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Language Learning Links - English

Articles

• A Shortcut to Good Grammar
Comments: A condensed summary of some English grammar

• Play Your Way to Better Grammar! Fun ESL Activities for English Class by Sarah Perowne
Comments: This is a helpful list of games and activities for learning English. Thanks Sarah!

• English Made Fun: ESL Activities, Resources & Grammar Games by Casey Wise
Comments: This is another list of enjoyable games and activities for learning English. Thanks Amanda!

General Websites

• Cornelius Duffy's 12 Keys
Comments: This is an interesting little method for understanding phonics and spelling. [*Also check out the Logic of English channel linked below!]

• English Grammar Revolution
Comments: Watch the documentary, then learn the basics of grammar and how to diagram sentences from the rest of the website.

• Wikipedia - Basic English
Comments: This is a fascinating rundown of Basic English; it also includes some helpful links like Ogden's Basic English and The Simple English Helper Tool.

• English Club
Comments: A lot of useful wordlists, like this one on Minimal Pairs

• The Speech Accent Archive
Comments: A ton of recordings of people with different accents reading the same paragraph

YouTube Channels (In no particular order)

• Logic of English
Comments: Be sure to watch this lecture first. Is spelling really "irregular"?

• Steven Pinker - What Our Language Habits Reveal
Comments: While not strictly related to English, this is a very insightful lecture about how the structure of language can affect thought.

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