English Learning
Study Skills and Writing Skills
Information about study skills and writing skills provided by some universities. These skills, note taking, outlining, paraphrasing and?summarizing, are featured in the following websites:
- Virginia Tech Self Help Information
- California Polytechnic State University Academic Skills Center
- Lecture Note Taking (College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University)
- York University Counselling and Development Center
- Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center
- Purdue University Online Writing Laboratory
- The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- The Writing Center, Arizona State University
There are some other websites that provide free skill practice and advice.
Here is a free English Test.
Reading and Listening Resourses
Reading Resourses: Scientific American, National Public Radio, New York Times
Listening Resourses: Scientific American, NPR Program Stream, CNN Student News
Speaking Resourses: Phonetics: the Sound of American English
Online English Dictionaries
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary: www.m-w.com
- Longman Online Dictionary: www.ldoceonline.com
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online: dictionary.cambridge.org