Links

INSTITUTIONS

• British Council

STUDYING ENGLISH IN THE UK

• British Council site for Studying Abroad

BRITISH CULTURE

• Visit Britain: British Tourist Information Board
• Visit Britain in Spanish.
• Project Britain: British Life, Culture and Customs. Visit this section for curious traditions.
• Learn English Free: More about Culture and Traditions.
• Isabel Pérez’s site: learn about holidays and traditions through activities.

ONLINE ACTIVITIES:

• Activities for esl students: Grammar, vocabulary and much more.
• Isabel Pérez’s site: grammar, vocabulary, listening, games and all you can imagine.
• Learn English Free Online: everything you can imagine to practise English, even a “chat room”.
• English Grammar Online: more activities of all kind.
• Longman’s Cutting Edge: activities, links and a chat.
• Autoenglish.org: activities, videos, listening, etc.
• mansioningles.com:  activities, listenings etc.
• Marc Chagall College: activities for basic level.

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

All levels:

• Randall’s Cyber ESL Lab: Listening activities for all levels.
• Podcastsinenglish.com: Weekly podcast with video and activities. Good for all levels. Podcasts are free, but to download activities you need to pay for a subscription.
• BBC Learning English: Different podcasts with activities, video and a series.
• RepeatAfterUs.com: Plays, prose, poetry, fairy tales, etc.
• Everydayenglish.com: Videos with grammar explanations for all levels.
• English Listening Practice: Listening activities and other resources.
• Voa News: News with an American accent.
• mansioningles:  listenings with differentiated tasks for all levels.
• EFL club movies: Activities with movie trailers and videoclips.
• EFL club songs: Activities with songs
• Free Audio Books: Download audio books in English in different formats (mp3, iPod, etc.).
• Arlyn Freed’s Listening Resources: List of links to assorted listening activities.
• The Internet TESL Journal: Assorted links for all levels.
• Learn English through movies
• Reyes Ferreras’ compilation: a compilation of sites to practise your listening skills.

Básico:

• Randall’s Cyber ESL Lab: Listening activities – do the activities for the easy level.
• Podcastsinenglish.com: Weekly podcast with video and activities. Do the activities for Level 1. Podcasts are free, but to download activities you need to pay for a subscription.
• mansioningles:  listenings with differentiated tasks – do the activities for level ‘Básico’.

Intermedio:

• ELLLO: Real life conversations with different accents. Good for Intermedio 1 and 2, y Avanzado 1
• Global English Salon: Artículos actuales que se pueden escuchar (con acento americano) y leer
• Breaking News English: news articles for reading or listening. Good for Intermedio 2 and above.

Avanzado 1 and 2:

• BBC Four Interviews: interviews with actors, composers, singers, politicians, athletes, etc.
• Cinema Activities: Online activities based on movie trailers.
• English as Second Language: Several activities for this level, it also includes some indications to improve your listening.
• List of listening links for B2 level

PRONUNCIATION:

www.bbc.co.uk website to improve with exercises

OUR TEXT BOOKS:

• New English File
• Face2Face: Online activities and games for Face2Face students.

ONLINE BOOKSHOP:

Amazon: British shop with books, dvds, and many other things. Prices are quite reasonable.

● Canary Books – C/ Senador Castillo Olivares 51, Las Palmas de G. C.
● Idiomátika – C/ Senador Castillo Olivares 52, Las Palmas de G. C.
- Plazoleta Farray, C/Fernando Guanarteme, Las Palmas de G. C.

NEWSPAPERS:

• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Times
• The Daily Mail
• The Daily Mirror
• Metro News. This newspaper is easier to read than other national newspapers.
• Island Connections. This one is written in the Canary Islands.
• The Canary News

MAGAZINES:

• Entertainment Weekly: Movies, tv, books, etc.
• Time Out London: Things to do in London.
• People Magazine
• National Geographic
• Youkioske.com: read magazines from all over the world and in all languages.
• kiosko.net: all today’s newspapers online.

TV AND RADIO:

• BBC: British tv and radio.
• NPR: US National Public Radio
• NBC: American TV
• FOX tv. American TV
• ABC: American TV

SITES FOR TEENAGERS

• Cyberteens: All about computers for teenagers.
• Scholastic

BOOKS

• Project Gutenberg: download free ebooks in different formats and languages.
• Google Books