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LINKS TO ESL SITES
  • A Guide for E.O.I. Students of English
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Index
English as a Second Language
  • What are you interested in?
  • Learning skills:
    • Listening Comprehension
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Writing Practice
    • Oral Practice
  • Grammar resources
  • Vocabulary resources
  • Some interesting links by Spanish teachers



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Listening Comprehension
All Levels
  • ESL Independent Study lab
    • Links to Listening already divided by level.
  • English as 2nd Language
    • Links to Listening already divided by level.
  • Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
    • Listening divided in three levels: Easy, medium and difficult.
  • Dave’s eslcafe.com
    • Links to listening exercises of all levels. It includes a commentary about its contents.
  • La Mansión del Inglés
    • A lot of basic/intermediate/advanced listening exercises to choose from
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Listening Comprehension
Advanced to Proficiency Level (I)
  • eVIEWS
    • For intermediate to advanced English students.
  • BBC Learning English
    • Listening exercises, music and video. English by radio.
  • Focus English.com
    • Focus on learning idiomatic and everyday expressions to help us deal with daily conversational situations. Many different topics. Intermediate to Advanced level.
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Listening Comprehension
Advanced to Proficiency Level (II)
  • Traveler’s Journal
    • a collection of more than 1000, two-minute "audio postcards" from the wide world of travel. American English.
  • CNN News Stories
    • Reading + Listening. It includes a Reading activity with exercises and story outline and a version of the story on video and audio.


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Listening Comprehension
Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate Level
  • eVIEWS
    • For intermediate to advanced English students.
  • Focus English.com
    • focus on learning idiomatic and everyday expressions to help us deal with daily conversational situations. Many different topics. Intermediate to Advanced level.
  • ELS Interlink
    • Read + listen to a paragraph with phonetic explanation of many difficult words.
  • Learning English Online
    • Sting Listen to the interview and decide whether the sentences are right or wrong
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Listening Comprehension
Elementary to Pre-intermediate Level
  • http://www.esl-lab.com/roots/rootsrd1.htm
    • Biography with slides and listening comprehension.
  • ESL Interlink
    • Questions and responses.
    • Listen and write down what you hear.
  • Learning English Online
    • At the cinema  Match days, beginning times and the films
    • At the lost property office  Three conversations. Which items are the persons looking for? Select (yes/no)

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Reading Comprehension
All Levels (I)
  • ESL quiz zone
    • The quizzes posted here concentrate on vocabulary linking exercises and reading comprehension questions.
      • Levels: Beginner, intermediate & upper-intermediate.
  • ESLhome.org
    • Online Reading Passages and Exercises arranged by level.
  • ESL Independent Study Lab:
    • Reading 1
    • Reading 2
      • A links’ collection organized by level it's well annotated and includes some user reviews.


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Reading Comprehension
All Levels (II)
  • UVic Study Center: Reading
    • Interactive reading with comprehension, summarizing, and gap-filling activities; by level...
      • 200 (BASIC)
      • 330 (BASIC, INTERMEDIATE)
      • 410 (INTERMEDIATE)
      • 490 (INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED)
      • 570 (ADVANCED)

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Reading Comprehension
Advanced to Proficiency Level (I)
  • CNN News Stories
    • Reading + Listening. It includes a Reading activity with exercises and story outline and a version of the story on video and audio.
  • E.L. Easton. English online
    • British and American literature. Listen and read.
  • The Online Books Page
    • Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web.
  • The Moonlit road
    • Reading + Listening. Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
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Reading Comprehension
Advanced to Proficiency Level (II)
  • Project Gutenberg
    • Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts).
  • Short Fiction
    • Many resources from Carnegie-Mellon University's English page
  • La Mansión del Inglés
    • Book extracts with comprehension exercises, Spanish translation and the option of reading the whole book on the same website.
  • ESL Interlink (Links to newspapers)
    • US press
    • International Press
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Reading Comprehension
Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate Level (I)
  • CNN News Stories
    • Reading activity with exercises and story outline. Use ABRIDGED story.
  • E.L. Easton. English online
    • Children’s literature. Listen and read.
  • isabelperez.com
    • Reading + writing for youngsters. Reading exercises (elementary to intermediate level).
  • ELC Study Zone
    • Reading texts + exercises.
      • Intermediate
      • Upper-intermediate
        • Pre-reading, reading and grammar exercises.
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Reading Comprehension
Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate Level (II)
  • Learning English Online
    • Read the text and choose the best option
      • The Hard Rock Cafe Story
      • George Takei
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Reading Comprehension
Elementary to Pre-intermediate Level
  • isabelperez.com
    • Reading + writing for youngsters. Reading exercises (elementary to intermediate level).
  • The Body in the Hotel Bed
    • Reading and fill-in the gaps exercises by Lilliam Hurst (past simple)
  • Learning English Online
    • Read the text and decide whether the statements are true or false.
      • Free4Fun
      • Steven Spielberg


