How to Learn English - ESL

TOEFL iBT Vocabulary By LearningExpress Editors If you want to pass the TOEFL you will need a good vocabulary. This book will give you a good base in the words that you will probably find on the test. You will get good practice and tips for taking the test. Inspect/Order TOEFL iBT Vocabulary

Mastering Skills for the TOEFL iBT: Advanced By Moraig Macgillivray Excellent practice with the types of questions that you will probably find on the TOEFL. Improve your English reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Inspect/Order Mastering Skills for the TOEFL iBT: Advanced

Easy English ESL: 2: Meeting & Greeting A video that will teach you how to meet people and start a conversation in English. Inspect/Order Easy English ESL: Meeting & Greeting

Easy English ESL: 3: Using Numbers & Money A video that will teach you how to count and handle money in English. Inspect/Order Easy English ESL: Using Numbers & Money

Easy English ESL: 4: Asking & Giving Directions By Linda Lentini A video that will teach you how to give directions in English. Inspect/Order Easy English ESL: Using Numbers & Money

ExpressWays 1 Great for someone who knows the basics of English. Useful for self-teaching or classroom learning. Inspect/Order ExpressWays 1

ExpressWays 2 Great for someone who knows the basics of English. Inspect/Order ExpressWays 2

Common American Phrases in Everyday Context By Richard A. Spears Great for someone who knows the basics of English. A good way to learn colloquial American speech. Inspect/Order Common American Phrases in Everyday Context

101 American Customs: Understanding Language and Culture Through Common Practices By Harry Collis American customs certainly seem strange to the newly-arrived. Inspect/Order 101 American Customs: Understanding Language and Culture Through Common Practices

American Accent Training By Ann Cook With 5 audio CDs, and a mirror for checking on the position of your lips! Learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. This is the best-selling book on American accent on this site. It it based on sound linguistic and phonetic principles. It goes into greater depth than most courses. If you seriously want to eliminate "foreign accent" this is the course for you. Explains and overcomes the unique problems encountered by Indians and speakers of Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and French. Great for serious self-study, or for use in a class with a teacher. Inspect/Order American Accent Training

Speak American: A Survival Guide to the Language and Culture of the U.S.A. By Dileri Borunda Johnston Small book that teaches you American ways, culture and language. Inspect/Order Speak American: A Survival Guide to the Language and Culture of the U.S.A.

Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook By Gail Brenner Quite good. Shows idioms by subject matter, the most natural way for learning them and using them with meaning. Also shows them by the most significant word, for example "lend a hand" and "need a hand" are together. Also gives the best explanation we have seen of "phrasal verbs" (a verb and a preposition). Inspect/Order Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook

Pronunciation Pairs Student's book: An Introductory Course for Students of English By Ann Baker Improving American English pronunciation. Pronunciation Pairs covers the most common problem areas in pronunciation, using dialogues, games, and listening and speaking exercises. You know, those challengingly similar words, like zip and sip, sit and seat. Inspect/Order Pronunciation Pairs Student's book: An Introductory Course for Students of English

Idiomatic American English: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Learning Everyday American Expressions By Barbara K. Gaines American English expressions and idioms. Whenever you hear a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood even if you know the definitions of the separate words involved, you have probably encountered an idiom. Very low price. Inspect/Order Idiomatic American English: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Learning Everyday American Expressions

Barron's ESL Guide to American Business English By Andrea B. Geffner For the ESL student of American Business English. Great for newcomers to American business practices. Inspect/Order Barron's ESL Guide to American Business English

American Business English By Karen H. Bartell For learning American Business English WRITING. Inspect/Order American Business English

Good Writing for Business By Sidney Callis A clear presentation makes this a perfect book for people who are learning English as a second language and want to improve their WRITING skills. This book will meet the needs of all ESL students--especially those in business schools--but can also serve as a general quick reference guide in any business office. Inspect/Order Good Writing for Business

Berlitz Rush Hour Inglés By Berlitz Learning English, for Spanish speakers. Two 90-minute cassettes are accompanied by a complete written script of the dialogue. The picture above is right. Amazon.com has the wrong picture. Inspect/Order Berlitz Rush Hour Inglés

