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Goal setting
How SMART Goals can help you improve your English.
PhD Coffee Time Set Thesis Writing Goals that WORK | SMART goals
Walden University: Writing a Paper: Examples of Effective
Language for presentations
Language for presentations
An infographic that presents language and phrases you can use when making a presentation. The phrases and tips provided will help set expectations around how your talk will proceed.
Academic and professional writing
Introduction to Academic Writing: The University of Auckland
York Writing Centre Academic Writing Videos & Transcripts
Sending Email to faculty and administrators
Grammar and vocabulary
The Academic Word List (AWL)
Describes the Academic Word List (AWL), (570 headwords and other forms, by level), giving information on what the AWL is, as well as a complete list of all words in the AWL.
Visuwords
Visual online graphical dictionary. Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts to produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net and learn to associate words.
Englishpage
Learn English grammar through in-depth tutorials featuring dozens of interactive exercises.
Onscreen Academy
Developed by SFU’s Dr. Steve Marshall, OnScreen Academy offers 35 short videos (most under 5 minutes) on English language and academic writing, which include clear description of rules and forms, practice tasks, and a summary.
Learn how to convey your tone and message to your reader and make a lasting impression in your writing.
Listening
5 Ways To Improve Your Listening Skills At Home
Learn how to be an active listener to improve your listening skills
Randall’s Cyber Listening Lab
Everyday conversations with adult and children’s voices.
British Council
Practise and improve your listening skills for your school studies and English exams.
Reading/current events
The New York Times Learning Network
Daily resources for teaching and learning with The New York Times, including lesson plans, questions for writing and discussion, quizzes, monthly contests and more. Join the conversation by commenting on any post.
Breaking News English
Interactive and printable English lessons; 26 page handouts, 2-page mini-lessons, and more tan 30 online activities
Speaking
DEBATE LANGUAGE: Professional Speaking Skills
Dr. Tim Mossman offers these strategies for improving comprehensibility and intelligibility by speaking in thought groups, pausing, and stressing key words.
Pronunciation
Sounds of English
Pronunciation pages - pictures, sounds, and videos to help you with English pronunciation.
The Speech Accent Archive
Presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Speakers of various World Englishes read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. Good site to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.
Learn English through movies
Speechyard
Full length movie with English subtitle. Click on any word in the subtitles and get a translation via Google translate.
Lingualnet
Learning English through media.
Learn English Feel Good
Movie clips to improve your listening comprehension skills
Library resources
Resources for EAL and English Language and Culture students
Tips and links for finding books and online resources for grammar, writing, IELTS and TOEFL tests, and other topics at the SFU Library.