Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online
Picture dictionary with 6,000 pictures that illustrate American English words organized around different themes, such as astronomy, clothing, transporation, and sports. With access to a vocabulary-esque game of the week. [Has wraparound...
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Placement Test
Test your English ability. You will get a score at the end, plus the correct answers for any items you miss. You then have the option to choose more exercises on any of the subjects covered in the test.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Digame Un Cuento: Tell Me a Story Bilingual Library
Compilation of poems and stories for English language learners, from preschoolers to young adults. Find English and Spanish versions of poems and songs, along with recommended Spanish-language books. Activities and many resources included.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Digame Un Cuento: Tell Me a Story Bilingual Library
Compilation of poems and stories for English language learners, from preschoolers to young adults. Find English and Spanish versions of poems and songs, along with recommended Spanish-language books. Activities and many resources included.
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Voice of America: Election of 1928: Americans Are Presented With a Clear Choice
Read a transcript from Voice of America's Making of a Nation series dealing with the election of 1928 between Herbert Hoover and Al Smith. You will read about the issues in the election and find that many national issues span time and...
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Easy Things for Beginners: Interesting Things for Esl
Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...
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Mark's English School Online: Esl Games
A commendable teacher-created site by an American ESL educator based in Japan. Includes a nice variety of ESL/EFL games for younger students for learning the past tense or verb usage playing basketball, punctuation playing golf, or new...
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Quiz Tree Esl for Spanish Speakers
Fantastic quizzes for Spanish speakers. All quizzes feature colorful interface and humorous feedback noises that make learning more enjoyable. Some of the topics are basic phrases, colors, common expressions, describing people,...
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Esl Junction: Esl, Efl and Tefl Games
This page has a good variety of games for ESL students at all levels up to about age 13. Quite a few allow for physical activity.
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Esl Reader English Reading Help for Esl Students
This resource provides great reading help for ESL students. You can use this helper to speed up reading time and improve your reading skills by providing definitions at a click for any passage you provide. Just copy and paste your text...
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Center for Communication Practices: Polytechnic Institute: Article Usage [Pdf]
The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute provides this detailed handout, with exercises included, to help non-native speakers of English sort out the proper use of articles. The site includes study and learning hints,...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers: English Portuguese Picture Dictionary
This is a great tool for visual learners and students of English and/or Portuguese. The site features pictures and illustrations--great sample vocabulary words--for a letter of the alphabet. Some words also include labeling activity...
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St Online / Japan Times Ell Newspaper
The companion site for Weekly ST, which the Japan Times publishes to help young audiences learn English. You can read articles, some in English, some in Japanese, and listen to the audio version. The English article comes with online...
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English Made in Brazil: Make, Do, Take & Get Expressions
The correct uses of four common English verbs: make, do, take, and get. Plenty of examples also presented, with translations to Portuguese.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Easy American Idioms [Pdf]
These are 20 lessons with hundreds of idiomatic expressions to give you an edge in English.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Drive Time English Intemediate [Pdf]
These lessons have vocabulary and sentences to practice speaking the English language (Intermediate level).
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Drive Time English Advanced [Pdf]
These lessons have vocabulary and sentences to practice speaking the English language (Intermediate -Advanced level).
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Hangman Games for Vocabulary Study
How many words do YOU know? Choose from 20 different hangman games, each with its own themed vocabulary set. Fun for one or to play with friends!
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Lesson 13: Activities and Interests
This is an mp3 audio file that goes with Easy English Vocabulary.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Lesson 14: Having Fun With Friends
This is an mp3 audio file that goes with Easy English Vocabulary.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
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Britannica: The Britannica Dictionary
American English dictionary designed for English language learners: word of the day, flash cards, pronunciation exercises, three thousand must-know English words, and similar resources.
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Using English: Content Analysis Tool
How are your English writing skills coming along? This online text analyzer will help you assess word usage, sentence complexity, and other writing features. Copy and paste your text into the box and click to view statistics. This is...