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ESL Learning Links

Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"

Schmooze University
http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/
Students have opportunities for one-on-one and group conversations as well as access to language games, an on-line dictionary, virtual stockbroker and many language games.

The City University
http://thecity.sfsu.edu/

University of Michigan Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/index.html


Dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Search separate dictionaries of English, phrasal verbs, or idioms.

Merriam Webster Dictionary Online
http://www.m-w.com/
Online English dictionary and thesaurus.

Encarta World English Dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryHome.aspx
Allows you to search and listen to audio clips of words pronounced.

Your Dictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Provides online dictionaries in 150 different languages, grammar for 70 languages, and pages of linguistic fun.

Cool Dictionary.com
http://www.cooldictionary.com/
Features audio clips of words and quotes.

Ask Oxford.com
http://www.askoxford.com/
Contains a dictionary and thesaurus, as well as quotations, word of the day, games, and lexicography.

iTools Language Tools
http://www.itools.com/lang/
Features dictionary, thesaurus, and translation tools.

Wordnet 1.7.1 Search
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn1.7.1
Online dictionary that finds words that mean the same, are more general, or more specific.


Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/
Browse the 32 volume Enyclopedia Britannica and Britannica's Student and Concise encyclopedias by subject, timeline, alphabet or year-in-review.

Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Provides more than 17,000 short articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encylopedia, Third Edition.

Encarta Encyclopedia Online
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx
Featuring abridged reference articles, a world atlas, quizzes, homework help, college prep, and more.

Literary Encyclopedia Online
http://www.litencyc.com/LitEncycFrame.htm
Features author biographies, text profiles, timelines, and glossary of literary terms.

Nupedia Encyclopedia
http://www.nupedia.com/
Online effort in which the results are freely distributable under an open content license.


Grammar and Writing Styles


The Bedford Handbook Online
http://www.dianahacker.com/bedhandbook/
Online companion to the writing style manual developed by Diana Hacker.

Online!
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html
A reference guide to using internet sources.

Chicago Manual of Style FAQ's
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/
A website dedicated to examining the most frequently (and not so frequently) asked questions about the Chicago Manual of Style.

CSU Citation and Style Manuals
http://library.csumb.edu/instruction/howto/citations.php
A reference site published by California State University at Monterey Bay that lists several forms of style manuals and citation guides.

MLA Style FAQ's
http://www.mla.org/www_mla_org/style/style_index.asp?mode=section
A website dedicated to examining the most frequently asked questions about the Modern Language Association Style Manual.


Idioms

ESLCafe.com/Idioms
http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/
Search the ESL Cafe for popular idioms.

Idiomsite.com
http://www.idiomsite.com/
Find the meanings of popular English idioms.
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