation Websites:
http://www.manythings.org/pp/
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html
http://www.elfs.com/MMz.html
http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
http://www.soundsofenglish.org
http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html
Prepositions:
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
http://a4esl.org/
http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID_=28
http://www.readbygrade3.com/readbygrade3co/prep/html
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/gpm.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/prepositions/list.htm
Punctuation:
http://grammarbook.com/punctuation/commas.asp
Negative Inversions:
http://semanticsarchive.net/Archive?TkwZGM3N/burning.negative.inversion.pdf
http://esl.about.com/od/advancedgrammar/a/inversion.htm
http://www.eslprintables.com/index.asp
You will need to register and sing in to use this site. (free)
Useful English Websites for Teachers
1. ELCIVIS
a. Printable worksheets
2. Azar Grammar
a. Classroom Materials
b. Teacher Talk Blog
c. Grammar Speaks
d. Teacher’s Guides
3. Fun with Grammar
a. Printable worksheets/fun grammar games
4. TedEd
a. Videos/transcripts/quizzes (You can make your own quizzes or think questions)
b. Free teacher account
5. Learn English Feel Good