Selected Links for ESL & EFL Students
Maintained by The Internet TESL Journal

The purpose of this page is to introduce students to a select list of links that they will find immediately interesting and useful. These may not be all of the very best sites, but these are definitely some of the best. We have not included sites that are difficult to navigate or are cluttered with advertising. For more links, see our complete list of links.

A Short List of Good Links

• Activities for ESL Students (By Many Teachers)
• Interesting Things for ESL Students (Charles Kelly & Larry Kelly)
• ESL Blue(s) (Eifion Pritchard)
• California Distance Learning Project
  Text to read and listen to, pronunciation practice, spelling practice, ...
  • Working
  • Law & Government
  • Family
  • School
  • Health & Safety
  • Housing
  • Money
  • Science & Technology
  • Services
  • Going Places
  • Nature
• MyEFA - English for All
  The video files can also be downloaded with iTunes. (Subscribe to Video Podcast Feed)
• Podcasts
  • Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL Podcasts
• UVic English Language Centre
• University of Iowa's Phonetics: The Sounds of American English
  Requires Flash and QuickTime. Listen and watch how to pronounce sounds.
• NOT FOUND ERROR: Interactive Quizzes - Guide to Grammar and Writing (Charles Darling & Others)
  This is mainly for native English speakers.
• Voice of America (VOA) Special English
  • VOA's Special English Programs in a Podcast RSS Feed
  • VOA's Special English has a limited vocabulary of about 1,500 words and is spoken at a slow pace.

Online Dictionary

Ultra Lingua's Web Dictionary




English definitions & synonyms French --> English English --> French French definitions Spanish --> English English --> Spanish Spanish --> French French --> Spanish German --> English English --> German German --> French French --> German German --> Spanish Spanish --> German Italian --> English English --> Italian Italian --> French French --> Italian Portuguese --> English English --> Portuguese Portuguese --> Spanish Spanish --> Portuguese Latin --> English English --> Latin

Stemming (English only)

Where to Ask Questions

• Dave's ESL Help Center

On-line Grammar Information

• UltraLingua's Online Grammar Explanations
• OWL Purdue's Help for ESL Students
• The Internet Grammar of English (University College of London)

More Links

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