ESL Resources for Self-Directed Learners | Ressources pour les apprenants autonomes en ESL

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Vous y trouverez ici une variété de ressources pédagogiques qui vous permettront d'améliorer vos compétences en anglais langue seconde (ESL). Les ressources sont organisées selon l'habileté langagière (la lecture, la rédaction, l'écoute, le parler, la grammaire, ou le vocabulaire) et vous pouvez utiliser toutes les sections ou bien choisir sur une seule en particulier. Le petit jeu par lequel commence la page vous permettra d'établir votre niveau de compétence selon le CECR (entre A1 et C2) et de mieux déterminer la compétence à travailler. Nous vous invitons de soumettre vos commentaires pour nous permettre de ne garder que les ressources les plus pertinentes. |
This page offers a variety of pedagogical resources to improve your skills in English as a second language (ESL). They are organized by skill (reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary) and you can select all of the resources across sections, or focus on the one you would like to improve the most. Before checking out resources, you can also take advantage of a game that allows you to determine your language proficiency by helping you establish your CEFR level (between A1 and C2). We also encourage you to complete the form and provide us with feedback on the resources offered so that we can keep only the most relevant resources.

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Ressources pour l'auto-apprentissage visant les apprenants d'anglais langue seconde (ESL)

Le jeu « Auto-évaluez vos capacités linguistiques » vous invite à déterminer votre niveau de compétences dans les langues que vous connaissez, en utilisant les six niveaux de référence tels que définis dans le Cadre européen commun de référence. Suivez ce lien pour accéder au jeu : https://edl.ecml.at/LanguageFun/Selfevaluateyourlanguageskills/tabid/2194/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx

Self-directed learning resources for the English as a Second Language (ESL) Students

The 'Self-evaluate your language skills' tool helps you to assess your level of proficiency in the languages you know according to six reference levels described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The game draws on the CEFR’s Self-assessment grid. This tool was developed by the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe. Click on this link to use it: https://edl.ecml.at/LanguageFun/Selfevaluateyourlanguageskills/tabid/2194/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

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ENGLISH LEVEL TEST (READING) - This website offers a free level test to get immediate feedback on your overall level in reading. It also offers a level test to evaluate your Listening, Vocabulary, and Grammar skills. URL: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/reading

USA LEARNS: Offers free lessons through the course “Practice English and Reading”. There are eleven (11) units including Family, Health and Safety, Housing, Money and many others. It requires creating an account to access the course (via an email and a password). URL: http://www.usalearns.org/

ESL READER: This is an Online Reading Help for students learning English as a Second Language (ESL). Use it to speed up your reading time and improve reading skills. Anytime you need to read online text in English, copy that text and run it through ESL Reader. It will make each word into a link so you can easily look-up word definition or translation simply by clicking on it. With ESL Reader you use numerous dictionaries and references without reloading text. Just change the reference source and click on the same word to look it up again. URL: http://www.esldesk.com/reading/esl-reader

READING COMPREHENSION - With a total of 44 reading passages, you can practice your reading skills and verify your comprehension while adjusting the level of difficulty. For intermediate to advanced ESL learners. URL: http://www.infosquares.com/readingcomprehension/

TUNE IN TO LEARNING: The Reading section of this website allows you to improve your reading skills through a collection of engaging videos and web activities. It is organized in three (3) parts, Understanding What You Read, Studying & Test Prep, and Libraries & Books. URL: http://www.tv411.org/reading

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA STUDY ZONE - There is a variety of short stories that include comprehension questions, recreating and summarizing exercises. URL: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/

BBC SKILLWISE (READING) - Appropriate for all levels, this website helps learners with skimming, using the dictionary, and reading for understanding. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/reading

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RÉDACTION / WRITING (Veuillez cocher la case du site web que vous avez préféré / Please check off the box next to the website that you found the most useful.) *

ONLINE WRITING LAB (OWL) - For more advanced learners and teachers. Includes techniques for efficient writing as well as guidelines to avoid plagiarism and apply proper formatting to your papers (MLA & APA Style Guides). URL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/

ESL LOUNGE - A comprehensive website that offers test-prep, listening and reading practice, as well as some grammar exercises. A good place to start is the advanced level exercises, as the intermediate are fairly simple. - URL:https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/index.php

BBC SKILLWISE WRITING - Practice planning your writing, paragraphs, format and structure, as well as proofreading. Includes worksheets and quizzes. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/writing

WRITING GUIDELINES for Engineering and Science Students: A useful website for students going into engineering and sciences. Learn about the expectations for writing in your field and prepare for entry to your program. This site also includes a number of online lessons focusing on particular points such as Constraints, Structure or Avoiding Ambiguities. URL: http://www.craftofscientificwriting.com/

