Green River Community College English as a Second Language Program Advanced ESL

Green River Community College
English as a Second Language Program

Learning Resources

Dictionaries

Newbury House Dictionary - An ESL Dictionary with simpler definitions.	Merriam Webster's Online Language Center - This is a higher level dictionary and thesaurus.	OneLook Dictionaries - An online guide to more than 345 general and specialized dictionaries
Little Explorers Dictionary It's a very simple dictionary at Enchanted Learning.com, but very visual and helpful.	Common Errors in English - This site by a Washington State University professor gives assistance for word problems and other language problems as well as resources students can use.	Longman Web Dictionary - An online ESL dictionary from a trusted source.
Online collocations from Université du Québec à Montréal	The Virtual Language Center's collocations

Encyclopedias

Use the Encarta CD's in RLC 141 classroom.	Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - A free online resource.
Britannica.com - A free resource. It contains links to the encyclopedia articles, web links, a dictionary, and news. It's an excellent resource.

Thesaurus

Thesaurus.com - The standard thesaurus. This resource helps you to find the an alternate word.

Other Sources

Green River Community College Library The GRCC library gives you access to many resources.	University of Michigan Document Center A resource for facts on a number of topics.	Great ESL Learning Sites You can link to many of the best ESL sites in the world.
A Spelling Test - Test your spelling and find resources to improve your spelling.	First Find - It's a great site for starting to research topics of interest. It's made for ESL Students	The GRCC Basic Skills collection. This is a special collection of books, tapes and videos for students who are learning English and improving their reading skills.
Free Click Art - Use these sites to find click art for your projects.

Idioms - Use one of these sources to study idioms and slang.

Comenius - The Comenius group posts a new idiom to study each month. Read and listen to a short conversation.	Dave's ESL Cafe - The ESL idiom page lists many useful idioms with definitions and examples.
The Idiom Connection - Gives definitions and quizzes of idioms grouped by subject.	Idiom Worksheets - Exercises from GRCC based on classroom assignments.