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Welcome to our collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, and educators.

We have lots of free videos that will help you improve your English and also advice and tips for English proficiency examinations like TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and IELTS ( International English Language Testing System).

TOEFL or IELTS? Which exam should you take?

The IELTS Test

IELTS is available in two test formats:
Academic or General Training. All candidates take the same Listening and Speaking modules but different Reading and Writing modules.

Listening, Reading and Writing must be completed in one day. Depending on your test center, the Speaking test may be offered on the same day or up to a week before or after the other parts.

The IELTS Test	IELTS Listening Test
IELTS Reading Test	IELTS Reading Test
IELTS Writing Test	IELTS Writing Test
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1	IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1	IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
IELTS Essay Writing Techniques	IELTS Essay Writing Techniques
IELTS Discussion Essay Outline	IELTS Discussion Essay Writing
IELTS Discussion Essay Writing	IELTS Discussion Essay Writing
IELTS Argument Essay Thesis	IELTS Argument Essay Outline
IELTS Argument Essay Writing	IELTS Argument Essay Cleanup
IELTS General - Letter Writing	IELTS Speaking Test Overview
IELTS Speaking Test Tips	Do's and Don'ts in the Speaking Test
IELTS Speaking Test Part 1	IELTS Speaking Test Parts 2 and 3

Study English - IELTS Preparation

Lessons from Australia Network

Series One

Episodes One to Four Word families and spelling Ways of discussing a topic Fact and opinion The language of description Businesses & economic information Making comparisons Looking at prepositions of time.	Episodes Five to Eight Brainstorming, taking notes and developing ideas The language of cause and effect Names of countries and nationalities The types of language needed to describe processes The relative pronouns, "that, which and who" and linking words
Episodes Nine to Twelve: Acronyms, abbreviations and names Ways of connecting ideas Ways to talk about something that's happened in the past How to describe cycles and also the use of phrasal verbs	Episodes Thirteen to Sixteen Articles, indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' and the definite article 'the' Conditional sentences Sentences that use 'if' Adjectives How to talk about things in the future
Episodes Seventeen to Twenty Some of the features of formal, written English Language used to describe processes and transition signals Listening to numbers and practice saying and spelling them Talk about places, locations & directions	Episodes Twenty-One to Twenty-Four Continuous tense and practice some sentence stress Listen to a finance report and learn about numerical data Ways to describe appearance, character and behavior Intonation and the use of the comma
Episodes Twenty-Five to Twenty-Six Simple present tense, definitions and technical vocabulary Classification and pronunciation of final s sounds

Series Two

Episodes One to Four Pronouns, homonyms Practise using suffixes Different ways to use the word "say" Common collocations Spatial relationships Paragraphs. Words we use to describe weather	Episodes Five to Eight Linking words Many uses of the word "there". Describing how something works Describing colours The words "some" and "any" About space and astronomy Tenses Present perfect & simple past tenses
Episodes Nine to Twelve The use of contractions in spoken English How to use reflexive and demonstrative pronouns The language of speculation How to identify the future tense Expressing attitude Using the words "so" and "such"	Episodes Thirteen to Sixteen The use of noun, verb and preposition phrases Tenses and different ways of making comparisons IELTS Speaking and Reading tests English users indicate negative meanings
Episodes Seventeen to Twenty Practice your reading comprehension skills Practice using hyphens Showing contrast The various functions of sentences in English Discuss infinitive verbs Common conversation markers	Episodes Twenty-One to Twenty-Four IELTS Listening Test. Strategies for improving listening comprehension Using context to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words Practice pronunciation Four: Adverbs
Episodes Twenty-Five to Twenty-Six Tips and strategies for answering Task 1 IELTS Academic questions Tips about letter writing, one of the tasks in the IELTS General Training Writing test

Series Three

Episodes One and Two IELTS Assessment Criteria - writing and speaking modules Writing Task Response for the academic and general IELTS tests	Episodes Three and Four Coherence and Cohesion in Writing Sentence Types - demonstrate grammatical range and accuracy
Episodes Five and Six Vocabulary Range - vocabulary criteria used to assess candidates Question Tasks and Topics in the essay section of the IELTS test	Episodes Seven and Eight The IELTS Speaking Test Speaking Fluently.
Episodes Nine and Ten Speaking Coherently Vocabulary for Speaking	Episodes Eleven and Twelve Grammatical Range in the Speaking Test Intonation in the IELTS Speaking Test
Episodes Thirteen and Fourteen Reading Skills and Question Types General Training Reading	Episodes Fifteen and Sixteen Listening for Signpost Words Listening for Numbers in the IELTS Listening Test
Episodes Seventeen and Eighteen Talking about Festivals & Celebrations Labeling and Describing an Object	Episodes Nineteen and Twenty Labeling a Flow Chart Giving Example

The TOEFL iBT Test

The TOEFL iBT takes about four hours. It is administered via a computer from a certified testing center. Instructions are embedded within each section. The test comprises of four sections - reading, listening, speaking and writing. All the four sections are taken on the same day. Note taking is allowed during the whole exam.
Download TOEFL iBT Tips - How to prepare for the TOEFL iBT

The TOEFL Test	TOEFL Reading Section
TOEFL Reading Section	TOEFL Listening Section
TOEFL Listening Practice	TOEFL Listening Samples
TOEFL Speaking Section	TOEFL Speaking Section
TOEFL Speaking Section Question 1	TOEFL Speaking Section Question 1
TOEFL Speaking Section Question 2	TOEFL Speaking Section Question 2
TOEFL Speaking Section Question 3	TOEFL Speaking Section Question 4
TOEFL Speaking Section Question 4	TOEFL Speaking Section Question 5
TOEFL Speaking Section Question 6	TOEFL Sample Questions from theTOEFL official site

Compare TOEFL and TOEIC	TOEIC Sample Tests
TOEIC Listening and Reading TOEIC Speaking and Writing TOEIC Bridge