WRITE & IMPROVE: This site uses technology to mark your submitted writing and give you a grade. You’ll receive a score based on the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) and it will give you feedback on how to improve. URL: https://writeandimprove.com/?lang=en-GB

HEMINGWAY App: This site allows you to paste in writing, or create a piece of writing right on the site. This is a great tool for more advanced writers who want to improve their usage of adverbs, passive voice, and clearly-structured sentences. URL: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

READABLE: Get a score on your writing with this site. It will measure whether the writing will be understood by the reader. URL: https://readable.com/

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RÉDACTION / WRITING (Please indicate below how useful you found these sites by rating them on a scale from 1 (not very useful) to 5 (very useful) to help us improve our selection (e.g. Online Writing Lab (OWL) - 4, etc.). *

ÉCOUTE / LISTENING (Veuillez cocher la case du site web que vous avez préféré / Please check off the box next to the website that you found the most useful.) *

ENGLISH LEVEL TEST (LISTENING) - This website offers a free level test to get immediate feedback on your overall level in listening. It also offers a level test to evaluate your Reading, Vocabulary, and Grammar level. URL: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/listening

ESOL COURSES (Listening Exercises) - Hundreds of listening clips available for students at an intermediate level. Just click on the exercise you would like to do, listen and answer multiple choice questions! URL: https://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/listening.html

LYRICSTRAINING: Listen to songs you like in English and fill in the missing words. It’s a great way to have fun and practice your listening skills in English. URL: https://lyricstraining.com/

RANDALL'S ESL CYBER LISTENING LAB - This site offers hundreds of listening passages, all with quizzes and answers. The “Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes” will be most useful for your preparations. URL: https://www.esl-lab.com/

TALK ENGLISH: With activities ranging from basic to advanced, this tool allows students to listen to a recording and test their understanding. It provides three steps where students first listen only, then take the quiz, and finally see the dialogue transcript to check comprehension. URL: https://www.talkenglish.com/listening/

ESL VIDEO QUIZZES - Select your level at the top of the page in order to watch YouTube videos and then answer the questions from the short quizzes that follow to check your understanding. URL: http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning_start.php

VOA NEWS (Learning English) - These short news stories for ESL students use simple sentence structure and common vocabulary. The broadcasters also speak slowly. Listen and read along. URL: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/

BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH - Another great news site that lets you choose the level you listen and read along to breaking news stories. There are also exercises that follow each news story. URL: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

LISTENING COMPREHENSION & NOTE-TAKING EXERCISES - Includes information on the listening process, summarizing and note taking, recognizing the structure of a lecture, and understanding reference. Includes exercises. URL: http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm

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PARLER/ SPEAKING (Veuillez cocher la case du site web que vous avez préféré / Please check off the box next to the website that you found the most useful.) *

OLBI CONVERSATION WORKSHOPS: The best way to improve your speaking skills is undoubtedly using the language as much as possible! Join your colleagues and take part in the OLBI Conversation Workshops. URL: https://olbi.uottawa.ca/julien-couture

TALK ENGLISH - These lessons will provide you with an explanation, instruction, and audio files to help you articulate the sounds correctly. URL: http://www.talkenglish.com/extralessons/pronunciation.aspx

BASIC ENGLISH SPEAKING: Find a list of conversation lessons including the topics of daily English conversation, common English expressions, and common phrases and sentence patterns. URL: https://basicenglishspeaking.com/resources/

YOUGLISH - Search for a specific word or phrase. Then, YouGlish will find videos on YouTube that use this word or phrase in context. Search over 50 million videos to get examples of how to use words correctly in English. URL: https://youglish.com/

TO FLUENCY - You will find here many free tools to help you understand topics like phrasal verbs, idioms, collocations, conversation examples and more. URL: https://www.tofluency.com/english-lessons/

FORVO - A pronunciation dictionary. Search for a word, then find the pronunciation in different accents. It is populated by crowdsourcing, so users can submit their own recordings. This will give you a variety of styles and accents to choose from. URL: https://forvo.com/

UPODN - This is a simple yet helpful site which allows you to type in a word or phrase and get the phonetics for it. See results and observe where the word stress is. URL: http://upodn.com/phon.php

ESL PRONUNCIATION - ENGLISH MEDIA LAB - Practice English pronunciation through IPA phonetics. The website offers free ESL Pronunciation Quizzes, Video Lessons. Intonation Exercises. URL: http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation.html

SHIPORSHEEP - You can practice minimal pairs differences by moving your mouse over the words and hearing their pronunciation. URL: http://shiporsheep.com/

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PARLER/ SPEAKING (Please indicate below how useful you found these sites by rating them on a scale from 1 (not very useful) to 5 (very useful) to help us improve our selection (e.g. ESL Pronunciation - 1, etc.). *

