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Adult Education ESL

Web Links

Websites to Study English
Idiom Practice
Listening/Pronunciation Practice
Other Interesting Sites
Local Web Links

Websites to Study English:

new Try these new ones:

http://www.languageguide.org/english/index.jsp
Basic English Vocabulary with audio sound -- great practice

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/index.html
Eclectic English – free online activities

http://www.focusenglish.com/
Focus English -- helps ESL students develop conversational skills

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/index.html
Games to Play – Excellent Site

http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
Funbrain: Spell and check -- kid's site, but good exercise for adults

http://www.wordmania.org/index.htm
Word Mania Game

http://www.lexigame.com/letterbox/letterbox.html
The Letterbox Games

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/michel.barbot/hotpot/exercises.htm
Hot Potatoes -- Games and Quizzes

	http://www.1-language.com/ 1-language.com - Free, comprehensive website
	http://www.agendaweb.org AgendaWeb – The best exercises from the best websites
	http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun Check out the Word Search – Hangman - Match Games
	http://www.clta.on.ca/EAOnline/GrammarCentral/index.html Grammar Central -- Online activities
	http://www.real-english.com/ The Real English ESL Video series includes some free, on-line lessons. NOTE: Needs a high-speed internet connection to run well.
	http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Square/6264/index.htm Marco’s English Grammar and Testing Page
	http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Square/6264/index1.htm Verb Tense System - Great for overall practice
	http://www.wordpower.ws/index.html Look at New Vocabulary by topic – Good for beginners – printable
	http://www.awesomestories.com/index2.htm AwesomeStories.com
	http://www.thewclc.ca/edge/ THE LEARNING EDGE (interactive literacy newspaper)
	http://www.eslus.com/eslcenter.htm?esl-lounge.com (The ESL Resource Center)
	http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/welcome.html (English Exercises Online)
	http://www.miguelmllop.com/index.php (An extensive resource website)
	http://www.englishlearner.com/index.html (English Learner.com)
	http://clicknlearn.net/auro/inicio.html (Interactive English by Aurora Gil) Click on menu to begin.
	http://a4esl.org/ (The Internet TESL Journal)
	www.englishclub.net (Englishclub.com)
	http://www.eslcafe.com/ (Dave's ESL Cafe)
	www.ManyThings.org (Interesting Things for ESL Students)
	http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/qz.htm (Interactive ESL Practice)
	http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm (English Language Center Study Zone)
	http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html (Better English)
	http://www.englishdaily626.com/ (English Daily)

	http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html (ESL Independent Study Lab)
	http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm#adj.htm (ESL Blues)
	www.english-zone.com (The English-Zone -- (a $20.00 membership to access complete site for one year; $12.00 for 6 months; $7.00 for 30 days.)

	http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7583/ (Grammar When You Need It)
	http://www.pacificnet.net/%7Esperling/quiz/#grammar (ESL Cafe Quiz Center)
	http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/class/material/quiz/#vocab (English quizzes)

	http://www.pdictionary.com/ (Picture Dictionary)
	http://www.topics-mag.com/ (Topics - An online magazine for learners of English)
	http://www.teflgames.com/games.html (ESL games and Quiz Corner)
	http://iteslj.org/cw/ (Crossword Puzzles for ESL students)

	http://www.nathalieb.com (For French speakers learning English)
	http://www.mansioningles.com/ (Website for Spanish speakers learning English)

Try this new one:

http://club.telepolis.com/englishweb/
(Interactive Workbook: English Exercises (For Spanish speakers)

Idiom Practice:

	http://www.wordpower.ws/idioms/a.html Idioms A – Z
	http://www.doghause.com/idioms1.html Animal Idioms and Expressions
	http://www.idiomsite.com/ IdiomSite.com-- Alphabetical list with definitions

	http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html (Idiom Exercises)
	http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/ (An English Teacher’s Collection of Idioms)
	http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/ (The Idiom Connection)
	http://eslcafe.com/idioms/ (ESL Cafe -- Idiom Page)

Listening/Pronunciation Practice:

	http://www.esl-lab.com/ (Randall's ESL Cyber Listening lab)
	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ (Voice of America Special English - done at a slower pace and uses a simplified English vocabulary.)

http://www.rong-chang.com/
(Learning Oral English Online)

	http://esl.about.com/cs/listening/index.htm?once=true& (About.com - Listening Links)
	http://www.englishlistening.com/ (The English Listening Lounge -- Free Guest Area)

www.brainpop.com
(Good content movies to watch and listen to--2 free each login)

Other Interesting Sites:

           http://www.eslnotes.com/
           ESLnotes.com -- The English learner movie guide

           http://www.anglik.net/songlyricsindex.htm
           Song lyrics for classic pop and rock music

	http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en Official World Cup website
	http://www.theodora.com/maps/abc_world_maps.html World Maps
	http://www.theodora.com/flags/flags.html Flags of All Countries
	http://www.theodora.com/wfb/ Countries of the World – Fact Book

	http://www.angelfire.com/in/rampant81/lessonindex.html (The Typing Page)
	http://www.ultralingua.net/dictionary/ (Ultra Lingua’s Web Dictionary)
	http://translation2.paralink.com/ Translator
	http://translate.google.com/translate_ Google Translator

	http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand/1760/Converter.html (The Universal Currency Converter)
	http://www.albireo.ch/bodyconverter/ (Body Weight / Height Converter -- American Units to Metric Units)
	http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/test/dualclock.html (Times Around the World)

	http://www.50states.com/ (The 50 states -- Capital Cities and Information Links)
	http://www.yourdictionary.com/crossword/puzzles.html (Crossword Puzzles in many languages)
	http://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml (Count from 1 to 10 in 4,500 languages)
	http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/ (Common phrases in many other languages)

	http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/ (Link to CNN WORLD news)
	http://www.ipl.org/div/news/ (Links to world newspapers)

http://www.nytimes.com/
www.chicagotribune.com
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.latimes.com/
www.usatoday.com
(Links to large-city newspapers in the USA)

	http://www.ucomics.com/comics/ (More than 70 nationally syndicated comics)
	http://www.historychannel.com/today/ ("This Day in History"
	http://www.s9.com/biography/index.html (Covers more than 28,000 notable men and women)
	http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (The World Fact Book)
	http://www.countryreports.org/ Country Reports - 2004 Edition Data for countries around the world)
	http://www.toefl.org/index.html (The official website for TOEFL)
	www.istudentcity.com (Information site for international students)

Local Web Links:

	http://www.quadcitiesonline.com/directory/ (Quad-Cities Online) Find local events, movie times, weather, etc...
	http://www.qctimes.com/ Quad-Cities Times newspaper

	http://www.kwqc.com/ (Local NBC TV station website)
	http://www.wqad.com/ (Local ABC TV station website)
	http://quadcities.com/ (Visitor's Guide to the Quad-Cities)

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