Online resources
... not only for my courses
This link takes you to the instructions on how to access the New York Times subscription for members of WWU:
New York Times - ULB subscription
Dictionaries
The following links take you to monolingual English dictionaries you will find useful for my classes.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
This is the standard dictionary for my courses. It is an excellent dictionary for learners of English because it provides you not only with definitions and example sentences, but also with information as to collocations, synonyms and word families.
Cambridge Dictionary
You will find a Learner's Dictionary and a bilingual English-German, German-English dictionary here.
Collins English Thesaurus
If you are looking for synonyms and alternative phrases, a thesaurus is where you look them up. This is one of the best-known ones.
Grammar
I have been asked repeatedly which resources you can use to improve your grammar on your own. There are numerous sites on the web, but I admit to not being able to recommend any language learning sites specifically. However, the dictionaries I mentioned in the other post also provide grammar tasks (to an extend). Also, there is a series in Cambridge University Press that I always use in class (yes, old-fashioned printed books). Please find the references below:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - English language exercises
Cambridge Dictionary - Grammar
You will find a great variety of exercises - from simple grammar tasks to complete online courses - on this site run by the British Council (my link takes you to the grammar page):
British Council - Learn English
And a site started by two Germans - an English tutor and a programmer - with information and exercises on a great number of topics and skills:
English Grammar Online
Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. (5th edition: with key). Cambridge: CUP, 2019. (Rules and exercises)
And this is my "language bible": Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. Oxford: OUP. [Newest edition] (Explanation of (complex) rules). For a free teaser follow:
Practical English Usage - examples
AI Tools
For a brief introduction to ChatGPT, AI tools and their usage, you can watch the TEDx Talk "Who's afraid of ChatGPT?" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvIIR5yJlUA
Two tools I refer to in my courses as examples of AI tools are Grammarly and DeepL Write.
