English Online Resources:HowJSay.com

Howjsay.com is an easy-to-use pronunciation dictionary. If you're not sure how to say a word in English, try it out - it includes numbers and contractions. It is mainly in British English.

Link:
Howjsay.com

Lecture Extras / English Online Resources:Jazz Chants

As noted in class o couple of times over the last few weeks, one of the best ways to improve stress and rythms patterns in spoken English is to use Jazz Chants. [Jazz chants being poems that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English] In addition, as Miles Craven in his article on Jazz Chnats has noted, because each jazz chant focuses on different vocabulary and grammar, you can also ..review important words and structures!

To hear a range of Jazz chants and read their Texts, see the link below from the people at OneStopEnglish

Link:
Jazz Chants [OneStopEnglish

Lecture Extra / English Online Resources:Tongue Twisters

As noted on the Wikipedia page on the topic, a tongue-twister "...is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly. Tongue-twisters may rely on similar but distinct phonemes (e.g., s [s] and sh [ʃ]), unfamiliar constructs in loanwords, or other features of a language." The hardest tongue-twister in the English Language according to the Guinness World Records, they note, is "The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick."

Tongue Twisters can be found in many languages and have been a commonly used tool in English language classes to help students improve their fluency. Given that doctors and other people in the medical professions often need to say quite complex things fairly rapidly [just watch ER, House or any of the other medical related programs of TV to see what I mean] Tongue twisters are especially useful for Medical Students.

Find below a link to the "1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters" web site which claims to have the 's largest collection of tongue twisters. Ive also included direct links to their English and Arabic tongue twister pages..

Links:
1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters [General]
1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters [English]
1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters [Arabic]

English Online Resources:eslgold.com

ESLgold.com gives you the opportunity to practice your English language skills in many ways. If you're a beginner, you can start by checking out our vocabulary pages, where you can see, hear, and say new words in English.

If you need some help with grammar, listening, or reading, you can look through hundreds of pages of explanations, examples, and exercises or browse through the quiz links section. If you want some conversation practice, you can find a study buddy, tutor, or teacher in our speaking partner program. In addition there are TOEFL / TOEIC, pronunciation and idioms practice?

Links:
eslgold.com

English Online ResourcesNew English File

New English File Online is a website hosted for English language students by Oxford University Press. You can learn more English here with interactive exercises, useful downloads, games, and weblinks. Practise your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, and reading, and have some fun too.

There are different sets of pages for pages for Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced and Grammar ,and within each level linksto Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Practical English and 'How Words Work activivities along with Learning Records , Text Builders and Weblinks .

Links:
oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/

English Online Resources:www.usalearns.org

U.S.A. Learns (www.usalearns.org) is a free ESL instructional program developed primarily for immigrant adults with limited English language skills who cannot attend traditional classroom programs because of difficulty with schedules, transportation, or other barriers.

The site was developed by the Sacramento County Office of Education in partnership with the University of Michigan, and is based on greatly expanded curriculum from Putting English to Work I, English for All, and the California Distance Learning Project Web site.

The U.S.A. Learns Web site consists of 3 unique programs:
- First English Course – 20 video-based, beginner-level units,
- Second English Course – 17 video-based, intermediate-level units, and
- Practice English and Reading – 42 intermediate-level stories and activities.

Links:
usalearns.org

English Online Resources:Repeat After Us

Created by a high school student, RepeatAfterUs is an award-winning online library with what it claims to be the "best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings".Their free audio clips provide, as they note, "an excellent resource for students and literature lovers of all ages".

Among the genres of texts and recordings they have are: Poetry, Drama, Prose Fiction, Children's Stories, Nursery Rhymes and Tongue Twisters, Memorable Quotes and In Your Own Words

Links:
repeatafterus.com

English Online Resources:EnglishClub.com

EnglishClub.com is a Web site that helps English learners and teachers by providing useful resources such as Web-based lessons, quizzes, games, forum, chat, and blogs. This Web site consists of five sections: Learn English, Teach English, ESL Resources, ESL World, and My EnglishClub. Each section provides several sub-sections with rich learning and teaching activities and resources. In the grammar section, for example, learners can read the explanations on verbs and then take verb quizzes if they want.

An interesting feature of the site is the The Learning English Video Project which consists [so far] of 7 documentaries filmed in 7 countries: Morocco, Romania, USA, Spain, China, Brazil, UK each of which deal with questions such as "Why are people learning English?" and "What tips and advice can learners offer?" In the film on Morocco, for example, staff and learners discuss the advantages and challenges of English language learning in Morocco. Interviewees touch on a variety of topics including British vs. American accents, multi-level classrooms, and the similarities of English to French and Spanish.

Link:
EnglishClub.com

English Online Resources:BreakingEnglishNews.com

BreakingNewsEnglish.com is a web site that offers free Englisdh lessons every three or so days. All lessons are based on stories currently in the news -and are also downloadable in Word.doc and PDF formats.

Most of the lesson plans have vocabulary exercises and discussion exercises as well as reading and listening. The material is for intermediate and above students. and the lessons based dealing with such topics as: Business English, the Environment, Health, Lifestyle, Current Issues, Famous People and Gossip, Technology and World News.

Among the recent stories covered on the site is one about a Yemeni-American rapper who Hagage 'AJ' Masaed believes he can help in the fight against terrorism through rap. Check out the story here.

