Resources For Learning English.Pdf

Resources for Practicing English Alone or In Class
I. READING COMPREHENSION: News Reports: 1. CNN: http://www.cnn.com/ 2. USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/ 3. Newsweek: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/4. BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk 5. Newsweek International: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3037881/site/newsweek/ 6. Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/ II. LISTENING COMPREHENSION: News Broadcasts: 1.VOA America Radio: http://www.voanews.com/english/index.cfm – news reports are read at a slower speed with limited vocabulary. 2. National Public Radio (USA) –http://www.npr.org/ 3. BBC Radio:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ 4. Story telling: http://www.storyteller.net/stories/audio 5. Listening Lab: http://www.englishlistening.com/startListeningNow.do Speeches: These are famous speeches, movie clipsand radio broadcasts. Some are written out as well. www.americanrhetoric.com Music Lyrics: If students want to practice English by listening to American music, the lyrics can be VERY helpful. 1.www.azlyrics.com, 2. www.lyricspedia.com Dictation 1. Stories and excerpts: http://www.fonetiks.org/dictations/ or (alternate link) http://www.dictationsonline.com/ 2. Real-life situations (medium level):http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-medium.htm 3. Real-life situations (high level): http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-long.htm 4. News dictations:http://www.listen-and-write.com/audio IV. WRITING: 1. Purdue University: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl 2. Chicago Style Manual http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html V. GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY and TOEFLpractice: Grammar: 1. http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_toefl1.htm - 33 questions, gives answers after you answer the question. Questions in structure format 2.http://esl.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=esl&cdn=education&tm=5&gps=294_499_1276_6 21&f=11&su=p897.3.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.testmagic.com/Knowledge_Base/TOEFL /Structure/index.htm - in written expression...