UGRU Academics : English : Student : Self-Study

Below are some links to help you study by yourself:

English-English dictionary:

• Cambridge dictionaries: http://dictionary.cambridge.org
• Collins Cobuild: http://www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ccsd/
• MSNhttp://dictionary.msn.com/">http://dictionary.msn.com

Arabic-English & English-Arabic dictionary:

• http://dictionary.ajeeb.com/en.asp
• http://www.almisbar.com/dict_page.htm
• http://www.alqamoos.com
• http://online.ectaco.com/online/

Encyclopedia:

• http://www.encyclopedia.com
• http://www.wikipedia.org
• http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glossary.htm (Glossary of Islamic Terms & Concepts)

Here are some places to study English online:

• http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/free.htm (It's at the website of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.)
• http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm
• http://a4esl.org (great quizzes and self-study materials here)
• http://www.teachingfish.com (lots of free activities)
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/ (Excellent grammar/writing exercises)
• http://www.ammerlaan.demon.nl/ENGLISH.HTM (hundreds of links)
• http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm (many exercises!)
• http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/ (The student center at Dave's ESL Cafe)
• http://www.bbcworldservice.com/learningenglish

Listening:

• http://www.eslinusa.com/free_ESL_learning_resources_Listening.htm
• http://www.esl-lab.com/
• http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/inglese/ssmmffnn/scienze/listening.htm
• http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.htm
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

English Grammar:

• Guide to Grammar & Writing: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
• Ruth Vilmi's Grammar Help: http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/
• Grammar Safari: http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.htm
• The Internet Grammar of English: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm
• The Grammar Gorilla: http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
• Grammar Slammer: http://englishplus.com/grammar/
• The Bluebook of Grammar and Punctuation: http://www.grammarbook.com/
• Daily Grammar: http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.htm

Video:

• http://www.pbs.org/saf/
• http://www.learner.org/channel/broadband/video_pc_ie.htm#

News:

• http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.htm

Thesaurus:

• http://www.m-w.com/home.htm

Clip Art

• http://dgl.microsoft.com/
• http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/

Concordancing:

• http://132.208.224.131/
• http://www.englishonline.co.uk/englishnon/sf/wordlab/
• http://web2.concordia.ca/esl298b/baker/BB_5/lex.php

TOEFL:

• http://www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm
• http://www.toefl.org/ (official site, no practice exercises)
• http://www.free-toefl.com/
• http://a4esl.org/q/j/cy/mc-toefl40a.htm
• http://www.testmagic.com/Knowledge_Base/TOEFL/
• http://www.4tests.com/exams/questions.asp?exid=2812829