Online
courses and resources
Why
not have a look at these online exam and academic writing courses from Oxford? http://www.englishstudydirect.com
Writing
This site gives a great deal of reference support about how to write an essay.
It helps you to understand the basic structures that you will see in the academic
part of this site.
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/index.html
http://essayinfo.com Offers guides to efficient essay writing. Includes essay writing basics, a thorough description of different essay types, and writing tips.
Listening
The ESL-LAB online language labratory. Although this uses American English it
is a huge and well organised resource of audio files with multiple choice and
fill in the gap tasks. It has material for every level.
http://www.esl-lab.com
Reading
The California Distance Learning Project is also from the USA and uses articles
from CNN for a wide range of vocabulary and comprehension exercises. Again,
it is a very large resource and the exercises recycle new vocabulary items.
Most of the exercises have audio or even movie files as well. Most of the material
is suitable for intermediate and above.
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
Exam
Flo-Joe is an English site devoted to the Cambridge general English exams (FCE,
CAE and PCE). It is full of advice for students and teachers. It includes model
answers and a wide variety of interactive exercises. It is frequently updated.
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk
Grammar
Professor Charles Darling's grammar page is a fantastic resource of information
and associated interactive exercises. It's like having a free grammar book that
automatically tells you the answers.
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
EAP
The Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand has an EAP specific selection
of exercises that are organised into a module of work. These can be followed
in order, or useful aspects can be completed.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/llc/academic-writing/index.html
Phrasal
verbs
The Churchill House English school in Ramsgate has an online English area on
its web-site. One of the best things here is a collection of over 160 phrasal
verb exercises, all interactive. The site gets a new exercise every week.
http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/exercises/phrasals
Vocabulary
Strategies
http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk - a vocabulary learning strategy which encourages students to develop good language
habits by keeping well-organized and personal notebooks.
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/wordsurfing/ - an open forum to discuss "Word Surfing" or anything else connected to helping students with their vocabulary development and overall language learning efficiency/enjoyment.
Songs
Musical English lessons is also based near Ramsgate. There are a range of resources
here, including a wide variety of exercises which can be used with popular songs.
http://www.musicalenglishlessons.com
General
English
English
Daily: ESL resources for English learners.
www.englishdaily626.com