• Grammar
• Listening
  • Radio & TV
• Reading
  • General Reading Skills
  • Newspapers
• Speaking
  • Pronunciation
  • Job Interviews
• Vocabulary
• Writing

Grammar

• On-Line English Grammar
  Includes an alphabetical subject index and practice pages.
• An Elementary Grammar
  Rules and examples on different parts of speech, articles, tenses, etc.
• Hyper Grammar
  From parts of speech to writing complete paragraphs.
• Mind Your Grammar
  Lots of animations and music.
• CNN Newsroom and World View for ESL
  Practise English grammar and vocabulary with authentic news articles based on weekly CNN broadcasts.
• Grammar Safari
  Includes lots of activities.
• Grammar Quizzes
  Lots of quizzes graded by level.
• Interactive English Language Exercises
  For upper-intermediate learners. Submit your answers and receive a score and explanations.
• Internet Aided Language Learning
  Games / quizzes on various topics.
• The ESL Quiz Center
  Contains a grammar section with 17 quizzes for all levels.
• English Grammar Clinic
  Discussion forum where you can have your questions answered.

Listening activities for learners of English

• Integration of Reading, Listening and Speaking Skills
  Stories for listening comprehension and a number of everyday English phrases.
• Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice
  Interactive listening exercises based on excerpts from American radio and TV programmes: best for intermediate to advanced learners.
• The Listening Lounge
  Authentic listening passages: mostly a pay-site, but an extensive free 'Guest Area'.
• Talking Point On Air
  Part of the BBC site below: contains excellent listening passages. Other recent Talking Points here.

        Radio and TV stations

• BBC English Radio - English language learning & teaching.
  BBC's World Service: great tips on how to improve your English using radio programmes. Read this introduction first.
• CBC Radio on The Internet
  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio station: live!
• VOA (Voice of America)
  The home page is here. The VOA newsroom has live news via the internet as well as a seven-day archive. Schedules and frequencies can be found here.
• CNN Newsroom for ESL
  Part of CNN's Internet Newsroom from the main CNN site. The programing schedule page includes a link to transcripts of the news. Watch CNN TV live on the internet and choose either video and audio or audio only.
• America's Public Broadcast Service Online NewsHour
  Use the text only version to check your listening comprehension.  
• RTHK on the Internet Home Page
  Live broadcasts of radio programmes in English from Hong Kong. Either listen live or download and listen at your own pace.

         General Reading Skills

• Adapting your reading strategies to different materials
  An overview of essential reading skills.
• Learning to read faster
  Improving your reading habits.
• Reading Skills for Study - an overview
  The reading skills needed for university studies.
• Reading essays that you should analyse in detail
  A step-by-step guide explaining how to read critically.
• Reading in the sciences
  The characteristics of scientific writing.
• Reading focuses for different disciplines
  Reading strategies relevant to the social sciences, humanities, mathematics and natural sciences.

Newspapers and magazines

• Web link to newspapers by country
• Financial Times
• TIME
• Asiaweek
• The Economist
• Far Eastern Economic Review
• Fortune
• Harvard Business Review
• New Scientist
• Scientific American
• Discover
• PC Magazine
• PC World
• Macworld
• South China Morning Post
• Hong Kong Standard

• Discussion and Debate Topics for ESL
  Links to Civil Rights topics etc.
• Discussion Boards for students
  Dave's ESL Cafe: 'written chat'.
• Chat Central
  Chat in real time.

Pronunciation activities for learners of English

• English Pronunciation
  Part of the Virtual Language Centre. Includes clips of the individual sounds of English and words that contain those sounds.
• English Pronunciation
  Online pronunciation lessons.
• Guide to Pronunciation
  Pronunciation symbols from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
• The International Phonetic Alphabet
  The International Phonetic Association's symbols.

Job Interview Skills

• HotSeat
  An interactive exercise on how to answer typical interview questions.
• Virtual Interview
  Another interactive exercise on how to answer typical interview questions.

 Vocabulary activities for learners of English

• Words to Learn
  Links to various vocabulary learning sites.
• Idioms and Phrasal Verbs to Learn
  Links to various sites of idioms and phrasal verbs.
• Quizzes and Word Games
  Activities to test your word power.
• On-line Dictionaries
  General and specialized dictionaries.

 Writing activities for learners of English

• Generic Writing Skills
  Covers: grammar, style, clarity and coherence -- planning, drafting, editing and proofreading.
• Academic Writing
  Covers: essays, research papers, paraphrasing, summarizing, and citing sources.
• Scientific & Technical Writing
  Covers: technical reports, proposals, and  manuals.
• Business Writing
  Covers: letters, memos, and resumes.
• Writing for Pleasure
  Covers: postcards, email pen-pals, online discussion forums, and 'netiquette'.