EnglishWebGuide: online English resources
Teaching and learning English online
EnglishPractice.com helps you in many different areas of learning English: grammar, writing, correct usage, common mistakes and more. You can also find games and learning materials for children.
The site features help sections for students preparing for TOEFL and IELTS, but the materials are useful for any other exam type as well.
LearningChocolate.com is a website aimed at young learners, to help them learn new vocabulary in various topics.
Within each topic, students can choose from a variety of exercise types and games. Each vocabulary item is reinforced with pictures and sounds. The dozens of categories will keep learners busy for quite some time.
Visuwords is an original concept for working with words. When you enter a word, you get an image of the connections the word’s various meanings have:
The image above shows the word connections for “permit” – visit the site to get a better view.
The various colours represent different types of connections: “is a kind of”, “is a member of”, “opposes”, etc. It’s an excellent way to get an idea of the contexts a word is used in.
When you move your mouse over a node, you get more detailed descriptions and sample sentences. You can also drag the nodes and rearrange the image to concentrate on the parts you’re interested in.
It works not only as a dictionary but also as a writer’s tool – you can improve your writing by looking up any word you’re unsure about.
Listen-and-write.com is a simple but very useful site for learners of English. It’s dictation practice: you listen to a text and then you have to write down every word. Your work is checked in real time – you have to spell each word correctly. If you make a mistake, you can’t go on but have to try again until you get it right. You can stop and play the text again as many times as you like. There are a lot of different levels of difficulty, so everybody will find suitable texts. If you register on the site you can record your results and check your progress too.