Links:
BreakingNewsEnglish.com

English Online Resources:cdlponline.org

The aim of cdlponline.org is to help adults improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories on topics of interest to adults. The stories are based on real life situations of interest to adults. Many came from television news stories. The site notes that some of the stories are now more than a year old, however, and things may have changed in that time.

What you do to use the site is to:
1. Pick a topic that you like by clicking on a topic or picture in the top bar of the homepage.
2. Pick a story by clicking on a story name in the list. then
3. Read the story t[if you want to hear the story, you can click the "Listen"]

When you are done reading the story, you click the "Next" button at the bottom of the page to go to learning activities based on the story.

Links:
cdlponline.org

English Online Resources: ELLLO: English Listening Language Lab Online

ELLLO is a collection of over 800 audio activities that ESL, EFL, and English students and teachers can access freely via the net. Most audio comes with pictures of the speaker, the transcript, and downloadable audio in mp3 format. Among the resources in the site are: views, Mixer, Games, Videos, Songs, News and Points.

If your interested in how a site like this started and operates you can watch a video talk about how ELLLO first got started and the inspiration here.

Links:
elllo.org

English Online Resources:Good Luck IELTS

While many sites have information and advice related to the various exams students need to do in order to get into Universites in countres such as Australia, Canada, England and the USA, there are also sites devoted to these exams.

One of these sites is Good Luck IELTS. The makers of this site endevour to show users how they can 'do their best on the day of the IELTS exam'.

The information is divided into three main areas:

• IELTS test knowledge - so you know what to expect on the test
• IELTS test skills – so you know which techniques can increase your scores
• IELTS test resources – so you can prepare easily, effectively and efficiently

You can also find lots of IELTS tips, IELTS advice, and IELTS secrets to ensure success on your test. "Created by a team of experienced teachers", this site, the team claim "can prepare you to get higher IELTS scores, without the fear, frustration, and loneliness that often accompany studying for English proficiency exams".

Link:
goodluckielts.com

English Online Resources:English-at-home.com

English-at-home is a site that enables you to improve you English grammar, vocabulary and speaking with games, a blog, forums and more Make new friends as you learn English.

Among the pages on the site are those to do with: Speaking English, Grammar and Tenses, Vocabulary, Getting a Penpal, Real Life English , Games and Quizzes, Idioms and English Reading

Link:
english-at-home.com

English Online Resources:InnerBody.com

InnerBody is another of the guides to the human body that can be found online. A comprehensive guide to anatomy and physiology of the human body, you can study all parts, organs and systems using anatomy charts, models and diagrams. I'm sure you will find its a valueable resource durin g the next semester of English classes!!

In addition to information on the human body there are also links to a number of cognitive training and learning games that you can use to improve memory and attention. These include the:
Information Processing Game: Speed Match

Attention Game: Lost in Migration
Memory Game: Memory Matrix

Flexibility Game: Word Bubbles

Problem Solving Game: Word Sort

Link:
innerbody.com

English Online Resources:EFL.net

At EFL.NET ]not to be confused with eflnet.com you can listen to songs, stories, poetry and world news in easy English, while you read the texts on the screen.

On the site you can also do cloze tests, play word games and improve your grammatical and idiomatic English.

Links:
efl.net

English Online Resources:EngVid

There are a number of sites in line that provide videos along with other resources. One site whose main resource are videos in engVid.com. engVid aims to bring its users you free English video lessons every day. Their hope is that users can improve their skills for TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC exams, or just get general English grammar and pronunciation tips.

They have lessons for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced students and cover such topics as business english, grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, reading, slang, speaking, vocabulary and writing. They also provide tips for their users to improve their English.

Links:
engvid.com

English Online Resources:eflnet.com

Eflnet.com is the result of the work of Rich McGirr who is an English instructor at various schools in San Diego for more than 12 years. He is currently working as a web developer for the San Diego Community College District.

The site has links to grammar, phrasal verbs , vocabulary ,listening (advanced) and reading (advanced) activities.

Links:
eflnet.com

English Online Resuirces:EFL Club

If you are an advanced student of English as a foreign language, then I think you have come to the right place. EFL Club is a web site that has been on the Internet since 1999. While up until 2008, it was a place for young learners of English as a foreign language, from 2009, it began to focus on the needs of more advanced learners.

Among the resources on the sites are: Quizzes, Songs , Stories, Games, and Movies.

Links:
eflclub.com

English Online Resources:ManyThings.org

ManyThings.org is a web site is for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities.

Link:
manythings.org

English Online Resources:Activities 4 ESL Students

The Internet TESL Journal iteslj.org is a monthly web-based journal that began publication in 1995. In addition to publishing articles, it has many activities for students a4esl.org and various things for teachers iteslj.org/t/.

From the main page of the student website - a4esl.org - students can access all the main sub-menus of the site. Both the grammar quizzes and the vocabulary quizzes are sorted into six levels from easy to difficult. The bilingual vocabulary quizzes are sorted by language and the crossword puzzles are sorted into easy and not so easy. For the convenience of visitors who may not be able to use JavaScript or the Flash plugin, there are additional menus listing the quizzes as HTML-only, JavaScript or Flash quizzes.

Link:
a4esl.org