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BOOKS
& STORIES |
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Pay site with digital audio books |
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Free audio books |
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Story site |
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E-book site |
|
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Free audio books |
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Stories read by American actors |
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Audio files containing notes on different textbook subjects |
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Ohio State University media books website with mp3 files |
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CARTOONS |
|
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Cartoon Network site |
|
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Database of over 100,000 cartoons |
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Japanese cartoons translated into English |
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Comics related to life as a Ph.D. student |
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|
CHINESE
LANGUAGE |
|
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Chinese site with free English resources |
|
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Chinese website with listening materials |
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Chinese language site with English books and videos |
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Chinese language dictionary and pronunciation guide |
|
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Chinese site for English pronunciation |
|
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Chinese site about books, movies, music |
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Chinese website for GRE &TOEFL prep |
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Chinese language site with English news and study materials |
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Chinese website for news, etc. |
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Chinese language site with English songs, movies, and composition instruction |
|
|
Chinese site for learning English |
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Chinese translation program |
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Chinese site with movies and entertainment programs |
|
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Chinese English language learning website |
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Chinese dictionary site |
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Taiwanese site for improving English pronunciation |
|
|
http://www.listeningexpress.com/ |
Chinese site with many listening resources |
|
Chinese site that offers pronunciation feedback |
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Chinese site, similar to Yahoo! |
|
|
Chinese entertainment site |
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|
Chinese site with many mp3 files |
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Chinese news site |
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Chinese site with English slang |
|
|
Chinese site for learning English |
|
|
Comprehensive Taiwanese site for learning English (mostly in English) |
|
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Chinese site for test preparation |
|
|
Chinese site with many listening resources |
|
|
Chinese site with New Concept English lessons |
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Chinese site for learning English with VOA materials and forums |
|
Chinese language website, like Yahoo! |
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Chinese language site with pronunciation videos |
|
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Chinese language site with movie English and American slang |
|
DICTIONARIES |
|
|
Online dictionary |
|
|
Sound dictionary for pronunciation practice |
|
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Online dictionary and text translation |
|
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Online dictionary |
|
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Crossword dictionary |
|
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Online dictionary search engine |
|
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English slang dictionary |
|
|
Picture dictionary in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish |
|
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American language use: formal, informal |
|
|
Multi-lingual dictionary & other resources |
