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Vanier College: The Learning Centre
http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/tlc/
An information hub designed for English students at Vanier College, this site also contains useful entries for others interested in perfecting their English-language skills or for those who are planning to take Québec’s Ministerial Examination of College English. It features:
– an English Exit Exam section with a wealth of information to help pass the test
– tip sheets, explanations of the marking criteria, and sample student essays
– links to English Now, an online tutorial for second-language students
– access to CEPO, the CCDMD’s College English Prep Online website
Virtual Grammar Lab
http://www.spunkyenglish.com/VGL/
This search engine is designed to help you find the help you need for grammar practice.
You can:
– choose the grammar notion you would like to learn, and then choose the type of exercise you would like to do
– find other web resources easily
Virtual Training Suite
http://www.vtstutorials.co.uk/
The site is an online service developed by a network of British universities and partners to provide free, high-quality web resources for education and research. It features:
- numerous tutorials listed alphabetically
- a focus on job descriptions and fields of employment enabling college-level students to become familiar with potential career paths
- tutorials that integrate text with listings of outside websites and offer additional information on specific jobs or fields of study
- an informative Internet Detective with user-friendly presentation
Visual Dictionary Online (Merriam-Webster)
http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/
A dictionary resource to help students visually identify nouns and match a word to an image. It features:
- 20 000 terms with contextual definitions in six languages
- 6 000 full-colour images of a wide variety of objects
- an internal search engine and thematic lists to easily match a word to an image
Vocab Ahead: Vocabulary Videos
www.vocabahead.com
This is an extensive free video vocabulary website offering an innovative method to help students learn and remember difficult English words. Users can:
- watch videos and read along to understand legal and advanced vocabulary
- create word lists for specific vocabulary in the domains of law and accounting
- subscribe to personally receive a “Word of the Day” video
Vocabulary.com
http://www.vocabulary.com/
This hub connects to excellent sites for vocabulary improvement. It features:
- an opportunity for users to test their “V.Q.” (vocabulary quotient)
- vocabulary lists for academic, current events, fiction, and non-fiction words
- VocabGrabber that analyzes and categorizes text to create a visual thesaurus
Voice of America: VOA News – Special English
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/
The Voice of America has developed a Special English site designed for the ESL learner. It features:
- news stories written in simple English, using a core vocabulary of 1500 words
- short and simple sentences
- stories that are read at a slow pace
- interesting material, chosen from current news stories
- a link to Wordmaster, where users can read and listen to stories
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