Various resources for English learners by level

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English learning resource by the BBC

Listen to and practise your vowel sounds.

For world news and many interesting articles.

Listen to what*s on now or click on *programmes* to see an A-Z list of all the programmes available. I recommend *From our Own Correspondent* as a particularly interesting programme.

Listening, grammar, vocab, games, IELTS and business

Cambridge short test of English level

For news on various topics including: business, technology, law, scince and space, travel, education and politics.

Writing skills blog

This dictionary uses American spellings. It also has a thesaurus which is an excellent way to find synonyms.

Language learning content (vocab) for many languages

Fun exercises for guests, try the storyboard.

Videos with transcripts and quizzes - listening comprehension

Lessons to learn English with videos, fill in the gaps etc.

Record your voice and compare it to the original. it points out mistakes

Learning English exercises and resources

Grammar explained with exercises

Grammar explained with exercises

Use the free guest area.

You need to pay for writing courses, but Lessons on Conversation, Grammar, Idioms and Vocabulary are free if you register. You may need to download Realaudio player. Click on LESSONS then choose a lesson, eg Today*s Lesson and then work through sections

Free English courses online - all levels

A guide to help you judge the quality of sites you visit.

Practice tests for various English exams (TOEFL, IELTS, CAE, FCE etc.)

Learn how vocabulary is used. Do the concordancer exercises and consider what they teach you about how words are used.

Special interest

Downloadable tool that allows you to find subtitles online for your videos, both in English and your native language. Pause your video at any time to show dual subtitles, and get instant translation. Click words to get definitions and more. Use the arrow keys to jump forward and backwards, from line to line. Fleex has all you need to grasp all of that English goodness in your videos.

Pronunciation in various languages

Learn American English for speakers of Chinese, Russian, Farsi