Internet resources

There are some good, free websites for learning English. If you do a search with the cue, Dave's ESL Café, you will get access to many wonderful websites with exercises and quizzes designed by English language teachers around the world. You can also go online and chat in English. To make use of the pronunciation lessons you will need to load the "Quick-time" plug-in onto your computer and your computer will need to have speakers.

General English

• Dave's ESL Cafe 
• Karin’s ESL PartyLand 

Grammar

English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy, published by Cambridge University Press, is an excellent book to purchase and keep as a reference. It is a practical, self-study resource with guidelines, exercises and answers. (Available at Monash University Library, at multiple locations).

To practise grammar online, visit the following websites:

• Language and Learning Online Grammar
• ESL Blue(s) Animated Grammar 
• Online Grammar Links 
• Guide to Grammar and Writing 
• Professor Paul Brian's Common Errors in English 

Writing

• University of Queensland  website has material for PhD students.
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison : The Writing Centre
• Glasgow University offers advice on writing for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students.

For advice on writing in specific subject areas visit, Language and Learning Online Writing

Internet activities for improving English language

Visit Chris S. Johnsons's Agentland’s Chatterbox Challenge : the Ultimate Bot Contest
Make a robot at the site where you can enter a cyberworld and communicate with other robots in English.

Visit the Manifestation.Com  website: Practise your English by having a simulated consultation with Eliza , a psychologist- not a real one but very convincing!

Newspapers online

The daily newspapers are a useful way to improve your language because you will read about current issues that you can discuss with other people. You also have access to very current language and culture from the newspaper articles.

• The Australian Financial Review 
• The Age 
• The Australian 
• The Herald Sun 

ABC Radio and Television

Listening to the radio and watching television programs in English is a most enjoyable way to improve your English.The Australian Broadcasting Commission has online support materials for many of the ABC radio and television programs.

Commercial television channels

Television  is very helpful for your listening and speaking skills as you will hear Australian accents and the common language spoken by Australians. Some local Australian programs include Home and Away and Neighbours. (When Neighbours is screened in countries other than Australia, it is likely to be dubbed in the local language.) You can link to more information about Home and Away  and Neighbours . Check Television and Radio Guides in local newpapers or buy a copy of TV Week .