English for Specific Purposes

Top Sites

• ESP World. An electronic ESP periodical with contributions and readership from various countries.

• English for Work. Very good free online English learning materials for nurses, police, tour guides, food staff, hotel staff, and airline staff.

• The Asian ESP Journal. This peer reviewed online Journal is your first step to understanding English for Specific Purposes in Asia.

• Science Daily. A place where students can practice reading by reading the latest
  science news.

Medical English

• Medical English Resources. With Over 1,500 exercises, and also animated conversation
  practice.

• English for Pharmacists. Reading, writing, speaking, and listening exercises designed to improve pharmacists' English.

• Medical Encyclopedia. Topics in alphabetical order with illustrations.

• Interactive Health Tutorials. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial.

• Medical Terminology. Exercises for you to practice using medical terms and prepare for exams.

• Medical Terminology Web. Including sounds of medical terms you can hear at a click.

• Topics in Medical English. Compiled by Jack Kimball.

Other Subjects

• Hotel English. English for hotel staff, including hotel and accomodations vocabulary Quiz, taking a Reservation, and checking guests in and out.

• Cook's Thesaurus. Cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools.

• Food Dictionary. Search the dictionary of more than 4,000 food terms.

• Investor Words. With 6,000 definitions and 20,000 links between related terms, this is the most comprehensive financial glossary.

• Financial Dictionary. Financial education tool, helping anybody interested in learning about finance, money, and investing.

• Military English. Exercises for peacekeepers to improve their English.

• Law and Legal information resources. Over 100 great links.

• Encyclopedia of Psychology. A collection of links to many areas of psychology.

• Online Dictionary of Computing. It contains 13,000 terms with hypertext linking to different terms.

• English for Information Technology. An online training program with reading, writing, and listening activities.

• Kairos. A refereed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.

• EXPASY. A tool which allows the translation of a nucleotide (DNA/RNA) sequence to a protein sequence.

Other Sites

• Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curriculum Development. An article by Kristen Gatehouse.

• Dictionaries of Special Subjects. A list of dictionaries of various subjects.

• Arlyn Freed's ESL/EFL ESP. This site compiled and maintained by Arlyn Freed.

• Learning English for Specific Purposes. Resources to help you with teaching or learning English.