|
|
American slang dictionary |
|
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English/English dictionary with images and sound |
|
|
Graphical dictionary and thesaurus |
|
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Webster’s dictionary |
|
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Translation dictionaries |
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|
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English dictionary and thesaurus |
|
English dictionary with pronunciation |
|
|
ENCYCLOPEDIAS |
|
|
Online encyclopedia |
|
|
Online encyclopedias |
|
|
Online encyclopedias in many languages |
|
|
ENGLISH EDUCATION |
|
COMPOSITION |
|
|
APA style site |
|
|
English writing and publishing website |
|
|
Purdue University online writing lab |
|
|
COMPREHENSIVE |
|
|
Quizzes, tests, exercises, and puzzles in English only or bilingually |
|
|
Broad English learning site with links |
|
|
Australia Network’s comprehensive English language learning site |
|
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BBC site devoted to English lessons |
|
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Essential academic skills in English site |
|
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Comprehensive site for teaching and learning of English |
|
|
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University English Language Centre site |
|
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English-learning site that uses video and chatting |
|
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English grammar, vocabulary, and speaking practice |
|
|
Comprehensive English learning site |
|
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Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, speaking, reading, writing games and quizzes |
|
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Comprehensive English learning site |
|
|
Website for EFL/TEFL social network |
|
|
English language support for international students in universities |
|
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Variety of English activities and resources |
|
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Variety of English activities and resources |
|
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Variety of English activities and resources |
|
|
Comprehensive English school site |
|
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English training resources for students and teachers |
|
|
Comprehensive website of English |
|
|
Dave’s ESL Café with resources for students and teachers of English |
|
|
Index of ESL/TESOL websites |
|
|
Comprehensive English study site |
|
|
|
Comprehensive English study site |
|
Listening, vocabulary, spelling games |
|
|
Provides links to other English sites and resources for students and teachers |
|
|
Internet TESL Journal site for teachers |
|
|
|
Comprehensive English-learning website |
|
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk |
Portal to British Council English learning websites for students and teachers |
|
Variety of English activities and resources |
|
|
Annenberg Media site with teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum |
|
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Provides links to other English sites and resources for students and teachers |
|
|
English literacy site with learning resources |
|
|
Publisher website (Pearson Longman) with student and teacher resources |
|
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, and more for ESL/EFL students |
|
|
Class-related resources |
|
|
English For All site that includes multi-media system for adult ESL learners |
|
|
Grammar and public speaking tips |
|
|
Provides links to other English sites and resources for students and teachers |
|
|
Verbs and vocabulary practice site |
|
|
English-language resources for school-age children in the UK |
|
|
Comprehensive English-learning website with links to multiple sites |
|
|
University of Hertfordshire’s English for academic purposes site |
|
|
Reading, writing, speaking, and life skills |
|
|
Comprehensive English-learning website |
|
|
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Comprehensive English-learning website |
|
GRAMMAR |
|
|
Grammar quizzes |
|
|
English grammar site |
|
|
English grammar site |
|
|
Capital Community College guide to grammar and writing |
|
|
Verb conjugation site in French and English |
|
|
LISTENING |
|
|
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/FAQ/FAQ-Listening-skills.html |
Provides tips for improving listening |
|
English listening website |
|
|
English listening lounge site |
|
|
Randall’s ESL cyber listening lab |
|
|
