ESL Websites

Here are some good websites for English Learning: (update weekly)

Comprehensive English Learning Websites:

1. BBC Learning English：★★★★
a very good comprehesive English website for ESL learners, you can read news, watch videos and listen to stories and do some exercies here ,also you can find other interesting stuff here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

2. 沪江英语：★★★★★

沪江英语（www.Hjenglish.com）创建于2001年8月，是致力于提供在线语言学习交流、相关资讯和服务的外语网络学习平台，目前已经拥有英语、日语、法语等品牌分站。建站至今六年时间，沪江英语奇迹般的保持强劲的增长势头，被诸多网友和传媒推介为“平民外语门户网”。 沪江学习社区是国内人气最旺的互动语言学习交流社区，由论坛、部落和博客三部分组成。尤其是部落小组和论坛非常有特色且非常实用。一些特色栏目，比如说新闻听力训练小组： BBC听力狂人集中营，VOA听力狂人训练营， CNN Student News讨论组等；娱乐学习小组： 美剧小组， 爆米花影院， 沪江英乐电台等；考试英语小组： 四路军， 八路军， 北美留学等。通过参与和分享，在线协作学习，只要长期坚持，英语学习一定可以事半功倍。
I’d like to rate Hjenglish as five-star website since this is maybe the best comprehensive English learning website in China (personal opinion). HJ groups and forums are the most popular interative spaces. Join some feature groups like news groups: BBC Concentration Camp，VOA Concentration Camp， CNN Student News,etc;entertainment groups： American TV shows， Popcorn theatre， HJ music studio,etc；tests groups： TEM4， TEM8， Study Abroad in America,etc, participate enthusiastically in group activities, you can find a lot of fun,make a lot of friends and have a very good feeling of fulfillment. If you keep drowning in its excellent programs from time to time, you can get the best out of it.

website: http://www.hjenglish.com

3. CRI English: CRIENGLISH.com ★★★★

is the official English website of CRI, providing comprehensive information on both Chinese and international topics. Through the website users can read program transcripts, view illustrations and hear English radio programs. And in Learn English, you can read biligual news, learn some interestng idioms, accumulate glossary as well as enjoy some beautiful articles.
http://english.cri.cn/english/

4. China Daily 英语点津：★★★★

China Daily 英语点津: China Daily Language Tips is a free bilingual website hosted by China Daily, one of the most authoritative news agencies in China. You can find feature programs like Bilingual News, Word and Story, Translation Tips, Audio and Video, Book Channel, Kids English and so on at the website.

If you want to improve your listening skills, the VOA Special and Normal News programs would be a very good choice. You can read the scripts while listen to the news and download it for later use. You can also listen to some pop music at pop song or watch some favorite English movies at Movie English. You can also enjoy yourself in Easy English and have fun in learning something interesting like festivals, today in history, jokes and humor,brain teaser, horoscope,etc.

Explore more and you will find more…

英语点津 (Language Tips) 下属于国家重点网站中国日报网站，以新闻英语为特色，是一个免费双语网站。特色栏目有：双语新闻（Bilingual News）, 词海拾贝（Word and Story）, 翻译园地（Translation Tips）, 视听英语（Audio and Video）, 书友天地（Book Channel）, 少儿英语（Kids English）等等。

如果你想提高听力技巧，VOA 慢速（VOA Special） 和常速（Normal News）会是不错的选择，节目还免费提供文本和下载。你还可以听听 流行歌曲（pop song） 或是 看看电影（Movie English）. 在轻松英语（Easy English）中了解各种节日解festivals, 历史上的今天（today in history）, 笑一笑（jokes and humor）,来个脑筋急转弯（brain teaser）, 或是看看今天的运程如何（horoscope,etc.

website: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/

5. EnglishClub.com:★★★★★

It is a site from Cambridge, England set up to help you learn English or teach English as a second language. Access to all pages is free. You’ll find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals.
英语俱乐部来自于英国剑桥。对于以英语为第二语言的学习者和教师来说，这绝对是一个很好的网站。网站的内容都是免费的。在这里不仅学生们能找到各种学习的课程，老师们还能得到求职信息和机会。网站提供很多交互性很强的内容，比如说论坛、游戏、测验、聊天，帮助以及笔友等。

