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ESL Partner Sites

Our partner sites are hand picked sites of special interest. They are useful for students learning English, updated frequently and worth visiting (we think) on a regular basis.

Partner SiteCommon Errors in English

The Common Errors in English site gives a comprehensive list of words and phrases that can cause learners, and native speakers, problems. If you're not sure of the difference between affect & effect, or don't know the difference between infer & imply, then this is the site to go to. It gives simple, clear explanations of many of the tricky areas of usage, including the ones tested endlessly by examiners.

Regularly updated, the site includes examples of contemporary Enlish usage and covers a lot of contemporary technical confusions.


Partner SiteEnglish-Test.net

English-test.net is a very useful site for learners of English, which is updated regularly. Firstly, it has an excellent range of tests for you to practise your English. They have a huge bank of tests divided into levels.

It also has a number of stories that illustrate grammatical and lexical points of interest, with a clear explanation at the beginning. As well as that, there are anecdotes, articles a newsletter and a netlog (weblog).

The people who run it are friendly and keen. Unlike many websites, where the focus is just on image and graphics, it is simple, easy to use and content-driven.You can also contact the people behind it directly through email, so give it a try at www.english-test.net, we recommend it.


Partner SiteUsingEnglish.com - Japanese Language Help

This site is designed to help Japanese speakers use UsingEnglish.com - it is a Japanese language site explaining various areas of our site with links to the relevant pages.


Partner SiteWordSurfing.co.uk

Word Surfing shows learners of English and other languages the many advantages of creating a well-organised vocabulary book within their long-term language learning activities.


Partner SiteBreakingNewsEnglish

BreakingNewsEnglish is a great site with hundreds of free lesson plans based on current events. Lesson plans are available in Word, PDF and HTML formats and there is a podcast of the lower level texts.