Websites for learning English* – Recommendations

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I hope everyone makes good use of the resources available for learning English, so as to make significant progress in their English skills. 1. http://www.ebigear.com/ResourceHtml/209/ (video) 2. http://www.jqzxzx.com/yule/zxsp/200509/310.html (video) 3. http://www.fli.com.cn/Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=1035 (requires registration – mp3) 4. http://www.aceen.com/2j.asp?id=168 (mp3) 5. http://lz.qjjj.net/Article/czyy/dxyy/200511/Article_20051121191418.html (mp3) 6. http://www.nutshellsoft.com/english/newconcept/index.htm (mp3) 7. http://www.pass-e.com/article.php?articleid=759 (mp3) 8. http://www.wwenglish.com/en/pp/nce/index.htm (tutoring resources) http://www.gzs.cn/ http://www.wlck.com/ http://www.szjiayuan.net/ http://www.zhangtu.com/ http://www.jiaolaoshi.net/ http://www.studycn.cn/ http://www.cycnet.com/cms/2004/englishcorner/ This one is good: www.yingyuok.com. Without a doubt, www.hjbbs.com is the best choice; I personally think one can gain a lot from it. New Youth English Learning website: WWW.NewYouth765.COM. 1. MP3 recordings of the CET-4 listening tests from December 2003, along with the original text: http://www.sailacc.com/english/cet/pastpapers/200505/8974.html. 2. MP3 recordings of the CET-4 listening tests from January 2003, along with the original text: http://www.pinba.net/xue*/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=9660. 3. 100 MP3 recordings of CET-4 listening tests: http://www.hjenglish.com/doc/enlisten/511_1017.htm. 4. MP3 recordings of the CET-4 listening tests from June 2004, along with the original text: http://www.fanfusheng.net/Article/kszx/djks/slj/200504/Article_762.htm. 5. Downloads of past CET-4 listening tests: http://www.stuchina.net/cet/listen/200505/1699.html. 6. A comprehensive guide to preparing for CET-4 and CET-6: http://cet.hjenglish.com/detail_818.htm. 7. A collection of English listening resources: http://www.hjenglish.com/subject/data/enlisten.htm. 8. http://www.ebigear.com/. 9. http://mwww.tingroom.com/lesson/cet4/. 10. http://www.24xue*.com/Article/hy/ (24-hour learning website). 11. http://www.ywhc.net/article/Index.asp (collection of English materials, including 8,000 spoken sentences). 12. http://www.4english.cn/ (Voice of English). 13. http://www.52en.com/tl/ (English Listening Zone). 14. http://www.putclub.com/ (Putu English Listening). 15. Downloads of high-quality university English listening materials: http://202.114.65.51/fzjx/dmtjx/english/dxyyjd.htm. 16. http://www.edgeenglish.com/ (Love Dove English). 17. http://www.iselong.com/English/c/16index.htm (Thousands of English Speakers). My top recommendation for English websites is: http://www.52en.com/. Home page of My Love English Website: http://www.englishwu.com/main.asp. Home page of English House: http://league.ysu.edu.cn/yyjlb/article_index.asp. Home page of English Club: http://www.wwenglish.com. Home page of Wangwang English. Everyone has their own way of learning English; only you know best how well you can handle the language. Here are some websites for learning English; I hope you make a little progress every day. This is definitely a website worth having for those who study English: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/lt/lt_index.html and edunet.com: http://www.edunet.com/elt/. Theme: It’s a comprehensive website for learning English as a second language. Features: Chat rooms, grammar explanations, practice exercises, quizzes, and explanations of idioms. Highlights: It provides in-depth coverage of grammar, listening skills, communication techniques, etc. Target audience: ESL teachers and people who are learning English. The North American edition of World Daily – Life in English: http://www.chineseworld.com/publish/37_9999.r/r.htm. Theme: Practical tips for using English in everyday life. Features: Subject-based explanations of useful English expressions, as well as language jokes from non-English speakers. Highlights: The content is lively and engaging, with many examples. Target audience: Those with a solid foundation in English. Ten Thousand English Speakers: http://www.iselong.com. Theme: A website rich in resources for learning English. Features: Professionally designed website with a large amount of useful material, including grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, online English broadcasts, and online dictionaries. Target audience: People who are learning English. edunet.com: http://www.englishtown.com. Theme: One of the most in-depth websites for learning English available online. Features: Excellent grammar explanations, practice exercises, and reading materials. Highlight: Authentic British English. Target audience: People who are learning English. Schmooze University: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/. Theme: A website for learning English, allowing conversations one-on-one or in groups. Features: Online dictionary, language games, Usenet. Target audience: People who are learning English. Search engine: http://www.google.com – The most powerful search engine in the world. In linguistics*, its functions include at least: searching for contexts in which new words can be used, verifying whether a certain phrase or usage is accurate, finding possible bilingual explanations by entering both Chinese and “English” simultaneously, searching for translations of literary works, and gaining knowledge related to a particular category of things. http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo category search. 2. Chinese-English, English-Chinese, English-English, Chinese-Chinese dictionaries: http://www.iciba.net/ Jinnian Ciba website – it allows downloading shared versions of some dictionary software, with various conversion functions between languages. The number of entries is generally over a million. It’s recommended to simply buy the software; it serves as a handy tool for use at your desk, allowing for instant translation whenever needed. http://sunrain.net/ Sunrain Chinese-English and English-Chinese dictionary, with rich content, the ability to add new words, and a forum of fairly good quality. http://www.m-w.com/ The Webster’s Dictionary, English-English; a comprehensive overview of the Webster’s dictionary series. http://www.thesaurus.com/ www.dictionary.com – comprehensive dictionaries, synonyms/antonyms, categories, English-English. http://dico.isc.cnrs.fr/dico/en/search Synonym dictionary, English-English. 