In this website you can:

具体来说，在这里，你可以：

  • 学习英语的语法、词汇和语音
  • 玩游戏以及在线测试
  • 与来自世界各地的学生和老师们畅谈
  • 找到能帮助你在国内或是国外学习英语的国际学校
  • 找到提高英语学习的帮助信息
  • 测试你的英语水平
  • 获得关于语法或其他的帮助

English Club is divided into various main sections that you can navigate easily. Some of the most popular are:

英语俱乐部包括很多的版块，你可以自由选择。最受欢迎的版块有：
For Learners 学习者

Lessons 课程

  • English Grammar: With help and tutorials on everything from tenses to prepositions.
  • English Vocabulary: Help and resources on English words, including the Top 20 Words for each subject, with explanations.
  • English Pronunciation: Tutorials and sound files explaining aspects of English pronunciation such as word stress, sentence stress and linking.
  • 英语语法：从时态到介词等，提供帮助和指南
  • 英语词汇：提供英语词汇的帮助和学习资源，包括每个领域中最常用的20个词及解释
  • 英语语音：提供关于语音的重音、句子重读及连读等的指南和音频文件

Interactive 交互

  • ESL Help: A 24-hour ESL Help Desk with real live Teachers to answer your questions, as well as other resources.
  • ESL Games: Play word games like Hangman, and learn English while having fun!
  • ESL Forums: This is where you can express your views and have a discussion in English.
  • 在线答疑：有专业老师24小时在线答疑以及提供其他资源
  • 英语学习游戏：在游戏中快乐学习，来玩游戏吧
  • 英语论坛：在这里你可以用英语发表自己的观点和进行讨论

Special Interest 特别栏目

  • Business English: Business English resources including money matters, news and professional seminars on subjects like CVs/resumes or presentations.
  • ESL Resources: ESL books, CDs, games and other learning aids specially chosen to help you in learning or teaching English.
  • English Schools Guide: an English Schools Directory to help you find the right school for you to study abroad.
  • 商务英语：提供包括金融，新闻以及关于简历、演讲的专业讨论的资源。
  • 英语学习资源：书籍、CD、游戏及其他学习指南等帮助你学习或是教授英语
  • 英语学习择校指南：提供语言学校目录，帮助你找到国外学习的理想学校

For Teachers 教师

website: http://www.englishclub.com/

6.Dave’s ESL Cafe:★★★★★
No doubt this the most popular ESL resource center online,very professional and informative. It provides allsorts of stuff for teachers and students ranging from language skills and practices, to forums and online discussions. What makes it most thrilling is the abundant resources it offers!
http://www.eslcafe.com/

7. 上外网 yeworld: ★★★
a comprehensive English learning website developed by Shanghai International Studies University. It provides a lot of online exercises for ESL learners. English Majors can find lots of TEM4, TEM8 materials there. On this website, you can find:
- Functions: Online Tests; BBS and Chat rooms.
- News: Educational news; What’s Hot.
- Culture: New Waves; Music Magic; Magazine Online; Study Abroad; Online Maya; Others.
- References: Recommending worthy websites and themes.
- Language Learning: Live Broadcast; Toddler’s English; Kid’s First Lessons; Teens’ Stepping Stone;
Teach Yourself; Pumping Station for Adult Learners; Test Center.
- ASP: E-BookStore; Translation at Esae; Personnel Training; CAI Wares Making.

http://www.yeworld.net/

8. Big Ear English 大耳朵英语：★★★
It is a free English learning website providing all sorts of learning stuff oriented to people from all walks.

http://www.ebigear.com/

9. CRI: Learn English ★★★★★

It is a comprehensive English learning website hosted by CRI (China Radio International). It contains a lot of excellent programs like Bilingual News, Studio Classroom, Idiomatic Phrases, Daily English News, Tips of the Day, Horoscope, Daily English, Biligual Glossary, etc.