Conversation Book 1, English in Everyday Life By Tina Kasloff Carver Ordinary conversational English. This will be a good basis for ESL beginners. Presents an inviting approach to developing conversation fluency. This book presents picture dictionary-type pages, along with conversation and grammar practice, that provide readers with the vocabulary and speaking skills they need for everyday life. For beginning ESL learners. Inspect/Order Conversation Book 1, English in Everyday Life

Pronounce It Perfectly in English By Jean Yates A cassette and a book which will help you toward better pronunciation. Inspect/Order Pronounce It Perfectly in English

Living Language® American English Pronunciation Program! By Barbara Raifsnider American English Pronunciation explained and illustrated. Imitate and learn. Simple explanations of the sounds of English and how they're combined in words and sentences. Practice with cassettes. Inspect/Order Living Language® American English Pronunciation Program!

Essential American Idioms: Makes Idioms, Cliches, and Phrases Easy to Understand and to Use By Richard A Spears American Idioms. Each cliche, proverb, or idiomatic American expression has at least two example sentences. Inspect/Order Essential American Idioms: Makes Idioms, Cliches, and Phrases Easy to Understand and to Use

Follow Francis: Learn to Speak English VHS video that teaches you English by encouraging you to speak and to do the actions that accompany the words. Inspect/Order Follow Francis: Learn to Speak English

ABC Pronunciary: American English Pronunciation Dictionary (CD-ROM)

By Vocalis

With ABC Pronunciary, an interactive CD-ROM, you can learn the pronunciation of the English alphabet.
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The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English By Bill Walsh A fun style book. Inspect/Order The Elephants of Style

Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged By Richard Lederer This was a fun book! Great practical advice too. English grammar with a sense of humor. A fun book that shows you the most common mistakes made in English. Everyone can benefit from this book including those whose first language is English. Inspect/Order Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged

Pimsleur Inglés I: English for Spanish Speakers By Pimsleur Audio CD. Inglés 1. English 1. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. Full size course. Ordenar Pimsleur Inglés I: English for Spanish Speakers Audio Cassette edition

English for Cantonese Speakers By Pimsleur Audio Cassette edition. If you speak Cantonese this is the best way to start learning English. Inspect/Order English for Cantonese Speakers

Pimsleur English for Russian Speakers By Pimsleur English 1. Audio Cassette edition. About $295. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. Full size course. Russian speakers can learn English with this course. Inspect/Order Pimsleur English for Russian Speakers

English for Russian Speakers By Pimsleur Audio CD. A short course for Russian-speaking people to learn English. A good, low-cost way to find out if you like the Pimsleur method. If you like it, get the course at the left of this one. About $14. Inspect/Order English for Russian Speakers

Speak English Like an American for Native Russian Speakers By Amy Gillett About $25. This book and CD set is designed to help Russians achieve greater fluency in American English. The set contains over 300 of today’s most commonly used idioms and phrases. Inspect/Order Speak English Like an American for Native Russian Speakers

English for Mandarin Speakers By Pimsleur Audio Cassette edition. If you speak Mandarin this is the best way to start learning English. Inspect/Order English for Mandarin Speakers

Pimsleur English for Japanese Speakers By Pimsleur Audio Cassette edition. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. Full size course. Inspect/Order Pimsleur English for Japanese Speakers

Speak English Like an American for Native Japanese Speakers By Amy Gillett Book & audio CD set. If you speak Japanese this is the best way to improve your English. Inspect/Order Speak English Like an American for Native Japanese Speakers

Peterson's Toeic Business Idioms from Silicon Valley By Kathy L. Hans Business English expressions and idioms. A very inexpensive book that will teach you the modern expressions, workplace slang and idioms that everyone uses. This will help you speak like Americans and get ahead in the business world. Do you know what "go for broke", "think out of the box" mean? Inspect/Order Peterson's Toeic Business Idioms from Silicon Valley

Ya Gotta Know It: A Conversational Approach to American Slang for the ESL learner By Hania Hassan American Slang. The readers say that this book has helped them understand American English as it is really spoken. Inspect/Order Ya Gotta Know It

English for Greeks By F. W., Jr. Householder Audio Cassette that Greek speaking people can use to learn to speak English. Inspect/Order English for Greeks

English for Korean Speakers By Pimsleur Audio Cassette edition. If you speak Korean this is the best way to start learning English. Inspect/Order English for Korean Speakers

English Dictionary Type in an English word, it gives meaning, synonyms in English, plus translation in several other languages.

