ESL Site AwardsAre you tired of searching for quality ESL learning websites? Let EnglishClub do the work for you! EnglishClub routinely searches the ESL web and recommends special sites that we think are valuable for learners. The sites we choose are updated regularly and offer useful resources, lessons and activities to enhance your learning program in a variety of ways. EnglishClub Site Of The Month June 2013 ~ engVid  engVid EngVid is a website full of videos for English learners. You will find videos on common grammar mistakes as well as tips for using slang, phrasal verbs, and other common expressions. There are also videos that provide useful tips for students taking standardized tests like IELTS, TOEIC, and TOEFL. The videos are made by English teachers and are categorized by level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and topic. You can also choose videos by your favourite engVid teacher. EnglishClub Site Of The Month May 2013 ~ Just The Word  Just The Word Just the Word is a tool that can help you choose the right words and phrases in English. It can also help you correct your writing mistakes. It is a combination of dictionary and thesaurus, and is very useful for learning collocations. Collocations are pairings or groups of words that are commonly found together. To test out Just the Word, go to the search box on the home page and type in a word such as “life”. Then hit Return on your keyboard. Look through the results that come up. The clusters show words that are related in meaning. The unclustered words are not closely related to each other. Click on the links to review example sentences. EnglishClub Site Of The Month April 2013 ~ English Leap  English Leap English Leap is a website for English learners based out of New Delhi, India. You can use some of the resources on the site for free, including video lessons, learning tips, vocabulary lists, and explanations about common mistakes in English. If you like what you find on English Leap, you can register and create an online profile. When you sign up you can take the assessment test. The assessment test has a section for grammar and a section for vocabulary. Other quizzes are available on the site. Read on » EnglishClub Site Of The Month March 2013 ~ Two Minute English  Two Minute English Two Minute English is a new YouTube channel featuring everyday American English conversations. The English speakers use simple, clear English that you would hear in a variety of situations. You will find useful topics, such as shopping for groceries and going to the gym. You will also find conversations that feature functional English, such as how to express likes and dislikes. A variety of male and female speakers are used. EnglishClub Site of the Month February 2013 ~ ESL Fast  ESL Fast Are you looking for free English listening practice? ESL Fast has hundreds of English stories and conversations to listen to. The audio files also have transcripts so that you can read along as you listen. Many of the speakers in the recordings speak slower than natural English speakers, so the recordings are ideal for beginners and low-level learners. If you find that the site has too many ads but you want to keep listening, you can pay for a subscription. You can also try interacting with the ESL Robot. Chat with the robot and he will reply to your questions. Site Of The Year 2012 ~ Tiny Texts In English
Tiny Texts in English offers free listening and reading materials for English learners based on interesting news stories that may not make the headlines. Each entry includes a short reading with an audio file and glossary. The recordings are provided by speakers with a variety of accents, including Scottish, Australian, and Brazilian. The “takeaway test” is a short printable quiz with a matching exercise and gap-fill. Some entries also include related videos or links. The site is relatively new, but is growing weekly and is EnglishClub Site of the Month January 2013 ~ Misterduncan  Misterduncan’s YouTube Channel Mister Duncan is an expressive English teacher who teaches English through his YouTube channel. He speaks British English naturally and clearly, and his videos are useful for listening practice. You can listen to more than 70 videos chronologically, or browse through the index to choose videos that interest you. The lessons include captions so that you can follow along. EnglishClub Site of the Month December 2012 ~ English Grammar Secrets  English Grammar Secrets English Grammar Secrets is a very basic site for learning and practising English grammar on your own. The index of lessons and exercises includes many of the grammar points teachers cover in class. After you review the grammar, you will get a chance to do several interactive exercises to prove to yourself that you understand what you learned. EnglishClub Site of the Month November 2012 ~ Renshaw Internet School of English  Renshaw Internet School of English If you’re preparing for a standardized test such as TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS, be sure to check out Jason Renshaw’s Internet School of English. When teachers are asked for a good online resource for test preparation practice, this is often the first one that comes to mind. On this site you will find video tutorials, practice tests, and sample responses. EnglishClub Site of the Month October 2012 ~ GCF Learn Free  GCF LearnFree.org The Goodwill Community Foundation’s Learn Free website offers practical online lessons for everyday living. The site includes