CRI英语学习 是CRI（中国国际广播电台）创办的综合性英语学习网站。网站内容丰富，包括了很多主题栏目，比如：双语新闻，空中英语教室，缤纷习语，每日新闻， 每日点滴，每日星座，生活小语，双语词汇等等。

All the programs are neatly organised with beautiful pictures and detailed illustrations. Most of the programs have audio files with explanations of key words. Some feature programs impress me a lot. For instance, in Recommneded Read, you can find some recommended novels or books with brief introductions to its synopsis and author; and in Idiomatic Phrases you can learn a lot of interesting and useful idioms and phrases. Explore more and you will have a lot fun and learn a lot.

网站所有的栏目给人以简洁但精致的感觉。大部分节目都配有精美的图片，音频和中英文解说或是重点词汇讲解。有些栏目非常有特色，给人印象深刻，比如说：在推荐阅读栏目中，你可以找到很多好书的情节和作者简介，为我们的阅读提供了很好的指导。在缤纷习语栏目，你可以学到很多有趣而实用的习惯用语和表达。到处看看，在轻松愉快中学习。

网站地址：http://english.cri.cn/english/

10. BBC Real English: ★★★★

BBC Real English: 毫无疑问BBC广播公司的英语学习节目时英语学习者的明智选择。 英语发展至今，新词不断出现，地道英语栏目提供英国年轻人讲的“地道英语”让你学到原汁原味、地道的英语。在这里，你不仅可以学习到有趣的表达方式和词汇，还可以下载节目对应的音频文件和对照的文本。

BBC Real English: No doubt that BBC Learning English is a wise choice for ESL learners. As one feature program in BBC Learning English, Real English provides authetic vocabulary which is popular among youngsters in U.K. nowadays. You can not only learn through articles,pictures, you can also find corresponding audio programs which can be downloaded for further study or teaching.

website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/china/learningenglish/realenglish/index.shtml
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Vocabulary:

1. word champ: ★★★★
a very good learning platform for building up your vocabulary, you can create your own vocabulary list or quiz, or choose from a vast sea of vocabulary quizzes.
http://www.wordchamp.com

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Listening:

1. BBC Learning English: ★★★★
In this site you can improve and practise your English with activities that involve listening and watching. Each of the sections has something to listen to, some have video as well and there are lots of exercises to test your comprehension.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/

2. Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab:★★★★★
An excellent free multimedia site, with over 150 audio and video activities, is designed to help English learners improve their listening comprehension .

http://www.esl-lab.com

3. 听力特快：★★★★
听力特快网站始建于2001年，是一个免费公益型英语听力资源学习网站。主要提供VOA、BBC、CNN、 CRI等英语听力共享教学资料的下载。建站至今，以出色的品牌形象与公信力和简便实用的风格赢得越来越多英语学习者的信任与支持，在网上英语学习界享有很 高的声誉，并成为广大大专院校和培训机构英语教师竭力推荐的英语听力学习网站。该站提供的每日免费下载(MP3)内容如下：

  • VOA 美式慢速英语、常速英语
  • BBC 英式常速英语
  • CNN 学生教学视频节目
  • NHK 英文节目
  • CRI 中国国际广播电台CRI慢速英语节目、常速英语节目
  • 空中英语教学节目
  • 空中美语教学节目

It is a very professional English learning website focuses on improving listening skills and provides loads of materials for free.

http://www.listeningexpress.com/

4. 沪江听说站：★★★★★
You can listen to the latest VOA Special English news, Standard news online or just click to download them all to your PC. You can also find complete scripts in the discussion forum. Join some groups or follow some excellent programs, contribute by participating some exercises to get more fruitful outcome~~
http://ts.hjenglish.com/voa.htm

5. Learning English 英语学习频道：★★★
Mainly provides VOA Special English news downloads and scripts. Also you can find some feature programs like wordsmaster, 流行美语教程 which provides 251 lessons of popular words U.S.A.! However, it is a pity that not allthe services are free.

