A Collective of the Internet Sites for Learning English as a Second Language

It's a collective of several Internet sites for learning English as a second language. The list of these sites below are from my teacher Bonnie of UC Riverside Extension Center. Those sites have been collected for several years by the teachers and the students of UCR Extension

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https://wiki.umn.edu/view/Pronunciation/WebHome   -   University of Minnesota's Pronunciation Wiki 

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm  Voice of America.  'Special English' has slower articles good for shadowing

http://www.npr.org/ - National Public Radio  Excellent and interesting articles.  Faster speed than VOA

http://www.thisibelieve.org/ - This I Believe Short, inspiring essays read by the authors

www.spokenskills.com - Spoken skills Pronunciation, listening comprehension, tips on making speeches, record yourself

http://www.manythings.org/ Games and activities, such as minimal pairs: http://www.manythings.org/pp/

http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm    Listening website 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpPCBWsVUp0  Lesson in stress in function words and content words

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/  BBC News

http://mitworld.mit.edu/  MIT World - free site with 500+ videos of public events at MIT.

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/index.html  University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning - good content for teachers & ITAs

www.ted.com  Inspiring video presentations by remarkable people

www.thefreedictionary.com  Thesaurus, acronyms, idioms, differences between British and American English, etc.

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/  Hear a new poem each day read by beloved American storyteller Garrison Keillor

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/sixtysec_lectures_archive.html  60-second lectures (Univ. of Pennsylvania).  Note-taking, listening comprehension, summarizing  

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm  Phrasal Verb (2-word verbs) list and quiz -  make sure to get word stress correct!

http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com/#ex  Academic Word Lists; good for wide range of vocab skills.  Incl exercises.

http://harvardmagazine.com/  Harvard Magazine; incl video and audio files of select academic scholars.

www.cdlponline.org  Adult learning activities; 'School' tab (at top) goes to short articles with written texts

Wordsmith.org  Emails you a new word each day, including sound & meaning

http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/Pron/  Emily's Pronunciation Class

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/  Good site for working on specific sounds w/phonetics

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/  13 problematic sounds such as r/l, /I/ and /iy/

http://www.flowenglish.com/category/idioms/  Idioms

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/  Short video clips for listening comprehension

http://www.imsdb.com/  Movie scripts