PRONUNCIATION
- Type IPA symbols (and you can type accents
of French, Spanish, German,…): http://ipa.typeit.org/
- Pronunciation (videos, games, quizzes, exercises, explanations on English pronunciation
system): http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
- American pronunciation : http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html
- Pronunciation exercises: http://www.manythings.org/pp/
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TEACHING
- Modern English Teacher: http://www.onlinemet.com/
- The Electronic Journal for
English as a Second Language: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/
- Sources for
teaching English to children, learning
activities for children:
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
- Interesting
things for ESL students: http://www.manythings.org/
- Macmillan’s website for English teachers (lesson plans, worksheets,
articles, audios, videos, flashcards,…): http://www.onestopenglish.com/
- Cambridge’s website for English teachers: http://www.cambridgeenglishteacher.org/
INFORMATION ON
INTERNATIONAL EXAMS
- IELTS:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/vietnam-exams-ielts-home.htm
http://www.ielts.org/
- TOELF & TOEIC: http://www.ets.org/
- All Cambridge
ESOL exams (including TKT, BEC): http://www.cambridgeesol.org.vn/
DOING RESEARCH
- Finding information online for doing
research: http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-study-and-exams-finding-information-online-1.htm
- APA style quick check: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
- APA’s official website: www.apastyle.org
- MLA style quick check: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
- MLA's official website: http://www.mla.org/style
- Useful phrases for writing papers and research: http://www.englishforresearch.com/phrasebooks/examples.htm
- Techniques for finding
information on the Internet effectively: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEADIAS, THESAURI & OTHER USEFUL FINDERS:
- Oxford dictionary online : http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
- Cambridge dictionary online : http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
- Longman dictionary online: http://www.ldoceonline.com/
- Macmillan dictionary online: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
- Collins dictionary online: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english
- Merriam-Webster dictionary online: http://www.merriam-webster.com/
- Heinle’s American English Dictionary online: http://nhd.heinle.com/Home.aspx
- Thesaurus (finding synonyms…): http://thesaurus.com/
- Encyclopaedia Britannica online (well, an encyclopaedia, not a
dictionary): http://www.britannica.com/
- Another encyclopaedia: http://www.bartleby.com/
- Acronym Finder (what acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms stand
for): http://www.acronymfinder.com/
- Cliché Finder: http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
- For finding quotations (in English): http://www.quotationspage.com/
- Dictionary of UK slang: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm
- Australian slang dictionary: http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
- Online Language Dictionaries
(English to French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and vice versa): http://www.wordreference.com/
BUSINESS ENGLISH
- Listening exercises for Business English: http://www.businessenglishpod.com/
- Listening with transcript: http://www.collinslanguage.com/collins-elt-learners-of-english/business-english/listening
- If you would like to read specialised business newspapers and
magazines: (Bloomberg Business Week) http://www.businessweek.com/;
(The Economist) http://www.economist.com/;
(Financial Times) http://www.ft.com/home/europe
- Business dictionary online: http://www.businessdictionary.com/
PRACTISING LISTENING SKILLS:
- News: (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/; (CNN) http://www.cnn.com; (ABC) http://www.abc.net.au/news
- News with exercises:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
- Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio
- Radio (easy, slow, with
transcript) : http://www.spotlightradio.net/
- General English :
http://www.listen-and-write.com/ (practising listening from dictation and listening texts)
http://www.real-english.com/ (watching
videos and doing interactive exercises)
http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-podcast-english-listening-downloads-archive.htm
(you can download podcasts and read pdf transcripts)
http://www.listenaminute.com/
http://www.elllo.org/
- Listening to lectures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9
(The Reith Lectures in BBC Radio 4)
http://hulk03.princeton.edu:8080/WebMedia/lectures/
(lectures given at Princeton University, US)
http://www.justiceharvard.org/
(lectures given at Havard University, with subtitles)
http://video.mit.edu/
(lectures given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US)
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/ (lectures
given at University of California Berkeley, audios and videos)
- Học tiếng Anh qua nhạc (bạn
phải đăng nhập): http://myworldvn.com/
- Listening to music and filling in the blanks: http://www.lyricstraining.com/
- Practise spelling: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/media/spelling-bee-2011/
LITERATURE
- Literary Criticism on the Internet: http://www.literaryhistory.com/ (a
reliable sources of 19th and 20th British and American
literature, analysed and selected by scholars)
- The Modern English Collection, from the University of Virginia Library: http://etext.virginia.edu/modeng/modeng0.browse.html
(a collection of works, but some are not free, and be careful about copyright)
- The American novel: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/
(a summary of all American novels, can be used as a first step in finding out
about a novel)
- Mr.William Shakespeare and the Internet: http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ (you
won’t hate Shakespeare any more!)
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/index.html
(you can read all Shakespeare’s poems and plays, free)
- Project Gutenberg Australia: http://gutenberg.net.au/ (read free e-classics!)
SPEAKING
- Find someone to practise
speaking English on Skype: http://community.skype.com/t5/Language-learning/bd-p/Languages
- Conversation Questions for
practise speaking: http://iteslj.org/questions/
- Practise speaking alone or with someone: http://www.todays-talking-topics.com/
PRACTICING READING SKILLS
- English Zone – Reading: http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=6 (easy reading with activities; poems, Aesop’s fables)
- Study Zone, from University of Victoria’s English Language Centre: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/ (you’ll need to choose your level first, then choose the lesson)
- Story Bytes: http://www.storybytes.com/ (VERY short stories from 2 words to 2,048 words!)
- Reading mysteries: http://www.mysterynet.com/
IMPROVING YOUR VOCABULARY
- Vocabulary exercises: http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/
- English Idioms and Quizzes: http://www.idiomconnection.com/
- Advice on learning vocabulary (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology): http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/advice/english/vocabulary/V4.htm
- Vocabulary Strategies for Academic Reading (Saint Micheal’s College): http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/IEP/RDG/vocab_strategies.htm
GENERAL ENGLISH LEARNING
Just choose any website here to improve your general English skills:
Learn English with videos: http://www.englishcentral.com/videos#!/index
Learn English online – English Learner: http://www.englishlearner.com/
Study Zone, University of Victoria: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/
PREPARING FOR IELTS
- British Council IELTS preparation: http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-exams-ielts-intro.htm
- Australia Network – IELTS
Preparation: http://australianetwork.com/studyenglish/
- IELTS for free: http://www.ieltsforfree.com/
- Good Luck IELTS: http://www.goodluckielts.com/
- IELTS Exams: http://www.ielts-exam.net/