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Dictionary.com

dictionary.reference.com - Search dozens of on-line dictionaries at Dictionary.com, or search the thesaurus for the perfect word.

Dave’s ESL Café

www.eslcafe.com – Famous in the ESL world, Dave’s ESL Café offers quizzes, message boards, learning tips and more.

Shakespeare

www.shakespeare.com - The home page for Shakespeare has the contents of all of his plays. Learn about the man many consider to be the greatest writer in English.

Drew’s Script-O-Rama

www.script-o-rama.com - Drew’s Script-O-Rama offers links to many Hollywood movie scripts. Find the script and read along with your favorite movie!

Glossarist

www.glossarist.com - Having trouble finding a strange or special English word in the dictionary? Then try Glossarist.com. Glossarist is a collection of links to glossaries, or word lists, of special terms for dozens of particular fields. You can find glossaries of music, government, or education terms and even such specialized subjects as chocolate or baseball.

Urban Dictionary

www.urbandictionary.com - Find rap and urban slang in this fun on-line dictionary created by websurfers.  You can find defintions of the latest slang and sound files to practice the pronunciation of most slang terms.  Be careful in using this slang!  Some of these terms are rude or offensive.

Do You Speak American?

www.pbs.org/speak/ - PBS presents ‘Do You Speak American?’, a site that explores what makes American English special.  The site looks at the past, present and future of American English.  Students can explore such regional differences in American English as Southern, Western and Mid-Atlantic.  You can take the Dialect Quiz and try to decide where an American is from by using audio files.  This site also explores the meaning of the term ‘standard American English’, the controversy about making English the official language of the U.S. and contributions to American English from ethnic groups.

Slanguage

www.slanguage.com - Learn fun slang terms in English from cities around the United States at Slanguage.

Word Count

www.wordcount.org/main.php - Ever wonder what the most common English words are?  Word Count has an amazing chart of the top 86,000 words!  Browse the top words or look for a specific word on the list.  See how many of the rare words you know!  (The rankings are based on British usage).

Dell Crosswords

www.dellmagazines.com/crossword - Dell Magazines publishes the most popular crossword puzzle magazines in America.  Visit their website for a new crossword puzzle everyday.