Conversation Resources

Resources for Conversation Lovers

Ted.com - Ideas worth spreading.

BBC Conversation Zone

KPCC - Intellinget Talk on Public Radio.

Center for Applied Linguistics – The leading resource for American linguistics and a leading voice in government policies.

Voice of America Special English - An excellent weekly resource of enlightening radio programs on world news, features on American culture, segments on science and technology, and fascinating glimpses into our evolving 21st century global culture.

What's Up America? - Diane Asitimbay's humorous and insightful book subtitled "A Foreigner's Guide to Understanding Americans."

Conversation Café, established after the 9/11 attacks, brings people together to discuss how contemporary events and our personal reactions.

Conversation Café Question Bank – 3 pages of questions from monthly meetings.

More Conversation Café questions by topic –   Organized by topic.

Public Speaking Tips from Toastmasters – Public Speaking Tips

Toastmasters International – International organization committed to developing public speaking, professional communication, and leadership skills.

Library ESL Conversation Clubs – An influential blog for librarians running ESL conversation clubs.

Conversation Classes/Lessons in L.A.?

Live Language Los Angeles - www.livelanguagela.blogspot.com - Provides personalized conversation lessons in Santa Monica.

English Skills - www.englishskills.com - Natasha Cooper, author of the Power English series, teaches conversation classes in West Hollywood focused on practical, professional communication skills.

Compelling Conversations - the book we wrote to encourage better smarter and more satisfying conversations. The website includes lessons for English teachers, tutors and conversation clubs.

Pronunciation

Accurate English - Helping foreign professionals communicate with confidence, clarity and accuracy.

ESLRules.com - Explore the comprehensive and cutting-edge materials designed for intermediate to advanced English speaking professionals. For those in the medical and healthcare professions, please view our Medically Speaking products.