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DIALANG (Online diagnostic test design to assess a person's proficiency in various languages, including English)


LANGUAGE SKILLS

LISTENING
PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
READING
VOCABULARY
WRITING
TRANSLATION
LANGUAGE LEARNING LINKS (all skills)
TEST YOUR ENGLISH
CORPORA
DICTIONARIES
COMMERCIAL ENGLISH
BRITISH PRESS
AMERICAN PRESS
RADIO PROGRAMMES (News and general interest)
NEWS

 


LISTENING

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Using English for Academic Purposes: University of Hertfordshire
CNN Learning Resources
ELLLO
Esl-lounge - All levels
British Council - Good listenings on British Culture with videos - Two levels
Voice of America - Interesting stories from USA news with tapescripts - Two levels
5minuteenglish - Listening to Dialogues on everyday events. (Wait 20 seconds until the start button appears)
Englishclub ESL - Listening and dictation activities
Take IELTS - IELTS Listening Practice tests 
Exam English - IELTS Listening Practice tests 
IELTS Exam - IELTS Listening Practice tests 
IELTS Buddy - IELTS Listening Practice tests 
Exam English - FCE Listening Practice tests 
Virtuaule - FCE Listening Practice tests 
Cambridge English - FCE Listening Practice Tests (click on ‘Listening Sample Test’)
English Aula - FCE Listening Practice Tests 
Exam English - CAE Listening Practice tests 
Virtuaule - Listening Practice tests 
English Aula - CAE Listening Practice Tests 
Cambridge English - CAE Listening Practice Tests (click on ‘Listening Sample Test’)
BBC - News stories videos with vocab activities
BBC - Audio news reports with transcripts, vocab and activities
BBC - 6 minute English podcasts, with vocab definitions
BBC - News stories videos with vocab activities
University of Reading (UK) - lectures, with activities and transcripts
Learning English Teens - Audio reports with activities and transcripts (SELECT CORRECT LEVEL)
ESOL courses - Videos and audio with comprehension exercises (select Intermediate-Advanced level)
BBC - Podcasts
TED talks
English Club - Dictation practice
English Class 101 - This site has over 1000 podcasts to choose from. Updated every week, you can take your listening on the go by downloading it onto your mobile phone
 
 

PRONUNCIATION

Sounds of English
This site is for English as Second Language students and offers a step-by-step guide to pronunciation as well as having audio files and videos.
Quizzes with Sound
Pronunciation Skills
Say it - Try to pronounce the phonetics and write the correct word
5minuteenglish - Pronunciation activities
BBC - Videos on pronunciation of sounds and words
Learner's Dictionary - Letter and sound pronunciation bank
BBC - Letter and sounds pronunciation videos
BBC - Letter and sounds pronunciation activities
Real Life - Listen to and study ‘The Poem’
Cambridge English Online - Phonemic chart with audio and examples
Espresso English - English pronunciation exercises: Vowels
ESL lounge - Rhyming words exercise
ESL lounge - Rhyming words exercise 2
ESL lounge - Various phoneme exercises
Kaplan International English - Tongue twisters (American accent)
English Expressions - Tongue twisters with letter sounds
HowJSay - Dictionary of pronunciation
TedPower - Every nationality has their issues when learning to speak a foreign language. This site is broken into nationalities and address certain troubles associated with your native language 



GRAMMAR  
 
Perfect Your English
Better-English.com - grammar and vocabulary
Englishpage
Grammar bytes
Grammar Zone
English Grammar Connection
English Grammar Lessons 
English Grammar Secrets
The Internet TESL Journal Project
The Internet Grammar of English 
Michigan Grammar Test(B2)
Michigan Grammar Test(Proficiency)
Proficiency Grammar Test
Oxford Practice Grammar Intermediate
Oxford Practice Grammar Advanced
Grammar Quizzes
First English - Grammar exercises (4 levels)
English for everyone - Verbs and tenses
Ego4u.com - All Grammar areas with exercises
English club - Grammar quizzes
5minuteenglish.com - Random 5 minute activities
Tiny Tefl Teacher - Lots of systematic grammar practice as well as vocabulary and FCE exercises
Englisch Hilfen - Grammar explanations and exercise
Esl-lounge - A variety of exercises (4 levels)
a4esl.org - 6 levels of grammar quizzes
Esl Desk - Grammar exercises
Learn English BC - General grammar skills: Explanations and exercises
How to Learn English - Articles on grammar (reference only)
Eamus - Grammar exercises
Learn English Teens - Grammar videos, explanations and exercises
Learn English Teens - Videos and exercises on phrasal verbs
IELTS Exam - IELTS level grammar explanations and exercises 
IELTS Buddy - IELTS level phrasal verbs with exercise 
Oxford University Press - Grammar exercises
Guide to Grammar - This site has hundreds of grammar explanations specifically for academic students 



READING  

English Zone
ELC Study Zone
200 Reading exercises
News articles
Preliminary English Test
IELTS Reading 1
IELTS Reading 2
IELTS Reading 3
First Certificate Reading
Toefl Reading practice
Business Reading
TOIEC Reading
TOIEC Reading 2
Learn English Teens - Reading with comprehension and vocab activities (SELECT CORRECT LEVEL)
Take IELTS - IELTS Reading Practice Tests 
Take IELTS - IELTS Reading Practice Tests 
Exam English - IELTS Reading Practice Tests
IELTS Exam - IELTS Reading Practice Tests
IELTS Buddy - IELTS Reading Practice Tests 
Cambridge English - FCE Reading and Use of English practice test (click on ‘Reading and Use of English sample test’)
Flo Joe - FCE Reading and Use of English practice tests 
Hibernia Institute - FCE Reading and Use of English practice tests
Auto English - FCE Reading and Use of English practice tests
Cambridge English - CAE Reading and Use of English practice test (click on ‘Reading and Use of English sample test’)
Exam English - CAE Reading and Use of English practice tests 
Flo Joe - CAE Reading and Use of English practice tests 
Hibernia Institute - CAE Reading and Use of English practice tests 
EngExam - CAE Reading and Use of English practice tests
Using English - Advanced level reading comprehension exercises 
English Club - Short stories with vocab and comprehension exercises
Your Story Club - Short stories
The Guardian - Short story written by Tom Hanks (can also listen to audio of actor reading the story)
Biographies
National Geographic - Reading practice and exercises (select correct level in order to access activities)
 


