Web Sites for English Teaching and Learning ENGLISH LEARNING

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ESL WEB SITES

This list of web sites for learning English was compiled by an Advanced Conversation class at Yuan Ze University in Chung Li, Taiwan, ROC. It contains a few grammatical errors in the descriptions of the web sites and there are a few repeated sites, however this list is quite useful for beginning to advanced ESL speakers.

http://www.english-at-home.com/
You can learn English grammar, vocabulary, verbs and speaking through ESL games on this web site. It's free. You don't have to register. However, if you register, you can get a newsletter by e-mail.

http://www.english-online.org.uk/
There are many tests on this web site. You can do some reading and learn lots of vocabulary with some interesting pictures. It's all free. Moreover, it has different courses for all kinds of people. You can start with the beginner courses if you need.

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/index.asp/
This web site is free for English learners to improve their English skill. There are different zones for children, teenagers and working people. It provides many kinds of learning tips. You can read magazines, stories, poems on this web site. You can listen to songs and study the lyrics. You can play games on the net and find lots funny cartoons. You can test yourself on how much English you know. If you want to share with anybody, you can also send postcards on the net.

http://www.liveabc.com/
This is a web site of English magazine. On this site, you can learn some news in English, and some useful slang. The great part of the site is that you can listen to the broadcasting on line. In this way; you can learn at any time. Last but not the least, The magazine is divided into three. It’s a free site. You don’t need to buy the magazine.

http://www.englishtown.com/
This is a worldwide web site for everyone who wants to improve his English speaking ability. Just choose where you live. You can talk to the teachers on line right away. All the courses are certified by universities. You can depend on your ability or the topics you are interested in. Just click the button, the courses on line will 100% fit your need. The web site is not free. You have to pay each month.

http://www.eztalk.to/
This web site is an English magazine that provides new vocabulary and live communication and the guess games are fun. You must pay five hundred dollars a year to join this club to get more information. You can listen to the radio using computer, and you can test on line.

http://www.esl-clasroom.com/
Free, support limit grammar, vocabulary, reading, test and can join the mailing list.

http://www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw/tseng913/writing/
Free, improve writing skill, many writing examples with revision.

http://proverb.taiwanonline.org/
In this web site, you will see lots of insightful and inspirational proverbs. All these proverbs are distributed into different themes, such as achievement, friendship, love, etc. It is easy for you to learn more English proverbs.

http://www.englishlistening.com/
This web site provides English listening practices. There are many articles which can be read and listened on line. After listening to these articles, it will provide some questions related to the articles. Of course, the answers will be provided.

http://www.englishdigest.com/
The web site is related to the magazine. You can improve your reading and listening ability in it. Of course, it is free.

http://www.manythings.org/
This web site is for people studying English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang, expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other study materials.

http://www.path2english.com/
This web site provides many learning skills. You can read articles that follow the news. It will be more fun. It also has a very important part--listening. You can download mp3 to listen to the teaching materials. It has quite a lot of skills that you can use easily It is free.

http://www.liveabc.com/
This web site provides listening practices on radio. The web site is cooperated with several schools and enterprises, which gives some English learning courses. Moreover, we can buy some magazines, such as CNN and other English consulting products.

http://www.icrt.com.tw/
I found a pretty interesting, entertaining, and educative English net. In this net, there are various programs. We can read the latest news in Taiwan or in the world. By reading these news, we know what is going on in the world. Besides this, it is also a broadcasting program. It introduces foreign music and accepts audience’s order of songs. Because it is in English, we can increase our reading and listening abilities. The most characteristic of the net is its talk show. The talk show makes the program fun and relaxing. The DJ prepares various topics for discussion with audience. This interactive program attracts me a lot and inspires me to learn English by myself. In addition, the broadcasting can be listened on line.

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http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
It is a good web site for teachers. It provides grammars, reading, vocabulary and games. It also teaches how to design fun activities to help students learn English more easily. The web site has chat rooms. You can host a new chat space or join a new one. By talking to one person or many persons, the speaking ability will be improved more quickly.

http://www.hi2ez.com.tw/main.htm/
It has rich contents and special issues on the web site. For example, it would tell you what are the TOP 20 English names and each meaning. The web site has a “live entertainments” , you could have on-line radios or see live movies by some soft wares. It’s a free web site.

