suggested by the staff and students of
The Tutorium in Intensive English

• Dave's ESL Cafe A favorite!
• Tower of English Easy to use!
  
• Linguistic Funland
• ESL HOTLIST
• Interesting Things for ESL Students
• The English Zone
• Better English: Exercise List
• English Club
• English at Home New!

• Online English Grammar
• The American Heritage Book of English Usage
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Grammar Quizzes (from the Internet TESOL Journal)
• ELC Study Zone
• Virtual ESL Grammar
• English Club English Grammar
• About.com English as a 2nd Language Grammar Reference
• English Learner (grammar and vocabulary lessons and tests) New!

• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
• Great American Speeches
• National Public Radio
• The English Listening Lounge
• The Academy of American Poets Listening Booth
• Young and Old Favorites (American Music with Lyrics from NIEHS)
• Voice of America Special English
• Favorite Poems Project (Short videos of people talking about and reading poems. Listen and read. Learn poems for speaking!)
• Speech Accent Archive: American accents (Listen to regional differences in American English. )
• English Listening Lab Online New!
• The Bob and Rob Show New! (podcast discussion and variety show on culture, language, vocabulary)
• Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL/EFL Podcasts

• Amazon Books
• Bartleby.com
• The Magazine Rack
• DoubleTake Magazine
• Time for Kids New! (News stories at an easier reading level)
• Reader's Digest Magazine Articles
• Reading Skills (Using a Dictionary, Finding Main Ideas, Drawing Inferences, more from the AmLa Department of Mt. San Antonio College)
• Tips on Reading a Newspaper (from the Bangkok Post)
• ELC Study Zone
• Poetry 180
• Strategies for Critical Reading and Writing New! (for advanced students)
• Study Skills: Effective Reading
• Speed Reading: Self-Pacing Methods
• The English Server Short Fiction Collection (online fiction)
• MacMillan Business English E-Lesson

• English Pronunciation from Okanagan University College
  
• ELEaston Pronunciation
• 10 Tips for Successful Public Speaking from Toastmasters
• Allyn&Bacon Public Speaking Website
• McGraw-Hill Public Speaking Website
• McGraw-Hill Public Speaking Tutorial
• Presentations and Public Speaking in English
• Pronouncing English Sounds
• RepeatAfterUs (texts and recordings for speaking practice) New!

• Chicago Historical Society
  
• Field Museum of Natural History
  
• Art Institute of Chicago
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art
  
• Culture Shock : A Fish Out of Water
• Differences Between British and American English
• English Around the World
• Internet Movie Database
• Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian (photos)
• Online Maitre D': Chicago's Restaurant Guide
• Library of Congress (American History, music, online exhibits)
• The MudCat Cafe (information, lyrics, and links about many musical styles, especially blues and folk)
• The Encyclopedia of Chicago
• American Folklore: ESL Reading Practice New! (American folk tales)

• Writing Tips: Sentence Builder
• Writing Tips: Paragraphs
• Writing Tips: Essays
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab Handouts
  
• LEO (Literacy Education Online)
• Writers Workshop (from UIUC; try "Tips &Techniques" from the top menu)
• Email
• Business Letter Writing Basics
• Letter Writing Desk (examples, samples, tips, formats)
• Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English New!

• TOEFL
• GRE
• GMAT
• TOEIC
• TestMagic
• TOEFL iBTPractice Test

• BBC World Service Words in the News
• Vocabulary in the News
  
• ESL Slang Page
• Self-Study Vocabulary Quizzes
• Building A Better Vocabulary Tutorial (advanced)
• The Idiom Connection
• Idiom Site (a list of idioms and definitions) New!
• Dictionary of Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions

• FindArticles.com
  
• Google.com
  
• About.com
• Ask.com
• Study Skills Self-help Information
• Taking Essay Tests
• Learning Strategies Database
• Internet/Email Hoaxes
• Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial from UC Berkeley
• SCAILAB: Web Site Evaluation
• FirstGov (U.S. Government gateway/search site)

• CNN Student News (click on Student News)
• BBC Learning English
  
• MSNBC
  
• Chicago Tribune
  
• New York Times
  
• Chicago Sun-Times
  
• Online Newspapers  (an international index )
• Newsweek
• Time Magazine

• Healthfinder
• HealthAtoZ
• WebMD
• UIC Counseling Services
• Practice Conversations (vocabulary and expressions for the doctor's office)