Many tips on how to improve your English.
Archives: Student Learning Resources
General
Multnomah Public Library's links to multiple websites
Fast, fun and free to learn English. It's specially designed to help Spanish-speaking students with difficulties learning, but anyone can use it!
MHCC ESL links to websites for Listening, Speaking, Writing, Reading, Pronunciation, Citizenship, Technology, and Study Tips
Online activities to practice grammar, listening, reading, and vocabulary.
Listening
Type a word or phrase you'd like to hear, then hear it spoken in context in different YouTube videos.
Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation. With more than 100M tracks, YouGlish give...
Practice your listening and spelling with popular music.
Full listening lessons with quizzes and activities.
Video course for beginners.
Recordings and transcripts of simple conversations in English based on common topics.
Over 3,000 free listening activities. Lessons for all levels.
We Are New York is an Emmy-Award winning educational television series produced by the NYC Mayor's Office and the City University of New York. The comedic drama series is based on true-to-life stor...
Reading
Short stories at all levels read out loud with images.
Books and stories for learners at any level. Relatable, narrated, and with images.
Read the local news at your level.
Writing
Many exercises for beginning learners to practice various types of writing or writing tasks.
Pronunciation
Practice pronouncing certain words and hear tips to improve your communication skills.
Beginner to advanced topics about pronunciation, intonation, and understanding informal speech.
EnglishClub Pronunciation for ESL learners: lessons and resources on the way to say words in English, many with audio to listen to.
Aims to help ESL students improve English pronunciation
Record yourself and compare your pronunciation.
Choose two vowel sounds to compare them. Listen to recordings to hear the difference between similar sounds.
Literacy
Many topics such as numbers, colors, the body, the office, religion, geography, and many more. Hover over images to hear their pronunciation and see their spelling.
Practice using the computer, shapes, colors, letters and spelling
Learn the alphabet, vocabulary and reading
Computer Skills
Fun, free, interactive typing tutor program
Learn to type
Tutorials and help with Microsoft Office software, email basics, internet basics, and online safety.
Lessons with videos and subtitles about many digital topics such as email, Intro to Skype, Facebook, applying to jobs online, staying safe online, and much more.
Citizenship Resources
Practice the full citizenship interview with a partner using this worksheet.
Test your civics knowledge.
View all 100 questions and answers to the civics exam.