The English Link Site

Dictionaries

Link	Description
dictionary.cambridge.org	English-English dictionaries, including the Cambridge Learner's and Advanced Learner's Dictionary
oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com	An online version of the world’s best-selling advanced learner’s English-English dictionary
dict.cc	A great dictionary, where you can listen to how words are pronounced and record yourself too
linguee.de	Lots of information with words in context
dict.tu-chemnitz.de	Especially good for technical terms
ozdic.com	A great place to check out collocations, that is, which words can be used together.

Writing

Link	Description
grammarly.com	A free grammar checker that helps eliminate grammatical errors and improves your writing.

Vocabulary

Link	Description
englishvocabularyexercises.com	Academic Word List – lists of essential words for academic and scientific writing (with exercises).
bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ learningenglish/grammar/vocabulary/ science.shtml	Visit this site to broaden your science vocabulary.
owad.de	Improve your professional English with a word or idiom every weekday.
vocabulary.com	Combines the world's smartest dictionary with an adaptive learning game that will have you mastering new words in no time.

Listening

Link	Description
esl-lab.com	Lots of listening practice at easy, medium and difficult levels!
bbc.co.uk/radio/	Tune in to lots of different stations, all broadcasting in English. You can choose from music, news, sport, drama etc.
tunein.com	Access to over 100,000 radio stations and more than four million podcasts streaming from every continent.

News

Link	Description
newslink.org	Links to news sites all over the world
sciam.com	Scientific American's on-line magazine
newsnow.co.uk	News links with categories (e.g. biotechnology, chemistry, ecology, etc.)
economist.com	Weekly business magazine
nationalgeographic.com	The online home of the National Geographic magazine.

English language learning resources

Link	Description
bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish	Special section of the BBC website for learners of English
business-spotlight.de/news	The business version of Spotlight Magazine
englisch-hilfen.de/en/index.htm	Practise grammar, prepare for exams, do tests or just have fun playing games online.
english-4u.de	Another grammar site with lots of practice
spotlight-online.de	Website for Spotlight Magazine (monthly publication for German-speaking English language learners)

Exams & Certificates

Link	Description
cambridgeenglish.org	Information about Cambridge EFL exams (First Certificate, Advanced, Proficiency etc.)
flo-joe.co.uk	An award-winning site with lots of practice for the Cambridge exams
ielts.org	International English Language Testing System website

Books

Link	Description
zhaw.ch/hsb	The Grüental library and several links to other libraries too readanybook.com