Resources
Would you like to practice and improve your English? Learn more about American culture and area resources? Check out these useful and interesting sites:
LISTENING and SPEAKING
http://www.esl-lab.com/ - listening practice and quizzes – organized by levels
http://rachelsenglish.com/video-categories/#sounds Rachel’s English - videos explaining pronunciation
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/filter/language/en/English use music to practice your English
http://podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml - collection of podcasts, some on business related topics
http://ello.org/english/site-map.htm -listening passages, speakers with different accents, grouped by level, includes videos
https://www.ted.com/talks Ted Talks
GRAMMAR
http://grammar-quizzes.com grammar topics with practice quizzes and explanations
http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html Self-study grammar quizzes for multiple levels
http://eslcafe.com/pv/ Dave’s Café phrasal verbs page
http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm Grammar exercises
http://chompchomp.com/ Grammar exercises
http://www.grammarbook.com/ English grammar rules
WRITING
http://owl.excelsior.edu/ excellent resource from Purdue University for university level writing
www.plagiarism.org clear explanation of plagiarism
www.grammmarly.com This site will check your grammar (a sentence or a whole paragraph) or check for plagiarism. It should only be used as a tool – it’s not perfect!
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation_rules.asp punctuation rules
https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/index.html punctuation guide
READING
https://newsela.com Articles for different levels followed by comprehension practice. Free site registration.
https://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension reading comprehension exercises organized by topics, divided into levels
http://www.topics-mag.com/ On-line magazine for English language learners
http://www.bibliomania.com/ Classic literature you can read on line
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ How Stuff Works
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html Speed reading methods
http://www.magatopia.com/ free on-line magazines
VOCABULARY
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm Building a Better Vocabulary
http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/index.htm Vocabulary, listening, and discussion divided by topic
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ Fun way to increase your vocabulary – choose your topic
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1383 Free Rice! Fun way to learn/practice vocabulary and feed people
http://eslcafe.com/idioms/ Dave’s ESL Café – Idiom page
GENERAL
http://iteslj.org/ESL.html Selected Links for ESL Students
http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive/ Aardvark’s English-Forum
POETRY
http://www.oneword.com/ One word. One minute. One Writer: You.
CULTURE
http://www.artscenter.org/ Purchase College Performing Arts Center
https://www.neuberger.org/ Neuberger Museum of Art
https://www.loc.gov/ The Library of Congress
http://www.imdb.com/ Internet movie database
https://www.thoughtco.com/differences-between-american-and-british-english-1212216 Differences between American and British English
www.amnh.org/ American Museum of Natural History
www.moma.org/ Museum of Modern Art
www.mcny.org/ Museum of the City of New York
www.metmuseum.org/ Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.movingimage.us/ Museum of the Moving Image
www.nybg.org/ New York Botanical Garden