EAL/ESL Websites (compiled by the EAL/ESL Coordinator, SFU Student Learning Commons)
Breaking News English
Lesson plans for using current event to teach EAL/ESL
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
Collocations
Exercises to help you figure out which words go together
http://esl.about.com/b/2003/10/29/collocations.htm
http://www.eslflow.com/collocationsandphrasalvebs.html
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zy37mjp.htm
ELLO
A free online listening resource of over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for ESL and
EFL students and teachers.
http://elllo.org/
English as a Second Language Podcast
http://www.eslpod.com/website/
English Maze
On line English lessons and courses
http://www.englishmaze.com/
English Ryan
English teacher's free site with audio passages, video and downloadable lessons
http://www.englishryan.com/
Learning English through movies
http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems/
On-line language school
Has a 7-day free trial
www.englishtown.com
On-Line Listening Lab
Listening quizzes
http://www.esl-lab.com/
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Phrasal Verbs
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/phraverb.htm - a list of common combinations of verbs +
prepositions (e.g. look into, ask out) and their meanings
http://www.better-english.com/multiword.htm - quizzes relating to the appropriate use of
certain business-related phrasal verbs
Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
Exercises plus a phrasal verb dictionary and a verb + preposition dictionary
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
Pronunciation
Videos and animations to help you pronounce certain sounds
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
Radio Canada International-Audio news and programming from Canada
http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/index.shtml
Tower of English: The ESL Guide to the Internet
300 fun and interesting websites in 34 different categories
http://towerofenglish.com/
Words, games, puzzles, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more
http://www.manythings.org/
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