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ESL Resources: Portals and Social Media

Resources for students learning English

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Social Media

Blogs

  • Go ESLing
    Reading and vocabulary practice.
  • English: Learn and Think
    An interactive blog about language and meaning.
  • ESL link
    Grammar and vocabulary lessons.
  • New York Times Learning Network
    Interactive learning resources about current events from the New York Times

Twitter Feeds

  • ESL Podcast feed
    Get news about new podcast postings
  • English feed
    Simple lessons and advice about common usage.
  • English Club
    Keep up with what's happening at the English Club.
  • Cambridge Dictionary
    Posts about new words, new meanings, slang, and idioms.
  • English on the Rocks
    Very short lessons on grammar and vocabulary.

Portals

Here you'll find links to ESL portals that offer a variety of resources and services for language learners, and also to directories with links to ESL-related resources.

  • Dave's ESL Cafe
    An online community for ESL students and instructors.
  • The English Club
    Resources for teachers and learners, and an online community.
  • Ron Lee's ESL Site
    A directory of ESL sites, as well as a collection of conversation lessons.
  • TESOL Journal: Links
    A directory of ESL sites, organized by category.

Podcasts

Audio

  • ESL Podcast
    Podcasts on a variety of topics, accompanied by learning guides
  • Podcasts in English
    Free podcasts in British English.  Access to supplemental materials requires a paid membership
  • Better at English
    Free poscasts of conversational English.

 

Video

 

  • ESL Video
    Video quizzes for students
  • HugoSite
    300+ videos and 100+audio files for learning English.
  • Lyrics Training
    Learn English through music
  • English with Jennifer
    Video lessons in basic English, pronunciation and vocabulary, vocabulary, and grammar.
  • English, baby
    For more advanced learners

 

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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.