Thanks Anurag , can you give me any link for the time. which I required to go to all these sites and read.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:11 PM, anurag barthwal <[email protected]>wrote: > *Useful English Language Learning Links* > *Sites with a rich source of British English* > > BBC World Service <http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml>. > News, articles, and RealAudio broadcasts in a wide range of languages from > the World Service. > > BBC English Radio <http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish> > English language learnig & teaching. Your initial starting point to help > you learn English using the BBC's World Service radio which gives some great > tips on how to start learning English using radio programmes. > > *Sites with a rich source of American English* > > CNN News > <http://www.cnn.com/>24-Hour Non-Stop Headlines,World News,US News and > Weather News. > > Voice of America (VOA) . The VOA > newsroom<http://www.voa.gov/newsnow/index.html>has live news via the internet > as well as a seven day archive. If you want > to listen with a radio, schedules and frequencies can be found > here<http://www.voa.gov/allsked.html>. > > > America's Public Broadcast Service Online > NewsHour<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/>There is a text > only <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/textonly/home_text.html> version of this > which you can use to check your listening comprehension. > > Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice > <http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/lcra/> Produced by Doug Mills from the Lingua > Centre at the University of Illinois. This site has a number of interactive > listening comprehension exercises based on excerpts from American radio and > TV programmes. These exercises are best for intermediate to quite advanced > learners. Try it! > > *Other sources of English* > > CBC Radio on The Internet <http://cbc.ca/onair/> This is the Canadian > Broadcasting Corporation's radio station. The site uses real audio so you > can listen live! > > World Radio Networks (WRN) <http://www.wrn.org/%20>WRN broadcasts > international news and feature programming from public radio stations in > over 20 countries around the world via satellite, cable and the internet > > Radio Australia <http://www.abc.net.au/>'s Asia Pacific programme is > broadcast live on Saturdays. Audio > Archives<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/asiapac/listen.htm%20>at date back to April > 1998. There's a useful link to Regional Extra which > has a list of articles related to the archived radio programmes. > > RTHK on line <http://www.rthk.org.hk/>live broadcasts of radio programmes > in English. The files can be either sent as a continuous stream to your pc > or you can download them and listen to them in your own time and at your own > pace. > > Timecast: The RealAudio Guide <http://realguide.real.com/> A complete > listing of RealAudio Broadcasts from around the globe - concerts, video, > radio and TV. Take a look! > > *English - References* > > YourDictionary.com > <http://www.yourdictionary.com/>home to more than 150 dictionaries. > Multilingual dictionaries, specialty Engish Dictionaries, thesauri and other > vocabulary aids, language identifiers and Guessers, and index of Dictionary > indices and a wev of on-line grammars > > Merriam-Webster OnLine <http://www.m-w.com/> provides a free, searchable > on-line dictionary and thesaurus, word games, a word of the day, and many > other English language and vocabulary reference tools and resources. > > Multilingual Tools and Services<http://www2.echo.lu/libraries/en/mling.html>. > Links to online dictionaries, search engines, and other resources, in a > variety of languages. > > Dictionary.com <http://www.dictionary.com/> Free online English > dictionary, thesaurus and reference guide, crossword puzzles and other word > games, online translator and Word of the Day. > > Encyclopedia.com <http://www.encyclopedia.com/> More than 14,000 articles > from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition have been > assembled to provide free, quick and useful information on almost any topic. > > > Encarta (R) Online Home <http://www.encarta.msn.com/> Encarta Online is the > home for the Encarta Concise Encyclopedia, the Encarta Schoolhouse > educational site and Encarta Explore, an ever-changing resource for > exploration. > > Encyclopeida > <http://www.encyberpedia.com/cyberlinks/links/html/gp4.html>EncyberPedia.The > Living Encyclopeida. Good sections on Common Errors in > English, Online English Grammar, and Writing Resources Online. > > *English - Listening* > > The English Listening Lounge > <http://www.englishlistening.com/>Learn English by listening. Study > anytime, any place. It's easy, and it's fun. Listen to real people speaking > real English. Your English will improve quickly. > > Foreign Languages for Travellers <http://www.travlang.com/languages/>. > Basic words and expressions in a wide range of languages, both text and > sound. You can also search for a particular word/phrase to be translated > into all the languages. > > The Yamada Language Center > <http://babel.uoregon.edu/>records a wide variety of programming every > weekend. The weekend schedule broaden the cultural scope. This allows > language students a chance to peer deeper inside the country they're > studying and foreign students to get a taste of home. > > *English - Pronunciation* > > Guide to Pronunciation <http://www.m-w.com/pronguid.htm> This page gives > the pronunciation symbols from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. > > The International Phonetic > Alphabet<http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipachart.html>This is the full > pronunciation chart produced by The International Phonetic > Association. > > *English - Vocabulary & Grammar* > > CNN Newsroom for ESL <http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html>* *An excellent > site to practise English grammar and vocabulary with authentic news articles > based upon a weekly CNN broadcast throughout the school year. Materials are > categorised according to grammar items and dates. Don't miss it. > > WordWatch <http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/wordwatch.html> Weekly > commentary on a common word or phrase taken out of the Bank of English - > COBUILD's database of current English. The commentary not only offers a > definition of the word or phrase but also discusses interesting details > about its usage. > > Longman Dictionaires <http://www.awl-elt.com/dictionaries/> This site has > word games, study exercises and lesson plans. > > World Wide Words <http://www.quinion.com/words/usagenotes/>- Usage Notes > Short articles about words that often cause problems. > > *Learning* > > 'First Sight, Second Thoughts' > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/firstsight/>looks at > the lives of six people who have settled in Britain. Read and listen to > their stories and then try the exercises. 4 video and 2 audio narratives. > > Language Exercises <http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/>. Cloze tests in > German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, and English. > > The Learning Group: Personalised Learning Games <http://www.quia.com/>. > Create your own language learning game online (as a Java applet), or play > games created by other authors. > > Interactive Learning Resources > <http://www.otan.dni.us/cdlp/education/>Vocabulary and comprehension > exercises based on CNN New stories. You can > read as well as listen to the new stories. > > Gammar Safari, The Lingua > Centre<http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html>This site > includes lots of suggested activities to learn about how > particular grammar items are used in WWW materials. Particularly good for > independent learners or teachers. > > *Online Writing Labs* > > Online Writing Room <http://www.usca.sc.edu/uscaonlinewr/olwr.html>The > mission of the Writing Room is to provide an open teaching and learning > environment for the collaborative discussion of writing so that students may > become more aware and independent writers. > > TC's Online Writing Lab <http://www.taft.cc.ca.us/jbuddell/owl.html>Help > with essays, research papers,writing tutors, helpful documents. > > Paradigm Online writing assistant <http://www.powa.org/>Writing informal > essays, thesis, argumentative essays, exploratory essays, and documenting > your sources > > *Quotations* > > Quotations <http://www.ability.org/quotat.html> Collections including > Advice(good and bad), Proverbs, Annoying Proverbs, Wit, Famous Leaders, > Recent, Wisdom, Micellaneous Malapropisms, Posters with Quotes, > > The Quotations Page <http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/index.html> A > large site devoted to quotations from famous people and literature. Over > 10,000 quotations are available for searching and browsing. Includes the > popular Quotes of the Day. > > Quotations by > Writers<http://www.intelligentsianetwork.com/wquotations/wquotations.htm>Those > who live by their words. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
