The Toronto Public Library has ESL materials, as well as a learning centre where you can book an appointment. |
Online dictionary: just enter a word to find the definition and click the speaker symbol to hear the word pronounced! This site also has a thesaurus, word games, and spelling bees. Don’t forget to sign up for “Word of the Day” and “Learner’s Word of the Day” to be sent to your email. Listen each day to the podcast. |
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This site has an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and world atlas. |
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Build your vocabulary and help feed the hungry. |
The Café has free, on-line practice quizzes. |
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There is a good selection of grammar quizzes. |
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Grammar quizzes on everything from articles to sentence structure to word choice. |
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Test your grammar while building your business vocabulary. |
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This site has an extensive list of idioms and their definitions, followed by quizzes. |
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Hundreds of idiom quizzes. |
Many reading, cloze, vocabulary, grammar, and writing exercises. |
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Reading comprehension exercises based on newspaper articles or short stories (upper intermediate, advanced) |
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Reading comprehension exercises divided into different levels of difficulty. |
Advice on academic writing, including planning and organization, style and editing; grammar and punctuation; and ESL Answers. |
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Reviews all steps in the writing process and has an ESL section. |
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One five paragraph essay that highlights all the different aspects and essentials of the essay. |
CBC has an on-line ESL centre with an excellent section on “Listening,” as well as reading comprehension problems. |
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Hundreds of listening comprehension exercises. Play the slide show, take the quiz, read the transcript, and hear the audio notes. |
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Intermediate Level English Listening Skills for ESL, EFL Learners |
Dozens of listening comprehension exercises including dialogues and quizzes. These exercises are intermediate, but the site also offers beginner and advanced exercises. |
Over 100 easy, medium, and difficult general listening quizzes. |
| University of Iowa Phonetics: The Sounds of American English |
Offers pronunciation practice. Hear the sounds and see how each sound is formed. |
Contains descriptions and links to find classes. |
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Classes from benchmark levels 1 to 5. Individuals who are more advanced than LINC level 5 may find that professional tutors offering upper intermediate and advanced ESL English training is necessary to qualify for Canadian jobs requiring English Language fluency. |
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A list of organizations that offers higher levels of language training and job-specific language training. |
The store is staffed with experienced and knowledgeable teachers, so you can always get great advice. Or, you can shop online. |
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The ESL Shop is a source of thousands of ESL titles. |