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The
Lexical Tutor
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An
excellent site for academic vocabulary. It is quite difficult to
use this site so read the introduction
before attempting to use the programmes. This site gives you the
University Word Lists - lists of the most frequently used words in
all academic subjects. You can also use an on-line concordancer
(for more information on concordancing go
to the study skills section) and learn words at your own
level. If you need help with this website send
me an email |
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Vocabulary
Quizzes The Virtual Language Centre
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This
is probably the best single on-line resource available to you. The
Virtual Language Centre offers on-line dictionnaries,
concordancing, text-to-speech software, idioms, crosswords and
vocabulary exercises. Give it a try. |
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Using
English for Academic Purposes
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Andy
Gillett has set up a very impressive site for English for Academic
Purposes. The vocabulary section tells you why vocab. is important
for academic study, shows the academic word list (2000 of the most
useful and frequent academic words), gives advice on how to select
words to learn, provides exercises, and provides very useful
information on word building. Well worth a lengthy visit. |
| University
Word Web |
An
excellent site created by Monica Hill of The University of Hong
Kong. Start with the diagnostic test to give you an idea of your
level. Move on to Daily Dose where 10 words are presented
every day. At the end of the week you can take a revision test.
There are also useful sections on phrasal verbs, business and
economics, games, a bulletin board, a database of useful words and
links. Well worth a visit. |
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Focusing
On Words
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An
interesting site which looks at the Greek and Latin origins of
many English words. Useful for academic vocabulary. |
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THE
ESL STUDY HALL: VOCABULARY
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A
collection of links to a number of vocabulary sites, including
common errors, spelling, idiomatic English and much more. |
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University
of Victoria English Language Centre
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Vocabulary
exercises organised according to level (grammar also). These
exercises are useful for everyday vocabulary only. |
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Vocabulary
Exercises University of Picardy
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This
website offers a number of vocabulary quizzes under various
headings such as business English, medical English
and English for law. |
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English
at home
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The
vocabulary section of this website has a number of useful sections
such as word building (prefixes), how to learn
vovabulary, and internet vocab. |
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English
Club Vocabulary
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Very
basic vocabulary. Good for revision for everyday vocabulary. |
| Interesting
Things for ESL Students |
This
website concentrates more on learning vocabulary through games and
quizzes (hangman, scambled words, anagrams ...). |
| ESL
Phrasal Verb page |
This
page gives you phrasal verbs, definitions and examples. |
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THE
COMENIUS GROUP: Idioms
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Alphabetical
list of idioms. This site provides definitions, examples and sound
files of idioms. |
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ESL
Idiom page
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A
list of idiomatic expressions in English and definitions. Many of
these might be useful to you but be careful some are American
expressions. |
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Cobuild
Idiom of the Day
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An
idiom a day. Each idiom is defined and frequency of use is
indicated. |
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Cobuild
Wordwatch
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A
very interesting site. Gives you explanations of how and why words
are used in specific contexts. |
| The
Cobuild Definitions Game |
The
game is to try to find the word or expression based on an example
or from a definition. |
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BBC
learn English
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Particularly
useful on this very rich site are the sections on Words in the
News and Confusing words and expressions (in the Learn
it! section). |
| CNN
Vocabulary exercises |
Gap
fill exercises based on news stories from CNN. Not very
sophisticated exercises but you can learn a great deal of
vocabulary from these exercises |
| British
Council - Learn English |
Go
to the Words section of this website. You'll find sections
on word games ( based on different topics), word mixer (reordering
sentences), and word xchange (learners send in words with
definitions which they found particulalry useful or interesting). |
