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Test Preparation

TOEFL MELAB GRE GMAT
http://www.ets.org/

http://www.eslpod.com/toefl/ (podcasts)

http://www.testprepreview.com/toefl_practice.htm

 

 http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/testing/melab/

http://www.melabsuccess.com/ (free sample questions & practice tests with study materials for purchase)

http://www.michigan-proficiency-exams.com/ecpe-salespage.html (online practice tests for purchase)

 http://www.ets.org/

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.gmac.com/gmac/thegmat/ (general info about the test

http://www.mba.com/mba (has link to website registration page and free downloads of practice tests)

 

 

Listening Practice

News Stories Skill Practice Specific Topics
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.htm.(Public Broadcasting Station)

http://www.npr.org
(National Public Radio)

http://www.radiodiaries.org
(National Public Radio)

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish (Voice of America)

http://www.cnn.com

http://www.msnbc.com

http://www.eslbusinessnews.com (podcast)

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ (text of stories w/audio files & activities for students)

http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/index_cnnsf.html  (text of news articles w/audio & video files & quizzes designed for students)

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.htm (text of news articles w/online vocabulary links & activities designed for students)

http://www.voaspecialenglish.com (audio for news stories read at a slower pace, with text)

 http://www.esl-lab.com
(Randall's Cyber-Cafe)

http://www.elllo.org

http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/

http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm

http://www.eltpodcast.com (conversations)

http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm (English for All program)

http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm (listening/note-taking)

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.pbs.org/podcasts/ (podcasts for a variety of shows aired on PBS)

http://www.hpol.org/
(famous speeches)

http://www.loe.org/
(environment)

http://www.google.com/Top/Science/News_and_Media/Radio_Programs  (popular science topics)

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/index.html (videos about academic skills & study strategies)

http://www.sutree.com (instructional videos)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar, Writing, and Research

Grammar Writing MLA/APA Documentation
http://www.englishpage.com/

http://netgrammar.altec.org/

http://www.uncc.edu/writing/grammar.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/

http://www.dianahacker.com/rules/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

http://www.uefap.com/accuracy/accfram.htm  (proofreading)

http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/paragraph/index.html (paragraph structure & organization)

 

 

http://citationmachine.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading & Vocabulary

http://netgrammar.altec.org/

http://www.uefap.com/reading/readfram.htm

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm

http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/index.htm (readings on a variety of current topics)

http://www.geocities.com/cfnavarro26/affixes.html (online workbook with practice using prefixes & suffixes)

Various Skills & Activities

http://a4esl.org (includes podcasts)

http://iteslj.org/links/

http://www.manythings.org

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html (links to over 250 websites for listening, vocabulary, reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation and games)

Pronunciation

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/ (scroll down for activities)

http://www.ugoeigo.com

http://www.eslhome.com/esl/speak/

Other Resources

www.wes.org (transcript evaluation service)

http://educationusa.state.gov/ (Education USA website, containing information for international students about studying in the U.S.)

www.amazon.com (purchasing test preparation books & CDs)

http://www.plcmc.org Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library website

LRC Online Dictionaries Search Engines General Reference

http://lrc.uncc.edu/media/media.htm (LRC website - online materials to accompany ELTI textbooks)
*Use elti as username and password to log in

S:\COAS\LCS\LABS\audio\elti\quest (audio files to accompany Quest textbooks; only available from computers on UNCC campus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 http://www.m-w.com
Merriam Webster dictionary - includes audio files for pronunciation

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Cambridge Learner's Dictionaries - includes idioms and phrasal verb dictionaries

http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English

http://www.ldoceonline.com/
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - click on the round logo to begin

 http://www.google.com

http://dogpile.com

http://profusion.com

http://ask.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page(Wikipedia)