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Listening
http://www.EnglishListening.com/
At this web site are audio recordings for new listeners (beginning), intermediate listeners (regular) and advanced listeners.
http://www.esl-lab.com/
This site features listening exercises and quizzes divided by level. It also features audio clips on a wide range of subjects along with pronunciation exercises.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
This is the BBC page, which features songs and radio clips.This site could be used for reading as well.
http://grove.ufl.edu/~ktrickel/activity.html
This site claims to have listening, reading, and grammar activities, but it is truly oriented toward listening. The topics, including themes on Timothy McVeigh and alien abductions, are interesting and controversial.
http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/LCRA/
At this web site you can listen to authentic news programs from past NPR or ABC newscasts. Some of the topics include comets, hepatitis, and the future of the internet. After listening, there are multiple-choice comprehension questions.

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Speaking
http://www.americanaccent.com/analysis.html
This web site is primarily an ad for a product, but it does have quite a lot of information that students can read about English sounds and
intonation.
http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Public_Speaking/
This site lists references full of useful tips for successful public speaking. Great for AEP and ELP students who need some tips on public speaking.


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Reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
Great source for world events with a BBC twist.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Impact/
This site is OLD, but it does contain some possibly useful articles.
http://www.englishclub.com/
This site features all skills and multiple levels.

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Writing

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
This site has just about everything you need to know about academic writing. It is a great source for AEP and ELP students who want to learn more formal writing skills.
http://www.devry-phx.edu/lrnresrc/dowsc/integrty.htm
This is an excellent site that specializes in cybersources and verification of reliable sources.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
This is a great looking site for writing practice.

 


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Grammar
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~kpokoy1/grammar1.htm
This web site has exercises and quizzes for all levels of ESL. Some of the results (right or wrong answers) are immediate, some are by e-mail and some have the correct answers right there. It appears to cover a wide range of grammar points and looks promising.

http://www.eslcafe.com/help/
This feature of Dave’s ESL Cafe site allows students to send a question to a teacher and get an answer.

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/structure/structure1/salzmann_index.html
This site has the complete course description and syllabus of an advanced ESL grammar class given at the University of Illinois. It offers a full range of grammar explanations, exercises, and activities. In addition, it has suggestions for discovering grammar in authentic English texts available on the World Wide Web (called grammar safari). A student could come here for extra practice with difficult grammar points he or she is having in class.
http://www.elfs.com/Movietalk1.html
What could be better than mixing gram
mar with famous movie stars?
http://online.ohlone.cc.ca.us/~mlieu/
This web site has explanations and exercises on the passive, adjective clause and verb participles. What’s great about it is how the exercises have special color icons so that for each test item youf can choose help either by a review of the grammar or by getting the answer with an explanation.

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Idioms
http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/Idiom.html
A great source for your daily idiom!
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/slang/
Some good examples of slang for ESL students.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/idioms.html
This site features self-study idiom quizzes.
http://eslcafe.com/idioms/
From Dave's ESL Cafe, this site has a nice list of idioms.
http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/
Also from Dave's ESL Cafe, this site has a nice list of phrasal verbs.
http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/judi2.html
If you still need more slang, then this site has it.

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General English Practice
http://www.eslcafe.com/
This is a very comprehensive site designed for teachers and students.
http://www.elfs.com/ELFsX.html
This is a nice, comprehensive site. Happy clicking.
http://www.englishclub.com/
This site features all skills and multiple levels.
http://iteslj.org/
This site is for teachers. It has some good sample lesson plans.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/games.html
This site is for teachers. It has some good games for the classroom.
http://iteslj.org/links/
This is a great list of ESL links.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/
This is a very dynamic site that is good for teacher and student alike.
http://www.study.com/
This site features chatrooms and general English practice.
http://towerofenglish.com/
This site features a wide variety of subjects and links for ESL students.
http://www.stuff.co.uk/wicked.htm
This is a very promising site with a wide variety of topics.
http://esl.miningco.com/
This is a very comprehensive site for teachers and students.

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