Best Internet Sites for Learning English
Compiled by Joe Lauer
Note: Many times sites combine skills, such as listening and reading, together.
But each site has been classified under only one category.
Listening
- All Levels
- Listening
- Excellent videos with transcripts
- Easy Levels
- Simple and Fun Activities
- Intermediate Level
- Hiroshima University’s Virtual University: A Great Site!
- Interesting Stories
- BBC: News, Music, Business English
- Listen to Interesting Stories While Reading Along
- NBA Game Highlights
- Advanced Level
- Movie Transcripts
- Podcasts
- BBC: News, With Transcripts
- CNN: Learning English
- National Public Radio: News Hour, With Transcripts
- Stories about American Culture
- Advertisements for American Movies
- Famous Speeches in History
Vocabulary
- All Levels
- Fun Quizzes
- Word Puzzles
- Interesting Crossword Puzzles
- Easy Level
- The 1000 Most Common Words
- How the Alphabet Developed
- Intermediate Level
- Communicative Test: Made for Japanese University Students
- Slang
- Homonyms
- Lots of Fun Activities
- Advanced Level
- TOEFL Vocabulary Practice
- Common Errors
Grammar
- All Levels
- Interesting Quizzes
- More Interesting Quizzes
- Intermediate Level
- Grammar Test: Made for Japanese University Students
- Comprehensive Grammar Explanation
- Phrasal Verbs
- Grammar Help from the BBC
- Other Grammar
- Advanced Level
- TOEFL Grammar Practice
- More TOEFL Grammar
Reading
- Easy Level
- Reading
- Good Reading Exercises
- Intermediate Level
- Translation Page
- Science
- Culture Capsules
- Comics
- Alice in Wonderland
- Advanced Level
- Daily News Quiz
- Interesting Materials about Foreign Cultures
- Some On-line Magazines
- Some Other News Sites
- Free Electronic Books!
Semi-Conversation
- All Levels
- Make foreign friends, using keyboard chat
- Conversation Questions—Do these with a friend!
- Excellent Practice with L/R Sounds
- Easy Level
- Keyboard chat with a robot!
- Travel Vocabulary
- Basic Pronunciation
- Intermediate and Advanced Level
- Oral Presentations
Writing
- All Levels
- Writing: Made for Japanese University Students
- The Open Diary
- Easy Level
- Write Funny Sentences
- Write a Funny Story
- Spelling
- Intermediate and Advanced Level
- Purdue University Writing Lab
- Examples of Essays
Other Good Sites
- Links to Many English Learning Sites!
- Various Interesting Activities
- On-line Encyclopedia
- On-line Dictionary