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Student's Corner

A list of websites for students which make learning English more interesting and fun!

American Rhetoric
Over 5000 full texts of famous speeches, with audio.
URL: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ 

HowStuffWorks
Learn how things work—a fascinating website.
URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com 

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Randall’s ESL/EFL cyber listening lab, and more
URL: http://www.esl-lab.com 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Linked to TV’s the Discover Channel
URL: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ 

Discovery Education School Resources
Linked to TV’s the Discover Channel
URL: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ 

Kristina Pfaff's Linguistic Funland
Since 1994, a great site for teachers and students.
URL: http://www.linguistic-funland.com  

Professor Meloni's ESL Study Hall
A very fun and useful site for students by Christine Meloni
URL: http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/eslstudyhall/ 

Lyrics.com
A good resource for English song lyrics
URL: http://www.lyrics.com 

VOA News
Great for listening or reading.  In Vietnam, check out “Dynamic English’
URL: http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm 

Online English Language Center
A huge collection of resources for students and teachers
URL: http://oelp.uoregon.edu 

Librarians' Internet Index
The Librarians’ Internet Index—how your librarian safely searches the Internet
URL: http://lii.org/ 

CRAYON.net
Create Your Own Newspaper—a fun activity using real news—free subscription
URL: http://www.crayon.net/

[Last update on June 5, 2008]