English Dictionary From Hyperdictionary.com

English Dictionary From answers.com also gives meanings in several languages.

English Dictionary From WordTheque.com. More than a dictionary. Finds words in context in literature. (Note: the verb conjugator gives wrong results)

English Etymological Dictionary By Douglas Harper gives derivation of English words

English Dictionary From Babylon.com

English Dictionary of Linguistics From Babylon.com

English Dictionary of Idioms From Babylon.com

Online Translation Translation between English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian languages

Online Translation From Free Translation.com

Online Translation From Langenberg

On line English Grammar reference and tools From CASLT

On line English Grammar reference From About.com

On line English Grammar reference From EduFind.com

On line English Grammar From Department of English College of DuPage

English Grammar: comparison of adjectives From Edufind.com Why do we say "bigger" but not "more big"? Why do we say "more expensive" but not "expensiver"?

Good site with English grammar explanations From Englishclub.com

English, French, synonyms, translation In English, from France

Synonyms, antonyms, homophones From Itools.com

Interesting list of homonyms By Alan Cooper words with the same sound but very different spellings.

ESL good stuff for learning English, and for teachers The English Zone

ESL good stuff for learning Personal web page

ESL: Good online material for learning and teaching English From Eslgold.com

ESL: Many interesting links Dave's ESL Cafe

ESL: Many useful resources By Michelle Henry Telling time in English, and others.

Alphabetical list of American English expressions From Pride UnLimited

Interesting American Idioms From Englishdaily

American Idioms From Usingenglish.com

American Idioms From YourSecondLanguage.com Like 529, Red State

Fun things for learning English From www.ManyThings.org

Learning English for speakers of Spanish From Radio Canada

Errors in English made by speakers of Spanish From ompersonal.com.ar

Learning English for speakers of Portuguese From About.com

Learning English for speakers of Polish From Polskieradio.pl Hear and read the text in English. You need to know Polish to use this, directions and spoken explanations are in Polish.

English and Russian phrases By Vasgen Khachaturian Phrases in both languages. No explanations. Can be used constructively by a teacher of Russian.

Dictionary of American Slang By Walter Rader

English spell checker, on line From Spellcheck.net

English course in Spanish Idioma Inglés para Hispanohablantes, on line

English course in Spanish Idioma Inglés para Hispanohablantes, on line from Mansiondelingles.com

Long List of English Irregular Verbs By Usingenglish.com

Shorter List of English Irregular Verbs By Georgia State University

English Irregular Verbs By ADIPS

English phrasal verbs By Georgia State University A list of verbs with 2 prepositions, example: catch on to, catch up on, drop in on, watch out for.

Help with English Grammar By Judy Vorfeld

Great online summary of English Grammar By Capital Community College in Hartford CT

Common Mistakes in English by Language Background By Ted Power

Common Errors in English By Paul Brians

English pronunciation Words pronounced differently according to meaning, whether they are used as a verb or as a noun

English pronunciation By Sounds of English.org descriptions and illustrations to help you pronounce American English better.

English pronunciation By Antimoon.com Listen to the sounds of English on line to help you pronounce American English better.

English pronunciation (heteronyms) Words pronounced differently according to meaning

English pronunciation From Washington.edu Listen to the vowel sounds of American English.

Latest News in English By BreakingNewsEnglish.com Useful for reading practice. Defines words.

Canadian English From Cornerstoneword.com

Indian English From M. S. Thirumalai

Indian English From Wikipedia

Problems that Russian Speakers have in learning English by Yuri Demchenko

Mistakes in English frequently made by Russians

Problems that Portuguese Speakers have in learning English by Karen Bond

On Line English verb conjugations By Verbix.com

1001 expressions pour tout dire en anglais. English expressions, in French