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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: choose a level and choose a focus: Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar /
“Elllo” a great site for listening practice. Many different English accents (World Englishes) and different levels. Comprehension questions. /
ESL Reading .org
A fun site with hard to believe stories. Did this really happen? Some activities included. /
UE : Using English .com
Great quizzes and practice activities online. Reading, Grammar etc. After free registration you can access even more practice activities. /
Dave’s ESL Café
Click on “Stuff for Students”. Quizzes give practice & are self-graded. /
ESL gold is a page with many LINKS,
Click on Vocabulary: Academic Vocabulary Lists and Vocab Quizzes, or click on Reading /
English with Jennifer
You tube videos /
English Learner Movie Guides
Excellent support for ESL learners who want to watch complete movies. Click on ‘Movie Guides’ /
Randall’s ESL-Lab – Great site for different levels of listening activities /
Newsela is a great site for reading practice. You can read the same newspaper article in simple or more advanced levels and take comprehension quizzes at each level. /
OWL
This web site has excellent resources to help you learn to write academic paragraphs. /
5 Minute English
Short pithy practice: read, listen, gram, & vocab. /
Voice of America: Lets Learn English
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 conversation: See Conversation/Oral English listings /
OWL: Purdue University ESL Dept.
Great resource for reviewing some of the main 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.Reading, Grammar etc. After free registration you can access even more practice activities. /
TEFL .net
Great set of worksheets and a worksheet generator if you need one. Good for discrete point learning and reinforcing. /
BBC English for Learners
Great pronunciation helps, look under “features” 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 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 to exploit the ideas and vocabulary. /
Linguarama POSTSCRIPT : Business English
This site gives short directed lessons on different 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 watch complete movies. Click on ‘Movie Guides’ /
5 Minute English
Short pithy practice: read, listen, gram, & vocab. /
Voice of America Video Lessons - Beginners /