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Useful Sites

There are many sites you can access independently to develop your academic skills or your English. Here are some we recommend.

Listening

Short video clips with transcript.
http://www.elllo.org/months/weeks/games.htm

Reading

News articles with comprehension exercises.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

General Vocabulary

Play this and help the hungry! Interactive exercises on words and their meaning. Listen to pronunciation of words. http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Make sure you know the most common words in English.
Level 2   http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/most-used-english-words/index.htm
Level 3   http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/frequently-used-english-words/index.htm
Level 4   http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/commonly-used-english-words/index.htm

Advance Vocabulary

Test your understanding of the Academic Word List - 570 essential words for university study.
http://web.uvic.ca/~gluton/awl/id21.htm

Practise using the first 3000 words in English, as well as the University Word List.
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/

Scientific Language

Activities to practise using specialised technical and scientific language.
http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mcanapero/grammar_main.htm

Legal Language

List of specialised words and meanings for legal studies.
http://www.letasa.asn.au/glossary.htm

Computer Language

List of specialised words and meanings for computer studies.
http://www.lcc.edu/tutorial/study_tips/computer_terms.htm

Grammar

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html

Online Language Partner

Similar to friendster.com and wayn.com but the community here is interested in learning another language. Resources include audio lessons.
http://www.italki.com/contacts/search.htm

News

Watch and listen to the latest news. This site is packed with entertainment and information on life styles and general knowledge
http://singapore.bbcknowledge.com/default.html#

Topic Sentences and Paragraph Writing

http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/paragraph/index.html

IELTS Practice

http://www.english-online.org.uk/ieltsfolder/ieltshome.php?name=International%20English%20Language%20Testing%20System&fun=startIntroRequest()&spt=readcontent

Study Skills

These two sites are from Curtin's Bentley campus and provide helpful suggestions for improving your study habits.
http://library.curtin.edu.au/research_and_information_skills/online_tutorials/studytrekk/index.html

http://startup.curtin.edu.au/study/index.cfm

Information Skills

Another helpful Bentley Curtin site.
http://library.curtin.edu.au/research_and_information_skills/online_tutorials/infotrekk/index.html

Academic Integrity: Student Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism
You can download these guidelines from:

http://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/studentbook.html