Learning Resources

Here’s a list of resources that I’ve collected over the years. Let me know if any don’t work any more, or if you have some others that could be useful for others.

General

British Council Learn English

British Council’s Learning English Kids

BBC Learning English

Using English

Listening

Listening Time Podcast

99 Percent Invisible

Lyrics Training

British Council’s Learning English Podcasts

British Council’s Podcasts for Professionals

British Council’s Learning English Elementary Podcasts

British Council’s Learning English Kids: Listen and Watch

The British Council’s The English Channel

British Council’s Audio Zone < B2+

British Council’s Video Zone < B2+

BBC Podcasts

BBC Basic Grammar with 6 Minute

BBC News: 5 Minutes with …

Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips (Education–Grammar)

TED Talks (Ideas worth spreading)

Luke’s English Podcasts

BBC’s Scott Mills Daily podcast (B2-C2)

BBC’s Radio 1 Best Bits with Greg James podcast (B2-C2)

BBC Learning English 6 Minute English podcast (A2-B1 and beyond)

BBC Outlook podcast (A2-B1 and beyond)

Writing

Writing in formal style

Cambridge English Write & Improve

Text Inspector

SKETCH free academic version (only academic corpora; good for essays and other formal writing):

SKELL (free simplified version of SKETCH):

SKETCH full (4.83 Euros per month)

Just The WordA free, simplified concordance tool based on the British National Corpus

University of Queensland Course on improving your writing

Vocabulary/Lexis

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (OALD)

english-corpora(This is where all the magic happens. Choose COCA, iWeb or BNC.)

Longman Learners Dictionary of Contemporary English

Collins Thesaurus

SKELL (Sketch Engine for Language Learning)

Quizlet (make flashcards; practice with spaced repetition; play games)

BBC The English We Speak

Word Net Web

Reading

British Council Magazine

British Council’s Business Magazine

Vooks

Wonderopolis

English Magazine

Slash Dot

Phys.org