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WRITING
Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide
This online textbook in basic writing offers students three
approaches to becoming more confident writers

Writer's Handbook
Great for Composition students and all other college/university
writers. Check out their Table of Contents.

University of Victoria (Canada)Writer's Guide
A fully hyperlinked textbook for Composition.

GRAMMAR
Guide to Grammar and Writing

READING
Reading Matrix Interactive Reading Activities
Interactive reading exercises to improve reading skills and vocabulary.

LISTENING
Randall's ESL Listening Lab
One of the largest ESL listening training resource on the Web
with various interesting topics for three different levels.

BBC World Service
Typical phone conversations heard in a travel firm

CNN Streaming Video News
You can watch CNN headline news online with your real player.

Using Idioms in Conversations
Listening to a dialogue in which an idiom is used.

DICTIONARIES
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
The Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus (WEDT) is the premier online American English dictionary with an integrated thesaurus.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
Includes a collegiate dictionary and thesaurus.

Newbury House Online Dictionary
This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Microsoft Encarta
Encyclopedia, Dictionary and Atlas

NEWS
Online Newspapers
Online Newspapers from around the world.

Refdesk.Com
This is an excellent source as it includes links to newspapers from every part of the world.

LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES FOR LEARNERS AND TEACHERS
Included here are premier resources for English Language Learners and Language Educators and Researchers. Some current topics include Associations, Bibliographic Citation Guides, Distance Learning, Foreign Languages, Issues in Education, Language Learning Resources, Reading and Writing Improvement, Grammar Quizzes, Literature, Publishers, Software, and Assessment. This section enables users to input their own suggestions.

1-language.com – The ESL Site for everyone learning English!
Comprehensive new ESL Site including forums, real-time chat, grammar, writing, interactive quizzes and games, flashcards, phonics, streaming audio materials, world news, TOEIC modules, help lines, multi-lingual content, and much more.

 

 

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