These sites have video lessons

• Learn English (British Council): Skills, grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading, videos, games, lessons, and more
• Learning English (BBC): A variety of video lessons with transcripts and activities
• English for adults: Reading, writing, spelling, grammar, speaking, and listening

Other good sites

• ESOL Courses: Listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, songs, and English for getting a job

General

• English Club: Greetings in business, reading and listening
• EnglishClub: Reading about business skills, vocabulary and quizzes

Vocabulary

• Audio English: Accounting vocabulary – pronunciation and listening exercises
• Audio English: Banking vocabulary – pronunciation and listening exercises

Reading and writing

• Manythings.org: Reading and listening about health topics
• Manythings.org: Reading and listening for medical workers – select your own speed
• VOA (Voice of America): Reading and listening - health and lifestyle topics

Vocabulary related to health

• Your dictionary: Vocabulary – type 'nursing' into the search bar to find relevant vocabulary lists
• Harvard Health School: Medical word list
• English Club.com: Sample conversations – vocabulary and reading comprehension

Politeness training

• English for my Job.com: Although not directly related to nursing, this will give you an idea about how to respond to requests from senior staff and patients

Study support

• Study support at Deakin: Advice on academic style, referencing, paraphrasing, and more

Listening and note-taking

• ABC radio: A good listening resource with topics of interest: listen and make notes, listen again to check, listen for useful phrases and vocabulary, listen to see how much you understand, and listen to the structure of the stories
• UEfAP – Listening comprehension and note-taking: Listening, note-taking advice, and practise

Reading and writing

• VOA (Voice of America): Reading and listening – health and lifestyle topics
• VOA (Voice of America): Watch, listen, read, and answer questions on educational topics

Vocabulary

• Manythings.org: Commonly used proverbs – quizzes
• Manythings.org: Expressions in English – Listening and Reading – Choose your speed
• teachervision: Education-specific vocabulary
• VOA (Voice of America): English in a minute: learn common idioms or phrases

Teaching resources and vocabulary

• Your Dictionary: Teacher resources and vocabulary – type 'teaching' into the search bar for links to resources and vocabulary

Politeness training

• English for my Job.com: Although not directly related to teaching, this will give you an idea about how to respond to requests from senior staff and others

Study support

• Study support at Deakin: Advice on academic style, referencing, paraphrasing, and more

Explanations and exercises

• Clarity English: Complete grammar exercises aimed at your level (click tense buster, then log in with your username and password)
• Perfect Grammar: Explanations, exercises and downloadable PDFs

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test

• IELTS.org: Find out about the IELTS test and see some sample questions
• Learn English (ABC): IELTS exam criteria

Free practice tests

• British Council: Free IELTS practice tests
• IELTS.org: Free IELTS practice tests
• IDP Education: Free IELTS practice tests

Speaking examples

• IELTS Official (YouTube): Sample Band 8.5 – part 1
• IELTS Official (YouTube): Sample band 8 – part 3
• IELTS Official (YouTube): Sample band 7 – part 3
• IELTS Official (YouTube): Sample band 5 – part 2

Study tips

• Exam English: IELTS exam tips

These listening websites are a good way to improve and build upon your listening ability:

Video

• Behind the News (BTN): Watch, listen and read
• TedEd: Listening comprehension, vocabulary and thinking

Listening with exercises

• AudioEnglish.org: GE 1 Telephone phrases
• News in Levels: World news for students of English
• Slow English: Intermediate listening and reading about Australia – includes quiz and vocabulary

Speak with real people

• Deakin English – Facebook: Join a DUELI Club activity.

Speaking and pronunciation skills

• Study support at Deakin: Participating in discussions and seminars.
• Elemental English – YouTube [US}: A series of lessons to practise speaking: pronunciation, intonation, connected speech, stress.
• Learning English: Listen and read – pronunciation videos and downloadable PDFs.
• mmmmEnglish – Youtube: How to improve your speaking and practice – speak clearly [Aus].

Conversation

• VOA (Voice of America): GE 1–GE 4 – English lessons [US].
• Audio English.org: Intermediate to upper intermediate – listen, read, repeat and role-play activities.

Presentation skills

• Skillswise: Giving a presentation.

The following websites are aimed at students across all levels - general English, IELTS and EAP:

Reading skills

• Clarity English: complete reading exercises aimed at your level

Academic reading skills

• Study support at Deakin: reading strategies, critical thinking, and researching for your assignment

Reading comprehension

• 5 minute English: short reading comprehension texts
• Using English: reading and questionnaire about cheating and plagiarism

Reading and listening

• ABC Online: read the current news
• ESL online Readers: Select a level, then a story. Read and listen
• The Conversation – read and listen to news podcasts – intermediate level and above

Elementary – intermediate

• DigitalDialects.com: GE1–2 – basic vocabulary, read, listen, say, and play games (slow to load)
• Audio English.org: GE1–3 – vocabulary, listening, pronunciation and quizzes
• Online Picture Dictionary: GE 1–3 – online picture dictionary
• My English Dictionary: GE 1–4 – word lists with pictures and audio

Mixed level activities

• Skillswise (BBC): videos and games – plurals, root words, prefixes, suffixes, plurals, and tips for memorizing vocabulary
• LearnEnglishFeelGood.com: Spelling – listen to the word and write it then check your answer

Australian slang and phrases

• Insiders Guide: essential Aussie slang for international students
• Study in Australia: An International Student's Guide: Australian slang

Idioms/slang

• Using English.com: dictionary of English idioms and phrases by topic

Use the following websites to revise what you have learnt in the classroom and to improve your overall writing skills:

Writing exercises

• Manythings.org: choose the correct word – GE 2 – GE 5/EAP 1

Writing response

• Deakin University: write your story for Deakin's Navigator blog
• Write & Improve: a free tool to improve your writing

Sentence structure and punctuation

• The Punctuation Guide: intermediate to advanced – find out what the different punctuation symbols mean
• David Appleyard: punctuation
• Skillswise (BBC): sentence structure – punctuation, past present or future tense, instructions
• OWL (Purdue online writing lab): punctuation
• Manythings.org: word order – GE 1–GE 3

Academic skills

• Study support at Deakin: academic skills and referencing
• Academic support: language for essays and research
• Deakin Guide to Referencing: Harvard referencing guidelines
• Cheating and plagiarism: reading comprehension activity
• The Writing Centre: hedging and word forms