Continuing Education Division
ESL Department
USEFUL WEBSITES FOR VESL STUDENTS
General ESL sites with a variety of information and activities
www.english-at-home.com
For students: grammar, speaking, vocabulary, idioms, listening, tests, games, newsletters
www.eslcafe.com
Resources for teachers and students: idioms, slang, quotes, phrasal verbs, pronunciation
www.englishclub.com
Activities for teachers. Games, quizzes, jokes, pronunciation, and typing tests for students
www.esldesk.com
Beginner, intermediate and advanced (spelling, vocabulary, grammar, reading, quizzes)
www.eslpartyland.com
Interactive quizzes and learning pages (food, movies, music, travel). Ideas for teachers.
www.rong-chang.com
Grammar, pronunciation, business English, idioms, games, EL Civics, Chinese translation
www.manythings.org
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, tong twisters, spelling, typing, and more!
www.esl-galaxy.com
For teachers and students: English with movies and songs, PowerPoint presentations, quizzes
www.smic.be/smic5022/index.htm
Grammar and dictation, interactive quizzes and exercises. Lesson ideas and handouts.
www.eslus.com/eslcenter.htm
Grammar, reading & writing, vocabulary & idioms, spelling, pronunciation, listening, links
Vocational
www.quia.com/shared
More than 100 categories including ESL, nursing, medical terminology, medicine, anatomy
http://www.khake.com/page94.html
Career activities and vocational lesson plans (includes templates and samples)
www.ericacve.org
Adult, career, and vocational education
http://www.cmu.edu/hpp/intern.html
Internship and scholarship opportunities around the country
http://www.swarthmore.edu/x8852.xml
Useful websites for health students (Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacy), Internship summer opportunities
around the country, how to apply to medical, veterinary, and other health professions schools.
http://www.thingamajob.com/
Job opportunities in many different areas around the country (search for specific title)
Grammar Exercises and Drills
www.englishclub.com
Includes English lessons, business English, English for work, and ESL exams.
www.grammarbook.com
Confusing words, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization rules, quizzes with answers.
www.chompchomp.com
Definitions of grammar terms, grammar exercises, handouts for teachers, and tips for students
http://eslprograms.vcc.ca/ESLWEB/
grammultilevel.html
Exercises organized by grammar points (adjective clauses, conditionals, modals, etc.)
Created by the ESL Department
Continuing Education Division
ESL Department
Writing Help
www.members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/
essay/
Guide to writing a basic essay (topic, outline, thesis, body, introduction, conclusion) and samples
Podcasts
http://a4esl.org/podcasts/
Podcasts for ESL learners (listen, read, and download MP3)
www.englishmeeting.com
Join the discussion Podcasts (the environment, health, cultural obstacles, euthanasia, and more!
Online Dictionary/Reference/Research
www.dictionary.com
English dictionary (with translation to 30 languages), multilingual dictionary, thesaurus, and more
www.thesaurus.com
Part of www.dictionary.com
http://encyclopedia.com
Online library (Britannica Concise Encyclopedia plus numerous newspaper and magazine articles)
www.encarta.msn.com
Encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, quizzes, and information on colleges and universities
www.britannica.com
Timelines, nations, Atlas, world statistics, famous people, and American History
www.theodora.com/wfb
19 years of world facts, geography, climate, country codes, religion, health, anatomy
www.uscis.gov
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (services, immigration laws, forms, resources)
www.free.ed.gov
Federal resources for education (science, math, history, language arts, U.S. history)
News
www.abcnews.com
Video Podcasts, news summary, U.S., world news, politics, money, health, entertainment
www.cnn.com
CNN video, world, U.S., politics, entertainment, health, tech, travel, business, and sports
www.npr.org
Local, national and international news with sound and transcripts, archives, radio, Podcasts
www.latimes.com
Newspaper: California, national, world, entertainment, business, sports, calendar, and more
www.breakingnewsenglish.com
Ready-to-use EFL/ESL lesson plans on current affairs. News listening and reading
Business English
http://www.betterenglish.com/exerciselist.html
Business English lessons, grammar, vocabulary, exercises, collocations, listening
http://eslall.com/learn_english_300.html
Business articles and exercises, vocabulary, communication, etiquette, idioms, games, news
http://www.jobinterview.net
Type in your search area: Dressing for success, job interview, interview answer guide, interview
questions
Pronunciation
www.rong-chang.com
Word and sentence stress, sounds of English, accent reduction, tongue twisters, pronunciation test
www.shiporsheep.com
Minimal pairs: sheep vs. ship, cat vs. cut, worse vs. worth, and many more
www.soundsofenglish.org
Activities and exercises for students, handouts and tips for teachers
Created by the ESL Department
Continuing Education Division
ESL Department
Reading
www.britannica.com
Look under Daily Features: Biography of the Day
www.themoonlitroad.com
Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South: read it, hear it, and talk about it!
www.mysterynet.com
Mystery stories and games. A list of mystery books, TV shows, and movies.
Listening
www.esl-lab.com
Easy, medium, and difficult conversations with quizzes, and 20 minute vocabulary lessons. (Real
Media & Windows Media)
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/
Read, listen, do exercises, answer questions, and take dictation.
http://cla.univfcomte.fr/english/sites/video.htm
Video dictation, TV commercials, and movie trailers, and quizzes based on movie clips (RealPlayer,
Shockwave, QuickTime, Flash)
http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems
/index.php
Learning English through movies: watch movies with or without subtitles and answer quizzes
Vocabulary
http://www.languageguide.org/english/
Common words with pictures and pronunciation sound. Includes other 14 languages.
www.vocabulary.co.il
Word search, crosswords, hangman, quiz, match game, unscramble
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html
Self-study English vocabulary quizzes (main site includes grammar, idioms, scrambled words)
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/
Confusing verbs: Do or make? Say or tell? Irregular adjectives, prefixes, illustrated vocabulary
Help with Presentations
http://officemicrosoft.com
Help with PowerPoint, templates, clip art, and Microsoft Software
http://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.html
Presentation tips for public speaking
Group Collaboration
www.pbwiki.com
Create a website that your group can write and contribute to whenever they want—very easily
www.seedwiki.com
Another page that will help you create your own website
http://www.studygs.net/groupprojects.htm
Organizing, working on, and learning with group projects.
Links
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/
edu60.00.00/
The Internet Public Library: Links to Vocational Education
http://www.eslus.com/esl/resource.htm
Interlink Language Centers: more ESL resources and links
Created by the ESL Department