Referat: Englisch (Barbara Damböck)

Professionally produced sites with lots of activities

Bell
There are lots of free language learning activities and games at Bell English. You will need to register and you will also need to download the Macromedia Shockwave player. Highly recommended.
http://www.bellenglish.com

The British Council
There is a wealth of excellent free grammar and vocabulary activities, games, songs and so on at the British Council /BBC web site. Highly recommended. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/

The BBC
There are lots of multimedia resources for English language learners at the BBC. Students can learn English through the news, sports, songs and so on. The site also has message boards and communities that learners can join
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
Also visit the site below for lots of free lesson plans
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/

About.com
This US based web site has thousands of links to useful resources as well as its own resources
http://esl.about.com

Macmillan
http://www.onestopenglish.com

News sites

BBC audio and video resources. The audio does not require a downloaded player but the video requires real player.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/audiovideo/

On-line news hour. Hourly news from PBS in the USA. Needs Real Audio for audio but video has the choice of Real player or Windows Media Player. Video has scrolling text. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/realaudio.html

You can listen to audio news in English (and many other languages) at this website through your Windows media player or through Real Player.
http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/

Speaking

English at home has suggestions for improving your spoken English
http://www.speaking.english-at-home.com/

Pronunciation

Okanogan University College has lots of pronunciation activities and games at this Canadian site. You will need a Shockwave player.
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Tongue twister database An amazing collection of links to pronunciation sites on the web. An excellent resource.
http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/links.html

About has lots of pronunciation links
http://esl.about.com/cs/pronunciation/

Reading

About has lots of good links to reading sites.
http://esl.about.com/cs/reading/
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html

This site ... is designed to help people whose first language is not English learn to read a daily English-language newspaper..."
http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/index.htm

Dictionaries

Cambridge International Dictionary of English
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp

Longman International English Dictionary
CD. 30 day trial available from the web site.
http://www.longmanwebdict.com/

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
CD. Another good dictionary with sound for learners to hear words and lots of games. Visit the web site for a taster
http://www.oup.com

Ein Englisch-Wörterbuch mit über 190 000 Einträgen ist auf den Seiten der Technischen Universität Dresden zu finden. Die Suchfunktion findet englische Wörter und deren deutsche Übersetzung und umgekehrt. Dabei beschränkt sich das Programm bei vielen Begriffen nicht auf die Übersetzung, sondern listet zusätzlich eine ganze Reihe von Redewendungen auf - leider etwas unübersichtlich. Eine Download-Funktion gibt es auch.
http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wernerr/search.sh

LEO (Link Everything Online) ist ein Service der Fakultät für Informatik an der Münchner Technischen Universität. Dort findet sich nicht nur ein sehr gutes deutsch-englisches Wörterbuch mit einer übersichtlichen Auflistung der gefundenen Übersetzungen. LEO bietet außerdem eine große Anzahl von Links zu Nachschlagewerken verschiedener Gebiete wie Gesundheit, Soziales oder Sport.
http://dict.leo.org/

Eine unglaubliche Sammlung: Your Dictionary bietet Hyperlinks zu Wörterbüchern in fast allen erdenklichen Sprachen. Von der Abenaki Word List bis zum Ulwa-Wörterbuch gibt es hier alles. Außerdem sind über 30 multilinguale Wörterbücher und über 80 englische Spezialwörterbücher zu Themengebieten wie Biologie, Eisenbahn oder Paläontologie aufgelistet.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

WordWeb is a cut-down version of the WordWeb Pro that is free for personal use. It includes a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, and can be used to look up words from within most programs. Features of the free version include: definitions and synonyms, pronunciation related words.
http://wordweb.info/free/

Vocabulary

Lots of games and quizzes at
http://www.manythings.org/

Free resources for students to use with Longman dictionaries at the address below. Thee are three levels of vocabulary activities; challenging, intermediate and easier. However, you do need to register first.
http://www.longman.com/dictionaries/students/sts_resources.html

English at home has lots of free vocabulary activities
http://w A collection of interesting vocabulary activities can be found at
http://a4esl.org/a/jv.html

