Websites for improving competency in English language

"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile" - Roger Staubach

Good Language skills enable us to convey meaning and define who we are in our personal lives and our career. Just being good at your job doesn't cut it today. Your skills are limited without a well developed ability to communicate ideas and intentions. It is your verbal ability, therefore, that will take you to the top and help you excel.

To help you go that extra mile, here are some tried and tested websites which will help you enhance your skills in your time and at your pace.

All Skills

http://eleaston.com/biz-write.html
Resource center for Business English– All skills Listening, Speaking, Reading Writing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
Resource center for British English – All skills Listening, Speaking, Reading Writing

http://esl.about.com/
Articles, exercises – All skills – Listening, Speaking, Reading Writing

http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/default.htm
Practice exercises for all skills

http://www.pbs.org/speak/
Information on American English

Writing

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
For Grammar and Writing skills

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/
Writing skills for scientists and engineers

http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Writing/
Resource center for writing links

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
Business English Exercises

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
For Grammar and Writing skills

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/
Interactive exercises for English vocabulary and grammar

http://www.idiomconnection.com/
English idioms and quizzes


Pronunciation

http://antimoon.com/
For Pronunciation tips

http://www.englishclub.com/
For Pronunciation tips

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
Thirteen Pronunciation lessons

http://americanaccent.com/
For American Pronunciation

http://www.fonetiks.org/
Free online pronunciation guides with instant sound + dictionary: 9 varieties of English + 9 other languages

http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html
For authentic American pronunciation

Listening

http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm
Interactive listening exercises

http://alt-usage-english.org
For English dialects – Audio resources

http://www.ku.edu/~idea/index.htm
Audio resources – International dialects of English

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/
Interactive listening exercises links

http://www.eviews.net/library.shtml
Audio resources – for Listening comprehension – multiple accents

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/lcra2/lcra_index.html
Interactive listening exercises

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/
Audio resources for different dialects

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects//
Audio collection of British English dialects

Dictionary

http://m-w.com/
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary

http://dictionary.com/
Online Dictionary

Business English Certificate

http://cambridgeesol.org/
For information and resources about Business English Communication Certificate

http://rapidshare.de/files/4691772/Writing.Skills.rar

http://www.hotmix.narod.ru/english/lib.html