Learning Tools
Browse these learning tools to have fun whilst improving your English!
| Learning Management System |
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| LMS
The Learning Management System (LMS) is web based and allows you to locate learning materials and activities related to your studies from any location with internet access. Please see the Student LMS Info page for guides on how to use the LMS. |
| Pronounciation |
| Australian English vowel sounds
Roll over the different vowels to hear an example of how to pronounce them |
| Phonemic chart Listen to the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols of this pronunciation chart |
| howjsay
A free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation |
| Listening |
| Video lectures
Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars, on a range of topics such as biology, computer science, and law More can be found here and here |
| Issues |
| Issues |
| World mapper |
| Reading |
| Read free books online |
| Writing |
| Transition cues |
| Grammar |
| Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals
Aseries of movie segments and activities to assess or practice grammar points through fun, challenging exercises. |
| Verb Tense Tutorial
Verb tenses are tools that English speakers use to express time in their language. You may find that many English tenses do not have direct translations in your language. That is not a problem. By studying this verb tense tutorial, you will learn to think like a native English speaker. |
| Grammar quiz: Active or Passive Voice quiz 1 Active or Passive Voice quiz 2 |
| Grammar quiz: Active to Passive Transformations |
| Articles, Determiners and Quantifiers
Articles, determiners, and quantifiers are those little words that precede and modify nouns. |
| Subordinate Conjunctions - Exercise 2 |
| Conjunctions : Exercises |
| Quiz: Relative Clause |
| Past simple or past continuous |
| Grammar quizzes |
| Vocabulary |
| Academic English Cafe
Vocabulary quizzes |
| English for Academic Purposes - A guide for students |
| Vocabulary exercises |
| Dictionaries |
| Visual thesaurus |
| Longman English Dictionary |
| Australiana |
| Australia Word Map |
| Aussie cooking |
| Games |
| Article containing links to many online games to develop English skills |
| Video games for language learning |
| ?? |
| Resources |
| Library
The Borchardt library is La Trobe's main library. |
| Features of academic writing |
| Major newspaper: The Age |
| Major newspaper: Herald Sun |
| New Headway online
Practise your English with interactive exercises, puzzles, and games. Try the new Test Builder. You can build a test, then print it or do it on your computer. |
| New English File online
Learn more English here with interactive exercises, useful downloads, games, and weblinks. Practise your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, and reading, and have some fun too. |
| Natural English online
Here you'll find lots of practice activities to help you improve your English naturally. Grammar and vocabulary, games, and reading for fun. |
| Research |
| Oxford University Press site for students
Interactive games and exercises to help you practise your English. |
| Guides/How to's |
| A guide: Using technology to improve your English |
| How to: Use a thesaurus |
| How to: Use a dictionary |
| How to: Avoid plagiarism |
| Blogs |
| Click to view Michael's blog |