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
It is a web site in Hong Kong. The Virtual Language Centre brings together and integrates on a single platform in several strategies for language learning and study. Its objective is to make learning as easy, fast and enjoyable as possible for learners, and also to provide a useful source of teaching and reference materials for teachers. There are practices about grammar, reading, and vocabulary with texts and games.

http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm/
It is a place to improve your listening. There are a lot of quizzes in three levels for people to learn. For the basics, everything you need is free on the web site: a browser and an audio/ video player. First, you need an Internet browser, like Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Both of these are free. Next, you need an audio and video player, such as The Real Player.

http://www.cnn.com/
In this web site, you can practice your reading. If you want to learn more vocabulary, it is a good web site. It is free.

http://www.englishlistening.com/
In this web site, you can practice your listening. This web site is not free. You must register.
You can use part of web site function.

http://acezh.51.net/#download/
http://www.toeflcn.net/index.html/
These are two well-informed TOEFL web sites. There are lots of practice papers which you can download, including PP test, listening test, and ways of preparing TOEFL. If you are preparing for TOFE, and you do not have plenty of money to buy the practice book, try to find these web sites. You will get a lot.

http://www.englishlearner.com/
The web site offers lots of tests and offers English lessons by e-mail in three levels every week. The most important part is it is completely free.

http://www.studioclassroom.com.tw/sc/sc0303/index.html
It is an English magazine web site. There are many materials about how to learn English well. There are also many kinds of articles. It is good for reading.

http://www.studioclassroom.com.tw/sc/sc0303/index.html/
It is a web site of an English learning magazine. You can buy the magazine in any bookstore and follow the radio program everyday to improve your English. In the web site, you can listen to the daily program for the whole week on line. Vocabulary, reading, pronunciation and aural practices can be found on the site.

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm/
This is a web site that helps you to learn how to write a good English essay, including “guide to grammar & writing”, “principles of composition” and some fun quizzes. It helps you to learn English grammar in interesting ways. There are some interactive activities that make you feel more interested in learning English.

http://www.eztalk.to/help/help.asp/
EZTALK is an English conversation magazine that provides free e-papers, vocabulary, and examination on net, broadcast teaching and various ways in teaching conversation.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/service/aboutus.htm/
Taiwan News.com is a news web site with English. It talks about Taiwan news. It has a study zone to teach viewers English. It provides daily conversation, teach grammar, etc.

http://e4.pts.org.tw/
This is a good web site. You can learn English from TV by visiting this web site. There is a free call for you to ask questions if you have any problem in English.

http://www.english4u.net/amcstart.htm/
You can learn English through listen-in broadcasting on line. You can also have a self test on line. There are four levels for you to choose.

http://www.liveabc.com/
This is a magazine web site. In this web site, you can learn how to speak English. Everyday, the web site teaches you a headline. The web site also has another advantage. You can learn English from the Bible. The web site will find the periscope, so you can only read the periscope and save a lot of time in reading the Bible.

http://www.alenet.com.tw/
"This is a web site about “ale”. You can join as a member, so you can get a lot of advantages. You must pay to join. However, it also has online English, and it is free. Everyday, it teaches you a new word. The special thing is it mails a new word for you to listen and read. The word also has transcription, so don’t worry if you don’t understand it.

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http://www.expertenglish.com/
This is a free English learning web site. It introduces vocabulary, grammar, and slang. They are taught by random access. It also has mailing system to send information to students. The content is explained in English. There are also examples. This web site helps students to use words correctly. It is pity that the web site does not offer other skills of learning English which is reading, writing, and speaking. However, it is a nice site for English learning.

http://www.englishbaby.com/
This web site is interesting. It contains information about learning English. There are movies, music, sports, etc. There is a phase on the top. Quote, meaning, and usage are at below. The page is lively because it makes us feel cheerful in learning English. It has lots of examples for us to learn the proper meaning of words.

http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Learn/English.asp/
In this web sites, there are many native speakers of English teach you English. In written English, it includes writing emails to pen pals in foreign countries. For English speaking, it includes text chat and voice chat.

http://www.a4esl.org/
It is a web site with many English exercises, games, and many tests on grammar, vocabulary.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/
It is a web site about the news in Taiwan in English. It is interesting. It helps us to practice
our reading ability.

http://www.alenet.com.tw/mkt/leadform/password6.ph/
This is web site with a lot of games, jokes, traveling English, horoscope in English, etc. It is free too.

http://www.eztalk.to/
This web site is maintained by a magazine publisher. There is a new vocabulary each day with a couple of sample sentences. You can listen to them on line. There is a slang session, in which dialogs in movies are used, and a conversation session with a situation. The above are all free online. There are more lessons on the internet, which cost some money.

http://www.liveabc.com/
This web site is like EZTALK web site, maintained by a magazine publisher. There are many news articles in English, learning English by reading the Bible, circumstance conversation,
casual conversation, business conversation, etc. The coolest thing is you can have their broadcast on the internet by clicking mouse. All the materials on the site are free.

http://www.1390.com.tw/free/
This web site is free for you to read some vocabularies, phrases and essays. You may pay some money to be a member of the site, but I think it is not necessary. The web site also provides pronunciation so that you can correct your pronunciation.