3. Encyclopedias: http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ The largest free online reference website in the United States. Below are numerous reference dictionaries such as the Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget’s Thesaurus, American Heritage Dictionary, and the Columbia History of English and American Literature. Updated frequently, with rich content. English. http://www.encycolpedia.com An online concise Colombian encyclopedia with over 50,000 entries. English. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/index.html Online Concise Oxford Encyclopedia. English. http://s9.com/biography/search.html A biographical dictionary that allows users to search for brief profiles of 28,000 world-famous figures by name, keyword, or date. English. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html Geographical names dictionary. English. http://www.db66.com/index.shtm is a newly launched online knowledge resource that is claimed to be the largest Chinese knowledge database on the Internet, offering encyclopedic information on world knowledge, Chinese cultural relics, music, sports, history, and more. Registration is required. http://www.*ngfusi.com/fxd/lookup.htm **A comprehensive dictionary of Buddhism, with detailed explanations and English translations for each entry.** http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/index.html English YSL religion encyclopedia. http://www.carm.org/dictionary.htm English **Theological Dictionary. http://www.ask.com/ is the most commonly used website for asking questions; you can find answers by searching through categories or post your own questions. 4. Translate the Chinese-English forum at http://www.bilinguist.com – it is home to many experts; you can post questions there and expect high response rates. http://www.chinatranslate.net China Translate Network, claimed to be the largest professional translation website in the country. The knowledge is comprehensive, but the updates are slow. http://gb.transea.com/ provides real-time machine translation, suitable for translating entire websites and paragraphs, but the accuracy is not high. Suitable for ordinary people. http://www.cn-trans.com/ A translator’s club and personal website; its selected essays and translation forum are quite good. Update is slow. http://www.jbfeng.com The personal website of freelance translator Feng Jingbao, featuring translation knowledge and interesting anecdotes from the translation community. Update is slow. http://www.rahul.net/lai/companion.html Translator’s family assistant. English. http://www.word2word.com/free.html Free online translation service. www.worldlingo.com – Free online translation service. 5. Grammar, reading, teaching, writing: http://wfwok.topcool.net/grammar.htm A fairly comprehensive grammar tutorial, including practice exercises, available for download. http://home.njenet.net.cn/ewriting/w/ewriting.htm The graduate writing course at Southeast University consists of only 7 units, but it is very helpful for improving reading and writing skills. http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/subidx.cfm The grammar section of an online English teaching website, with 120 entries. http://www.englishchina.com/ English China – it has a large number of site links, but its updates are slow. http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/writing.htm An assistant for English writing. Links to various foreign resources. 6. Community, listening, speaking, public speaking: http://www.crazyenglish.org – Crazy English Club. Methods for learning English*, tutorials, and all the latest materials. http://www.hongen.com/eng/index.htm Hongen Online. English learning* community. Lecture by a foreign teacher. http://edu.china.com/zh_cn/elearn/second/test/index.html Ways to improve English listening skills. http://www.tingli.com/ Tingli Network – a variety of current news articles that can be downloaded and listened to using RealPlayer. http://www.listeningexpress.com/ contains listening materials from VOA, BBC, and NCE. http://yyenglish.myrice.com/pages/data1.htm is Yangyang’s listening material database; please download as much as possible when the internet connection is good. http://www.un.org/av/ United Nations Radio, use when the internet connection is good. http://broadcast.yahoo.com Yahoo News Channel, multiple channels. Appropriate internet speed is required. http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/ Collection of speeches from the American History Channel; RealPlayer is required. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm A comprehensive collection of famous speeches (text + audio). Searchable. http://library.westmont.edu/bibinst/searchaids/com15.html Resources for practicing public speaking in English. http://www.lunli.com/index.html Cyber Style: Listening to English on the Internet (excellent)
http://www.listeningexpress.com/ English Listening Express
7. Comprehensive Resources
http://www.360abc.com/ World Expo English
http://www.icansay.com/ English Lock – Let Me Share the Fun!
http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/index.html Chinadaily – Language Tips
http://groups.google.com/groups?... .humor.funny.reruns – A newsgroup for English jokes; all high-quality content.
http://english.chinaschool.net/main.html Everyday English
http://www.chineseworld.com/publish/37_9999.r/r.asp China Daily – American English for Daily Life
http://www.iselong.com/ Thousands of English Learners
http://www.englishww.com/ Wangwang English
http://www.5ixx.com/ Download of English learning materials
8. English Exams
Resources specifically designed for various English proficiency tests such as TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, ESL:
www.51ielts.com – ESL learning resources
http://www.eslweb.net/ Downdowdown – Many downloadable exam materials
http://www.downdowndown.net – www.gter.net – Resources for TOEFL preparation
http://vip.6to23.com/toptoefl/
http://www.taisha.org/ Test Tutor
http://www.testtutor.com – A great website for free GRE learning resources
www.number2.com, Testmagic.com – http://www.testmagic.com/
9. English Radio Stations
These sites provide access to high-quality English radio programs:
http://webcri.cri.com.cn:8000/news/expenew – Chinese International Radio’s English section
http://210.77.152.231/dianbo.asp – China National Radio’s Second Program’s “Sunshine English” segment, including programs like “Everyone Talks English” and “Basic American English”. Listen online anytime! ! ! http://www.cnradio.com/ The online live broadcast program of China National Radio Channel 1