Various sound files for language practice |
|
|
http://www.listen-and-write.com |
Listen and write site with dictation practice |
|
http://www.listeningesl.com/?cat=8 |
Various sound files for language practice |
|
http://www.spotlightradio.net/ |
Daily broadcasts for English learners |
|
http://tigger.uic.edu/~onufrock/lecture_main.html |
Listening to academic lectures online |
|
Virginia Tech site for note-taking |
|
|
PRONUNCIATION |
|
|
Comprehensive pronunciation site |
|
|
American English pronunciation and grammar site |
|
|
American English pronunciation site with some Chinese |
|
|
English pronunciation site with instruction in different languages |
|
|
Pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of English |
|
|
Okanagan College pronunciation and listening practice site |
|
|
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/pronunciation.html |
Lewis & Clark College English pronunciation site with links |
|
Tips for English pronunciation |
|
|
Tips for English pronunciation |
|
|
Pronunciation of key terms from various disciplines for ITAs |
|
|
ESL phonics video podcasts |
|
|
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/ |
University of Iowa’s German, Spanish, and English phonetics site |
|
READING |
|
|
Reading practice |
|
|
Reading practice |
|
|
Reading comprehension & vocabulary skills site |
|
|
Many stories in English (including audio) |
|
|
Designed to increase reading rate |
|
|
SPEAKING |
|
|
English conversation practice |
|
|
English speaking and listening practice |
|
|
Develops conversational English skills |
|
|
Spoken English practice |
|
|
Conversation practice site |
|
|
Language learning community site |
|
|
Spoken English website |
|
|
Free English lessons in the community for students and their families |
|
|
International collections of tongue twisters |
|
|
SPEECHES
& PRESENTATIONS |
|
|
University of Minnesota resources for international teaching assistants |
|
|
Speeches |
|
|
PowerPoint tutorial |
|
|
Public Schools of North Carolina, State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction, Professional Development, Presentation Skills |
|
|
Effective public speaking skills |
|
|
Gerry Terhune, corporate training consultant’s site, that provides presentation skills training |
|
|
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/present.htm |
Newcastle University presentation skills tips |
|
http://managementhelp.org/commskls/presntng/basics.htm |
Free Management Library basics of presentation skills |
|
http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/tutorials/pptbasics/pptbasics.htm |
Tuscaloosa City Schools Online Technology Learning Center PowerPoint Basic Skills |
|
http://www.presentationmagazine.com/Essential_Presentation_skills.htm |
Presentation Magazine essential presentation skills |
|
|
Presentation tips |
|
Advanced Public Speaking Institute site |
|
|
www.research.ucla.edu/era/present/ |
UCLA sponsored research for presentations |
|
http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/presentation.htm |
Presentation tips |
|
http://www.skagitwatershed.org/~donclark/leader/leadpres.html |
Big Dog’s Leadership Page-Presentation Skills |
|
http://www.skillsworkshop.net/ |
Presentation Skills Workshop |
|
|
How to make speeches |
|
BYU-related speech site |
|
|
|
Presentation tips |
|
UC Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence |
|
TESTS
(STANDARDIZED AND GENERAL) |
|
|
Test practice site |
|
|
Provides practice tests in English |
|
|
Exercises and quizzes |
|
|
Test information & practice tests (GRE, TOEFL) |
|
|
Standardized exams prep site |
|
|
Test preparation for verbal section of GRE |
|
|
English test preparation site |
|
|
Test prep site |
|
|
TOEFL IBT and TSE information and practice site |
|
|
Practice TOEFL and TOEIC and games |
|
|
http://www.petersons.com/testprep/word_of_the_day.asp?path=gr.pft.gre&sponsor=1 |
Test preparation for verbal section of GRE |
|
English test preparation site and general lessons |
|
|
GRE, GMAT, SAT preparation |
|
|
Comprehensive test preparation site |
|
|
Comprehensive test preparation site |
|
|
TOEFL preparation |
|
|
TOEFL, TOEIC, and Accent Reduction site |
|
|
Comprehensive test preparation site |
|
|
Comprehensive test preparation site |
|
|
Test preparation for verbal section of GRE |
|
|
GRE test preparation |
|
|
VOCABULARY |
|
|
Massey University’s vocabulary site |
|
|
Academic word list exercises |
|
|
Spelling and vocabulary building site |
|
|
English vocabulary practice |
|
|
Comprehensive vocabulary site |
|
|
Site with English idioms |
|
|
Vocabulary podcasts |
|
|
http://www.languageguide.org/english
|
English vocabulary guide |
|
English vocabulary site |