http://www.icrt.com.tw/big5/
This web site is also free. It is the web site of ICRT. You can read news. You can not only listen to the radio channel of ICRT, but watch what they are saying on this site.

http://www.studentpost.com.tw/
This is an interesting web site for learning English. It helps you how to write and read English. Besides, it even has some short movies to help you enjoy English more. It also provides some tests to test your vocabulary ability. This web site contains fourteen parts, including: 1.Commentary:每週導讀 2.Check It Out: 照過來 3.Guide Post: 郵報導讀
4.Word in the News: 新聞英語烘烤機 5.On Speaking Teams: 新聞話題
6.Scenestealers: 粉愛現 7.Wild Wild Web: 網路拓荒 8.Star Track: 星事速報
9.Trusty Translation: 精譯求精 10.Movies: 電影看板 11.Troubleshooter: 找碴高手
12.Short Stories and Tall Tales: 小說大觀 13.Eye on Taiwan: 台灣印象
14.What's in a Name: 大名小故事

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http://www.eslgold.com/
This web site basically has 10 sections, including speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, business, pronunciation, TOEFL / TOEIC and idioms. Each section is classified by levels. You can easily find what you want in just a few seconds. Moreover, you can test yourself by using quizzes on the web site.

http://www.esl-lab.com/
This web site can promote our listening ability. It was parted among three degrees of the simplicity, medium and difficulty. It also offers exercises. We can take exercises to train our listening. It is a free web site.

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/
The British Council offers courses in over sixty countries for children and adults. Courses are taught by highly qualified teachers with considerable experience in teaching English as a foreign language. I think this web site is good and useful! The important part is it is free!

http://www.a4esl.org/
There are over 1,000 quizzes, exercises and puzzles on the a4esl.org web site to help you study English as a second language. This project of the Internet TESL Journal has contributions by many teachers.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/index.html/
Paul Brains, a famous professor of Washington State University, designs and constructs the web site. There are some interesting topics, such as common errors in English, introduction of English classical literature and science fiction-related materials. Maybe we don't have a chance to be his student, but it is a good way to audit in his class in the internet.

http://www.linguist.com.tw/ENGClass/default.htm/
It is an English learning wed site. You can learn English conversation, reading, and grammar, etc, from this web site. The most important part is that it provides interactive functions. You can listen to the pronunciation over and over. Ordinary users can only glance some courses on the web site. If you want to take further courses, you have to join as a member and pay 3,000 dollars a year.

http://www.eslgold.com/
It provides hundreds of pages of free English teaching and learning materials for both students and teachers. I love the topic of listening because I can take some tests to improve my listening. There are several levels for users to choose. Other topics are also good. You can learn what you want, such as speaking, writing, and grammar, etc. from this web site. The web site is free.

http://www.1390.com.tw/
It is a Chinese web site of English learning. The content is the discussion of the last news or events. You can also subscribe “E-Paper” for free. It reminds you of the last content in this week. If you want to get extra information, you need to log in. Of course, you must pay to be the member of this club.

http://som.twbbs.org/klee/notebook/
The host of this web site is a Taiwanese student who went abroad for advanced study. He shares his experience of learning English with Taiwanese students. You con also learn how to use American slang and oral language in many kinds of situations.

http://www.hi2ez.com.tw/
The web site provides conversation, quiz, kid studies, etc. It is easy to study ESL here, and you can also sign up and get daily e-mail. It provides lots of information and news.

http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html/
It provides daily conversation. The topics conclude health, life, traffic, etc. You can listen to the dialogues and then practice. You can also join the chat room and discuss the ESL questions on the question board.

http://www.justtalk.com.tw/default.asp/
This web site is named鮑佳欣classroom . This is a Chinese web site. There are different kinds of news about learning English and many lessons about conversation .These lessons include business English, traveling English, entertaining English, overseas student English, etc. We can learn much about conversation from this web site. The web site is not free.

http://www.ep66.idv.tw/index.htm/
This web site is named English missionary. This is a Chinese web site. This web site offers much information about writing. It teaches you how to use English and grammar. Besides, you can learn how to translate Chinese into English and learn how to write news. This web site is free. If you want to learn English writing, this web site is a good choice.

http://www.yeswecan.com.tw/
(1) Testing Center=> English Placement Test, GEPT Online, Joy English Test AMCEnglishTest, Taiwan News Test . << you can make a test on line to know your English level>> (2) Learning Center =>JustTalk Course << the courses are about Japanese and Chinese>> (3) Free Lessons=>Sample Lessons, English Lessons, Japanese Lessons << it includes pronunciation, glossary, dialogues, which teach a little bit skill without school learning>> (4) Shopping Center=>Catalog, Guide<<it introduces a lot of books and CDs that help us to learn and show how to pay for a learning product>>, and it also has FAQ and site maps to solve users’ problems.