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Dave's ESL Café
An interactive site for both teachers and students. It has chat
rooms, discussion forums, and places to ask questions of all
kinds. You play games, take quizzes, and learn about both
academic English and slang.
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ESL Pronunciation
A site that has video files to practice your spelling and
listening as well.
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Online Resources for Writers
Technical Writing A completely online textbook prepared by David
A. McMurrey, at Austin Community College (ACC) in ... ESL Home
Page Resources for students.
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Selected Links for Students of English as a Second Language
A meta-list of links to other ESL Web sites is hosted by the
Internet TESL Journal and is Intended for ESL students. Links
are organized under such categories as "Some of the Best Sites",
"Games", "Grammar", "Communicating with Others", "Listening",
"Writing" and "Reading.
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The Book of Clichés
A great source, all about clichés, how to use them and when to
use them. It has extensive lists on different clichés for the
same thought. This source has an introduction, lists of clichés,
awards the site has won, about the author, links to other sites,
and contact information.
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The Phrase Finder
"The Phrase Finder is a phrases thesaurus and searchable
database of a large collection of English phrases and sayings."
This site can be used to find phrases related to a particular
word, learn the meaning of a phrase, or determine the origin of
a phrase. Also includes a book list of dictionaries, thesauri,
and word phrase and origin books.
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The Key
The Key is a newspaper written for new readers and adults with
limited reading skills. All material in The Key and on-line is
free of copyright for nonprofit, education purposes only. The
Key New Readers Newspaper has been published monthly since 1988.
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Online Free Sources
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Britannica Online
Britannica Online is a free online encyclopedia,
explore art, history, science, and other topics with
Encyclopedia Britannica's subject browse or search by keyword
its 32 volumes.
In addition, you can search the Merriam-Webster online thesaurus
and dictionary for definitions, pronunciation guides, world
histories, synonyms, and antonyms.
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Microsoft Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
A free concise encyclopedia that includes 16,000 articles and
more than 2,200 photos, illustrations, maps, charts, and tables.
(Paying subscribers can access the more complete MSN Learning &
Research Plus with Encarta, for which a free trial is also
available.)
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Your Dictionary
A site with links to an unbelievable number of on-line
dictionaries, in a wide variety of languages. It includes
bilingual dictionaries, and grammar and vocabulary guides.
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The Internet Picture Dictionary
The Internet Picture Dictionary lets you learn
simple vocabulary by matching pictures with words and offers
exercises to practice them.
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Immigration Resource Site
This site is an extensive collection of immigration self-help
resources and references. It lists on-line services,
organizations, and immigration lawyers and consultants. This is
not a general site for learning about immigration issues; it is
a useful resource for those who have particular immigration
questions or problems.
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The Immigration Portal
The Immigration Portal has a directory of
lawyers. You can download free immigration forms and subscribe
to a free daily or weekly immigration update. There are links to
information about various parts of the immigration process.
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U.S. Citizenship Info
USCitizenship.info provides you with what you need to prepare,
complete and file your application for U.S. citizenship.
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GED Test
The official web site of the
GED Testing Service has useful information about
the test.
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The Official TOEFL Homepage
Published by ETS, this page has information on test dates,
registration and sample questions.
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