Textbook Websites
Reading & Vocabulary Focus 2 published by Cengage
Includes Vocabulary Flashcards, Glossary of keywords, and Audio For ESL 532
News Websites
| CNN Student News Listening to a news report every day will improve your listening comprehension. |
| Breaking News English See Recent Lessons or scroll down to lessons based on themes. An archive of over 1000 lessons is available. |
| News for You Online Click “Listen to the full story” to listen and read along. Click on any single line to listen to it. Study the weekly vocabulary list. Point at a word to get its definition. The password for SJCC students is 028F6B. |
| BBC Learning English Click the audio file for each topic you open on the old site. Vocabulary notes will follow. A link to the new site is also available. |
General Reading & Vocabulary Websites
Study Zone
https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
Choose a level from the dropdown menu to practice reading, vocabulary, and grammar
Using English
http://www.usingenglish.com/
Resources, including tests and quizzes, for English language leaners
ESL Gold
http://www.eslgold.com/
This website offers hundreds of pages of resources on listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, pronunciation, idioms, TOEFL prep, quizzes and more—all categorized by skill level.
About.com’s ESL Reading Resources site
http://esl.about.com/cs/readingresources/
This website offers links to sites with practice tests, quizzes, lessons, vocabulary, grammar, reading skills, and more.
The English Learner Website
http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen
Practice tests, games, jokes, and puzzles