The American Center

Internet Language Links for Students of English

I. GENERAL ESL LINKS

Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web  
http://www.eslcafe.com/

ESL Independent Study Lab      
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html

Voice of America Special English 
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

Centre for Independent Language Learning  
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/Default4.htm

Activities for ESL Students                      
http://a4esl.org/

English Daily  
http://www.english-daily.com/

BBC World Service: Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

Voice of America English
http://www.voanews.com/english/index.cfm

ESL Party Land
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/conv.htm

EnglishCentral -- Improve Speaking English Online
http://www.englishcentral.com

II. VOCABULARY LINKS

English Vocabulary Word Lists with Games, Puzzles and Quizzes http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/

BBC News English - Words in the News http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/

EAP Vocabulary: Exercises (English for Academic Purposes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/

ESL Topics and Vocabulary http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/

The Compleat Lexical  
http://www.lextutor.ca/

Vocabulary Self-Study Quizzes 
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

Business English Collocation Exercises   
http://www.better-english.com/strongcoll.htm

Collocations: Eslflow webguide      
http://www.eslflow.com/collocationsandphrasalvebs.html

Phrasal Verb Demon 
www.phrasalverbdemon.com/collocationstheory.htm

Watch Your Particles!
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/tests/index.htm

III. PRONUNCIATION LINKS

American Accent Training
http://www.americanaccent.com/

International Phonetic Alphabet
http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/

Mouth Workout
http://www.elfs.com/MMz.html

Phonics Practice
http://www.fonetiks.org/

Pronunciation Lesson Plans
http://esl.about.com/od/pronunciationlessonplan1/

Phonics Resources
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/newstart.html

Merriam Webster Pronouncing Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Pronunciation Poem
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/english-pronunciation.html

IV. GRAMMAR LINKS

BBC's Skillwise  
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/

Grammar Quizzes (Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students)
http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

GWYNI - Grammar When You Need It
http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

V. LISTENING LINKS

Randalls’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
http://www.esl-lab.com/

Ellie's English - Ellie Speaks Out
http://www.elliesenglish.com/wendyselect.php

Ellie's English - Phrasal Verbs
http://www.elliesenglish.com/wendyselect.php

English Listening Language Lab Online
http://www.elllo.org/

Learn English Central – Listening Downloads
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-listening-downloads.htm

Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/e/listening.html

National Public Radio: 
http://www.npr.org/
    
Living on Earth:
www.loe.org/

Breaking English
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
  
ESL Podcast: 
http://www.eslpod.com/