|
|
Academic word list of English vocabulary |
|
|
English vocabulary site |
|
|
Youth-oriented English vocabulary learning site |
|
|
Vocabulary building site |
|
|
KOREAN
LANGUAGE |
|
|
Korean language site that provides English lectures; pay required |
|
|
Korean browser, similar to Yahoo |
|
|
Korean TV site with English news and subtitles |
|
|
Korean site for English study |
|
|
Korean site that provides scripts of movies |
|
|
Korean browser, similar to Yahoo! |
|
|
Korean site for English study & test prep |
|
|
Korean site for English learning |
|
|
Korean browser, similar to Yahoo! |
|
|
Korean Educational Broadcasting System |
|
|
Korean language site with comprehensive English instruction; pay required |
|
|
Korean site for English learning |
|
|
Korean site for English learning |
|
|
Korean language English learning membership site |
|
|
Korean site with mp3 files |
|
|
Korean language site for English instruction |
|
|
Korean site for English study & test prep |
|
|
Korean site with entertainment & lectures |
|
|
Korean language site that uses a diary |
|
|
Korean site for English language learning |
|
|
Korean English learning site |
|
|
Korean online radio site (KBS) for learning English |
|
|
U.S. Korean Embassy site in Korean and English |
|
|
TAMU Korean Student Association site |
|
|
Korean site with English listening exercises |
|
|
Korean browser, similar to Yahoo! |
|
|
Korean site with movie captions |
|
|
Korean English site |
|
|
Korean browser, similar to Yahoo! |
|
|
Korean language book company site with English materials |
|
|
Korean language site for English |
|
|
Korean language site with English news |
|
|
Korean language site with news, reviews, and hardware guide |
|
|
Seo Il Language Institute site |
|
|
Korean site: dramas, grammar, and vocabulary |
|
|
LECTURES |
|
|
http://education.jimmyr.com/berkeley_video_courses.php |
UC Berkeley video lectures |
|
Lectures on a variety of topics |
|
|
WGBH public lectures website |
|
|
Gresham College video lectures |
|
|
Free lectures from different universities |
|
|
Stanford University lectures |
|
|
http://www.openculture.com/2006/10/university_podc.html |
University and college podcasts |
|
Yale video lecture site |
|
|
Technology, Entertainment, Design conference with talks and performances |
|
|
MIT video and audio lectures |
|
|
UC Berkeley podcasts and webcasts |
|
|
MISCELLANEOUS
(Message Boards, Forums, Blogs, Reference, Etc.) |
|
|
General information about various topics |
|
|
American history |
|
|
Answers to questions from numerous topics |
|
|
Most active forum and message boards |
|
|
English site for those living, working, and traveling to Korea |
|
|
Blogging site with links to numerous English-learning sites |
|
|
Business-related information and advice |
|
|
Learning Korean language and culture in English |
|
|
Adult learning activities from the California Distance Learning Project |
|
|
U.S. Census Bureau data |
|
|
Videos that explain various topics in technology, society, and finance "in plain English" |
|
|
Technology-oriented website |
|
|
http://www.edutopia.org/ |
George Lucas Educational Foundation |
|
Guide to ESL programs |
|
|
Professional development site for integration of technology in K through 12 |
|
|
Online dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac |
|
|
Keeping-in-touch site, like Facebook |
|
|
General health-related information site |
|
|
General information about various topics |
|
|
General information about various topics |
|
|
Precious metals and jewelry site |
|
|
Environmental-related topics |
|
|
“Hot” topics and articles about them |
|
|
Career development site |
|
|
Keeping-in-touch site, like Facebook |
|
|
National Geographic-sponsored site for teaching geographic knowledge |
|
|
Nanotechnology website |
|
|
Biomedical and genomic information site |
|
|
Anonymous global chatting service |
|
|
Many kinds of poetry and readings from around the world |
|
|
Typing tutorial |
|
Listening website from Pulse of the Planet that includes sounds from science, nature, and culture |
|
|
Many different educational activities |
|
|
Provides links to numerous sites |
|
|
English-language joke site |
|
|
Official site of the White House |
|
MUSIC |
|
|
Music site (and movies) |
|
|
Lyrics from 1000s of songs |
|
|
Lyrics from 1000s of songs |
|
|
Music Television website |
|
|
Collection of English-language music videos |
|
|
Lyrics from 1000s of songs |
|
|
Music lyrics |
|
|
Music lyrics |
|
|
NEWS
(Newspapers, Journals, &
Magazines) |
|
|
Middle East-based news site |
|
|
Kuwaiti newspaper |
|
|
English language news from Thailand |
|
|
Chinese Daily site in English and Chinese |
|
|
