Click on the subject or type of material you are interested in:

• levels
• departmental-specific materials in CILL (for ACCT, BRE, BUSS, CBS, CSE, EE, HTM, ITC
• games, puzzles & quizzes
• on-line Help with language problems
• to practise your listening, speaking, reading & writing
• to communicate with other learners around the world
• print out a page of the Learner's Diary on your own computer and printer

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Levels: The suggested levels refer to those used in the Centre for Independent Language Learning at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and approximately relate to a student's score in the Form 7 Use of English exam. If you didn't take this exam, you can ask a CILL tutor for help, or start at Early Intermediate ( EI ) level. Then, if EI level is too difficult, try Elementary level. If EI level is too easy, try Intermediate level. Back to Top

CILL Level Use of English Score Elementary l U / F Early Intermediate l E Intermediate l C / D Upper Intermediate l A / B

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Departmental-specific materials in CILL

Click on the department in which you study:

ACCT BRE - BUSS CBS CSE EE HTM ITC

- Accountancy - Building and Real Estate - Business - Chinese and Bilingual Studies - Civil and Structural Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Hotel and Tourism Management - Institute of Textiles and Clothing

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Games, puzzles & quizzes

• Vocabulary & grammar quizzes
• Dave Sperling's Quiz Centre

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On-line help with language problems

Dictionaries

• CILL dictionary page
• Newbury House - on-line American English dictionary (with photos available....soon!)

Grammar guides

• Grammar Help Page - collected by a teacher (Ruth) and her students - all levels
• Phrasal verbs - Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe section on phrasal verbs

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To practise your listening, speaking, reading & writing

Reading

• CILL's Reading Links - links to newspapers from Britain, Hong Kong and the U.S.
• Newspaper reading with the Bangkok Post - learn newspaper reading skills
• Generating ideas and organising writing with mind-maps and journalistic questioning.

Others

• Dave's EFL Cafe - excellent pages with lots of resources for learners and teachers
• Grammar Safari - practise your grammar and reading "hunting" examples on the World Wide Web
• Language Exchange - including reading, listening and writing exercises, and some learners' homepages
• Learning Oral English On-line - dialogues to listen to and practise (a bit slow!): Early Intermediate+
• Referencing & Pagiarism - why and how to reference and how to avoid plagiarising.

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To communicate with other learners around the world

• PenPALS - pen-pals listed by sex and age - choose the category you are interested in, check the listings and click on the person you would like to would like to communicate with.

 

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Revised: February 12, 2003.