Showing posts with label Speaking and Listening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speaking and Listening. Show all posts

Monday, February 14, 2011

Useful ESL Websites

Here are some useful ESL websites that can help you with everything from grammar and writing to listening and speaking.

1. The University of Illinois Intensive English Institute.
Use this website to link to many other websites for just about everything: grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, pronunciation, test preparation, and online dictionaries.

2. Grammar Bytes
This site has interactive grammar exercises that are fun and helpful!

3. ESL Gold
ESL Gold is another website that has multiple helpful sections for different English skills. You can also search for help using your proficiency level and your native language.

4. English Club
English Club allows you to search for topics such as Business English, Idioms, English Games, Jokes, and other subjects.

5. English Page
English Page has many grammar tutorials and several online dictionaries.

6. A4ESL
This site has grammar and vocabulary quizzes organized by level. There are also bilingual quizzes available in many languages.

7. English Central
English Central is a great way to practice listening to real English! There are a variety of videos to watch, and the site will help teach you important vocabulary, test your understanding, and then allow you to practice speaking!

8. Purdue OWL
The University of Purdue's Online Writing Lab is a great resource for academic writing. Use this site to help with grammar, writing skills, and correct academic citations for your papers.

9. Dave's ESL Cafe
Dave's ESL Cafe is a site where ESL teachers post information and activities for students. Click the "Stuff for Students" tab at the top of the page to find helpful worksheets.

10. Fun Easy English
For practice in a variety of areas, including grammar, reading, and listening, try these activities for kids as well as adults.

11. English with Jennifer
Jennifer Lebedev is an English instructor who has compiled a website and YouTube channel to help students learn English. She makes her own videos and activities, which are easy to understand and cover a wide range of topics. She discusses basic grammar, advanced grammar, vocabulary, slang, pronunciation, and much more!

12. English Test
Includes interactive exercises for every level. Practice synonyms, business language, common errors, idiomatic expressions and much more!

13. English Daily
Learn by examples of conversations, idioms, slang, and common errors. This is also a great site to learn new vocabulary as well as find explanations to grammar rules.

14. ESL Discussions
Check out some of these conversation starters and practice with a friend! The range of topics covers almost anything you can think of!

15. Learn English with Trace
Learn English by interacting and solving puzzles in "a virtual world filled with diverse English-speaking characters." Take "a dynamic journey through the United States, traveling to cultural locations like Kansas, New Orleans, the Grand Canyon, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C."

Monday, November 9, 2009

Conversation Group Opportunities

Gavel Club

An ESL teacher and a group of international students have formed a Gavel Club (related to Toastmasters International). This group will meet once per week to socialize and improve speaking, listening and thinking.

Membership is open to those to non-native speakers of English. There is one restriction: those who are working full-time are not eligible (because of a Gavel CLub rule). But, if you are a student and are working part-time, you are eligible.

There are no membership fees to join. Only enthusiasm is required! For more information, email Tasha: tasyamq@cox.net



San Diego International/English as a Second Language Meetup

According to their website, the SD International/English as a Second Language Meetup group includes "both ESL and native English speakers (who are and are interested in meeting others culturally-minded people). We get together often to share fun, music, delicious food, culture, dancing, and language."

San Diego Writers

This is a local nonprofit organization that oversees reading and writing groups that meet in many places around the San Diego area. You can meet other writers, get feedback on your work, have discussions with published authors or just find a quiet and comfortable place to write with other writers. The organization also offers classes and workshops on writing. Some services are free and some services you will have to pay for.