Practice Makes Perfect helps you put your English vocabulary and grammar skills together!

You may have all the vocabulary down pat and every grammar point nailed--but without the skill of knowing how to put these elements together, communicating in your second language would be nearly impossible...

In The American English Pronunciation Podcast, Mandy offers weekly lessons covering the most common and difficult English pronunciation issues of adults living and working in the United States, as well as ESL students everywhere. More informal pronunciation patterns are discussed, which makes the podcast equal parts "pronunciation" and "accent reduction". Mandy tells you the pronunciations you are actually hearing around you, not just the perfect "dictionary pronunciation."

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), an American author and humorist. Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad  (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897.

English level: Beginner
Ages: 5 to 7 years
A story-based course that introduces young children to English first through listening and speaking, and then provides a gentle introduction to reading and writing.

This is a collection of 75 soft tests aimed to help English learner at pre-intermediate level to check their listening skill or practising it on a regular basis. The tests are desinged in the form of html files, so all you need to do is click the file called content.html  to start with. Click each title to choose a test and then click CLICK&LISTEN to listen and fill in the 10 blanks with what you hear. If you cannot complete any blank you can click at HINT for assistance (your score will be deduced, of course). You should listen to ...