English As A Second Language Program (ESL)
Online Language Practice
For Beginning and Intermediate Learners:
- Connect with English: A video story series with everyday language.
- News for You: Read and listen to current news stories in easy-to-understand English. (Subscriber password now needed.)
- USA Learns: Free, multi-media lessons to learn English, for Beginning, Low Intermediate and Intermediate Students. Produced by the US Department of Education. Directions in English or Spanish.
- ELLLO: English Language Listening Lab Online.
General Interest-Intermediate to Advanced:
- Pronunciation: A website with videos of the sounds of English
- Eyercize Pacing to increase your reading speed and move your eyes from left to right.
- Living on Earth
- National Public Radio
- Story Corps: Listening to ordinary people tell their interesting stories.
- This American Life: A radio program with interesting and unusual stories about life in America.
Academic English For Advanced Learners:
- Academic Word List
- 100 Wonderful Websites: Courses, tutorials, books, videos and more!
- Academic Listening: A site for English Learners from the University of Hertfordshire.
- Courses at Berkeley on YouTube: Audio and video lectures from the University of California, Berkeley.
- MIT Open Courseware: Video and audio lectures from classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- University Channel: Authentic audio and video lectures and discussions from top-tier universities.
- Video clip (3 minute run-time) about Avoiding Plagiarism More information on academic honesty
- "You Quote It, You Note It" Plagiarism tutorial from Acadia University Library
Test Preparation:
- Learning Express Library, practice for the GMAT, GRE, TOEFL or improve math, writing & reading skills.
Keyboarding (Typing) Practice
Online Dictations: