Pontifical College Josephinum

Helpful Links for ESL Students

On-Line ESL Dictionaries

Newbury-Heinle Learner's Dictionary

http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx

Longman Online Dictionary

http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

http://www.oup.com/elt

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Vocabulary

Collocations (words often used together)

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-lists.htm

http://www.ozdic.com/

Homophones/Homonyms (words that sound the same but are different in spelling or meaning)

http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html

http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/homophones.htm

http://www.homophone.com/

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/homofone.htm

Idioms (group of words that has a meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate word)

http://www.idiomsite.com/

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com

http://www.idiomconnection.com/

Slang (informal, sometimes offensive, language used by people who belong to a particular group)

http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/

http://www.slangsite.com/

http://www.manythings.org/slang/

Euphemisms (polite expression used in place of words or phrases that seem harsh or unpleasant)

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-euphemism.html

http://www.euphemismlist.com/

http://lynnschneiderbooks.com/2011/12/23/20-examples-of-great-euphemisms/

http://fos.iloveindia.com/euphemism-examples.html

Dysphemisms (harsh, more offensive word instead of one considered less harsh)

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/writing-dysphemism.php

Thesaurus (contains synonyms (words that mean the same) (Note: most online dictionaries have a thesaurus)

http://thesaurus.infoplease.com/

Vocabulary Games

http://www.vocabulary.co.il

http://www.learningchocolate.com/

https://www.vocabulary.com/

Academic Word List (high-frequency words in English-language academic texts)

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/id21.htm

https://quizlet.com/39344250/the-academic-word-list-awl-flash-cards/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePGtnSW_RY&list=WL&index=56

On-Line Spanish-English Dictionaries

http://www.spanishdict.com/translation

http://www.wordreference.com/

Grammar Exercises

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm

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

http://www.englishpage.com/grammar/index.html

http://www.grammar-monster.com/common_grammar_errors.htm

http://a4esl.org/

http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/

http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

Listening and Speaking Practice

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

http://www.englishcentral.com/videos#/browse-app

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/listen-to-poetry

http://www.cdlponline.org/

http://www.elllo.org/index.htm

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7sLjHjX4D8&index=15&list=WL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6jKor-1xPo&index=5&list=WL

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKYJHW3dXOM7pXJOZVMb2rr15qg7-cL5D

Mixed Skills

http://www.esolcourses.com/

https://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/

http://free-english-study.com/

http://www.tv411.org/

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/

http://www.adelescorner.org/index.html

Phrasal Verbs

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm

http://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.htm

Prepositions

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-list.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/verb_preposition.html

Pronunciation

http://pronuncian.com/sounds

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/#!sounds/c46c

http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html

http://inogolo.com/index

http://lyricstraining.com/

Reading

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

http://themoonlitroad.com/

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

Writing Links

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/5/

http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/index.htm

Games

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2010/11/action-verbs-game.html

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/Games.html

http://www.mes-games.com/

Gale Virtual Reference Library (read and listen to academic articles in English and other languages)

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=colu14438&authCount=1

News

National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1001

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

BBC

http://www.bbc.com/

The Church

Mass (Altar, Vestments, etc.)

http://www.calefactory.org/lit-altar.htm

Pronunciation of Biblical Terms

http://netministries.org/Bbasics/bwords.htm

Bible Readings/Daily

http://www.usccb.org/bible/