Recursos
Here you have a small selection of resources to keep practising English outside class. You do not need to use everything: choose one or two, try them for a few days and keep the ones that work best for you.
🎧 Listening
For songs, podcasts, radio, TV and videos. Start by understanding the topic and a few key words.
- • BBC 6 Minute English (short podcasts with useful vocabulary)
- • VOA Learning English (American English, news and listening)
- • Lyrics Training (learn with songs and lyrics)
- • Radio Garden (real radio stations from around the world)
- • Orbitv (online TV from different countries)
- • BBC Learning English (videos, audio and activities)
- • TED Talks (talks with subtitles)
📖 Reading
For stories, short texts, news and books. A short text is enough if you read it with attention.
- • CommonLit (reading texts with comprehension activities)
- • English E-Reader (graded readers by level)
- • Project Gutenberg (free classic books; better for short extracts or higher levels)
- • Short Stories - British Council (short stories with audio and activities)
- • Breaking News English (graded news lessons)
- • News in Levels (news by level)
- • The Guardian (real news and culture)
🌉 Mediation
For explaining information, comparing ideas, summarising texts and turning data into clear messages.
- • Our World in Data (graphs and data about global topics)
- • Visual Capitalist (infographics and visual explanations)
- • Information is Beautiful (visual data and infographics)
- • Breaking News English (short texts for summaries and opinions)
- • Canva Graph Maker (simple graphs for presentations and mediation tasks)
🗣️ Speaking
For pronunciation, conversation and speaking practice. Listen, repeat and try to speak a little every week.
- • Forvo English (pronunciation by real speakers)
- • YouGlish English (words and expressions in real videos)
- • EnglishClub Pronunciation (sounds, stress and pronunciation practice)
- • ESL Conversation Questions (questions by topic)
- • Conversation Starters World (questions for many topics)
- • Would You Rather? (short questions to speak and justify opinions)
✍️ Writing
For short texts, emails, stories and checking your writing.
- • Write & Improve (writing practice with feedback)
- • LanguageTool (spelling, grammar and style checker)
- • Grammarly (help to revise texts in English)
- • Emoji Prompts (creative writing with images)
- • Writing Prompt Generator (ideas for stories and short texts)
🧰 Language Support
A small toolbox for words, grammar, vocabulary and extra practice.
- • Cambridge Dictionary (definitions, examples and pronunciation)
- • Oxford Learner's Dictionaries (clear definitions for learners)
- • WordReference (translation, context and forums)
- • Reverso Context (examples in context)
- • British Council LearnEnglish (grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening)
- • Cambridge English - Activities for Learners (short activities by level and skill)
- • Perfect English Grammar (grammar explanations and exercises)
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