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The Virtual English Language Center
http://www.comenius.com
Provides an "idiom of the week," a "fable of the month," sound clips for pronunciation, online tests, pen-pal programs, and more.

Dave's ESL Café
http://www.eslcafe.com/
Games, activities, and—best of all—daily updates.

English for the Internet
http://www.study.com
Live chats, placement tests, and free English classes (which fill up quickly).

Grammar Safari
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html
Learn grammar in context, with thousands of examples of English words shown in the context of real-life communication.

Schmoozeu
http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/
A moo devoted to practicing conversation.

Test Your English
http://www.edunet.com/english/practice/test-ces.html
An 80-item test for those learning English. Post your answers and you'll receive the results via email.

An Elementary Grammar
http://www.hiway.co.uk/~ei/intro.html
Downloadable help sheets on verbs, prepositions, word order, and other important topics for multilingual writers.