Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Online resources for English Study

For these WEB sites, you will need to download a flash player such as Real Player for your computer.

Very interesting WEB site for English learners: elementary through intermediate levels
Mixer (listening): listen to six different speakers talking about the same topic. Then answer the questions about what the speakers say.

Middle elementary level and up. Varius activities for idioms, grammar, pronunciation, reading and listening. Has links to other such sites. Click and try the news stories and take the quiz.

See menu called "Stuff for Students". Various activities for all levels.

Various listening as well as other activities. Many, many things to choose from. Elementary to upper intermediate levels.

Various interesting lessons for beginners to advanced students. Format: introduction->before you listen->while you listen (need Windows Media Player->after you listen

Can listen to natural conversations with slang expressions. Upper elementary and up.

You can select from many natural conversations. There are pre-listening, listening and post listening exercises. Upper elementary and up.

Very interesting topics for young people, e.g., "hyphy music", a new style of hip-hop.

Many interviews with various people about what they do and how they live. Intermediate-advanced level. Listen and read a summary. You can also click on various topics such as news, politics, health and science, books, music, arts & culture, and diversions.

Intermediate level and up. Can select audio and video programs. You can also see transcripts of both. Has a variety topics.

You can choose from among many radio shows on different topics. You can listen and read summary. Intermediate to Advanced levels.

Variety of news stories with option of video (need Windows Media Player 9 or above)

Has many interesting news stories. The sentence structure is simplified and the stories are read at slower than natural speed. Vocabulary is also limited to a core of 1500 words. You can both listen and read the stories. This is probably a good site to give you confidence in listening before you move on to sites with more difficult material.

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