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Helpful links to
pages for improving English via ESL sites:
Vocabulary building sites:
English dialects and accents:
- Canadian,
Eh!
[www.answers.com/topic/eh]
- CBC Canadian Experience: Talking Canadian
[www.cbc.ca/canadianexperience/talkingcanadian/index.html]
Not much at this page other than a description of a wonderful program
that aired on Canadtian TV covering the Canadian English dialect. The
program airs as a rerun, now and then, on a CBC network and is
available from the CBC Shop on DVD.
- Canadian Glossary
[www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hgscc/glossary.html]
Small list of some Canadian words.
- Yahoo Canada Online Dictionary List
[ca.dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries]
Pointers to sites for Canadian online dictionaries and translation
tools.
Radio websites for
learning or listening to English:
- Voice Of America Special English
[www.voanews.com/specialenglish] They speak
slowly enough for a beginner to understand.
- BBC
China Learning English
[www.bbc.co.uk/china/learningenglish] English
learning specifically directed at native Chinese
speakers.
- BBC Learning English on World Service Radio
[www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio]
BBC counterpart to VOA's Special
English.
- Roger Lyon on BBC Radio Merseyside in Liverpool,
England
[www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/06/29/radiomerseyside_pres_rogerlyon_feature.shtml]
Lyon's program includes guests and listeners that have a variety of
British accents influenced by Liverpool's proximity to Ireland and
Scotland. Good listening. - StudioClassroom
[http://www.studioclassroom.com/lt/lt_radio.php]
hosts a radio series called "Let's Talk in
English"
- China Daily Audio News [www.chinadaily.cn/language_tips/cdaudio/audio_cd.html]
Daily audio news stories in slower paced English
with text scripts. - Classics Channel --- Songbirds [www.rthk.org.hk/classicschannel/songbirds.htm]
Hong Kong's Radio 4 has been broadcasting a
unique and very popular English Language teaching program for local
students. The drama follows a group of characters who experience the
joys and difficulties of being a teenager and young adults. Most of the
characters acted by local students, teachers and
lecturers. - World Radio Network [www.wrn.org] A rebroadcaster of fine national radio stations from around the world. For decades, countries have broadcast their national radio services on Shortwave Radio. WRN combines these feeds in blocks as 24-hour radio services. Current and in English. You can receive their feeds MP3 as Shoutcasts.
- China Radio International has an English
Radio Service that gets
exported to various countries. "Beyond Beijing" is good
listening.
Slang & Novelty sites:
Translation tools: - Babelfish
[babelfish.altavista.com/tr] Online
multi-language translation website
- Alfalink Electronic
Translators [www.alfalink.co.id]
Maker of good multi-language electronic translators that talk, as well
as display words and phrases in each
language.
- Google Translate [translate.google.com/]
Culture sites:
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Other links:
Friends that have linked us:
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Do you need to improve your spoken English to pass a test or
for your job in international trade.
你想提高口语去通过语言考试吗？亦或者你想在职业场上游刃有余的使用英语吗？
WORLDMIKEL is a native American English speaker and has a speaking voice
that is easy to understand.
worldmikel 是地道的美国人，声音标准易懂。
It's convenient to have a tutor online because the evening schedule is
more flexible for the students in China.
网上教授，更加灵活。有利于那些希望晚上上课的中国学生。
WORLDMIKEL is providing online tutoring in Skype or MSN
with payments by credit card through PayPal.
Worldmikel通过网上skype或者msn辅导，接受paypal信用卡支付
Plus during the month of June, the tutoring rates are very reasonable.
For more information and booking, message WORLDMIKEL with an email address.
并且六月期间提供优惠，详情请发邮件给worldmikel
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