News and financial information |
|
|
News, articles, and information on a variety of topics |
|
|
Science news delivered via radio, video, and print |
|
|
The Economist site |
|
|
American education news |
|
|
International Herald Tribune site |
|
|
Korean newspaper (JoongAng Daily) in English (with some Korean) |
|
|
Korean newspaper (The Korea Herald) in English (with some Korean) |
|
|
|
Korean newspaper (The Korea Times) in English (with some Korean) |
|
Kuwaiti newspaper |
|
|
Wall Street Journal general news site |
|
|
Home site of National Geographic |
|
|
Science and medicine journal |
|
|
New York-based news site of Newsday |
|
|
News site of The New York Times |
|
|
Reader’s Digest |
|
|
News site of Reuters |
|
|
Chemistry World site |
|
|
Scientific American website |
|
|
Science/AAAS research, news, and info |
|
|
Daily magazine with info on politics, news, and culture |
|
|
News from Taiwan |
|
|
Thanh Nien News (Vietnam) |
|
|
A&M newspaper, The Battalion, online |
|
|
Bryan/College Station news site |
|
|
Online English news site from Indonesia |
|
|
Journal about technology in education |
|
|
Satirical look at the news |
|
|
Time Magazine news site |
|
|
The New York Times site |
|
|
USA Today news site |
|
|
Online site of U.S. News & World Report |
|
|
Viet Nam News |
|
|
Saudi Times |
|
|
Wall Street Journal |
|
|
RADIO |
|
|
Washington Post talk radio site |
|
|
http://www.clarkhoward.com |
The Clark Howard show that provides consumer news |
|
Minnesota public radio |
|
|
National Public Radio site |
|
|
Radio Free Asia |
|
|
One hour, weekday radio news magazine |
|
|
VOA Special English site with news and feature programs |
|
|
Public radio show about the English language |
|
|
Talk radio site |
|
|
RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE |
|
|
Russian language site for English instruction |
|
|
Russian language English learning site |
|
|
|
Russian language site for English study |
|
Russian-English dictionary |
|
|
Russian site with lyrics |
|
|
Russian-English dictionary |
|
|
TOEFL preparation in Russian |
|
SPORTS |
|
|
Major League Baseball site |
|
|
NBA news site |
|
|
Spanish language site broadcasting global sports |
|
|
THAI
LANGUAGE |
|
|
Thai site for English education |
|
|
TRANSLATION |
|
|
Yahoo! translation program |
|
|
Text translation between multiple languages |
|
|
TURKISH
LANGUAGE |
|
|
Turkish English learning site with links to other resources |
|
|
Turkish-English dictionary |
|
|
VIDEO
(MOVIES, TV, SCRIPTS, ETC.) |
|
|
|
American TV network website |
|
BBC 2’s general learning site |
|
|
Online TV site from multiple countries |
|
|
American TV network website |
|
|
American TV network website |
|
|
American cable TV website |
|
|
American cable TV site with Capitol Hill, the White House, and political news |
|
|
General video website (akin to YouTube) |
|
|
Discovery Channel website |
|
|
Chinese news site (CCTV) in English |
|
|
ESPN (sports) website |
|
|
Web TV online |
|
|
Video files from Fox news |
|
|
Streams documentaries |
|
|
Videos, entertainment, and media for kids, tweens, and teens
|
|
|
News, speeches, history resource |
|
|
Entertainment site |
|
|
General video website (akin to YouTube) |
|
|
Internet movie database |
|
|
General video website (akin to YouTube) |
|
|
Local public broadcasting station |
|
|
General video website (akin to YouTube) |
|
|
Indonesian news channel (Indonesia This Morning) |
|
|
Movie scripts |
|
|
Movies website |
|
|
Online NBC news site |
|
|
Movies website |
|
|
Diverse TV programs site |
|
|
Online movie rental site, pay required |
|
|
Information site with videos |
|
|
Subtitles site |
|
|
Oscars official website |
|
|
Asian-themed site, similar to YouTube |
|
|
|
News site for PBS |
|
Streaming movies and TV site |
|
|
Free online movie site |
|
|
Presents research from a variety of fields |
|
|
Comprehensive entertainment site |
|
|
Large database of movie scripts and screenplays |
|
|
Online video site, like YouTube |
|
|
Large database of movie scripts and screenplays |
|
|
Free online video site |
|
|
TV station site (TLC) |
|
|
Travel Channel |
|
|
|
Online video site, like YouTube |
|
Video clips from MSN |
|
|
Funny videos |
|
|
Online video site, like YouTube |
|
|
Online video site, like YouTube |
|
|
Movie website |
|
|
Weather Channel site |
|
|
Transcripts of famous monologues from movies |
|
|
Video clips from around the world |
|
|
File, audio, video, flash, and image sharing site |
|
|
VIETNAMESE
LANGUAGE |
|
|
TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT, SAT prep |
|
|
Vietnamese site for English education |
|
WEB
BROWSERS |
|
|
Portal site |
|
|
Search engine |
|
|
Portal site |
|
|
Web browser |
|