Sunday, 21 November 2010

ESL/EFL websites

Your next assignment is to find and analyze a website that can be used for learning English. You will have to send your analysis to my email address (groups 141a, 141b, 142a) or present it during our last class (142b).

Here you can find an example of how to do that and 4 questions you have to answer while analyzing your website (all the questions in bold).

Website
What features (services) does the website provide?
You can read the news from all over the world. Also you can listen to some of the news and learn new vocabulary from them. As well as listening online you can download the article, exercises and the mp3 file so that to work with it in an offline mode.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/11/101110_witn_mcdonalds_page.shtml
There are different categories. For example, you can choose between GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY and PRONUNCIATION, or GENERAL and BUSINESS English.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/index.shtml
Also you can find cultural references from which you can get to know a lot about different cultures (not only about British). For example, there are 2 categories: COSTUMES AND CELEBRATIONS and RECIPES where you can learn a lot about different holidays and national cuisine of the country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/specials/
To addition there one can also find crosswords, quizzes, blogs and numerous discussions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crossword/101119_crossword_school.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/community/index.shtml

What do you like about it?
You can work with it for free (including the download of the files). I also like the great many of services that I described in the previous question.

What don’ you like about it?
You can forget about time if you get to the website, because it really makes one interested in what’s going on there.

How many points would you give this website (out of 10)? And why?
10 points, because it is possible for everyone to use it: for people from every part of the world (with Internet), and with all levels of knowledge.

39 comments:

  1. http://www.tuition.com.hk/english/english-resources.htm
    This is esl s efl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. There are a lot of things which we can do on this site to improve our English. There are such categorizes as listening, speaking, grammar, reading, writing, vocabulary, activities, quizzes and English language tests. And all this categorizes are divided into several levels according to the degree of difficulty.I like this site because it is quite simple in it's using and we can do all activities online for free.I don't like this website because there are no games but only quizzes and tests. I think that this website is rather good and useful for students and i put 8 out of 10.

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  2. http://iteslj.org/t/.html
    This is ESL and EFL website. It is №1 site of Top 20 ESL\EFL websites. This site created for teachers and students. There are a lot of interesting and useful information on it.

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  3. www.kampusworld.net
    ...It is the best online website for people who really interested in learning Engish...Busines English...To become professional

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  4. Домашняя страничка- http://audio-class.ru/index.html
    Грамматика на этом сайте - http://audio-class.ru/grammar/shortest-grammar.html
    Времена - http://audio-class.ru/tense.html
    Фонетика- http://audio-class.ru/english-phonetics.html
    Audio-Class - teach languages with sound! (English and German) voiced a table of times and over 10 small parallel texts.
    1) You have read, and, of course, hear funny stories, poems, jokes on live English and German, will find articles on language (and other) topics, conversation and be able to "spy" without tedious grammar exercises. You'll also be able, finally, to learn irregular verbs, and signs of transcription - the phonetic symbols and their corresponding English sounds. Yes, at the initial stage of language learning for an adult to do without this hard.
    2) I liked everything in this site; I'll even sort out some questions for a couple of minutes!
    3) I certainly give 10 points! Super Site

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  5. http://www.learnenglish.de/
    This site can help of learning English. I think that this this the best one, that I have found. It has many different parts, for example, business English, English for free, English for teaching (plans for lessons), Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary...
    I liked most of all about this site, that it has additional information. It's very important to know the culture and the history of the country, which languge you learn. In this website is the article og British. Also there is a searching system, so if you have an immediate question, tou can ask, and it will help to find an aswer on the question. To know about the progress of your learning there are also different quizzes. There is also an archives of previous articles, recipes, British poetry, articles, jokes, etc.
    There is nothing that I didn't like about the site.
    I give 10 points! ;)

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  6. Yulia Zvirishyna 141(b)

    1. http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/index.html
    There is a free program for improving your English in this website. Also there are seven levels of instruction: blue, red, yellow, green, purple, orange, and violet. Teachers may also download instructional materials found there for free. And there are a lot of languages in which users can translate this site for better understanding tasks in the beginning of their education. As well as listening online you can download the article, exercises and the mp3 file so that to work with it in an offline mode.
    Also this website has a lot of video on Youtube, with help of which you can improve you pronunciation, enrich you knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9CYJYq_xNc&feature=player_embedded#!
    According to you knowledge of English you can choose a chat (blue level chat, red level chat etc.), where you can find new friends all over the world and practise to speak with them in English.
    http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Chat.html
    2. I like that this site is free and all users can work with it in any time. I also like all that services which I described in the previous question. Also there is a searching system, where you can ask an immediate question, and it will help to find an answer on this question.
    3. There is nothing that I don’t like in this site, because there is all that everyone could be interested in.
    4. I would give 10 points for it, because it is very easy to use this website and it is possible for everyone, who has Internet, to use it in any time.

