Good Sites for Self Study on the Internet

Here are some sites you can use on vacation or if you are taking a term off. They are all designed for self study. 

 

English for ALL

This is a great website with 20 videos for you to watch and grammar, vocabulary, and all kinds of activities for you to access. I have set up a class that you can access from any computer. To register go to the site at:

http://www.myefa.org/

Click on “Student Registration”

Fill in your information (be sure to pick a personal password you can remember)

Our class password (be sure to capitalize): LCCESL5

 

General ESL self-study site:

About.com

http://esl.about.com/

 

Pronunciation Self Study Sites:

Sounds of English

http://soundsofenglish.org/index.html

 

ESL Independent Study Lab

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/pronunciation.html

 

Listening & Combined Skills Sites:

Randall’s Listening Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

 

ESL Wonderland

http://www.eslwonderland.com/

 

News stories from CNN and CBS

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

 

Grammar and Vocabulary:

Self Study Quizzes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/

Ogden’s Basic English (an incredibly rich site with the common words of English)

http://ogden.basic-english.org/

Dictionary.com (site includes IPA pronunciation and thesaurus of most English words)

http://www.dictionary.com

 

Reading & Listening

Adult Learning Activities: A California Distance Education Website

http://www.cdlponline.org/

 

Adjective Clauses:

Be sure to do the exercises related to the information on this site:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj.htm

When you are done with the explanations, do the quick quiz at this site:

http://www.eslbee.com/AdjClauses.htm

Another resource for Adj. Clauses (and advanced structures) is the Grammar Bytes site:

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjectiveclause.htm