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ESL Links

Here is a list of useful Web addresses for learners of the English language. Please keep in mind that you leave our homepage if you follow these links.

 
Dictionaries:
German/English and English/German: A service of the department information technology at the Technical University Munich
German/Englisch and English/German: A service of the Leipzig University
QuickDic: German English/English German Dictionary
German/English and English/German: A service of the Chemnitz University
Merriam-Webster Online: Look up English definitions and words
Cambridge Dictionaries Online: Choose from a selection of Cambridge Dictionaries
Dictionary of Units; including access to 40 different unit calculators
WWW Unit Converter
 
Reference:
Refdesk: Portal for information on the Web
Marshall Brian's HowStuffWorks: Find out how things work! 
Chemical Elements.com: Periodic table of elements and much more!
Computer, Telephony & Electronics Industry Glossary
The World Factbook: Detaild information about every single country on earth by the CIA
ExxUN.com: Thousands windows on the world
Ask Jeeves: Search engine that accepts whole questions
Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia
 
News:
BBC News: Read, hear and see the latest British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news and search the BBC A-Z index.
News English: BBC news edited for language learners
CNN.com./World: The Cable News Network (CNN) presents news from around the world
Newsweek: Stories and background information from the American magazine Newsweek
Guardian Unlimited: Online home of the British newspaper The Guardian
The Times: The world's oldest daily broadsheet newspaper published in Britain
Paperboy: Links to newspapers worldwide and headline search
Magazineboy: Search for magazines by title or subject
 
General sites:
Dave's ESL Cafe: Virtual meeting place for English language learners and teachers, offers discussion forums
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab: Graded listening quizzes that cover a lot of different topics 
Karin's ESL Partyland: The cool way to learn English for ESL students and teachers
About.com's Guide to ESL on the Web: Links, grammar, listening, pronounciation and more
English Exercises Online: Free access to more than 100 language resources put together by Leo Jansegers
English Exercises Online: More free online exercises by Martin Holmes
Learning English with the BBC World Service
Nicky's Kids Corner: English grammar, vocabulary and more 
Juergen Wagner's WebQuests: Lots of questions about web pages
Ego4u.de: Grammar and more (with German explanations)
 
Grammar quizzes:
Dave's ESL quiz centre
Elek Máthé's interactive tests and exercises
Karin's ESL quiz center
Grammer quizzes and other EFL exercises by Taiwan Teacher
Interactive quizzes and more by Capital Community College Hartford (USA)
Self-study grammar quizzes by "The Internet TESL Journal"
About.com's grammar quizzes
Ego4u: Grammar exercises with German explanations
 
Entertainment:
The Internet Movie Database: Information on over 150,000 movies
Hollywood: Hollywood´s media network online
Paramount Pictures: Film company 
Fox: Film company 
Warner Bros.: Film Company 
 
Links for Teachers:
Juergen Wagner's links for teachers of the English language
English links put together by the Max-Eyth-Schule Alsfeld
WWF-learning for sustainability: Lesson plans and work sheets
The BBC's portal for teachers
The BBC’s GCSE revision and tests
Comics.com: The home of comics on the web
Reinhard Donaths Englischunterricht in der Informationsgesellschaft
Links for teachers with short comments
Placement test by "Let's Learn English"
Linklist to online English tests by "UsingEnglish.com"
MoBiDic: Description of a Comenius project on bilingual teaching
 
Miscellaneous:
Edufind: Find language schools from all over the world and more
Axminster Power Tool Centre: Online tool catalogue and manuals
Heisoft Online Translation (free trial)
Babelfish: Free online language translator
Vocabulary trainer "vokker"
(Vocabulary) trainer "Quizlet"
Currency Converter (Yahoo)
 
 
Electrical Engineering:
Interactive digital electromechanical library (Wisc)
Siemens online courses
Electronics (101science.com)
Interactive simulations (PhET)
Electric circuit simulations (Cabrillo College)
Educypedia electronics
Basic electronics
Electronics tutorials
Design and technology-electronics
Softwareforeducation-electronics
Electronics club
Explain that stuff
Howstuffworks
Computer, Telephony & Electronics Industry Glossary
eHow
Buerklin catalogue
Conrad catalogue
RS catalogue
 
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