links for learning...

on this page...

language links
topics
listening
native speaker
on line dictionary
ask your questions
toefl links
toefl reading
toefl listening
toefl writing
toefl grammar
grammar
vocabulary

if you find...

If you find any other useful links, then why not let me know about them so that we can share them. Any broken links - please let me know. It is very difficult to keep up with all of these! Thanks, Miguel.

Language Links

• Activities for ESL Students (By Many Teachers)
• Interesting Things for ESL Students (Charles Kelly & Larry Kelly)
• ESL Blue(s) (Eifion Pritchard) ESL BLUE is a very useful website for English learners. It offers lessons for learners from pre-intermediate to high-intermediate level English. It calls these levels 1,2,3, meaning pre-intermediate, intermediate and high intermediate respectively.
  There are quizzes and activities about adjectives, adverbs, articles, grammar, tenses, reading, verbs and vocabulary. It gives hints when a user makes a mistake about an answer. In my opinion, this is a very useful feature.
  One thing I dislike about the site is the design. It could be done more professionally, and in this way, it would be more attractive for users. (Written by Gaye Pilevne)
  
• ESL Independent study lab Visitors from over 149 countries have been here! Hundreds of activities and student reviews of sites...

Texts to read and listen to, pronunciation practice, spelling practice, ...

• Working
• Law & Government
• Family
• School
• Health & Safety
• Housing
• Money
• Science & Technology
• Services
• Going Places Nature
• English Language Listening Lab On line

Over 400 Listening Activities

• UVic English Language Centre University of Iowa's Phonetics: The Sounds of American English - Requires Flash and QuickTime. Listen and watch how to pronounce sounds. 

• Interactive Quizzes - Guide to Grammar and Writing (Charles Darling & Others)

This is mainly for native English speakers.

Voice of America (VOA) Special English

• Listen to the Most Recent 30-Minute Broadcast
  • RealAudio Stream or Download the RealAudio File
  • Listen to it with RealPlayer Basic (Free).
  • VOA's Special English has a limited vocabulary of about 1,500 words and is spoken at a slow pace.
  • Read the Scripts

California Distance Learning Project 

Online Dictionary 

Ultra Lingua's Web Dictionary

Stemming (English only)

• Enter this site and click on WordWeb – a very useful English-English dictionary & thesaurus http://sfl.emu.edu.tr/stork/downloads.htm 

Where to Ask Questions 

• Dave's ESL Help Center

TOEFL Links

• The official information bulletin board of TOEFL http://toefl.org 
• Reading, structure, listening tests and answers, TOEFL hints, TOEFL frequently asked questions) http://education.kulichki.net/lang/toefl4.html 
• TOEFL words, several practice tests, writing sample essay, writing topics http://eleaston.com/standtestqz.html#toefl 
• Register here to take a free TOEFL test with all 4 sections http://www.4tests.com/users/register.asp 
• A sample TOEFL test [Section II: Structure and Written Expression] - you can submit scores as well http://www.graduateshotline.com/sampletoefl.html 
• A sample listening test with audio clip – get your scores as well) http://toeflcourse.com/listentest.htm 
• FIFTEEN Scored TOEFL Quizzes and Practice Tests with Feedback -One of the Best Websites! http://www.testmagic.com/Knowledge_Base/TOEFL/Structure/index.htm

TOEFL Reading

• A sample reading test - can submit for score http://toeflcourse.com/readtest.htm 

TOEFL Listening

• TOEFL practice questions with answers http://a4esl.org/q/j/cy/mc-toefl40a.html 

TOEFL Writing

• An exercise on incomplete sentences http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_fragEX1.html 
• Different exercises on punctuation, spelling and prepositions
• This website will take you through the actual steps of writing a basic paragraph.http://www.paragraphpunch.com/cgi-bin/pp1.pl?step=1 
• Chat with an artificial intelligence called A.L.I.C.E. and improve your English 

• 100 TOEFL Essay Models http://www.testmagic.com/test/ViewTopicsOfEssays6.asp 

TOEFL Grammar Practice:

• http://a4esl.org/q/j/jm/ci-e01.html
• http://a4esl.org/q/j/jm/ci-e01.html
• http://a4esl.org/q/j/vm/ed-cm.html
• http://a4esl.org/q/j/vm/ed-cm.html
• A short TOEFL quiz - do it and check your answers! http://www.gettoefl.com/cgi-bin/daily/daily.pl 
• In this website below you can take a vocabulary quiz and a TOEFL quiz which change every hour. It also has some TOEFL listening quizzes http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm 
• Sign up at this website to receive FREE TOEFL Practice! http://www.testmagic.com/FreeStuff/newsletter.htm 
• TestMagic Home Page - Lots of TOEFL Practice here! http://www.testmagic.com/FreeStuff/newsletter.htm 
• TOEFL Grammar Reference Page http://www.testmagic.com/grammar/index.htm
• TOEFL grammar test http://www.testmagic.com/grammar/exercises/tm_stcs_01.htm

 

Grammar

• An excellent site to practice your verbs [e.g. phrasal verbs, gerunds, participles!] Some very good explanations and lots of quizzes! http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm
• Practice questions on subject-verb agreement http://a4esl.org/q/j/kf/mc-svad.html 
• A test of grammar and vocabulary http://a4esl.org/q/j/tp/mc-placement.html 
• An exercise on PREFIXES and SUFFIXES http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webex1.htm 
• Common Errors Quiz http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/commerr2.txt

Learn more vocabulary:

• http://syndicate.com/
• http://www.angelfire.com/me/SharadTheGenius/Top100TOEFLVocabulary.htm
• Several vocabulary quizzes that you can work on for a long time! Excellent for improving your vocabulary!