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Featured Resources

About.com: English as 2nd Language - Learn English with the About.com guide to English as a 2nd language (ESL / EFL). Learn English using resources including English grammar explanations, quizzes, pronunciation help, reading, listening and writing and ESL free lesson plans. Exam resources include TOEFL, IELTS, PET, KET, FCE, CAE and more.
BBC: Learning English - A great site for learning English, from BBC world service.
Wikipedia: English Language Learning and Teaching -
National Institute for Literacy: English as a Second Language Literacy Facts -
University of Victoria: International English Studies Online -
ESLPod - English as a Second Language Podcast. The podcasts are all recorded at a speed you can understand clearly and comprehensibly.
EnglishClub.com: Learn English - Teach English - Learn English, Teach English
English1010.com Free Audio and Written English Lessons Online - This site has some good lessons covering a variety of commonly-used idioms, expressions and phrasal verbs in the English language. Many of these lessons are supplemented with audio, which is handy for pronunciation and listening practice. This site is best for intermediate to advanced learners of English. This resource is also a great tool for English teachers who can point students to the site and have them do any number of activities regarding idioms and expressions.
Learning a New Language at languagetutoring - LanguageTutoring contains over 90 articles all written by our team of experts and we add around 3 new articles each month.

Websites / Online Lessons

EnglishPage.com: Advanced English lessons - Free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources.
Dave's ESL Cafe - The internet's meeting place for ESL + EFL + teachers + students from around the world.
UsingEnglish.com - UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.
English-Test.net - An excellent range of tests for you to practise your English. They have a bank of tests divided into levels; there are hundreds to choose from, and they are continually adding to their site.
esl-lounge.com Student - Learn English for free.
ESLgo.com - Study free English classes online ESL classes
A4ESL.org:Activities for ESL Students - Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL) This project of The Internet TESL Journal has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
Patsula: Online ESL Lessons -
ManyThings.org: Interesting Things for ESL Students - A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language.Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
EnglishForums.com - ESL, Learn the English language with online help and tips from volunteer teachers all over the world.
Englishmate.com.cn English Mate Podcast for Learning English Online with Real Teachers - Though technically not a "podcast" (no RSS feed for subscription, only email) his is a useful resource for folks interested in finding podcasts in English on a variety of topics - and having transcripts to work with! Designed for intermediate to advanced English learners, this podcast provides materials that aid the learner in increasing vocabulary and listening skills.
itcansay.com Huge Database of Audio Samples for English Pronunciation Practice, Dictionary, Online Text Reader - This site is really cool - simple, elegant and very useful. There are three main resources on the site: 1) dictionary 2) audio recordings of native English speakers pronouncing the words in the dictionary (20,000+) 3) an online text reader The dictionary is nothing special in and of itself, but when you add in the ability to view any entry and then click to hear the word pronounced, it adds up to a really cool and handy tool for English learners of all levels. You can also choose to have random words appear to test your knowledge. The added online text reader is fun to play with and can really be more of a learning game for children. This is a really solid, straight-forward resource.
Exam English Free Practice Tests - This resource has many useful materials for English language learners interested in studying for and passing the essential ESL/EFL exams (mentioned above). The practice tests are very useful... and free! The level test is great for people interested in determining their level of English knowledge in terms of the standard English proficiency tests.
Internet TESL Journal for Teachers of English as a Second Language - This is an incredible rich resource for English teachers involved in acronym salad: ESL, TESL, TESOL, TEFL, EFL... The site offers loads of free lessons, techniques, tips, games, jokes, links, activities and other resources for English teachers. Though mainly for teachers, this site also has an excellent list of links for students learning English as well.
EnglishClub.com Free ESL Learn and Teach English Lessons, Games, Forums, Quizzes, Chat - English lessons, games, quizzes, forums, chat, lesson plans, jobs & more for ESL learners & teachers. Welcome to English Club, a site to help you learn English or teach English as a second language. Access to all pages is free. You'll find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals.
TheEnglishLanguage.org Directory of Websites about the English Language - Just ran across a directory of websites about the English language.
Larry Ferlazzo’s English Website - There are many pages on the main website, and they have nearly 8,000 categorized links appropriate for English Language Learners.

