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SDSU and ALI Links

 

Official test websites

TOEFL | TOEIC | GRE | GMAT | IELTS | SAT

 

Language Learning Links

Say Hello In Hundreds of Languages

http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/welcome.htm
or
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/welcome.htm

 

Translation Websites

BabelFish Translation
https://www.babelfish.com
This site can translate words, sentences and even paragraphs from many languages into many others.

Bing Translation
http://www.bing.com/translator
This site can translate words, sentences and even paragraphs from many languages into many others.

Babylon - Translation in 77 languages
http://translation.babylon-software.com
This site provides translation to and from 77 different languages. It's a free download.

Google Translation
https://translate.google.com
This Google program allows you to translate within webpages.

 

Vocabulary

This site practices and tests all words on the AWL - Academic Word List.
http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com

Information and Examples of Collocations
http://nlp.stanford.edu/fsnlp/promo/colloc.pdf

Exercises with Common Collocations
http://eslflow.com/collocationsandphrasalvebs.html

An Excellent Resource of Collocations and Information about Them from the Polytechnic in Hong Kong
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/advdicts/collocation.htm

A Corpus Generated From the Collins Cobuild Dictionary
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english

Academic/University Word List
The 1000 most frequently used words at colleges and universities are available for download, excluding the GSL and proper nouns.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080212073904/http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/headwords.shtml

General Services List (MS Word)

Academic Word List (MS Word)

 

Grammar

English Grammar Online for you
http://www.ego4u.com/en
This website has exercises, activities and quizzes revolving around grammar, vocabulary, business, writing and more. There is something for everyone and enough stuff to last you many, many hours of study and reviewing. There is some Business English, some listening, stories about holidays and current news stories.

English Club
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/index.htm

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

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

About.com does grammar
http://esl.about.com/blgrammar.htm

 

Listening

English Listening Lounge
www.englishlistening.com
This website has listening at 3 levels. There are between 7-10 listening passages for each level. You can read along, answer questions, or just listen.

BBC | British Council teaching English
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources
This site has English spoken by people from several different countries.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
http://www.esl-lab.com

The ITESLJ Listening section
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/

Rong Chang
http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm
A great resource for a wide range of listening

Answers for listening
http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening
A huge range of materials.

Listening ESL
http://www.listeningesl.com/
A wonderful array of listening materials.

 

Multi-Skill

ESL Learning Centre
www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm
This site has exercises for listening, grammar, vocabulary, writing and reading. You can listen to news stories, read business stories and more.

California Distance Learning Project
www.cdlponline.org
This is the California Distance learning website. It has stories, videos, audio files, readings, news and other fun, helpful activities.

Edupalace
This site is especially valuable and practical for beginners and students at levels 101 to 103. The activities are colorful and fun. This is also a great way for students to review.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/

Harcourt Publisher
These two sites contain grammar and vocabulary exercises that can stand alone or complement books by the publisher Harcourt. Also, these sites provide practice for listening, writing, grammar and vocabulary.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/vocab_power.html

This sites contains excellent information and exercises for Spanish speakers learning English.
http://www.eduplace.com/bil/

This site has grammar and reading comprehension exercises to support Houghton Mifflin published materials.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/6_8/

This site presents grammar, vocabulary and crossword activities for many levels. There is enough here to do different activities for weeks, even months.
http://a4esl.org/q/j/

This site contains bilingual vocabulary exercises and quizzes for 40 different languages. So, English to Japanese, Chinese, French, Russian, Arabic, Korean, and many other languages are waiting for you.
http://iteslj.org/v

More grammar, vocabulary and crossword activities in multiple activities.
http://a4esl.org/

Games and exercises for grammar, punctuation and more.
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html

 

Testing Practice

Testing at all levels
http://www.english-test.net

ESL4U - Test yourself is many languages
http://a4esl.org/
Choose your language and go for it.

Good Luck IELTS
http://goodluckielts.com

Good Luck TOEFL
http://goodlucktoefl.com

ETS' TOEFL Practice
http://toeflpractice.ets.org

Exam English
http://www.examenglish.com

 

Pronunciation

Phonetics: The Sounds of English and Spanish
www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
This site offers video and audio showing how to pronounce different English sounds. You just need to click on the Launch English Library link on the right side of the page.

Online Testing of Your English Pronunciation
http://www.englishlearning.com
This site has pronunciation examples and exercises in 10 languages; English, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and more.

English Pronunciation
http://international.okanagan.bc.ca/pronunciation
This website is from a Canadian university. Scroll down the page and listen to different sounds.

 

Phonetics & Linguistics

This is the International Phonetic Alphabet
http://www.linguiste.org/phonetics/ipa/chart/keyboard/

Okanagan College of Canada
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
This excellent pronunciation site pays special attention to the similar sounds of English that learners need to be able to distinguish well. The b/v, the l/r, the b/p, the w/v, the different the sounds. All are here.

 

Reading

ESL News for learning English
www.1-language.com/eslnews/
This is an excellent news site. It has real news stories from around the world and creates online exercises to check comprehension.

The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Reading
This is a site related to English teaching in Japan and has links to dozens of reading websites.

ESL Reading for all levels
http://www.eslreading.org/
This site has excellent readings at many levels and exercises.

ITESLJ Reading
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Reading/
The reading section of an excellent site.

English Club Reading
http://www.englishclub.com/reading
Has proverbs, short stories, excerpts from famous literature, and a reading test for students.

English Club Jokes
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-jokes
Many jokes, divided according to English level.

English Club Games
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/index.htm
Word games for various levels, including Hangman and crossword puzzles.

 

Writing

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab - ESL Resources for Students
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/
This is popularly known as OWL - the online writing lab at Purdue University. It has links to many useful sites and exercises.

TESL/TEFL Writing
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Writing/

The Wizard
http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html

Rong Chang's Writing
http://www.rong-chang.com/writing.htm

 

Online Dictionaries and Thesauruses

Cambridge
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
This site has good definitions for English learners. It does not pronounce the word.

Word Central
www.wordcentral.com
Easy definitions. Some words are pronounced.

Merriam-Webster
http://www.m-w.com/
This site has difficult definitions, but you can hear the word pronounced.

Thesaurus.com
http://thesaurus.reference.com
This site has a thesaurus and other useful resources.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
https://www.ldoceonline.com
easy definitions. Many words pronounced. Includes British and American English.

 

External Links

Email
Yahoo! | Outlook (Windows Live , MSN, Hotmail) | Gmail

News
CNN | MSNBC | The Washington Post | The New York Times | U-T San Diego

Leisure & Recreation
San Diego Tourism | SeaWorld | Disneyland

Transportation
Amtrak | Bus & Trolley Information | California DMV

US Government websites
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (www.uscis.gov) | Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)


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