ESL Web Directory

You can search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms. An acronym is a label formed from the beginnings of words (Greek: acro [head] and nym [word]) -- or very rarely, from letters in the middle of words. There is no requirement that an acronym be pronounceable as a normal word (this is a curious myth perpetuated by American dictionaries): IBM is just as much an acronym as LASER.

ENGLISH FLASH GAMES for Learning Vocabulary. Here you will find Flash games for learning English vocabulary: Hangman, Memory, Drag & Drop games...

Vocabulary topics based on contemporary readings written by Canadian authors introducing idiomatic language in a variety of contexts. Cultural notes and audio with each topic. Exercises (idioms, phrasal verbs, collocations) and online community.

The site contains a chart of Latin, Greek and other Roots that, by their use as prefixes, suffixes and syllables, make up the majority of English language words. This handy reference is useful for figuring out the meanings of words and their roots. For each root, the meaning and examples are provided.

It's a great site for English students who want to learn more vocabulary. The vocabulary is organized by categories and themes: the human body, clothes, health, animals, etc. The words have their pronunciation, as well as translations into many languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, etc. It also includes quizzes for each group of words.

Multilanguage vocabulary learning site

Choose a level and a word and see if you can guess its definition.

Printable flashcards with letters and pictures and words.

Practise English vocabulary for free and for each word you get right, we donate 10 Grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.

GRE Word of the Day directly to your inbox everyday. It’s an innovative program that will help you prepare for the GRE and best of all it’s free! The questions you receive will be an assortment of latest words.

Would you like to have fun while improving your vocabulary?

Learn English is a free, on-line, educational resource helping ESL and EFL students to learn English words. The flash site incorporates 40 topics, along with over 1,500 English words and phrases. When you click on a word or phrase you can hear it spoken.

Improve your vocabulary while having fun. Free Flash word games including Hangman, Word search, Match Game, The Vocabulary Quiz.

Vocabulary Activities for Beginners. Javascript Crosswords and Word-Searches. Some help for hispanics.

Metaphor examples, essays, tutorials, lessons and tests for use by students and teachers.

Don't know your acronyms from your antonyms or your aptronyms from your autonyms? Confused about what tautonyms and toponyms are? You'll find them all here, from homonyms and hypernyms to eponyms and exonyms.

Clip Art for English Vocabulary

SAT-level vocabulary words in Hip-Hop music to help students learn.

Simple Label Me! Elementary-level Printouts. Read the definitions then label the diagrams.

Data driven language learning on the web.

Based on the combined results of British English, American English and Australian English surveys of contemporary sources in English: newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio and real life conversations - the language as it is written and spoken today.

Sure-fire vocabulary builder covers the 7,000 most used and useful words. Words are introduced in context using classical literature and systematically reinforced to produce retention rates in excess of 90%.

Your word of the day, every morning in your inbox. And the follow up tools to make each word stick. Each tool on our site is carefully calibrated to ease new words into your mind, and to restore the ones that have slipped away. Our feature rich English language supplements will deepen your vocabulary while providing an engaging diversion that moves along at your individual pace.

Improve your English vocabulary through fun and games. VocabularyCoach.com includes over 4,000 vocabulary words that have been shown to repeatedly appear on tests such as the SAT, ACT, and GRE. Or, simply improve your English vocabulary to help you become more productive at the office, to help you better understand the news, and to help you get more pleasure from reading English literature. VocabularyCoach.com is free, simple, and easy to use.

Vocabulary Enchancer is a FREE tool to help you build your vocabulary. Whether you're studying for the GRE, SAT, ACT, or just building your daily vocabulary, this tool is excellent for maintaining your vocabulary. This tool will show you new words and continually test you on words you've already been shown. This way you can learn words and make sure you never forget them. The tool will also focus most heavily on words you miss frequently.