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  7. http://www.eslgold.com/This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. On this website you can find everything for learning English. links to them. Listening, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, idioms, reading and even you could speak with English or American by Skype. I think it's very comfortable site and I put 10 of 10

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  8. KOSTENKO ALEX 141B group
    http://www.abc-english-grammar.com/
    1)This site is for improving and learning language! i can read everything i need about English language.
    2) i like this site because i can work with it for free. there are enough of material audio video grammar lexical material and so on! And also i can download any files i need and work with them offline
    3)I like this site but there is one disadvantage i can easily forget how to enter it especially when i have no time.
    4)I can put this website 8 because there are no news about the world!

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  9. http://www.eslgold.com/ ESL website for learning English. It contain only links for the material for learning. It contains link for learning Grammar, reading, listening, speaking and you could upgrade your English knowledge. I put 10 of 10 to this website and i think it's good for all who want learn english

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  10. http://www.englishclub.com/
    hello!At first I want to answere for only one question ESL or EFL? What do ESL and EFL mean? ESL stands for English as a Second Language. ESL is used when people learn English in an English speaking country. EFL is used when people learn English in a non-English speaking country. Is this important? Not very, if you are a student. But there are some important technical considerations for teachers.
    When I begin to do this work,i mean to searching interesting web-site,I was really surprise aout one of them!This site is created to help students with their English as a second language,and helps us to improve our knowledge!
    We'll find everything from lessons for learners to jobs for teachers, including fun pages like games, quizzes and chat - all free!Also I found there a few categories such as:
    What is English?How to Learn English?Pronunciation Power.English Prepositions List.Idiom of the Day.Slang of the Day.Phrasal Verb of the Day.Daily Lesson .Monthly News.
    and at last I can say,that I'll give 10 points for this site,because I think that this website is very good and useful for studentsand not only for students!

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  11. http://www.eslgold.com/ This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. It contains links for study material and have a lot of categories. You could even speak with England citizen or American citizen by Skype. I put 10 of 10 to this site because it's useful for students and because it is possible for everyone to use it, and i think with all levels of knowledge.

    Sergey Savickiy, Group 142a

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  12. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/
    To Learn English is a free site for English learners. You will find free English vocabulary sheets, English grammar sheets and English exercises.There are about 40,000 members on this
    site.First you can pass a test to see how good are you in English.There are 9428 English lessons and exercises wich are that help us learn this or that subject on English.I think that this particular site is very good for learning English, even when I found him I began to practice my English.And most importantly it is very fun, because the picture on the site, and decorate make the study interesting.

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  13. http://www.native-english.ru/
    This site is very interesting. Here you'll find everything you need to improve and consolidate your knowledge of the language. There are 2 main parts: theory and practice. In the topic Extra you can find English audio, books and movies to make learning English more enjoyable and fun for you. I give 10 poin

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  14. http://www.eslgold.com/ This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. It contains links for study material and have a lot of categories. You could even speak with England citizen or American citizen by Skype. I put 10 of 10 to this site because it's useful for students and because it is possible for everyone to use it, and i think with all levels of knowledge. Sergey Savickiy, Group 142a

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  15. eslgold.com This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. It contains links for study material and have a lot of categories. You could even speak with England citizen or American citizen by Skype. I put 10 of 10 to this site because it's useful for students and because it is possible for everyone to use it, and i think with all levels of knowledge. Sergey Savickiy, Group 142a

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  16. eslgold . com This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. It contains links for study material and have a lot of categories. You could even speak with England citizen or American citizen by Skype. I put 10 of 10 to this site because it's useful for students and because it is possible for everyone to use it, and I think with all levels of knowledge. Sergey Savickiy, Group 142a

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  17. http://www.native-english.ru/
    This site is very interesting. Here you'll find everything you need to improve and consolidate your knowledge of the language. There are 2 main parts: theory and practice. In the topic Extra you can find English audio, books and movies to make learning English more enjoyable and fun for you. I gave 10 points.

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  18. This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. It contains links for study material and have a lot of categories. You could even speak with England citizen or American citizen by Skype. I put 10 of 10 to this site because it's useful for students and because it is possible for everyone to use it, and i think with all levels of knowledge. Sergey Savickiy, Group 142a

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  19. http://www.eslgold.com/ This is esl website. This site is created to help students with their English as a second language. It contains links for study material and have a lot of categories. You could even speak with England citizen or American citizen by Skype. I put 10 of 10 to this site because it's useful for students and because it is possible for everyone to use it, and i think with all levels of knowledge. Sergey Savickiy, Group 142a

    Don't delete please!

