Cool Websites for ESL Students
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Below is a list of ESL websites used by Tutorium teachers and students to practice English. These are great websites to visit if you want to improve your English reading, writing, and grammar. There are also sites on study skills, test preparation, and American culture.
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Listening Website Links
- American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank
- Breaking News English
- English Listening Library Online
- Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL/EFL Podcasts
- English as a Second Language Podcast
- Favorite Poems Project
- Favorite Songs
- National Public Radio
- Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
- Speech Accent Archive: American Accents
- StoryCorps: Listen to Stories
- TED Talks
- Use Music to Practice Listening
- Voice of America Learning English
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Writing Website Links
- BBC Schools: Dance Mat Typing
- Cambridge Dictionary: Punctuation
- Capital Community College: Punctuation Marks
- GrammarBook.com: Punctuation Rules
- How to Format and Write a Simple Business Letter
- LEO (Literacy Education Online)
- The Punctuation Guide
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab
- Spelling City
- Writing Tips: Sentence Builder
- Writing Tips: Paragraphs
- Writing Tips: Essays
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Speaking Website Links
Pronunciation
- English Accent Coach
- Eva Easton’s Authentic American Pronunciation
- Sounds of Speech
- World Wide Words’ Pronunciation Guide
Speaking (General)
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Vocabulary Website Links
- 20-Minute ESL Lessons
- The Barton English Vocabulary Test
- BBC World Service Words in the News
- Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
- Dictionary of English Idioms & Phrases
- ESL Slang Page
- The Idioms
- The Idiom Connection
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary
- Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries
- Self-Study Vocabulary Quizzes
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Test Prep Website Links
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Study and Flashcard Apps Website Links
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Culture Website Links
- American Folklore
- The American Experience
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Chicago History Museum
- Differences Between British and American English
- Edward S. Curtis’s North American Indian
- The Encyclopedia of Chicago
- The Field Museum of Natural History
- Internet Movie Database
- Library of Congress
- The Museum of Contemporary Art
- The Museum of Science and Industry
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Health Website Links
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