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Websites useful for practicing ENGLISH. All of the following websites have FREE resources and activities. They
may ask you to pay for more advanced materials but feel free just to use the FREE activities.

Web Site and Description Web Address

ELC Study Zone
Great site from the University of Victoria: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
choose a level and choose a focus: Reading,
Vocabulary, Grammar
“Elllo” a great site for listening practice. Many
different English accents (World Englishes) and http://www.elllo.org/english/
different levels. Comprehension questions.
ESL Reading .org
A fun site with hard to believe stories. Did this http://strangenewsstories.eslreading.org/index.html
really happen? Some activities included.
UE : Using English .com
Great quizzes and practice activities online. https://www.usingenglish.com/
Reading, Grammar etc. After free registration
you can access even more practice activities.
Dave’s ESL Café
Click on “Stuff for Students”. Quizzes give http://www.eslcafe.com/
practice & are self-graded.
ESL gold is a page with many LINKS,
Click on Vocabulary : Academic Vocabulary http://www.eslgold.com/
Lists and Vocab Quizzes, or click on Reading
English with Jennifer https://www.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL?blend=1&ob=5
You tube videos
English Learner Movie Guides
Excellent support for ESL learners who want to http://www.eslnotes.com/
watch complete movies. Click on ‘Movie
Guides’
Randall’s ESL-Lab – Great site for different
levels of listening activities http://www.esl-lab.com/
Newsela is a great site for reading practice. You
can read the same newspaper article in simple https://newsela.com/
or more advanced levels and take
comprehension quizzes at each level.
OWL
This web site has excellent resources to help https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/
you learn to write academic paragraphs.
5 Minute English http://www.5minuteenglish.com/
Short pithy practice: read, listen, gram, &
vocab.
Voice of America: Lets Learn English https://www.youtube.com/user/VOALearningEnglish
Video course starting from the basics.
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Website Name and description Web Address

The Internet TESL Journal
Great collection of lesson plans and activities for http://iteslj.org/Lessons/
conversation: See Conversation/Oral English
listings
OWL: Purdue University ESL Dept.
Great resource for reviewing some of the main https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/
grammar points students learning English run
into. Also reminders of APA and MLA writing
protocols.
UE : Using English .com
Great quizzes and practice activities online. https://www.usingenglish.com/
Reading, Grammar etc. After free registration you
can access even more practice activities.
TEFL .net
Great set of worksheets and a worksheet http://www.tefl.net/
generator if you need one. Good for discrete
point learning and reinforcing.
BBC English for Learners
Great pronunciation helps, look under “features” http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/
tab and English For Work too. Some complete
lesson plans with videos and worksheets too.
Breaking NEWS English
This site has short news items, recorded at http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
differing speeds so students can start at the
slowest and keep speeding it up till they
understand native speakers at speed. There are
comprehension activities and then grammar and
vocabulary, and spelling activities to recycle.
Business English Materials
Articles about famous companies and materials http://www.businessenglishmaterials.com/
to exploit the ideas and vocabulary.
Linguarama POSTSCRIPT : Business English
This site gives short directed lessons on different http://www.linguarama.com/ps/index.htm
language functions used in various kinds of
business, through vocabulary, reading, &
grammar. Easy to use in class.
English Learner Movie Guides
Excellent support for ESL learners who want to http://www.eslnotes.com/
watch complete movies. Click on ‘Movie Guides’
5 Minute English http://www.5minuteenglish.com/
Short pithy practice: read, listen, gram, & vocab.
Voice of America Video Lessons - Beginners https://www.youtube.com/user/VOALearningEnglish