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Writing Practice
All Levels
  • Purdue's Writing Lab
    • Online writing lab, resources for writers and teachers, internet search tools
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Writing Practice
Advanced to Proficiency Level (I)
  • E.L. Easton. English online
    • Writing guides and articles. Punctuation and spelling.
  • Capital Community College Foundation
    • Guide to grammar and writing.
    • Principles of composition.
  • Ohio ESL Writing
    • Ohio University’s collection of research and writing activities. Topic ideas to read, write and talk about, and webs to do the necessary research.
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Writing Practice
Advanced to Proficiency Level (II)
  • Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English
    • Advanced Composition for ESL/EFL students who want to write in English for academic purposes.
  • ESL Interlink
    • This lesson will help improve your writing skills. By carefully examining a paragraph and making step-by-step corrections, you will participate in the revision process.
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Writing Practice
Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate Level
  • isabelperez.com
    • Reading + writing for youngsters. Reading exercises (elementary to intermediate level).
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Writing Practice
Elementary to Pre-intermediate Level
  • isabelperez.com
    • Reading + writing for youngsters. Reading exercises (elementary to intermediate level).
  • ELC Study Zone
    • Two stories with gap-filling exercises for beginners.
    • Stories and exercises for pre-intermediate level.

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Oral Practice
All Levels
  • E.L. Easton. English online
    • Speaking and pronunciation activities and articles.
  • english@home
    • Vocabulary and expressions necessary to express: probability, generalizations, complaining, suggestions, rephrasing, requests, opinions, advice, etc
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Oral Practice
Advanced to Proficiency Level
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Oral Practice
Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate Level
  • english@home
    • Speaking tips and advice and useful vocabulary (idioms, encouraging people to keep on talking to you, making generalisations, real life English vocabulary)

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Oral Practice
Elementary to Pre-intermediate Level
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Grammar resources (I)
  • Eflnet
    • Grammar exercises divided by level. Animations and sounds included.
  • E.L. Easton. English online
    • Grammar articles and exercises that explain everything, from adjectives to pronouns. The best links on many topics.
  • ELC Zone
    • Grammar introduction and exercises for different levels.
      • Elementary
      • Pre-intermediate
      • Intermediate



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Grammar resources (II)
  • Ohio University: Ohio ESL
    • Grammar for English Language Learners
      •   Activities (All levels, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)
      •   Reference
      •   Special problems in English grammar
      •   Other Resources
  • Aspect
    • Online grammar.
      • Contents: Adjectives, Adverbs, Determiners, Direct and Indirect Speech, -ING form, Nouns, Passive, Possessive, Relative Clauses, the Infinitive, to Get, Verbs and Verb Tenses.



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Vocabulary resources (I)
  • Foreign Language Vocabulary Quizzes
    • English-Spanish vocabulary quizzes of all topics.
  • Eflnet
    • Vocabulary quizzes divided by level. Phrasal verbs. Animations and sounds included.
  • Vocabulary.com
    • Advanced level exercises to learn new vocabulary.
  • isabelperez.com
    • Vocabulary (games and exercises), dictionaries and encyclopaedias.
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Vocabulary resources (II)
  • English Exercises Online
    • Reading and vocabulary activities (all levels).
  • ELC Study Zone
    • Vocabulary exercises for beginners.
  • La Mansión del Inglés
    • Vocabulary according to topic. You see the picture and choose the right word.
  • VoyCabulary
    • VoyCabulary makes the words on any webpage into links so you can look them up in a dictionary or other word-reference-site of your choice, by simply clicking on the words.
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Some interesting links by Spanish teachers
  • Marga Valdes (CPR Avilés)
    • A lot of links that will be very useful (listening, grammar, vocabulary, writing, general exercises).
  • Cristina San Juan  (EOI Zaragoza)
    • Links for students of 2º and 4º year English EOI.
  • ESL teachers (IES Emilio Alarcos  Gijón)
    • Web page full of links of students of English of all levels.
  • Aurora Gil
    • fun exercises for ESO and Bachiller using Flash.
  • Isabel’s ESL Site.
    • Materials and links for teaching and learning English.
  • Web of M. Jesús García San Martín (EOI Langreo).
    • All kinds of great exercises if you enter the Material Section of her web.