interactive audio lessons, such as using the bank machine, paying with a debit card, and reading a subway map. There are also lessons on computer and career skills. EnglishClub Site of the Month September 2012 ~ Tiny Texts In English  Tiny Texts in English Tiny Texts in English offers free listening and reading materials for English learners based on interesting news stories that may not make the headlines. Each entry includes a short reading with an audio file and glossary. The recordings are provided by an English teacher with a Scottish accent. EnglishClub Site of the Month August 2012 ~ ESLPod  ESLPod ESLPod is full of English listening materials that are free for English learners and teachers. Two American professors who specialize in ESL run the site and record the podcasts. The dialogues in the podcasts use everyday English at a pace that is quite a bit slower than natural. The language and scenarios are explained in easy English following each dialogue. Topics range from travel and business to small talk and relationships. Serious learners who want more than listening practice can subscribe to ESLPod for a monthly fee. EnglishClub Site Of The Month July 2012 ~ Interactives Spelling Bee  Interactives: Spelling Bee Interactives Spelling Bee is a site from Learner.org that is extremely useful for English learners who want to improve their listening skills. You will need to experiment a bit to find the appropriate level of activity since these cloze exercises are actually designed as grade school spelling tests. The Grade 1 level is suitable for English beginners, and the Grade 11-12 exercises are useful for advanced learners. Just like EnglishClub’s Weekly News pages, you have to listen to the audio and type in the missing words. EnglishClub Site Of The Month June 2012 ~ English With Jennifer  JenniferESL Jennifer is an online English teacher who has been uploading lessons to YouTube as JenniferESL since 2007. Jennifer has recorded pronunciation lessons, grammar lessons, vocabulary lessons, and mini-lessons on holidays and customs. You can also catch Jennifer on EnglishCafe’s Jim and Jen show, also available on YouTube. Her lessons are popular because she is a good teacher with a clear voice, and she understands the difficulties that ESL students have. EnglishClub Site Of The Month May 2012 ~ uWall
If you enjoy learning English through music, try uWall. This is an alternative to YouTube, and can be useful for language practice. Discover new music genres by choosing from a variety of categories or photos. You can also choose music based on your mood. A single click will take you to a playlist of music that you can listen to for free. Choose “lyrics” to watch videos with lyrics. EnglishClub Site Of The Month April 2012 ~ Listen and Write  Listen and Write Listen and Write is a dictation site for language learners. Start by creating a login so that you can save your scores. Take a test to see what your listening level is. Note that your typing must also be good to get a high score! There are three different modes to use. EnglishClub Site Of The Month March 2012 ~ Hungry for English  Hungry for English Hungry for English is a free ESL Video series on YouTube. The current videos are suitable for beginner English learners, but new videos are being added regularly. The online lessons contain very little text. The main characters, “Joe” and “Jesse,” want learners to pick up the language by hearing it instead of reading it. The Hungry for English team hopes their simple videos will make it unnecessary to translate what you hear into your native language. The actors are playful and silly, and the outtakes remind English learners that language learning can be fun. Site Of The Year 2011 ~ PhraseMix
The site is interactive in that learners can leave comments and even compete in competitions. Learners can also post questions in the forum. All of the previous phrases are available in list form. Aaron Knight, the creator of Phrase Mix, also shares tips for memorizing the new phrases. His blog has great ideas for English teachers and high level learners.
EnglishClub Site Of The Month February 2012 ~ Espresso English  Espresso English If you have time for a daily coffee, you have time for a daily English lesson. This is the premise behind Espresso English, a new site for self-studying English learners. The site offers regularly updated short lessons and quizzes on English learning topics including Vocabulary, Business, and Pronunciation. Many of the lessons come with streaming audio. You can listen to a native speaker as you read along. EnglishClub Site Of The Month January 2012 ~ English Practice  English Practice Learning a language online can be difficult. The best sites for English learners have a basic layout with simple navigation. English Practice has these important features. The home page features an index full of practice categories that are useful for English learners. These include standard topics that you will find on many practice sites such as grammar, punctuation, and IELTS. |
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This site is for advanced English learners who want to learn new words and expressions that are used “in the real world”, such as “Can I slide past you?” or “It seemed like a no-brainer”. A new phrase is added each day, along with a cartoon, an easy explanation, and a few examples. Phrases are “natural”, “useful”, and “memorable”. If you sat at a dinner table with an English family, you would hear these kinds of phrases.