1. Grammar Girl http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
+ It's a podcast site which provides almost every grammar tip on which people usually make mistakes. I liked the simple interface and a lot of different ways to share or subscribe.
- Although it covers most of the grammatical terms, this podcast is for intermediate or advanced learners because It's more focused on the confusing details of usage than general grammar terms. For example, if I type in 'subject' in the search box, it give only text information on the subject. In order to listen to the audio, I have to search more detailed topic such as 'who or whom'.
2. American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
+ I think it's a convenient website which contains several American speeches of all time. It is sorted in the time line or in the rank so I can find the important speeches easily. One thing I liked was the 'movie speeches'. You can find many famous movies that contain speeches.It even has the speech from the movie 'Avatar(2009)'
- I don't think it's a good tool for general speaking practice because most of the speech speakings are not similar to everyday speaking. Rather, it's good for the people who prepares some presentation or speech related speaking.
Also, as it's site design tells, it doesn't cover recent famous speeches, which means I can't find 'Steve Jobbs' here. In other words, I prefer Youtube to this podcast site.
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