Some very interesting activities at better-english
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
http://www.eslcafe.com/webhints/hints.cgi

Hint of the day
Beispiel dazu (Adjecties describing weather)
http://www.eslcafe.com/webhints/hints.cgi?20040229.txt

Grammar

Ruth Vilmi's grammar links
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/

Links and original pages
http://www.eslflow.com/

CNN has a large number of grammar activities
http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/grammar.html

Better English
http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm

Welcome to EnglishClub.com English Grammar for ESL learners. Many of these grammar lessons also have quizzes to check your understanding. If you still don't understand something, feel free to ask a question at the ESL Help Desk.
http://grammar.englishclub.com/

Pronunciation

English pronunciation, dictionary - Nur Demo frei, aber super Seite
http://www.englishelearning.com/en/index.html

English Pronunciation Minimal Pairs Practice and Quizzes (American)
http://www.manythings.org/pp/

Consonant Sound Identification - Multiple Choice Übungen
http://www.bbc

This course, by lecturer and EFL writer Alan Stanton, gives tips on some common pronunciation problems for self-study learners with a lower intermediate knowledge of English. Each unit concentrates on a common pronunciation problem and helps the learner to distinguish between similar sounds.
http://www.eduhi.at/dl/consonant_2.htmco.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/index.shtml

Streaming Speech: Listening and Pronuncation for Advanced Learners of English is an award-winning ten chapter electronic publication for adult learners of English (EFL/ESOL) who want to achieve the highest levels of skill in listening and speaking. It is a 20-hour course that can be used in the classroom, or in self-access, or both
http://www.speechinaction.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Streaming_Speech.htm

Listening

Welcome to 'Where to Next?' an interactive game that takes its users on a tour of six locations in the British Isles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/wheretonext/

General listening quizzes, easy medium, difficult
http://www.esl-lab.com/

Get your kicks on Route 66" - Join The Rolling Stones on their cruise across the USA, learn a lot about the American way of life and search the internet for information about the cities that lie on your way.
http://www.learn-line.nrw.de/angebote/route66/

Seite über Sherlock Holmes - Schulfunk mit Fragen und Antworten zum Hörtext, Hintergrundwissen Bild- und Audioarchiv. Auch andere Themen unter der zweiten Seite
http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/collegeradio/medien/englisch/holmes
http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/collegeradio/katalog/faecher/englisch.html

Welcome to London' is an intermediate English language course allowing users to practise their reading, listening and pronunciation skills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/index.shtml

Videos

Videos für Kinder - History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

Songs

Liedertexte im Internet z. B.
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/
http://www.songtext.net/
http://www.smshai.de/lyrics.php (mit Anmeldung, aber kostenlos)
http://www.liedertexte.geldflo.de/

Top of the pops - Video zu Pop songs und Quiz http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/totp/index.shtml

Spielerisch Englisch Lernen mit Pop-Songs - Erweitere deinen Wortschatz jährlich um bis zu 1.500 Worte! - Zu bezahlendes ABO! 14 Tage Test frei
http://www.hitcoach.com/index.cfm?anow=yes

Exams

UCLES
For general information about the five Cambridge exams look at the UCLES web site.
http://www.cambridge-efl.org/exam/efl3.htm

Flo-joe
Has some FCE and CAE exam papers for you to try
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/

TOEFL exercise
5 reading passages / one structure activity available for free. Not interactive. Might be best used by teachers as a print out.
http://members.xoom.com/u3621195/index.html

English test Prep.
A Canadian site that has some free TOEFL material. Sample materials for reading. Listening and Structure papers are available. Plays through Shockwave so the listening material is available.
http://www.studint.net/toefl/TOEFL_JS.HTM

TOEIC
Test of English for International Communication. It is an objective tool that assesses English skills (listening and reading). Sample questions are available.
http://www.toeic.com http://www.ets.org

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Useful Internet Sites

Free language learning resources on the net

News sites

Speaking

Pronunciation

Reading

Dictionaries

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pronunciation

Listening

Videos Videos für Kinder - History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

Songs

Exams

Videos

Videos für Kinder - History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/