Website to help you with your English (IELTS)

General

• One of the best general sites http://www.eslcafe.com

• The British Council site http://www.learnenglish.org.uk

• Good general information http://www.international.holmesglen.vic.edu.au

• http://www.englishjobmaze.com/ejmlinks2.htm

• http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/languagecentre/

Reading

• A BC website http://www.encompassculture.com

• Downloadable exercises http://esl.about.com/library/courses/blcourses_advanced_reading.htm

• The Bangkok Post has a great English learning section. http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/

• A British newspaper online http://www.guardian.co.uk/

• A lot of IELTS reading test are about science, nature, etc. Increase your vocabulary and general knowledge.

• Newsweek; popular current affairs magazine http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/

• Science and nature http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

• Online IELTS reading questions
• http://www.greylands.co.uk/ielts/tests.htm
• http://www.international.holmesglen.vic.edu.au/ie_read.cfm
• http://adw.hct.ac.ae/site_ilc/sites_ielts/frameset1.htm

Listening

• Lots of radio programs http://www.npr.org

• The BBC worldservice Watch and Learn Site is useful http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

• Free listening activities http://www.esl-lab.com

• http://www.eslpodcards.com/country-index.php

Writing

• This site has great writing resources and lelts resources http://www.writefix.com

• Task 1 help http://adw.hct.ac.ae

Vocabulary

• http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

• Check out this online dictionary & thesaurus

• http://www.m-w.com
• http://www.visuwords.com/

Grammar

• For developing your grammar skills:

• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/
• http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/subidx.cfm
• http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/

Spelling

• http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_beq_spelling.htm
• http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Spelling/

Pronunciation Practice

• http://www.fonetiks.org/
• http://www.alt-usage-english.org/audio_archive.shtml
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/

Background Information

• http://www.debatabase.org/alphaindex.asp
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Examples of past test questions

• http://www.aippg.com/ielts/ielts-downloads.htm