GRAMMAIRE / GRAMMAR (Veuillez cocher la case du site web que vous avez préféré / Please check off the box next to the website that you found the most useful.) *

ENGLISH LEVEL TEST (GRAMMAR): This website offers a free level test to get immediate feedback on your overall level in grammar. It also offers a level test to evaluate your Reading, Vocabulary, and Listening level. URL: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/grammar

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR: Download and take a test to find out whether you need to practice Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced level grammar. Then choose the level the most appropriate and work on practice exercises as well as the ones in the section “Read and Write”. URL: https://elt.oup.com/student/practicegrammar/?mode=student&cc=ca&selLanguage=en

BBC SKILLSWISE GRAMMAR - Learn all about the basics of English grammar, including basic sentence structure, parts of speech, and punctuation. Quizzes following each section will help you test your knowledge. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/word-grammar

LEO (LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE) NETWORK - The Grammar guide on this website offers a three-point sequence in revising your grammar. You start off with an explanation (Read This!), follow up with examples (Picture This! section) and finally test your knowledge in a Test This! section. URL: https://www.learnenglish.de/grammarpage.html

ESL CAFÉ: Includes grammar lessons and quizzes for advanced students. Grammar lessons are organised in clusters around a specific element (for example, Gerunds, or Adjective Clauses). Note: You will need to know what particular grammar point you are working on in order to get the most out of this site. URL: http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar.html

ENGLISH PAGE - This site offers mini tutorials and many grammar quizzes and lessons for intermediate learners. Start with a Verb Tense Tutorial and follow up with exercises on specific grammar points that you would like to cover. The website also offers sections on Vocabulary for advanced students and Prepositions. URL: http://www.englishpage.com/index.html

ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUIZZES for ESL STUDENTS: This website includes many grammar and vocabulary quizzes for ESL students, sorted by difficulty (Easy – Medium – Difficult). It is also a good site for those looking for bilingual vocabulary quizzes. (In 45+ languages). URL: http://a4esl.org/a/g5.html

ESL LOUNGE: Check out the Grammar Guide on this website, try your hand at intermediate-level exercises and then move up to the Advanced level if you find them too simple. URL: https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar-guides/grammar-intermediate.php

DAVE'S ESL CAFÉ: Hundreds of explanations for many different grammar points. Check the Quizzes section on the website to test your knowledge. URL: http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar.html

STUDY ZONE: Consult the Grammar Index and pick the Grammar lessons and exercises from the list to learn and then test your comprehension. URL: https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar

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VOCABULAIRE/VOCABULARY (Veuillez cocher la case du site web que vous avez préféré / Please check off the box next to the website that you found the most useful.) *

ENGLISH LEVEL TEST (VOCABULARY): This website offers a free level test to get immediate feedback on your overall level in vocabulary. It also offers a level test to evaluate your Reading, Grammar, and Listening grammar. URL: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/vocabulary

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Get clear definitions and audio pronunciations of words, phrases, and idioms in British and American English from the three most popular Cambridge dictionaries of English with just one search: the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, and the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. URL: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/

MACMILLAN COLLOCATIONS DICTIONARY: Collocations are combinations of words which frequently occur together. For example, 'solve a problem' and 'highly successful' are collocations. Click on a letter to jump to the relevant section of the alphabet to see a list of collocations included. URL: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/browse/collocations/american/a/

THESAURUS: Find synonyms for any word in English. It will help expand your vocabulary as long as you don’t forget to look for a specific context and ensure you got the correct meaning. URL: https://www.thesaurus.com/

ESL LOUNGE: Check out a variety of exercises on this website and expand your vocabulary. You can pick Confusing Words, Weather Idioms, Phrasal Verbs or any of the other sections to add new words and have a richer conversation with your peers or write a more varied essay for your course. URL: https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary-advanced.php

VOCABULARY FOR THE ACADEMIC WORD LIST: If you are a university student, it is always a good idea to familiarize yourself with the vocabulary from the Academic Word List. This website separates the list into 10 sections that are followed by exercises to practice their use. URL: http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/academic-word-list/index.html

ESL DESK: Some more practice to expand your vocabulary with an added benefit of learning the pronunciation and spelling of the words from the Academic Word List. URL: http://www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/academic

FREE RICE: Try your hand at learning new words while also supporting the UN World Food Program. URL: https://freerice.com/categories/english-vocabulary

IDIOMS & AXIOMS CURRENTLY USED IN AMERICA: Add some idioms to your vocabulary! The idioms are defined as well as classified as to whether they are common, polite, or vulgar. URL: http://www.pride-unlimited.com/probono/idioms1.html

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