GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND WORD GAME WEBSITES

Activities for ESL Students
Grammar and vocabulary quizzes, crossword puzzles and bilingual quizzes in many languages.

Dave's ESL Cafe
Wide variety of quizzes and practice on slang, idioms, phrasal verbs, reading comprehension, history, geography, and grammar as well as ESL and EFL Chat rooms and valuable links to educational resources.

EFLNET
Intermediate to advanced practice in grammar, phrasal verbs,vocabulary and TOEFL Test preparation.

English Page.com
This free site provides the high-intermediate to advanced ESL student with authentic reading and listening resources as well as tutorials and short tests on a wide variety of grammar points. Also featured is a multilingual dictionary and vocabulary building exercises.

Idioma Ingles para Hispanohablantes
Extensive vocabulary and grammar practice for Spanish speakers.

Interesting Things for ESL Students
A diverse Website including spelling, vocabulary and sentence games and puzzles, listening exercises and pronunciation practice (minimal pairs).

Internet Picture Dictionary
Wide selection of vocabulary with pictures and additional activities for beginners.

Karin's ESL Partyland
Our student pages have over 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room, and lots of great links.

Learning English as a Second Language
Lessons and quizzes on Idioms and Slang, vocabulary and grammar topics at the Beginner and Intermediate levels. Free Registration required for some features.

PRONUNCIATION WEBSITES

Eva Easton Authentic American Pronunciation
This Website offers a wide variety of recorded material that demonstrates the pronunciation of American English, including the names the letters of the alphabet, vowel and consonant sounds, word linking, contractions and stress patterns used in American English. Real Player and Flash are required.

LISTENING WEBSITES

English Listening Lounge
Listening passages with questions, answers and transcripts. Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.

Learning Resources
Current news stories with sound to include vocabulary, quizzes, sequencing activities and more for intermediate and advanced learners.

The Learning Edge
Online Newspaper articles with sound as well as games and quizzes. Intermediate and advanced levels.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Easy, Medium, and Difficult listening exercises with quizzes.

READING WEBSITES

Adult Learning Activities - California Distance Learning
Project
This site provides adult learners with short reading passages about recent news stories related to science, money, housing, family, law and government, jobs, school and traveling. All the readings are supported by audio and many are also complemented by video clips.

ESL Desk - Learn English as a Second Language
This site has a variety of quizzes, readings, grammar and vocabulary lists for ESL students. Each of the readings and lists is linked to a related online dictionary, thesaurus or lesson. This website also offers a special reading board onto which any English text can be pasted and automatically links each word of the text to a dictionary in English or any one of 15 different languages.

Reading Skills for Today's Adults
This site provides reading practice for adult learners at grade levels 1 to 8. Each reading is recorded for learners to read along and is followed by printable exercises to test comprehension.

The Key - A Newspaper for New Readers
The Key provides reading material for adults with limited reading skills. These include adults who have not completed their high school educations, those learning English and those with learning disabilities. This site provides recent news stories regarding world news, U.S. news and local news from Wisconsin.

COMPUTER-RELATED WEBSITES

BBC Computer Tutor
This site offers basic keyboard and mouse training using a user-friendly animated "instructor" who guides the learner through each step in British English. No registration required.

GCF LearnFree.org
This site offers the adult learner a variety of interactive activities related to common everyday tasks such as following recipe instructions, using an ATM machine, reading classified ads and applying for a job. It also provides free tutorials on common software programs; some with video instruction and free online courses with live computer instructors. (Free account registration required)

Online Mouse Activities
A wide variety of exercises designed to aid in the manipulation of the mouse.

SENSE-LANG.ORG
This free Typing Tutor provides training from basic lessons to activities and games and allows the learner to test typing speed and accuracy. The site speaks to a wide target audience and offers its unique learning method in a range of languages and in compatibility with the various types of keyboards in different languages. No registration required.

IMMIGRATION WEBSITES

U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
This is the official government Website for all things related to immigration to the U.S. and becoming a U.S. Citizen. This site, a service of the Department of Homeland Security, provides immigration forms, fee information, educational resources, application instructions for visas and work permits, online tracking of application status and the latest news about treaties and accords affecting immigration to the U.S.

Civics and Citizenship Study Materials
This site includes a variety of educational materials for teaching U.S. History and Government. A valuable aid for helping citizenship candidates prepare for the USCIS Naturalization Interview.

USCIS Naturalization Page
This website provides information on the steps to follow to become a U.S. Citizen. It includes links to the "Guide to Naturalization" in several languages as well as study guides for the USCIS Interview, the N-400 Application form and the re-designed Naturalization Test which will be used after October 1, 2008.

Welcome to the Naturalization Self-Test
A test of your knowledge of the United States History and the structure of our government. This is not the actual test that you will by given by an USCIS Officer. It is designed to be used as a study guide only.

INTERNET NEWSPAPER WEBSITES

Newspapers of the World on the Internet
Extensive listing of online newspapers from around the globe.

Online Newspapers.com
Database of thousands of online newspapers listed alphabetically and by region.

COMMUNITY WEBSITES

Medline Plus
This site, a service of the National Institute of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides a wealth of knowledge about medical topics in simple English through interactive animated tutorials. The site covers a broad scope of health-related data including symptoms, causes and treatments of diseases and conditions, test and diagnostic procedures, surgery and treatment and prevention and wellness.

Welcome to Community Corner
A wide variety of information regarding various community locations/services for intermediate and advanced learners.

Visiting the Doctor
Choose from a large selection of activities related to a visit with the doctor. Beginning and Intermediate levels.

ONLINE COURSE WEBSITES

English for All
Free online ESL course for adults. Intermediate to advanced level. Each episode presents work related vocabulary and grammar.

USA Learns
This site offers an online course in English as a Second Language at beginner, low intermediate and intermediate levels. It contains interesting reading passages and video content geared toward adult learners, followed by comprehension and vocabulary-building activities. A simple registration process is recommended, but not required, to get started with this easy- to-use course.

REFERENCE WEBSITES

AmharicDictionary.com
Description: This is a free online Amharic <-> English dictionary with a simple search feature.

Dictionary.com
This online dictionary provides an audio tool with the American or British English pronunciation for each entry and instant translation into 20 different languages. The site also provides a translator, a thesaurus and an encyclopedia.

LingvoSoft Online Dictionaries
This is a free basic online dictionary that is adequate for adult learners. It quickly translates words from English to 40 different languages, from Albanian to Yiddish, and offers a parts-of-speech label and variations for each entry.