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Centre d’Apprentissage de la Langue Anglaise
This website was created to help you improve your English Language Skills and to suggest certain avenues of approach with regards to your specific courses or needs. The links on this page can be useful for your own improvement since you are responsible of your own success in your studies and in life. For example, the links will help you verify how well you are doing with your class materiel and help you identify whatever practice is needed. They can also help you in any English self-learning process. We are not responsible for any misinformation the links may contain or for any URL addresses that might be changed.
How to use this site:
Click on the area you wish to improve or consult and either browse the general-based content or choose the level you were classified under at the UMCS for more specific explanations and exercises.
General-Based Websites for All Levels!
English
This Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) has plenty of explanations, handouts and exercises for all levels. Click on English as a Second Language (ESL) in the left box to have access to grammar and mechanics.
This website contains plenty of online quizzes to choose from in order to test your grammar knowledge.
French-English
This is a free interactive website where you can improve your English skills. This site is based on grammar, but there are a lot of other available activities. Receive a new lesson every week.
ANGL 1012, 1021, 1022
*You can also refer to the General-Based Websites section.
This bilingual website offers explanations and exercises on all verb tenses as well as on other grammatical concepts.
This academic website informs you about different grammatical concepts which you can practice online. You can choose any from the 200, 330 and 410 level.
Here you will find many grammar lessons and a few exercises.
This website has many “verb tense” exercises under its verbs section.
ANGL 1031, 1032, 1041, 1042
*You can also refer to the General-Based Websites section.
*To refresh your memory on grammar concepts like verb tenses refer to the ANGL 1012, 1021, 1022 section.
This academic website explains the right approach to many aspects of grammar and punctuation.
General-Based Websites for All Levels!
ANGL 1012, 1021
*You can also refer to the writing General-Based Websites section.
This academic website lists the eight parts of speech you need to start writing good sentences.
This academic briefly explains the different parts of speech and gives you a chance to practice.
ANGL 1022, 1031
*You can also refer to the writing General-Based Websites section.
This website has information on paragraph and sentence structure which is followed by important grammatical concepts that are linked to writing.
This website simply explains and gives examples on the different parts of a paragraph.
ANGL 1032, 1041, 1042
*You can also refer to the writing General-Based Websites section.
This website clarifies the basic paragraph structure with simple explanations and examples.
This Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) has plenty of explanations, handouts and exercises. Click on the orange box to have access to the writing process.
This academic website explains the steps of how to write a good paragraph.
General-Based Websites for All Levels!
This website has many reading activities under its reading section.
ANGL 1012, 1021, ANGL 1022
*You can also refer to the reading General-Based Websites section.
This academic website has various texts that you can choose from, to practice your reading comprehension. You can choose any from the 200, 330 and 410 level.
This website has over a hundred stories with exercises to choose from.
This website explores many short readings that are followed by activities. You also have the option of listening to these stories while reading.
ANGL 1031, 1032
*You can also refer to the reading General-Based Websites section.
This website gives you the choice to read from different online magazines and newspapers.
This website offers a variety of stories to choose from with a variety of exercises.
ANGL 1041, 1042
*You can also refer to the reading General-Based Websites section.
This website contains over 2,000 American short stories that can be found in its Short Story section.
This website has a few short stories that are followed by comprehension exercises.
*For this entire section, you will need to choose the activity or exercise according to your English level.
General-Based Websites for All Levels!
This website has three weather-report listening practices for three different levels.
This website gives you a chance to listen and watch from countless and various types of news reports.
This website gives you suggestions on how you can hear a lot of English when you are not in an English-speaking country or family.
ANGL 1012, 1021
*You can also refer to the listening General-Based Websites section.
This is an excellent website for beginners of English. Choose your level, listen to small conversations and answer the questions. Depending on your interests and preferences, there are many conversations to choose from.
ANGL 1022, 1031, 1032, 1041, 1042
*You can also refer to the listening General-Based Websites section.
This website has more than 2600 interviews to listen to. Make sure to take a look at the Mixer, News Center and Taking points sections.
This website was built for English learners. There are many articles you can read and listen to on plenty of different subjects. Most articles have comprehension activities. The challenge is the speakers' British accents! It gives you an opportunity to practice with another reality of the English language.
General-Based Websites for All Levels!
This website has lots of materials to help you speak English. Click on your level, choose what interests you, and make sure you repeat after the English speaker.
This website makes you hear and read many real-life conversations. It also presents them in different ways. Make sure you practice by yourself what the speaker says.
ANGL 1041, 1042
*You can also refer to the “analysing literary texts” General-Based Websites section.
This academic website provides questions for thoughts on several elements that are useful to analyse a literary text.
*These websites can be useful at any levels!
Dictionaries
This website has various choices of dictionaries from which you can consult. Depending on your need, these dictionaries can give you a definition, a translation from English to French, or a translation from French to English. This website also contains a variety of dictionaries for synonyms called thesaurus.
News
Here is one website where you can find international, national and regional news in English.
This is not only an online news website! You can also find reports and interviews on a great variety of subjects.
Citations
This link gives you a summary of the MLA's basic formatting style.
Avoiding plagiarism
This website gives you lots of information on plagiarism, quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing.
Study guides and strategies
These two websites list and explain many strategies on how to study effectively. These strategies can be helpful in all your classes and in life in general.