Posts filed under ‘English/Beginner’
New IELTS Apps from Cambridge University Press
For those of you who have a smart phone and are looking to take the IELTS test soon, this app might be of interest to you…
Language resources (Aboriginal languages, Chinese, English, Japanese)
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David R Horton is the creator of the Indigenous Language Map. This map is based on language data gathered by Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, (1996). The map attempts to represent all of the language or tribal or nation groups of Indigenous people of Australia. The Indigenous Language Map is just one representation of other map sources that are available for describing Aboriginal Australia. This map indicates only the general location of larger groupings of people which may include smaller groups such as clans, dialects or individual languages in a group.
Language resources (English, Japanese)
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n this site you will find such things as the Japanese alphabet (including Hiragana and Katakana) as well as Kanji, Japanese grammar, Japanese sentence structure, and common Japanese phrases. What sets us apart from other “learn how to speak Japanese” sites is that we teach you how to conjugate Japanese verbs and how to build your own Japanese sentences – things critical to becoming fluent in the Japanese language.
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Practice reading English with these ESL short stories from American folklore, retold by S.E. Schlosser. Some short stories have an ESL listening component.
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ESL Reading: free ELT learning materials for English language students & teachers.
Language Resources (English, Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish)
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Don’t know any Hindi at all? Start with the basics, the Hindi alphabet. Once you have familiarized yourself with the Hindi alphabet and had a look at the Hindi numbers you should then move on to try and increase your vocabulary of Hindi words and Hindi phrases.
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Chinese Idioms or Chengyu are short sayings usually consisting of four characters. Unless you know the story and its common usage, a Chengyu will sound like random nonsense. Here are some Chengyu stories, as taught to chinese students, with pinyin and chinese annotation.
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Noel’s ESL eBook Libray offers free ESL resource materials target for ESL teaching, lesson planning, grammar, writing and vocabulary. It also has everything learners need to pass IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge ESOL, TKT and CELTA. All ebooks are totally FREE!
Language resources (English)
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Over 35,000 pages of worksheets and activities, abctools, and more.
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Learn the basics, and English through pictures.
Language resources (English, Hebrew, Japanese)
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This site is about how you can learn Japanese without taking classes, by having fun and doing things you enjoy—watching movies, playing video games, reading comic books. Includes links to dictionaries and other Japanese websites.
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Whether you’re a student with unlimited free time or a full-time employee with a family, the information contained within this site should be of help to you in learning Japanese.
Language resources (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai, Urdu)
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Livemocha’s self-study lessons develop reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Access
* Free Courses in 25 different languages
* Over 160 hours of lessons for each
* Helpful tips from native speakers
* Focus on conversation skills -
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.
Language resources (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai)
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Free mp3 audio and mp4 video files to help you speak, read, write and learn Indonesian. The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Indonesia, travelers to Indonesia, those doing business in Indonesia, and those who are simply learning the language. New lessons are added often.
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Welcome to Langhub.com! Your source for mp3 audio and mp4 video files for learners of the Thai language. The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Thailand, travelers to Thailand, those doing business in Thailand, and those who are simply learning the language. New lessons are added often.
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Includes survival Thai Phrases and Pronunciation Guide with audio.
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Includes lessons on vocab, grammar, and pronunciation.
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CSLPOD is a PODCAST which aims at helping people learn and improve their levels of the Chinese language. It offers regular, free and high quality Chinese courses at three levels: beginners, average, and advanced. For the beginners and the averages, it explains in detail the grammar usages encountered in the texts which are read by Chinese natives at a slow speed for upgrading your listening comprehension. For the advanced learners, all the texts are read at the normal speed. The contents of the texts spotlight the latest hot topics or hot news in China.
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FREE tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations by Goethe-Verlag
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This is the continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to speak Chinese with some fluency on basic conversational topics, achieve a basic level of reading competence within simplified and traditional characters learned plus common compounds, and be able to write short compositions.
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This downloadable course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they began streamlined I, had some background in the language, whether it be comprehension with limited speaking ability or quite fluent speaking ability. The focus of the course is on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading in both complex and simplified characters, and on writing.
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This downloadable course at Utah State University provides an understanding of basic principles of Chinese speaking and written language. The focus in Chinese 1010 is on pronunciation and simple Chinese character writing.
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One Sentence A Day, with pinyin and English translation.
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Mandarin classes from Beginner – Advanced levels. Includes pronunciation guide, and homework, and practice tests.
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A fantastic site to for reading and learning Mandarin (Annotated readings for beginners, intermediate & advanced levels)
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Learn Italian with these podcasts.
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Learn French with these podcasts.
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Learn German from these podcasts.
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Learn Japanese with these podcasts.
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Learn Spanish with these podcasts
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Learn Mandarin with these podcasts!
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Learn English with these podcasts.
Language resources (English & French)
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English listening skills for ESL EFL learners and teachers. Comprehension quizzes for listening skill improvement for beginner, intermediate and advanced ESL EFL English levels.
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The best free English exercises from the best free websites. Hundreds of free exercises to learn English online: grammar, verbs, vocabulary, listening, songs and videos.
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Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice.
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Exercises to practice and improve your French listening skills
