City University of New York (CUNY)’s Baruch College offers a suite of pronunciation “Tools to Go,” featuring animations of how sounds are made inside the mouth and lots of interactive pronunciation activities for both single…
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Practice pronunciation watching Youtube videos in YouGlish
This review is by guest contributor Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos. Learning English on Youtube may not seem like a new idea. There already exists a virtually infinite amount of videos to learn English or any other…
Preview a Reading with VocabGrabber
VocabGrabber, a tool from Thinkmap’s Visual Thesaurus, allows users to paste in up to 100 pages of text, and then see a visual display of the most frequent and most relevant vocabulary. If you have…
All the language learning you can do with NPR
“NPR” stands for “National Public Radio,” a not-for-profit radio network that emphasizes high quality, in-depth, long-form news and conversation. Most radio shows are available as podcast episodes, and there is some content only available via…
Vocabulary.com personalized game and dictionary
The terrific website Vocabulary.com has been out for several years now, and it just keeps getting better. This is a product of Thinkmap, the group that created Visual Thesaurus. You might call it a dictionary with witty…
Using English for Specific Academic Purposes
Andy Gillett’s UEFAP site, Using English for Academic Purposes, supported by BALEAP (the British Association of Lecturers in EAP) offers a deep set of resources for academic communication in all skill areas. The best segments…
Phrases to get things done in English: Imber’s Verbal Stratagems
This simple and easy-to-use Verbal Stratagems website offers a robust collection of phrases for specific purposes, such as agreeing, checking for understanding, expressing gratitude, or making a suggestion. These phrases have been collected and maintained…
MICASE Corpus of spoken English on campus
MICASE is a searchable collection or “corpus” of the transcripts of real-life spoken language on the University of Michigan campus. Most of the audio files are available for free download too. MICASE represents language as…
Watch TedTalks, prepare for TOEFL, and catch up on your favorite TV show, all while learning English on VoiceTube
Thanks to guest contributor Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos for this review of VoiceTube. Do you spend a considerable amount of time watching videos, movies, and TV shows? It’s not a secret that consuming audiovisual content in…
MICUSP corpus of written academic papers
MICUSP, the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers, is composed of papers with a grade of A from the University of Michigan written for upper undergraduate and early graduate courses. This searchable database makes it…