VOCABULARY 

English Exercises EFL exercises and ESL Quizzes
Better-English.com - vocabulary
E-commerce - General vocabulary
Cambridge Advanced English in Use 1
Cambridge Advanced English in Use 2
Cambridge
Toefl Vocabulary Test
Proficiency Vocabulary Test
Proficiency Dictionary Test
Google Fight
Google Books
JustTheWord
Oxford Collocation Dictionary Online for Advanced English Learners
Victoria University of Wellington - Academic Word List - School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
EnglishClub - Collocations
Esl-lounge - Student | Vocabulary Advanced
To Learn English - Collocations exercises
Learn English BC - Vocabulary and exercises
Oxford University Press - Intermediate Vocabulary exercises
Oxford University Press - Advanced Vocabulary exercises 
IELTS Buddy - IELTS level word lists and exercises (click on ‘Practice words’ exercises) 
IELTS Buddy - Common idioms and practice exercises
IELTS Buddy - IELTS level collocations
Learn English Feel Good - Vocab exercises
Flo Joe - CAE vocab exercises
Exam English - CAE vocab exercises (select others on right side of screen) 
English Current - Vocab exercises (select test level and number of questions)



WRITING  

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
IELTS Writing
First Certificate Writing 1
First Certificate Writing 2
Toefl Structure Test 1
Toefl Structure Test 2
Toefl Structure Test 3
Academic Phrasebank
Advice on Academic Writing
Academic Writing in English (AWE)
Take IELTS - IELTS Level Writing Practice - Academic (with model answers) 
Take IELTS - IELTS Level Writing Practice - General Training (with model answers) 
How to learn English - Articles on spelling (reference only)
How to Learn English - Articles on punctutation (reference only)
Learn English Teens - Styles of writing, tips, common phrases and activities (SELECT CORRECT LEVEL)
IELTS Exam - IELTS Level Writing Practice (with model answers) 
IELTS Exam - IELTS Level Writing exercises, useful phrases, language structures, etc 
Cambridge English - FCE Writing practice test (click on ‘Writing sample test’) 
Cambridge English - CAE Writing practice test (click on ‘Writing sample test’) 
Simply Scripts - Online database of scripts and screenplays
Grammar Girl - Grammar Girl provides short and funny tips to improve your writing. She offers memory tricks to help recall some of the more troubling grammar rules as well as has a great podcast!
EasyBib - If your literary paper requires you to show your citations, this website will help the citation process go a lot quicker 
 


TRANSLATION  

Eamus - Translation exercises: Italian to English (click on various Translation Exercises)
Speak Italian - Translation exercises: English to Italian
Ingliando - Translation exercises: Italian to English (easy)
Ingliando - Translation exercises: Italian to English (intermediate)
Parallel Texts by Ercole Guidi - English-Italian literary translations (select a text, view in one language, translate on paper, then self-correct using the online translation)



LANGUAGE LEARNING LINKS (all skills)   

BBC Learning English
Many Things
ELT Matters
Learn English – Learn English as a Second Language
Tower of English
English Club
Using English
World English: test, learn, and study
UK Student Life
English Learner
Test your level of English
Learn English BC - Videos, exercises and word games
How to Learn English - Articles on general language learning skills (browse also different topics on left side of page)
ESL Gold - Not only does this site offer speaking, grammar, vocabulary, listening and reading exercises, but also it can connect you with other students learning English as well to practice pronunciation 
Oxford University Press learning resources - Oxford University Press has a learning resource bank that is incredibly helpful. They also have divided resources into three levels, young learners, teenage learners, and adult learners. They offer downloadable student practice books as well as having audio recordings focusing on vocabulary usage and short educational videos 
AE - American English - This site is catered for English as Second Language (ESL) teachers but is still valuable to students. Check out the webinars offered on this site to be exposed to how teachers should teach “American English” 
ESL/ELL Education - This is a research guide compiled from the American University of Wisconsin. This guide has several interactive websites to practice grammar using online exercises and quizzes. This tool is best to save and refer back to due to the quantity of resources offered. 
NY Public Library English resources 
The Purdue University's writing lab - Purdue University’s Writing Lab has broken down every part of the English Language. If you need help with formatting academic papers, this site explains how-to format best. This site also breaks down confusing concepts such as the semicolon and when to use it. 
5 minute English - This resource was designed for students who want a short and simple answer for a specific question they have. If you are still confused or need further help, there are other, longer explanations to help as well as exercises to check to see if you understand. 



TEST YOUR ENGLISH  
 


CORPORA 
 


DICTIONARIES 



BRITISH PRESS 
 


OTHER PRESS  



NEWS (international/online) 

Newsy - Videos and audio recordings of current news stories
BBC - News (British TV channel)
ITV - News (British TV channel)
Channel 4 - News (British TV channel)
Sky - News
CNN - News (USA)
Live Science - Articles on science and news
NPR - News, music and the arts



Interviews