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Features dozens of audio clips of people from across America and Canada reading the same phrase. This site can be used to teach students about how accents can affect pronounciation. Also includes pheonitc transcription. Students may also find that listening to audio clips of English phrases spoken by Europeans may be applicable/useful to their situation.

Hosted by the Seminole Community College, this webpage has numerous audio resources that guide listeners as they learn proper pronounciation, as well as quizzes for people at varying levels of ENglish comprehension.

Audio clip of Linda Chaves, former chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights speaking to Bill Hing, author of "To Be an American" about what it means to "fit" in.

ALISON is delighted to present over 600 hours of interactive English Language Courses which will help you attain further qualification on well-known global English language qualifications such as FCE, ESL, ESOL, IELTS and TOEFL. Our interactive English language courses feature audio, native speakers, and opportunities to practice your English. If you are learning or teaching English as a second language, or if you want to improve your ability to speak, write or read the English language, you are welcome to spend many hours of study here! These English language resources are most useful for those learners who have a basic knowledge of English language but want to improve their overall abilities and understanding. For those of you who make strong progress with our free English learning resources, we offer you some very interesting courses on English literature. Finally, if you believe you are ready to use English in your workplace, why not take our Business English Test!

Manythings.org has a variety of activities for ESL students, in particular the read alongs on this page that allow students to associate the sound with the word.

An interactive website that allows visitors to learn another language and try their skills on native speakers. Members of this website speak a combined total of 109 different languages.

Article on the importance of learning other languages in regards to global culture, the internet, an employment (among others). Also has graphs to show trends of bi/multilingualism.