Listening Page 1

These are great sites for listening practice. Many of the sites have quizzes, games, and other features.

Voice of America

http://www.voanews.com/

This site has video, audio, and reading; many of the topics relate to current events, but not all. There are also works of fiction on the site. The level is generally from intermediate to advanced.


English Language Listening Lab Online

http://www.elllo.org/

There are many short videos on this site. It is possible to read and listen to the talk at the same time. The level is from beginning to high-intermediate, even advanced.


Rong Chang

http://www.rong-chang.com/

http://www.rong-chang.com/easyread/

These are stories, conversations, and the speech rate varies from slow to normal. The second site says “easyread,” so many of the readings are lower level.




Real English

http://www.real-english.com/

Listen to conversations - has beginning level conversations and more advanced ones


Talk English

http://www.talkenglish.com/Listening/

Different levels


Dictation Practice

http://www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/listening-and-dictation/

About level two and higher



Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Some of the “easy” listening is quite difficult. If you like a challenge, this might be a good site for you.




Listening Page 2

More listening resources...

National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org

You can hear real news from National Public Radio. There are also many readings about current events.This site is for advanced students.


Mouse over Music

http://www.fonetiks.org/mom/

You listen to popular music with the lyrics (words) on this site, but the songs are not complete.






Simple English News

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/

These stories are short, and there are quizzes for each one.Some of the sound is not clear.


ESL Videos/Quizzes

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

There are videos at many levels, including greetings and introductions for beginning-level students. You can also take short quizzes on this site.


Storyline Online

http://www.storylineonline.net/

These are videos in which famous actors read children’s stories.Some of the stories are quite good.


Spotlight English

http://spotlightenglish.com/

Difficult – You can listen and read at the same time.



There are many sites which can help students with pronunciation. You will need to explore these sites one-by-one in order to find one that you like.


English phonetic transcription

http://upodn.com/

Type some words, and the computer writes them phonetically.


To Learn English

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/cgi2/myexam/index.php?go=13

There are many kinds of searchable exercises by many authors.


English Club

http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/

Pronunciation section has a variety of activities.


Heteronyms

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/heteronym.html

Practice with words that are spelled identically but have different meanings when pronounced differently.





Sounds of English

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/

The Holly’s Corner section has the most exercises; section with tips for teachers; large list of papers about pronunciation


Antimoon.com

http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc.htm

This site’s focus is on phoneme level. There is some comparison of British and American English.This is part of a much larger site, and there is a lot of good information here.


Tools for Clear Speech (TFCS)

https://tfcs.baruch.cuny.edu/

You can pinpoint problematic areas from the L1 by toggling the native language.



Here are some good websites for practicing reading.

EASY READING FOR ESL BEGINNERS

http://www.rong-chang.com/easyread/index.html

The readings are simple, but they are in past tense.


NEWS IN LEVELS

http://www.newsinlevels.com/

These readings are from beginning to advanced level. There are many stories in simple present tense.



ESL FAST

https://www.eslfast.com/

These are very simple stories for level one and two students. Many stories use simple present tense.


AESOP’S FABLES

http://aesopfables.com/

These are the famous Greek stories from many years ago. The translations will be difficult for most ESL students.

100 English Stories

http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

These stories are for intermediate and high-intermediate learners.


American Folklore

http://www.americanfolklore.net/esl-reading.html

These stories are for advanced students. The writing style will be difficult for students who are not familiar with folktales.


EL Civics for ESL Students

http://www.elcivics.com/

These readings talk about American government, history, and holiday traditions. They are for high-beginning and intermediate students.




These sites are excellent for learning vocabulary.

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Self-Study English Vocabulary Quizzes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

Some of the quizzes load very slowly; others don’t load at all. They are very good, however.

Dave Sperling’s ESL Quiz Center

https://www.eslcafe.com/resources/quizzes

Dave Sperling has everything for ESL students and teachers. Students should click on “Stuff for Students” on the left side of the screen. There are grammar tests and other activities at this site too, not just vocabulary quizzes.



Vocabulary.com

http://www.vocabulary.com/

You can sign up for free to use this site. It’s for studying advanced vocabulary

English for my Job

http://www.englishformyjob.com/index.html

You can improve your vocabulary for working in hotels, restaurants, or elsewhere.


Using English for Academic Purposes

http://www.uefap.com/

There are many types of vocabulary exercises on this site.


Large English Vocabulary Word Lists

http://www.manythings.org/

This loads very slowly, but you can study the 3,000 most frequent words in English. The site is very informative, and there are many different activities.


Phrasal Verb Demon

http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/index.html

It can be difficult to find the exercises, quizzes, and games.



You can practice academic words to improve your reading, writing, and test-taking skills.


Academic Word List

http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/academic_wordlist.html

Click on “Vocabulary” and you can take vocabulary quizzes. You can also learn more about TOEFL, TOEIC, and other tests on this site.


Using English for Academic Purposes

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm

This site has headwords, related words and definitions.


ESL desk

http://www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/academic

These word lists link to a “Wiktionary.”


Practice English grammar with the help of these sites.You will have to explore these yourselves to find one that you like. They all have good exercises.


English Zone

http://english-zone.com/index.php


Chompchomp.com

http://chompchomp.com

This site is good for native English speakers and very advanced nonnative speakers.


X Word Grammar

http://www.xwordgrammar.com/


E Learn English

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/esl/grammar/grammar.html





“CALL” means Computer Assisted Language Learning. These sites have many different types of activities. Have fun exploring these websites!


Sometimes you just need a dictionary. We understand. Here are five bilingual dictionaries.



French-English dictionary:

http://www.wordreference.com/


Vietnamese-, Chinese-, and French-English dictionary:

http://vdict.com/


Freedict.com (many languages)

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/


Spanish-English dictionary:

http://www.spanishdict.com/index.cfm



Translators


Google Translate

https://translate.google.com/


DeepL Translator

https://www.deepl.com/en/translator


Games are a great way to learn language and have fun at the same time. Try these games!

Resource list compiled by Larry Udry. Website designed by Liz Winter.