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  22. http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/
    It is a site for kids who are learning English as a foreign or second language. I think it’s very interesting and useful site, because children and their parents of whole world can use it.
    Children can do many interesting and useful things on this site. I has many section this many different tasks and functions.
    They can learn new vocabulary on this section.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/topics.htm

    This section contains free online activities that introduce young learners to basic English vocabulary grouped into 36 thematic topics, reflecting kids' interests.
    In other section children can develop their language skills.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/expressions.htm
    It activities teach basic expressions used in simple communication.
    This section is called Grammar Helpers.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar.htm
    It is divided into 7 parts called adventures. Kids can work through the grammar adventures systematically or in any chosen order.
    Also children can sing songs, play games , pass tests and quizzes in this site.
    I like everything in this site, it’s very interesting and useful. II will recommend it to all my friends who have small children.
    This site have one little defect. You can forget, that you are not little child and spend all your time in it =))
    Well, I give 10 points…)

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  23. http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/
    It is a site for kids who are learning English as a foreign or second language. I think it’s very interesting and useful site, because children and their parents of whole world can use it.
    Children can do many interesting and useful things on this site. I has many section this many different tasks and functions.
    They can learn new vocabulary on this section.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/topics.htm

    This section contains free online activities that introduce young learners to basic English vocabulary grouped into 36 thematic topics, reflecting kids' interests.
    In other section children can develop their language skills.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/expressions.htm
    It activities teach basic expressions used in simple communication.
    This section is called Grammar Helpers.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar.htm
    It is divided into 7 parts called adventures. Kids can work through the grammar adventures systematically or in any chosen order.
    Also children can sing songs, play games , pass tests and quizzes in this site.
    I like everything in this site, it’s very interesting and useful. II will recommend it to all my friends who have small children.
    This site have one little defect. You can forget, that you are not little child and spend all your time in it =))
    Well, I give 10 points…)

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  24. http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/
    It is a site for kids who are learning English as a foreign or second language. I think it’s very interesting and useful site, because children and their parents of whole world can use it.
    Children can do many interesting and useful things on this site. I has many section this many different tasks and functions.
    They can learn new vocabulary on this section.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/topics.htm

    This section contains free online activities that introduce young learners to basic English vocabulary grouped into 36 thematic topics, reflecting kids' interests.
    In other section children can develop their language skills.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/expressions.htm
    It activities teach basic expressions used in simple communication.
    This section is called Grammar Helpers.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar.htm
    It is divided into 7 parts called adventures. Kids can work through the grammar adventures systematically or in any chosen order.
    Also children can sing songs, play games , pass tests and quizzes in this site.
    I like everything in this site, it’s very interesting and useful. II will recommend it to all my friends who have small children.
    This site have one little defect. You can forget, that you are not little child and spend all your time in it =))
    Well, I give 10 points…)

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  26. The site is very convenient to use. It adds to your vocabulary. You find what you are looking, you will learn what is not known, and most importantly save time and money. It really is very exciting for those who study language, interested in its history and wants to know more. I also liked that the site is a place for discussion and you can create your own blog, read other blogs and make friends. The only thing, in my opinion, lacks this site is the forum or something like online chat, where you can share knowledge online. I liked the site. I put 9.

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  27. The site is very convenient to use. It adds to your vocabulary. You find what you are looking, you will learn what is not known, and most importantly save time and money. It really is very exciting for those who study language, interested in its history and wants to know more. I also liked that the site is a place for discussion and you can create your own blog, read other blogs and make friends. The only thing, in my opinion, lacks this site is the forum or something like online chat, where you can share knowledge online. I liked the site. I put 9 points.

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  28. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
    To my mind, it’s a great web-site for learning English and no matter who you are: beginner or specialist! If you have already learned English, here you can test(train) yourself and also learn smth new (vocabulary, idioms etc). If you are novice at learning English, you’ll find here all the necessary tasks and information to develop your knowledge! Here you can find great variety of different tests and tasks: factsheets, worksheets, quizzes and games to help improve your skills. Furthermore, you can download here texts for listening and reading. Also, if you don’t have an opportunity to work always on-line, you can download here a special program, which contains the main part of tasks and due to it you can easily work offline. But, to be honest, I don’t like web-design of the site: the colours are too bright and eyes become tired very quickly ! So, I give 8 points to this site.

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  29. http://a4esl.org/ - This is ESL website which helps students to check their knowlage of English. On this site there are Grammar Quizzes Vocabulary Quizzes Crossword Puzzles Podcasts & YouTube and External Links.

