TESOL-Spain online resources LANGUAGE

Here are just some of the hundreds of sites which offer material related to English language study, learning and teaching. This page is organised under the following categories: General, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Writing, Listening and Exams.

GENERAL

ACADEMIC INFORMATION ENGLISH SITES
Pages of links to sites related to English langauge learning.
http://www.academicinfo.net/esl.html

COMENIUS
Virtual English ... another good place to start exploring English Language on the net.
http://www.comenius.com

EDUFIND
Range of educational resources for teachers and students.
http://www.edufind.com

ENGLISH LEARNER
Site with tests, grammar and other activities for learners of English.
http://www.englishlearner.com

ESL ABOUT
A large collection of activities for all levels including practice for Cambridge and TOEFL exams.
http://esl.about.com

ESL CAFE
One of the most famous sites on the web for language teachers and learners.
http://www.eslcafe.com

HOTPOTATOES
Free java based program for developing your own online grammar and vocabulary quizzes.
http://www.web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/

IT's Magazine
Many areas of interest, some free and others by subscription.
http://www.its-online.com

LANGUAGES ON THE WEB
The place to find links and information about all sorts of languages.
http://www.languages-on-the-web.com

LEARN ENGLISH
Large site run by British Council with all sorts of activities for different levels.
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk

LESSONS
A collection of ESL Lessons organized into categories.
http://www.esllessons.com

OHIO UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
Comprehensive collection of links to websites for practising English.
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/

RONG-CHANG
A variety of information and activities for EFL.
http://www.rong.chang.com

TALKCITY
A site to start with if you want to find chat and other online communication.
http://www.talkcity.com

YOUTUBE
EFL Lesson plans for YouTube.
www.teflclips.com

VIRTUAL LANGUAGE CENTER
Lots of exerecises, grammar, reading, games and vocabulary.
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/

GRAMMAR

ERRORS
Some common errors with English grammar explored
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

GRAMMAR AND WRITING
Lots of grammar and writing exercises and explanations.
http://ccc.comment.edu/grammar/index.htm

GRAMMAR LINKS
Links to sites dealing with English grammar.
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help

ONLINE GRAMMAR
An online grammar.
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammmar/index.cfm

QUIZ
Vocabulary quizzes and tests.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/vocabulary.html

SAFARI
Take this safari for some fun with English grammar.
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html

VOCABULARY

BNC
The British National Corpus online
http://info.ox.ac.uk/bnc

COBUILD
Collins Cobuild corpus and dictionary online
http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/

LESSON PLAN

DICTIONARIES
Essential online dictionary site
http://www.dictionary.com

DIFFICULT
More difficult puzzles.
http://www.puzzlexpress.com

HYPERDICTIONARY
Simple to use online dictionary and thesaurus.
http://www.hyperdictionary.com

IDIOMS
Test of your knowledge of idioms.
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/idioms.html

LINKS
Links to vocabulary activities
http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/help/grammar_help/

LONGMAN
Longman online dictionary
http://www.longman-elt.com/dictionaries/

PUZZLEMAKER
Simple and effective site which allows you make your own puzzles, word searches etc.
http://www.puzzlemaker.com

SPELLMASTER
Simple to use pages which allow you create vocabulary tests using Macromedia Flash.
http://www.spellmaster.com

VOCABULARY
Key site of interest with all sorts of material
http://www.vocabulary.com

READING

ANORAK
Daily tabloid headlines from the U.K..
http://www.anorak.co.uk

BIOGRAPHY
Short biographies of over 20.000 famous people.
http://www.biography.com

CNN
The latest in news including videos and sound archives.
http://www.cnn.com

DIFFICULT
Some difficult online reading tasks
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/english.html

FABLES
Reading practice with fables.
http://www.comenius.com/fables/index.tpl

GUARDIAN
Guardian website with the newspaper in full.
http://www.guardian.co.uk

IRISH TIMES
Just one of the hundreds of online magazines and newspapers in English.
http://www.ireland.com

EL PAIS - IN ENGLISH
A summary of the main information from El País in English (PDF format).
http://www.elpais.es/misc/herald/herald.html

NATIONAL ENQUIRER
The latest in celebrity gossip.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Texts and much more related to nature.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com

NEWS
A range of simplified news stories with exercises for language learners.
http://www.cdlponline.org/news.html

YAHOO STRANGE NEWS
Daily updated collection of strange stories which make the news. Go to the ODDLY ENOUGH link.
http://news.yahoo.com

THE CASE
Mystery and crime stories to be read and solved.
http://www.mysterynet.com

LESSON PLAN

SHORT STORIES
Collection of short stories of varying difficulty.
http://www.short-stories.co.uk

WRITING

ESLCAFE
Find penpals or try out the graffetti wall at Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com

GENERAL
Some general writing practice.
http://www.edunet.com/english/practice/rside/Home.html

POSTCARDS
Send electronic post and greeting cards.
http://www2.bluemountain.com/index.html

STORIES
Make your own strange story.
http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/tales/index.html

WORD PROCESSING
Online version of activities presented by Jason Firestone at TESOL seminar, Madrid 2002.
http://www.geocities.com/jason_firestone/word.html

LISTENING

BBC WORLD
BBC world radio broadcast online
http://www.broadcast.com/bbc/

ENGLISHLISTENING
Listening for language learners..
http://www.englishlistening.com

YAHOO STRANGE NEWS
Daily updated collection of strange stories which make the news. Go to the ODDLY ENOUGH link.
http://news.yahoo.com

ESL LAB
Graded listening activities.
http://www.esl-lab.com

NET RADIO
Radio on the net
http://www.audionet.com/radio/

RADIO
A list of online radio stations.
http://wmbr.mit.edu/stations/list.html

YOUTUBE
EFL Lesson plans for YouTube.
www.teflclips.com

YAHOO
Yahoo's list of online radio stations
http://broadcast.yahoo.com

EXAMS

CAMBRIDGE
Home page of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) with information about their exams: KET, PET, FCE, CAE and CPE.
http://www.ucles.org.uk

FLO-JOE
Site with lots of practice material for Cambridge First Certificate and Advanced exams. There will be material for Proficiency coming soon.
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk

TOEFL
Official homepage of the TOEFL exam with information, practice material for the TOEFL exam.
http://www.toefl.org

TRINITY
Official homepage for TRINITY College oral examinations.
http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/

Sites are listed in alphabetical order. Their inclusion does not imply official endorsement by TESOL-SPAIN. Please feel free to email your own contributions, comments or report dead links.

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