Non-grammar Websites for Extra Practice
Listening /Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab:
- Listen to Everyday Conversations (easy to difficult with follow-up exercises and activities)
- Academic Lectures & Interviews
- Language Learning, Culture Videos, & Life Tips
From ManyThings.org:
Listening & Reading
- Listen & Read Along - Flash Controls
- American Stories
- About Places
- Stories about People (Biographies)
- American History
- Words and Their Stories
- Studying in the USA
- More VOA Special English
- ESL Videos - Updated Every Day
Real English (video clips, transcripts, & exercises):
Similar Sounding Words
- Game 1: bit bite boot bought but bait bat bet beat boat Burt Bart
- Game 2: be me see he she ski tea we tree me fee key
- Game 3: win wins wit wits whip whips wick wicks wig wigs wing wings
- Game 4: leap, reap, least, list, leave, live, lip, rip, reach, rich, seat, sit
- Game 5: deep, dip, field, filled, greed, grid, heel, hill, meal, mill, seek, sick
Advanced Listening: MP3 audio files of public radio interviews from
The Story, a radio program in which people
discuss their life experiences with the interviewer:
ESL Videos about How To Do Things (banking, driving a car, answering the phone, etc.):
Speaking
From Dave’s ESL Café:
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Pronunciation / Daily Practice From ManyThings.org:
Daily Listen & Repeat - Updated Every Day
International Phonetic Alphabet: Sounds & Symbols
Similar Sounding Words
- Game 1: bit bite boot bought but bait bat bet beat boat Burt Bart
- Game 2: be me see he she ski tea we tree me fee key
- Game 3: win wins wit wits whip whips wick wicks wig wigs wing wings
- Game 4: leap, reap, least, list, leave, live, lip, rip, reach, rich, seat, sit
- Game 5: deep, dip, field, filled, greed, grid, heel, hill, meal, mill, seek, sick
Phonics Song:
Game-like Minimal Pair Practice using Flash and MP3 Files:Reading /
Listening & Reading
- Listen & Read Along - Flash Controls
- American Stories
- About Places
- Stories about People (Biographies)
- American History
- Words and Their Stories
- Studying in the USA
- More VOA Special English
- ESL Videos–Watch with subtitles--Updated Every Day
Vocabulary / ESL Word of the Day:
(Also check this site’s Idiom of the Day, Phrasal Verbs, etc.—and study what is the most helpful to YOU!)
Word Lists:
Slang:
An academic word list with definitions:
Practice using some common vocabulary correctly:
Vocabulary Game with 60 Levels:
Spelling / Make your individualized spelling lists; then practice, and test yourself!
10 Tips for Better Spelling:
English Spelling Rules
Words that Sound Alike (than/then; to/too/two)
Tricky homophones game:
Phonics Song:
Spelling Rules- Spelling words with "ei" and "ie"
- Review: "ei" and "ie"
- Spelling final "y" before a suffix
- Review: final "y" before a suffix
- Final Silent "e"
- Review: Final Silent "e"
- Spelling Words with Double Consonants
- Review: Double Consonants
More Games To Improve Spelling:
Writing / John Fleming: The Paragraph
Paragraph Development:
Proofreading:
Computer Skills
Typing Practice / Timed typing practice:
Computer Vocabulary & Pronunciation / Internet Vocabulary:
Microsoft
Word 2007
online
training courses /
Study Skills / 5 Ideas for Improving Your English:
Learn English More Effectively: A YouTube on the Importance of Review
Study Skill & Learning Strategy Videos with Captions:
COMPASS /