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English as a Second / Foreign Language 
 

  Top Sites

Dave's ESL Cafe - http://www.eslcafe.com/
This great Web site has quizzes, quotes, slang, discussion boards, and many other resources for instructors and students. 

Interesting Things for ESL Students - http://www.manythings.org/
Quizzes, word games, American English pronunciation exercises, and much more.

Learn English in Arabic with the BBC Arabic.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/arabic_elt/

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  Listening

Listening for English Language Learners (Ohio University) http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/listening.html
Excellent listening activities for various levels of students, and links to other listening materials. 

BBC World Service
Learn English with current news, music, and sports
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

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  Reading

"The Learning Resources site offers web-delivered instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories."
"Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story." 
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/instructor.html

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  Writing

Writing Help - http://ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Writing/index.html
An excellent online handbook discussing academic writing, technical writing, and business writing

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap.html#workshops
"ThePurdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website is divided into four major sections: handouts and materials, Internet resources, workshops and presentations, and Writing Lab and OWL information,

Writing Exercises for Engineering and Scientists: http://writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/
"These exercises are designed to help you, the engineer or scientist, master various mechanical and stylistic aspects of engineering writing and scientific writing."

Familiar Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/100/
"Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."

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  Pronunciation

English Pronunciation - http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/pron/
Listen to dictations, comparisons of minimal pairs, and tongue twisters. "To take advantage of the CD-quality sounds in these files, you will need a computer with a floating-point unit (FPU), and the latest Shockwave Plug-in from Macromedia. At least 16 mb of RAM is also recommended."

American English Pronunciation Practice http://www.manythings.org/pp/
Listen to sounds in comparisons of minimal pairs, songs, poems, and tongue twisters.

Common Mistakes in English by Language Background http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phono.html
Contains a large variety of language backgrounds including Arabic.

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Vocabulary Puzzles - http://syndicate.com/
Interactive vocabulary puzzles for different levels of students and in different forms (e.g., word find, fill-in-the-blanks, definition matching).

Vocabulary Exercises http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/vocabulary.html
First, a group of words is presented according to a category (e.g., telecommunications, higher education).  Then, one can participate in interactive exercises in which these words are used in conversations. 

CNN Newsroom and Worldview for ESL  
http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html
Great source of grammar and vocabulary exercises.

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  Grammar  

Self-Study Grammar Quizzes - http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html
Wide collection of self-study quizzes on many grammar topics. 

An INDEX of about  400 Topics on English Grammar
http://cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

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efl4u.com - http://www.efl4u.com
This site offers a large collection of lessons ready to be downloaded and a new lesson every week.

eslflow.com - http://www.eslflow.com  
Here you find an excellent collection of ESL lesson plans for all levels of students.

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