Cool Links for Learners of English
|Bilingual | Bookshops | Chat Rooms | Common Errors |Culture |
|Dictionaries
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Exams |
Gene
|Newspapers & Magazines |
On-line Courses | 
| Speaking |
|Studying and Working Abroad | Translation | Vocabulary | Writing |
| BRITAIN | Amazon |
| Bournemouth English Bookshop | |
| English Book Centre | |
| Keltic ELT Bookshop | |
| CANADA | Chapters |
| ESL Resources - Canadian Resources | |
| OUP | |
| Vancouver Community College | |
| U.S.A. | Amazon |
| Barnes & Noble | |
| Powell's - New & used | |
| WORLD-WIDE | Cambridge University Press |
| Heinle & Heinle | |
| Longman/Pearson | |
| Oxford University Press | |
| Macmillan Heinemann |
GlobalEnglish Voice Chat Room, hosted by native speaker teachers. There are structured classes for beginner, intermediate and advanced students, and also an open class where all levels can go to ask the teacher questions about English, or to chat about any topic that they are interested in. The purchase of a reasonably-priced course is necessary, but worth it!
Cambridge Dictionary of American English 
Collins Cobuild English Dictionary 
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
CAE - Advanced exam, recognised by British universities, and many overseas.
CPE - High-level exam, recognised by British universities and overseas.
FCE - Intermediate level, widely recognised in commerce and industry.
IELTS - for entrance to British, Australian, NZ, Canadian & some American universities.
PET - Basic exam, testing language skills needed to survive in social & work situations.
1-Language - Comprehensive ESL Site including forums, real-time chat, listening, TOEIC practice tests, a helpline, reading, games, and much more.
Antimoon.com - Articles on how to learn English effectively, based on the experiences of successful learners.
Brain Gym – Cool exercises to help you concentrate in class.
British Council - Vocabulary, grammar games, magazine, songs, stories, and more.
Dave’s ESL Café - features vocabulary lists, quizzes, chats, and more.
English Club - Community for EFL/ESL students and teachers.
English Daily – Vocabulary, stories, grammar & common mistakes.
English Forum - Interactive Exercises, Message Boards, Links, Good School Guide, Web Directory, World News, Cool Tools ... and more!
English Forums - Learn English with online help from volunteer teachers all over the world. This is the world's busiest EFL forum!
English Portal - Resources and learning tips for students.
Lingualearn - One-stop-shop for language & culture products & services.
StudyMyEnglish
- Reading comprension questions, sentence completion questions, antonym
questions, etc. Also vocabulary lists.
Zozanga - Tips on how to improve your grammar, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, reading and writing.
Advanced Language Practice - proficiency level grammar & vocabulary, by Michael Vince. Buy at Keltic Bookshop
English Coach
- Free grammar lessons for students and teachers.
English Grammar in Use: for Intermediate Students by Raymond Murphy
English The Easy Way - Easy-to-understand grammar explanations
Explanations, Examples, Exercises - ESL Gold
Essential Grammar in Use: for Elementary Students of English by Raymond Murphy
How English Works: for Intermediate Students by Michael Swan
Zozanga - Free grammar lessons
Canada Citizenship & Immigration
Canadian
Immigration - A lot of free information to help you find out if you are
eligible or not to move to Canada.
Foreign-Born - for all foreign-born individuals entering or living in the United States
U.K. Immigration & Nationality Directorate
U.S. Green Card Lottery Application
U.S. Immigration: A Guide to the Visa and Green Card Process
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Sounds of the World's Animals - Animals make much the same sounds around the world, but each language expresses them differently.
Voice of America - listen to American English while learning about a variety of subjects.
Asia Week - Asian news in English
BBC World Service - a news-based site aimed at language students
Globe & Mail - Canadian broadsheet
Guardian Unlimited - Quality British newspaper
News Stories for English language learners, with activities
The Sun - The most popular tabloid newspaper in Britain
The Times - The oldest broadsheet newspaper in the world
Talk to Canada
- Learn English online from the comfort of your own home using
TalktoCanada.com certified teachers and Skype. There are many courses to
choose from and you can also have them create a customized solution for your
English language needs. We are also always on the lookout for new and
qualified teachers to be part of the TalktoCanada team.
Quizzes
Goethe Tests - Multilingual vocabulary exercises in Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian & Spanish.
Interesting Things for ESL Students
Cool English Podcasts
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Free and fun ESL podcast
site for native speakers of Chinese who are learning English
Language Caster - All the soccer news you could wish for brought to you by Damian and Damon in their weekly football podcasts.
California Distance Learning Project - contemporary news stories for English learners
Global Update - Articles for intermediate/upper intermediate level students
Jokes - especially for English learners
News Stories for English language learners, with activities
Reading Skills – Tips on how to become a better reader
Skimming & Scanning
Speaking
American English Pronunciation
English Club Pronunciation - Some good tips
Headway Pronunciation: Elementary (British) - by S. Cunningham & P. Moor
Headway Pronunciation: Pre-Intermediate - by B. Bowler & S. Parminter
How to pronounce "-ed" in regular verbs
Introduction to British Pronunciation
Learn English -
Click on a word or phrase, and hear it spoken . Great for improving your
pronunciation!
Phrases for Conversation - ESL Gold
What
you can do to improve your spoken English
Studying
and Working Abroad
Colleges in the
USA
- provides international
students with the information they need to know about studying in the USA,
including a searchable database of academic programs, English language tests,
and information on what to expect when students arrive in the USA.
Education Systems in the UK, USA and Brazil
English Programs Around the World - Directory of ESL Program Websites
ESL in Canada - directory available in a number of languages
Language Traveler - Find a school
Study in Canada - Find out about courses, cost of living, visas etc.
The EFL Directory - English language courses in Britain
Top Language Jobs - Find a multilingual or bilingual job in Ireland.
University English Centres in Australia
Vamos a Canada -
Canadian relocation,
settlement and information services for newcomers and transferring employees to
Canada.
Win-Di
- English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese. You
can also listen to the pronunciation of words and sentences. 
Australian Words & Definitions
Business Expressions - ESL Gold
Goethe Tests - Multilingual vocabulary exercises in Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian & Spanish.
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun - Games and quizzes for beginners
The Idiom Connection - English idioms and quizzes
Vocabulary Builder - Build vocabulary with flash cards, dynamic test and games, for SAT, TOEFL, GMT, GRE and general vocabulary. Free trial offered.
Vocabulary Coach - Offers non-traditional activities to teach new vocabulary, with more than 4,000 words that appear in standardized tests such as the GRE, SAT, ACT, and LSAT, and also in newspapers, articles, books, and scholarly magazines.
Vocabulix - Improve your English vocabulary.
Word Surfing - Vocabulary learning techniques
Common phrases for business letters
Organizing & Composing - ESL Gold
Textbook Recommendations - ESL Gold
WhiteSmoke - Professional English writing tool that performs sentence processing and computerized text enrichment. Can download for free for an evaluation period.
Writing Tips
- at English Writing Solutions. Learn now to write emails, CV's, cover
letters, business emails, business letters, and lots more.
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