How and Where we can learn English

Listening

All Levels

1) Listening
http://esl-lab.com/
　
2) Excellent videos with transcripts
http://www.englishcentral.com/watch

Easy Level

3) Simple and Fun Activities
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/listening.html

Intermediate Level

4) Hiroshima University's Virtual University: A Great Site!http://vu.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/listening/index-e.html

5) Interesting Storieshttp://www2.actden.com/writ_den/menu.htm

6) BBC: News, Music, Business Englishhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/sport/index.shtml

7) Listen to Interesting Stories While Reading Alonghttp://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/topics_summary.cfm
　
8) NBA Game Highlightshttp://www.nba.com/video/

Advanced Level

9) Movie Transcriptshttp://www.script-o-rama.com/trans.shtml

10) Podcastshttp://a4esl.org/podcasts/

11) BBC: News, With Transcriptshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/news/index.shtml

12) CNN: Learning Englishhttp://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

13) National Public Radio: News Hour, With Transcriptshttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/

14) Stories about American Culturehttp://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/index.html

15) Advertisements for American Movieshttp://us.imdb.com/Sections/Trailers/

16) Famous Speeches in Historyhttp://historychannel.com/speeches/index.html

Vocabulary

All Levels

1) Fun Quizzeshttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/vocabulary.html

2) Word Puzzleshttp://www.funbrain.com/detect/

3) Interesting Crossword Puzzleshttp://iteslj.org/cw/

Easy Level

4) The 1000 Most Common Wordshttp://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bl1000_list1.htm?once=true&

5) How the Alphabet Developedhttp://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/latin.html

Intermediate Level

6) Communicative Test: Made for Japanese University Studentshttp://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/katsuiwa/english/list.cgi

7) Slanghttp://www.eslcafe.com/slang/slang.cgi?

8) Homonymshttp://www.quia.com/custom/1055main.html

9) Lots of Fun Activitieshttp://a4esl.org/a/v5.html

Advanced Level

10) TOEFL Vocabulary Practicehttp://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bltoeflquiz.htm?once=true&

11) Common Errorshttp://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html

Grammar

All Levels

1) Interesting Quizzes http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm#Grammar

2) More Interesting Quizzeshttp://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

Intermediate Level

3) Grammar Test: Made for Japanese University Studentshttp://vu.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/grammartest_a.html

4) Comprehensive Grammar Explanationhttp://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

5) Phrasal Verbshttp://www.eslcafe.com/pv.cgi?

6) Grammar Help from the BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnit_archive.shtml

7) Other Grammarhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

Advanced Level

8) TOEFL Grammar Practicehttp://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bltoeflquiz.htm?once=true&

9) More TOEFL Grammarhttp://testwise.com/review.html#men2
　

Reading

Easy Level

1) Readinghttp://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm#Reading

2) Good Reading Exerciseshttp://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html

Intermediate Level

3) Translation Pagehttp://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja

4) Sciencehttp://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/scienceqa/index.html

5) Culture Capsuleshttp://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/ortesol98/home.html#master

6) Comicshttp://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/index.html
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/

7) Alice in Wonderlandhttp://the-office.com/bedtime-story/classics-aliceinwonderland.htm

Advanced Level

8) Daily News Quizhttp://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/index.html

9) Interesting Materials about Foreign Cultureshttp://bjapan.bravehost.com/

10) Some On-line Magazineshttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/
http://www.sciam.com/
http://www.newsweek.com/
http://www.time.com/time/
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm

11) Some Other News Siteshttp://www.asahi.com/english/english.html
http://www.usatoday.com/
http://abcnews.go.com/

12) Free Electronic Books!http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Semi-Conversation

All Levels

1) Make foreign friends, using keyboard chathttp://www.eslcafe.com/chat/chatpro.cgi

2) Conversation Questions—Do these with a friend!http://iteslj.org/questions/
　
3) Excellent Practice with L/R Soundshttp://www.englishcentral.com/speak/sound/L

Easy Level

4) Keyboard chat with a robot!http://www.cleverbot.com/

5) Travel Vocabularyhttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/ts/

6) Basic Pronunciationhttp://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc.htm

Intermediate and Advanced Level

7) Oral Presentationshttp://ec.hku.hk/tops/html/

Writing

All Levels

1) Writing: Made for Japanese University Studentshttp://vu.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/writing/movie.html

2) The Open Diaryhttp://www.opendiary.com/

Easy Level

3) Write Funny Sentenceshttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/jaw/w01.html

4) Write a Funny Storyhttp://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html

5) Spellinghttp://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/

Intermediate and Advanced Level

6) Purdue University Writing Labhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

7) Examples of Essayshttp://www.amarris.homestead.com/writing.html

Other Good Sites

1) Links to Many English Learning Sites!http://towerofenglish.com/

2) Various Interesting Activitieshttp://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html

3) On-line Encyclopediahttp://www.encarta.msn.com/

4) On-line Dictionaryhttp://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm