USEFUL WEBSITES Learning English on the web • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 Minute English: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/archives.htm About: http://esl.about.com/ Assessment Test: http://www.churchillhouse.com/tests/index.html Better English: http://www.better-english.com/ Common errors in English: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html Complete List of Irregular Verbs: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones.htm Crossword Puzzles: http://iteslj.org/cw/ Dave’s ESL Cafe: http://www.eslcafe.com/ Differences between British and American English: http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110698.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences http://universalfacts.blogspot.com/2005/07/differences-between-american-and.html Edufind: http://www.edufind.com/ English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/ English Forum: http://www.englishforum.com/00/ English Lessons and Tests: http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html English Page: http://www.englishpage.com/ English Zone: http://english-zone.com/ English@home: http://www.english-at-home.com/ Grammar Slammer: http://englishplus.com/grammar/gsdeluxe.htm Karin’s ESL Party Land: http://www.eslpartyland.com/ Linguistic Funland: http://www.tesol.net/teslact.html Many Things: http://www.manythings.org/ Study Zone: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/ Taiwan Teacher: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/grammar.html The Grammar Aquarium: http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/freeexercises.htm The Internet TESL Journal: http://a4esl.org/ The LEO Lab: http://www.aec.ku.edu/leo/index.html Focus on reading • American Accent Training: http://www.americanaccent.com/intonation.html • English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/reading/index.htm • SOON: http://www.soon.org.uk/content.htm • Stories for Scouts: http://www.macscouter.com/Stories/ Focus on listening • BBC World Service Learning English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ • English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/listening/index.htm • Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab: http://esl-lab.com/ Focus on idioms and slang • A dictionary of slang: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ • Geocities: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/ • Toon into Idioms: http://www.elfs.com/2nInX-Title.html • Slang: http://www.manythings.org/daily/ http://www.manythings.org/slang/ US Newspapers • CNN: http://www.cnn.com/ • Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/ • New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com • The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com • USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com UK Newspapers • BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/text_only.stm • The Daily Herald Tribune: http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ • The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com • The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/ • The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/ • The Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk • The Observer: http://observer.guardian.co.uk • The Sunday Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/, Magazines • Discover: http://www.discover.com/ • Life: http://www.life.com/Life/ • Newsweek: http://www.msnbc.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/ • The Economist: http://www.economist.com/ • The Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/public/us • Time: http://www.time.com/time/