http://www.unsv.com/

6. The Learning Resources-a project of literacyworks:★★★

The Learning Resources site offers web-delivered instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau and CBS 5 - KPIX (CBS Broadcasting) news stories.Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story. Each module is designed for ease of use so the learner can use it independently. The instructor can also incorporate any story into class activities and lesson plans.

http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/

7.ESL Podcast (English as a Second Language Podcast): ★★★

http://www.eslpod.com/

8. China232-free ESLPodcast: ★★★
It is a free website run by two Canadian brothers who have lived in Shanghai, China for the last few years. It provides free downloadable podcast programs with detailed study guide. It also povides some interesting videos as well. You can also subscribe to it in your itune which get updated everyday and then you can take it with you wherever you go. Suppose you’re waiting restlessly for the schoolbus coming ,listen to some of the podcasts could be a lot of fun!!
http://www.china232.com

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视听网站：(Audio-Visual Websites)

1. Lingual.net: Learning English through Movies

Learning English through English could be of a lot of fun. If you are a fan of movies, you must be thrilled to see so many wonderful movies here, although in clips. All movies fall into several categories:Drama, Animation, Cine-poetry, Homemade, Documentary,etc. Most of the movie trailers or clips have synopsis and you can choose to have subtitles on or off while you’re watching the movies.

这个网站有大量的电影预告片和电影剪辑，并提供字幕。通过看电影学英语是一件很有趣的事。如果你是个电影迷，那么你一定会被网站丰富的内容所吸引。 网站包 括不同类型的电影，比如说：故事、动画、诗电影、家庭、纪录片等等。大部分的电影剪辑都配有字幕，在看的时候可以选择开启或关闭。
You can join the community of movies fans or rate each film you watch. Write a short review. Interact with other Lingual Netters to exchange ideas. You can also upload your DIY movies in Home Made section if you’re interested in directing own movies!

你还可以加入影迷社区，与兴趣相同的电影爱好者分享自己的感受。你还可以为观看的电影评级或是写影评。如果你对拍摄电影感兴趣的话，还可以把自己制作的电影上载到“家庭电影”栏目哦～～

Sample movie: Lost in Translation

网站地址：http://www.lingual.net

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Reading:

1. en8848.com.cn：★★★★
This is very resourceful website featuring in English reading. I found this website when searching for some English novels download. What makes this website distictive from other English learning websites is that it offers plenty of original articles and novels in English, as it’s name suggests. It provides programs like:

(1). English Study: includes classes from New Oriental, literature, oral English, Bilingual News, CET-4,CET-6, New Concept English,ect;

(2). Online Reading: where you can read complete editorials on novels, fictions, non-fictions and some classic stories (most of them in full-texts);

(3). Short Articles:classified into sveral categories as Medicine, Psychology & EQ, Health & Beauty, Culture, Life, etc.;

(4). Short Stories: fall into many categories like crime, children, romance,humour, horror,etc.;

(5). Downloads:you can find a lot of valuable stuff here like books and some interesting and useful learning materials which are contributed by members of this website for your free downloading. I found several books I’m searching for here.

原版英语：这是我在搜索原版小说下载时搜到的一个网站。这是一个以提供原版英语资源为主题的网站。网站的内容非常丰富。正如它的名字-原版英语，它所包含的内容都来自原版报刊杂志和小说等等。网站的主要内容包括：(1). 英语学习: 包括 新东方在线课堂, 英美文学, 口语, 双语新闻, CET-4,CET-6, 新概念英语,等等;

(2). 在线小说: 这里你可以读到不同风格的小说的全文，分为 书海泛舟, 小说, 非小说 and some 经典故事 ;

(3). 英语文摘:分为 医药, 心理学, 健康与美容, 文化, 生活, 等等;

(4). 英语故事: 在这里可以读到不同类型的故事，比如说：犯罪, 儿童, 爱情,幽默, 恐怖故事等等;

(5). 下载:在这个部分你可以找到很多有价值的资源，比如说一些经典或是畅销小说的下载，以及其他与英语学习相关的资料。下载的资料都是网站会员提供的。我想搜的小说也是在这里搜到的。

(6). 网站还包括一些其他的栏目：电台, 视听, 博客 论坛, 书签,等.

