Thesaurus

Author: Dictionary.com

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Thesaurus is not only one of the most powerful synonym and antonym online dictionaries, but
also provides tips and suggestions for avoidable expressions and vocabulary, words of the day,
etc. A great tool to expand your vocabulary while developing your writing skills.”

Readable

Author: Readable.com (part of the Added Bytes family)

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Readable is a website that helps you to improve the ‘readability’ of your written texts. It
indicates whether there are too many long words or long sentences, for example, that can
make your written texts harder to understand (especially for non-native English speakers). It
could be a great tool for proficient EMI teachers that have difficulties when adjusting the
written texts, instructions, activities, etc. to their students’ level.”

Grammar Monster

Author: Grammar Monster

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Entirely free website where you can improve your writing skills in English. It includes a
grammar glossary, lots of free test and resources in commas, prepositions, adjectives,
punctuation, etc. A great tool for a non-native English speaker to develop their writing skills.”

Quick and Dirty Tips (also known as ‘Grammar Girl’)

Author: Mignon Fogarty & Macmillan Publishers

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“This blog, written by Mignon Fogarty, is a great tool to develop your English writing skills
online. It covers a wide range of language and writing-related topics, from grammar,
vocabulary or punctuation to writing style.”

Forvo

Author: Forvo Media SL

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Forvo is a website which claims to be ‘the largest pronunciation dictionary in the world’. It
provides not only a large bank of pronunciations from native speakers all around the globe, but
also the possibility of asking for the pronunciation of a given word so native speakers can
pronounce it for you. At the same time, you can also provide pronunciations of words from
your native language which have been asked from people all over the world. Every
pronunciation for a given world comes with specific labels, such as speaker gender or country
of origin, which can help you understand or master specific accents, for example.
It could be really interesting for a teacher interested in EMI methodology, since it could help
improve his/her pronunciation and intelligibility, which is a key feature in clear instruction.”

Aztekera

Author: Aztekera

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Sometimes, especially native or very proficient English speakers use the passive voice
excessively in their writings, particulary in an academic context or environment. Aztekera
identifies how many passive voice verbs you have used in a text so you can check if you’d
prefer to adapt the text to active voice choices.”

The Academic Word List

Author: Victoria University of Wellington

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Entry with a useful academic word list for lecturers and students. It could help further develop
the academic vocabulary of non-native teachers and professors of English.”

Wordlists and exercises to practice and expand academic vocabulary: