Web+Sites

Web Sites
This is a list of my recommended Web sites for practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, idioms, pronunciation, and more. There, you will also find online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and translators.

Do you have a favorite Web site for practicing English? If so, please email me kreyes @ miracosta.edu and let me know what it is so that I can add it to this list.

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Online Resources
[|MSN Dictionary with Sound] [|Visual Dicitonary Online] [|Thesaurus (for finding synonyms)] [|Wikipedia] [|Simple Wikipedia] [|Vidipedia] [|Refdesk] [|Many Reference Links] [|Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary] [|ThinkMap Visual Thesaurus]

Translators
[|Google Translator] [|Yahoo Translator]

Listening
[|Cambridge Interchange Arcade] [|English Baby] [|English Listening Language Lab Online] [|English Listening Lounge] [|ESL Lab] [|ESL Pods] [|Interactive English Listening Exercises]

Pronunciation
[|American English Pronunciation] [|English Club] [|English Pronunciation] [|The Sounds of Spoken English]

Reading
[|Awesome Stories] [|Bibliomania Free Online Books] [|BITS Interactive Exercises] [|California Distance Learning Project] [|CNN News] [|Critical Reading Steps] [|English Express] [|Free Books to Read Audio Library] [|Life in the USA: The Complete Guide] [|Links to Reading Sites] [|News with Videos] [|Reading Practice Tests] [|The Learning Edge] [|VOA Special English]

Grammar/Writing
[|ESL Blues] [|ESL Writing Den] [|Grammar Bytes!] [|Grammar Games]  [|Guide to Grammar and Writing] [|Purdue Writing Lab] [|The Big List] [|UsingEnglish Quizzes]

Vocabulary and Spelling
[|English Page] [|Funbrain] [|Listen and Write Dictations] [|Spelling Bee @ Learner.org] [|Spelling City] [|University Vocabulary Trainer] [|WebWorkbooks]

Idioms
[|English 1010 Idioms] [|Go English] [|Idiomsite] [|Self-Study Idioms]

All Skills
[|Learn English] [|5 Minute English] [|A4ESL Quizzes] [|Cambridge Touchstone Arcade] [|E.L. Easton English Online] [|English Banana] [|English Club] [|English Daily] [|English for All] [|English Page] [|English Works] [|ESL Gold] [|ESL Lounge] [|ESL PartyLand] [|ESL Wonderland] [|Go4English] [|Interesting Things for ESL Students] [|Learningline] [|Mansion Ingles] (for Spanish speakers) [|TV411]

Fun
[|20 Questions] [|EnglishTrailers] [|Grammar Ninja] [|English Games] [|Karaoke English] [|LingualNet Learning English Through Movies] [|Online English Games] [|Tutpup] (math and spelling games) [|Pandora Radio]