网站地址：en8848.com.cn

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1. PSU’s Electronic Classics Site: ★★★

This is a free literature website maintained by Pennsulvania State University. Here you can find a lot of the classics in English literature in PDF forms which you can read online or download to your disk for free. All the literature works are listed by authors. Click the author you are interested,for example, Jane Austen then you’ll be led to a page with a list of works written by Jane Austen like Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility,etc. and additional sites of note. (click these novels and you will open them in PDF forms which you can save directly to your disk)

It also provides a page of literary resources where you can explore more about literature.
宾夕法尼亚州立大学电子经典文学网 站： 这是宾夕法尼亚州立大学创建的一个免费的文学网站。在这里你能找到很多经典的文学著作，你可以在线阅读，也可以下载到自己的硬盘里保存。所有的文件都是 PDF格式而且都是可以免费下载的。文学作平时按照作者的名称来排列的。如果你想搜索某一个作家的作品，可以按照字母顺序找到他/她的名字，点击后打开相 应的页面，可以看到作者的作品列表以及其他相关链接。（你可以点击作品直接下载到自己的电脑）。比如说，如果你对奥斯汀的作品感兴趣，点击打开她的作品页面，可以看到她大部分的代表作，如爱玛, 傲慢与偏见, 理智与情感,等等，点击作品可直接下载。你还可以找到其他相关的资源链接。
网址： PSU’s Electronic Classics Site

2. Betterreader.com: ★★★ ★

This is an interesting flash website for improving your reading skills. It looks neat and easy-navigated. Although it is a paid service, all of its resrouces and exercises are available for visitors only if you fill in an information table in just a few seconds. The only difference between a member and a visitor is that it cannot keep the record of your performance.
Betterreader.com: 这是一个帮助你提高阅读技巧的flash网站。网站的界面很简洁，容易操作。虽然它是个付费的网站，但是只要你花费10几秒钟填写一下个人信息的表格，你就可以以访客的身份使用网站所有的资源和练习。会员与访客的唯一区别就是网站无法为访客保存使用和练习的记录。

website: http://www.betterreader.com/

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Writing：

1. The Pudue Online Writing Lab:★★★★


Purdue OWL: The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material as a free service. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction. It offers over 200 free resources including:

  • Writing and Teaching Writing
  • Research
  • Grammar and Mechanics
  • Style Guides
  • ESL (English as a Second Language)
  • Job Search and Professional Writing

There are a lot of excellent featured programs, such as the writing process in general, literary analysis and criticism, creative writing, teaching writing,etc.
There is a also special category of resources suggested for ESL instructors and students.You can find useful instructions in how to use articles , adjectives and adverbs, how to write in correct tense,etc. You can also find a lot of imformatve resources of writing.
普渡大学在线写作实验室： 美国普渡大学（Purdue University）率先在互联网上设立语言实验室。由该校的文学院、 英语系和学术基金会联合开设的这一在线写作实验室，向本校和周边学校的学生以及 Internet用户提供远程教学服务。其基本目标是通过提供多种形式的在线服务和网上学习材料来提高学生的写作能力，并向学生介绍如何在 Internet上搜索学习所需的资料。写作实验室网页的“写作讲义”部分提供了一百二十多个辅导专题，并配有练习和答案，供在线阅读或下载。讲义还介 绍如何写提纲、编辑文章、校对文章，如何用电脑写作；还有各类应用文写作方法的介绍，从文章摘要、科研报告到商务信函，应有尽有。

website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

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Personal ESL websites:

1. 李晨英语教学网 Adventures of Steven Lichen：★★★★
StevenLiChen.com is a personal blog that recounts the interest of Li Chen (known otherwise as Steven Lee, or stevenlichen in the cyberspace) who presently works as a student consultant (at the Institute of Online Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, better known as BeiwaiOnline), a freelance English teacher, and an English-Chinese translator/interpreter and an overseas students in Lancaster University in U.K.
http://cn.stevenlichen.com/