Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Ingles [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to the United States and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Ingles Para Llevar [Pdf]
This is a traveler's pocket phrase guide. It includes hundreds of essential words and phrases for every situation. Keep it with you so it will help you getting around town.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Easy English Vocabulary [Pdf]
These are 14 lessons to help you learn hundreds of useful words, phrases, and phrasal verbs in English. There are also audio files available for the following lessons: Lesson 12: Around the HouseLesson 13: Activities and InterestsLesson...
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Parts of a Sentence
Explore the world of "Parts of a Sentence." Find out about adjectives, nouns, prepositions and more. This site features an overview of each part of speech.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The World's English Mania
Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English "the world's second language" by the thousands. [4:31]
Other
Cut: German to English Dictionary
This German to English dictionary allows users to search by keywords. Includes audio for pronunciation. Uses popups.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Esl Slang Page
ELL students who struggle with slang will find this site very useful. Long list of slang terms and their meanings.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Esl Idiom Page
All English language learners have to overcome the barrier of idioms. See a complete list of idioms, their meanings, and examples.
Other
Ispol: Index of English Lessons for Russian Speakers
A series of 50 basic lessons that present sentences written in English with their Russian translations in the Cyrillic alphabet. Great review or introduction for students who can read English and Russian.
Other
The Origin and History of the English Language
How many native English speakers are there in the world today? Learn important facts and statistics about the English-speaking world as well as a history of the language from its Germanic beginnings to the present.
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Carson Newman College: A Brief History of English
This site features a brief history of English. Come and check out the links provided within this site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource. It includes time lines.
Other
Authentic American Pronunciation
Excellent place for help learning American English! First, a "pattern" of the language is explained with the help of audio pronunciation (requires Real Player- a download link is available). After the "pattern" is explained, links to...
Other
Armstrong Atlantic State University: English Language
Discover more about the history of the English language when you visit this informative site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
Other
College Edouard Montpetit: Esl Blues
This professor's website has online quizzes for the grammar lessons, including a diagnostic test to help the student assess his or her language level. There are tutorials for grammar lessons on a wide range of topics and explanations of...
Other
Illinois State U.: Punctuation Made Simple Semicolon
What purpose does a semicolon serve in punctuation? Explore this website to learn more about this small but powerful grammar tool.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Later National Literature: P3
This encyclopedia, "The History of English and American Literature" provided by Bartleby.com, includes some information about regional dialects during the 19th and 20th centuries. Check out section XXX 'The English Language in America'....
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Georgia Perimeter College: Learning and Tutoring Center: Communications Handouts
This index provides links to educational resources on various English topics. Some topics included are related to punctuation, parts of speech, usage, different types of writing, and analytical questions for various genres of literature.
Other
Linc Home Study: Grammar Central: Confusing Words 1
This is a tutorial for words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Other
Meredith Grammar Review: Clauses & Phrases
This online grammar guide provides instructions and examples on punctuating combinations of phrases and clauses. It also provides interactive exercises throughout the chapter.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Horrid Homonyms
This site features a lesson plan for homonyms. Young scholars and teachers will benefit in their speech and writing skills after tackling this activity.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela)
Useful, extensive site for the Spanish-speaking ELL. This grammar section focuses on use of the articles "a/an" and plurals. A variety of interactive, self-correction exercises are provided. A "Teacher's Lounge," section is available...
Other
Deutsch Englisches Worterbuch
Online dictionary with directions in German. Also gives translations to Spanish and Portuguese.
BBC
Bbc: The Route of English
The Routes of English is a series of four six-week features on the development of English as a language, presented on BBC Channel 4 by host Melvyn Bragg. In addition, there are three special programs which deal with the language of the...
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: History of the English Language
This site provides a brief description of the history of the English language.