RECOMMENDED LISTENING, READING, GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY BUILDING LINKS:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts - Listen to the radio. You dont have to listen in real time and you have the
possibility to rewind! Book of the week, book at bedtime, the afternoon play, Saturday play, the popular serial The
Archers, interviews ....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news - the radio news whenever you have a minute to listen (maybe after reading
the headlines in the papers?) and you can rewind if you need to.
http://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?lng=1&page=detail_info to watch videos of the news of the day.
(There is also a written text to follow while you are listening/watching.)
http://news.google.com/news?ned=uk Read the main news stories from a selection of newspapers from an
English speaking country of your choice South Africa, UK, US, Australia ..
http://www.expatica.com/be/main.html Belgian news in English
http://www.flandersnews.be/ Flemish/Belgian news in English
http://www.esl-lab.com/ - to practise listening (USA accent). Choose a topic in your level. You can do a pre
and/or post listening exercise, fill in a gapped transcript (click text completion quiz), read the full transcript (click
quiz script), look up the meanings of key vocabulary (click pink words) and review key vocabulary with sample
sentences.
http://www.englishlistening.com - more listening practice (USA accent). There is a Free Guest Area that you
can use. Click New, Regular or Advanced Listener and each section will give you ten passages to listen to. You
will also find study aids at the bottom of each passage questions, questions and answers and transcript.

http://www.ted.com/talks Public lectures of ideas worth spreading - all lengths, subjects ......
http://www.librivox.org download audiobooks for free

http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html Timed
reading to improve speed and both overall and detailed understanding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml - for people who are looking for some guidelines for something to
read, this is a list of Britians top 100 best loved books.
http://www.classicshorts.com/bib.html - a collection of classic short stories.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/index.html for free study guides to an almost endless list of novels providing a
chapter by chapter summary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/chapterone.htm The printable first chapter of the latest
fiction and non-fiction books reviewed in the Washington Post.
http://extras.denverpost.com/books/bookchap.htm A very long list of printable first chapters to choose from.
http://www.storybytes.com/view-length/index.html A collection of (very) short stories ranging from 2 to 2048
words. Choose the number of words you want and then choose the title you want.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html Recent newspaper articles printed in two versions - easier
and harder. You can listen to the article read in a UK accent. There are a lot of useful vocabulary exercises to
help you learn and memorise the words in each article.
http://www.eslnotes.com/index.html The English Learner Movie Guide summary of the plot, a list of the major
characters, extensive scene by scene glossary of vocabulary and various cultural references. Choose a film from
the movie menu and then click pdf, word or html for the docs.
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ - a collection of dictionaries

http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Home.do for vocabulary building
http://193.133.140.102/JustTheWord/ Word combinations, alternative vocabulary .
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ definitions, translations, synonyms ....
http://www.elcivics.com/esl-crossword-puzzles/crossword-puzzles.html crossword puzzles
http://linguapress.com/puzzles/xwd-index.htm
http://www.eslmania.com/students/idioms/crossword_puzzle.pdf
http://languagecaster.com/ If you like football, this is the English learning site for you! See Language resources
for podcasts, listening, tapescripts and notes.
www.englishpage.com as your grammar reference site
http://www.chompchomp.com/ cool clear grammar reference site (click the book icon at terms)
http://www.e-anglais.com/ressources/verbes_irreguliers.html A list of irregular verbs with French translations.
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregular_verb_flashcards.html Drill the most important irregular
verbs with e-flashcards. (Just keep clicking Next)

http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/
together!

this is the blog for English learners and teachers I wish I had put

http://www.effingpot.com/food.shtml British food and drinks

http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/ British culture
http://www.ehow.com/list_5910602_high-reading-list-british-authors.html high school list of British authors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_literature intro to British literature