To find out which words in a text are part of the Oxford 3000, type or paste it into the box, then click 'submit'. The words which are not part of the Oxford 3000 will be highlighted in red. The Profiler will also tell you what percentage of the words in your text are part of the Oxford 3000. You can use this information to judge the difficulty of a text.
Film English is a resource site for teachers who want to use film critically and creatively in the language classroom. It provides articles, lesson plans, resources and links.
In 2006 I wrote An A-Z of ELT - an encyclopedia-dictionary of terminology relating to English language and English language teaching. As soon as it was published (by Macmillan) I was already planning an update. Hence this blog.
This site focuses on the ways that lecturers and other teaching staff can maintain and improve the quality of teaching and learning for international students.
This site aims to help students learn about - and teachers teach - the English language. There are tasks to help work through the material, expert advice and strategies for identifying unknown texts.
UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English. Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.
Learn English while watching videos. Includes a speech recognition platform that allows you to practice SPEAKING with any video you choose and then get INSTANT FEEDBACK on how well you are doing.
Text2Phonetics is a PhoTransEdit Online application that transcribes small English texts into broad phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).