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  31. http://a4esl.org/ this website is ESL site. It helps us to learn English. There are Grammar Quizzes Vocabulary Quizzes Crossword Puzzles Podcasts & YouTube and External Links.

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  32. You can explore literary treasures and the complex history of the English language, with unique texts from the British Library.

    The English language is vast, flexible, fascinating, frustrating, challenging, inspiring and endlessly changing. To take it for granted is to miss much of its richness and complexity. This website explores the way that the language has developed over hundreds of years.


    This site traces the history of English dictionaries from the 1500s to the present day. You can examine how words change their meaning over time.
    Nice site where you can hear and download diffrent accents of UK!

    Everybody knows that a person who knows English good can be confused by its accents.

    With this site you will be prepered.

    Also this is big library illustrated with pictures and short biographies.
    14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 58 million patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much more.
    http://www.bl.uk/

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  33. http://www.learnenglish.de/
    This site can help of learning English. I think that this this the best one, that I have found. It has many different parts, for example, business English, English for free, English for teaching (plans for lessons), Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary...
    I liked most of all about this site, that it has additional information. It's very important to know the culture and the history of the country, which languge you learn. In this website is the article og British. Also there is a searching system, so if you have an immediate question, tou can ask, and it will help to find an aswer on the question. To know about the progress of your learning there are also different quizzes. There is also an archives of previous articles, recipes, British poetry, articles, jokes, etc.
    There is nothing that I didn't like about the site.
    I give 10 points! ;)

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  34. http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/
    It is a site for kids who are learning English as a foreign or second language. I think it’s very interesting and useful site, because children and their parents of whole world can use it.
    Children can do many interesting and useful things on this site. I has many section this many different tasks and functions.
    They can learn new vocabulary on this section.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/topics.htm

    This section contains free online activities that introduce young learners to basic English vocabulary grouped into 36 thematic topics, reflecting kids' interests.
    In other section children can develop their language skills.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/expressions.htm
    It activities teach basic expressions used in simple communication.
    This section is called Grammar Helpers.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar.htm
    It is divided into 7 parts called adventures. Kids can work through the grammar adventures systematically or in any chosen order.
    Also children can sing songs, play games , pass tests and quizzes in this site.
    I like everything in this site, it’s very interesting and useful. II will recommend it to all my friends who have small children.
    This site have one little defect. You can forget, that you are not little child and spend all your time in it =))
    Well, I give 10 points…)

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  35. 1. http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/index.html
    There is a free program for improving your English in this website. Also there are seven levels of instruction: blue, red, yellow, green, purple, orange, and violet. Teachers may also download instructional materials found there for free. And there are a lot of languages in which users can translate this site for better understanding tasks in the beginning of their education. As well as listening online you can download the article, exercises and the mp3 file so that to work with it in an offline mode.
    Also this website has a lot of video on Youtube, with help of which you can improve you pronunciation, enrich you knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9CYJYq_xNc&feature=player_embedded#!
    According to you knowledge of English you can choose a chat (blue level chat, red level chat etc.), where you can find new friends all over the world and practise to speak with them in English.
    http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Chat.html
    2. I like that this site is free and all users can work with it in any time. I also like all that services which I described in the previous question. Also there is a searching system, where you can ask an immediate question, and it will help to find an answer on this question.
    3. There is nothing that I don’t like in this site, because there is all that everyone could be interested in.
    4. I would give 10 points for it, because it is very easy to use this website and it is possible for everyone, who has Internet, to use it in any time.

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  36. http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/
    It is a site for kids who are learning English as a foreign or second language. I think it’s very interesting and useful site, because children and their parents of whole world can use it.
    Children can do many interesting and useful things on this site. I has many section this many different tasks and functions.
    They can learn new vocabulary on this section.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/topics.htm

    This section contains free online activities that introduce young learners to basic English vocabulary grouped into 36 thematic topics, reflecting kids' interests.
    In other section children can develop their language skills.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/expressions.htm
    It activities teach basic expressions used in simple communication.
    This section is called Grammar Helpers.
    http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar.htm
    It is divided into 7 parts called adventures. Kids can work through the grammar adventures systematically or in any chosen order.
    Also children can sing songs, play games , pass tests and quizzes in this site.
    I like everything in this site, it’s very interesting and useful. II will recommend it to all my friends who have small children.
    This site have one little defect. You can forget, that you are not little child and spend all your time in it =))
    Well, I give 10 points…)

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  37. http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
    This one is very good, firstly: 1)It provides us with all we need to improve our english, we can expand our vocabulary, prerare for tests, check out our grammar and even practise our pronunciation.
    2) It's simple, easy to navigate and extremely helpfull.
    3)I don't know, I'm satisfied with it for now!
    4)9 out of 10, just because I'm picky like that)

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