Calvin & Hobbes

One of my favorite comic strips; very useful for ESL students.

GENERAL:

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Tests/  (List of many sites for ESL, TOEIC & TOEFL)

http://www.manythings.org/  (Many useful exercises, quizzes, games for students)

http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/tests.htm  (Contains many links to various web sites; sorted by classification)  

READING:

http://www.chickensoup.com/

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Good for reading, full of warm-hearted stories and insights about life. I suggest becoming a member and receive a free weekly short essay via e-mail.

TOEIC:

http://www.gettoeic.com/toeic2/sample2.htm?EMAIL=webmaster%40gettoeic.com&Submit=Begin+TOEIC

(Sample tests)

http://www.testmagic.com/forum/default.asp?CAT_ID=2 (TOEFL forum, with comments from people who already took the TOEFL, and from TOEFL teachers)

http://www.testmagic.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=35 TOEFL listening forum

LISTENING / PRONUNCIATION:

Listening practice should always be incorporated with pronunciation practice.  The two skills are connected.  A person with a better English pronunciation also has good listening skills.  

NOTE: Some of these sites may require downloading audio or media players. Be careful downloading stuff, make sure you scan them first, they may contain computer viruses.

http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/toeic/ (Sample tests for listening)

http://www.manythings.org/pp/  (American English Pronunciation Practice)

http://www.manythings.org/ac/  (Listening games)

http://www.aj.cz/lispro.htm 

(English on the internet (listen to selected scenes from movies and other shows)

http://www.amenglish.com/products/idiomad.cfm (listening to business idioms; try the interactive samples)

http://repeatafterus.com/

http://repeatafterus.com/iorecorded.php

(index of recorded materials; classified from beginning to advanced level)

http://towerofenglish.com/listening.html

(links to many listening practice sites)

http://towerofenglish.com/theamericaprojectorg.html

(listen to several radio commentaries; never mind if you agree with the speaker or not, the point is you practice listening)

VIEWING

http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/tvcoms/index.htm

(Interactive exercise: listening to TV commercials)

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Let Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, Ross & Chandler be your English teachers. I always recommend FRIENDS (TV show) to my students.  This site has the complete transcripts of the show from Season 1 to 10, very useful stuff, loaded with useful everyday idioms and expressions.

Comics are useful tools in learning English.  Any comic strip will do, but I always enjoy Calvin & Hobbes. It might be a little difficult to some students. 

Josh Agle (popularly known as "Shag"). American painter, illustrator and designer.  I love his work. They're very "mod." Mod is a term popular in the 60s.  It's short for modern. I used some of his art works in my site so it's only proper that I give him due credit. Enjoy.