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ESL Resources: Learning and Study

Resources for students learning English

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Grammar and Structure

  • 1-Language
    Many free resources for learning English
  • grammar
    From Lauri's ESL Website, explanations and quizzes.
  • Advanced Grammar Exercises
    From Ron Lee
  • Internet Grammar of English
    Developed for undergraduates at the University College of London, this is an extensive free course on English grammar. Requires a moderately advanced reading level
  • Using English
    Tests, quizzes, and reference materials for ESL teachers and learners.
  • English Club Grammar
    Grammar instruction and quizzes
  • Common Errors in English Usage
    From an Emeritus Professor at Washington State University, an online book about common errors in writing and speaking. Intended for native English speakers, but may be useful to ESL/EFL learners
  • English Grammar
    A resource page for all things relating to English grammar. Lessons, exercises, videos
  • Road to Grammar
    Lessons, quizzes, games
  • Fiesta
    Grammar, vocabulary, and study resources, primarily for Spanish speakers.
  • English 4 U
    Lessons, exercises, quizzes, and games, primarily for German speakers
  • Grammar Monster
    Lessons and tests. Good for beginners<\span><\dd>
  • My English Teacher
    This site has not been updated in a while, but it offers good help with grammar and writing.
  • Learn English from the British Counsel
    ,span style="font-size:14px">From the British Council, lots of activities for learning English
  • British Counsel ESL apps
    Lots of cool free apps, too.

Reading and Writing

  • English for Everybody
    Free (British) English lessons, practice exercises, and games
  • E-Learning Companion
    This textbook  companion, from Cengage Learning, is currently free. Provides practice with reading comprehension

Listening and Speaking, Pronunciation and Phonetics

  • Voice of America Learn English
    Learning English is VOA’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide.
  • Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
    Listening exercises
  • Dictation Exercises for English Learners
    Practice understanding spoken English
  • Sounds of English
    Sounds of English
    Lessons on pronunciation
  • shiporsheep
    Have fun learning to pronounce minimal pairs (words that sound similar).
  • English for my Job
    <.dd>Primarily for the hospitality industry, vocabulary and conversation exercises relating to work situations.
  • SpokenSkills
    This site offers lots of good listening practice in useful categories, as well as self-study quizzes.
  • EnglishCentral
    Practice listening and speaking using videos
  • Ron Lee English as a second language
  • Reading, listening, pronunciation, and grammar exercises
  • elfs
    Word games and entertaining exercises. For pronunciation fun, check out the 'Mouth Manglers' and 'Say What?'
  • BBC Learning English
    Short podcasts for listening and vocabulary practice, mostly on news and sports topics. Also a section with pronunciation tips. British English.
  • ESL Gold
    Lots of exercises and practice options
  • Many Things
    Pronunciation and listening exercises.

Vocabulary, Idioms, and Conversation

  • FocusEnglish
    Tools for learning to understand and interpret conversations.
  • The Idiom Connection
    Help learning and interpreting English idioms
  • Eye on Idioms
    Practice exercises
  • ETL Podcast
    Podcasts of common types of conversations for beginning and intermediate learners.
  • ELLO
    Audio and video recordings of conversations for listening practice
  • Study Zone
    From the English Language Center at the University of Victoria (Canada), lessons for English Language learners
  • Actifities for ESL
    Fom the Internet TESL Journal, vocabulary quizzes.
  • English 4 U
    Lessons, exercises, quizzes, and games, primarily for German speakers

Credits

This guide was developed by Leslie Murtha (2014) and revised by Robert Mast (2019), Atlantic Cape Community College Libraries.
Published 2014. Last updated August 2021.