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English Skills Resources

Source: Maryland English Institute

Resources to Improve English Speaking

  • Famous Speeches in History
  • Great Speeches from Various Sources
  • Learn Out Loud Podcast Directory
  • Tongue Twisters for improving articulation
  • WavePad audio editing software for visualizing your speech
  • Toastmasters Public Speaking Organization

Resources to Improve English Pronunciation

  • Hear Native Speaker Pronunciations
  • Rachel's English Pronunciation Site

Resources to Improve Control Over English Sounds

  • Perfecting Your English Pronunciation with DVD
  • Pronunciation Contrasts in English
  • Sounds of English

Resources to Improve English Listening

  • English Listening Lesson Library Online
  • Real English

Resources to Improve English Vocabulary and Grammar

  • Affixes: The Building Blocks of English
  • Espresso English
  • Word Units: More Building Blocks of English

Dictionaries and Corpora

  • Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries on the Web
  • Dictionary and Thesaurus
  • Global of Global Web-Based English
  • Google Books NGram Viewer
  • Online Etymology Dictionary

Listening Resources 

  • BBC Podcasts
  • CNN Podcasts
  • NPR Podcasts
  • TED Talks
  • TED Radio Hour
  • Academic Earth Lectures
  • MIT OpenCourseWare
  • Open Culture Educational Media
  • Princeton University Media Central

 

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