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Resources for studying and teaching English as a foreign language are provided in this guide. Check under the relevant tabs for how to find articles, books, videos and a selected list of useful Internet sites for students and teachers. Translation tools found online and dictionaries are compiled under the Translation tool tab.
TOEFL This site provides information about the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The website includes free sample test questions; location and time of tests and much more.
How to Prepare for the TOEFL Test by English language:
English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions: Lists of idioms used in everyday conversational English, with their meaning.
ESL/EFL Abbreviations Explained by Kenneth Beare on About.com
ELPIP Free Sample Tests (2014)
Canadian Culture and Communication:
Culture History and Sports [Government of Canada]
Canadian Encyclopedia Online a free interactive Canadian encyclopedia, supported by Heritage Canada.
Communications Research Centre Canadian government body performing research and development on communication technology.
CRTC Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission.
Multiculturalism:
Multicultural Canada: Canadian historical multicultural resources online. Encyclopedia articles, newspapers, letters and oral histories and more.