Podcasts / Online Videos

ESLPod - English as a Second Language Podcast. The podcasts are all recorded at a speed you can understand clearly and comprehensibly.
Business English Podcasts - Learn Business English at your convenience with free MP3 Business English Podcasts.
ESL and Archie Comics - Very interesting conversations for ESL learners.
ESL Business News - A weekly podcast of international business news read in slow, clear English. Listen to the podcast and follow along in the accompanying script.
The Linguist Podcast. - Listen to linguists discussing language learning.
ITESLJ Podcast - Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language.
Podcasting for ELT. - A station for EFL/ESL educators interested in podcasting.
ESL Podcast - These are the 20 newest podcasts by ESL podcasters.
Free English Now - Listen to stories from the Bible, and repeat sentence by sentence after the reader.
Yahoo Podcast - Listen online, download to your computer, or subscribe and get new stuff automatically.
Pod 101 - Public radio veteran Tony Kahn's Morning Stories - sometimes funny, sometimes reflective, and always heartwarming.
ABC News - Daily news, including Video Podcast.
CNN's podcasting - Consists of news and information files that may be downloaded to your computer and/or transferred to your portable MP3 player.
NPR Podcast - National Public Radio news updated daily.
ESLvideo.com - Free ESL/EFL listening exercises with videos from YouTube, Currenttv, Revver, and more.
The Linguist on Language Podcast - Steve Kaufmann does a lot of work to help folks learn English, as well as other languages. This podcast offers a lot of info about techniques and ideas for learning English more quickly and effectively. Most of the content in the podcasts can be applied to learning any language. Kaufmann has a lot of experience with this process - he speaks nine languages.
languagecaster.com Learn English through Soccer/Football Podcast - A really cool idea that is very well done and ideal for intermediate to advanced learners of the English language. The podcasts are interesting (especially to football/soccer fans) and they come with worksheets, transcripts, vocabulary lists and more. There is truly a lot of useful quality content in these podcasts and associated learning materials.
Breaking News English EFL/ESL Learning Podcast - Quite a nice production! This is a really good concept: taking the latest news and making not only a podcast about it, but also creating thorough worksheets, practice materials and quizzes. Bravo to Sean Banville for a job well done! Loads of work is obviously put into each lesson.
The Rob and Bob Show English Lessons Podcast - This podcast is well done and, as you can read above, has some interesting aspects given that the hosts speak British English and North American English. This is great for intermediate to advanced learners of the English language who are interested in getting exposure to both of these English "dialects".
English Feed English Listening Practice Podcast - There is a lot of great listening practice to be had with this podcast. Great for intermediate and above learners of the English language.
Podictionary English Dictionary Podcast - This is a well-produced podcast about English words. This is a great podcast for intermediate to advanced learners of the English language. You can use this podcast to learn new vocabulary words on-the-go.
Listen to English-Learn English Podcast - This podcast has loads of good content to work with. It is an excellent resource for intermediate to advanced English learners looking for interesting listening materials accompanied by transcriptions of the spoken text.
Effortless English Podcast Gives Automatic English for the People - This is a well-done podcast for intermediate to advanced learners of the English language. Currently, this podcast is being updated about every couple of weeks.
BetteratEnglish.com Better at English ESL/EFL Podcast for Real People - This is by far one of the most popular of the available podcasts for learning English. The content is interesting, the updates are frequent and the site has a feel of being very alive and active. An excellent overall resource.

Software / CDs / DVDs

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Dictionaries

Great Online Dictionary (Monolingual) - One great monolingual online dictionary. Key functions are as follows: dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, reference and web search.
Urban Dictionary(With the most up-to-date words and expressions) - This site features all the latest words and expressions that are submitted by users. You can also vote for the most approriate definitions.

Books

Pimsleur: Learn English -

Beginner Resources

English for beginners - The largest English-learning website in the world !
WordWeb - WORDWEB FREE* VERSION WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows that can look up words from in almost any program. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Culture / News / Fun / Other

English USA: English Language Humor -
Off The Mark Cartoons - 3000 + off the mark Cartoons by Mark Parisi
Anerican Slang - Commonly-Used American Slang

Language Classes and Programs

ESL.com - ESL-English language programs
Bridgedenver-Intensive English Programs in Denver, USA - Bridge-Linguatec provides highly intensive English language training to hundreds of executives from all over the world.

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Quick Facts:
Number of speakers:
First language: 309 – 380 million
Second language: 199 – 600 million
Overall: 1.8 billion

Spoken in:
U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, India, the Philippines

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