Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The History Of English In 10 Minutes

A series of interesting and funny  videos from VisualNews is, "The History Of English in 10 Minutes".  I think that learning a bit about the history of the English language,  is good for English language learners(ELLs) for obvious reasons. In this way students can have a better understanding of the English  language. 





Tuesday, July 12, 2011

15 most commonly misspelled words in English

A nice resource from Grammar.net is an infographic entitled,  "15 most commonly misspelled words in English".  It's good to know this information so that students of English  are aware of commonly misspelled English words.  In this way, they are better prepared especially when it comes to writing in English as well in  taking English  tests.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

EnglishSpeak

EnglishSpeak has 100 English lessons, 1000 most common English phrases and 1500 most common English words and vocabulary. The audio files are very nice because of the normal and slow speed adjustments an English student can choose. This site is also available in many major languages.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Great videos at EnglishCentral

EnglishCentral is a great website for students to practice on their speaking skills. This site is free and one can just listen to the video and repeat the words and phrases. What is great about this website is that it gives instant feedback on your English speaking skills! Here is one of my favorite Obama speeches of all time.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Best YouTube Channels For Learning English

Larry Ferlazzo never fails to amaze me. Now this wondeful guy, has a list of  'The Best YouTube Channels For Learning English'. Check out this list to improve more on your English!













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