NEWS

Breaking News English - FREE, Interactive & Printable English Lessons 7 in LEVELS

the guardian classroom materials - Free classroom-ready worksheets for English language lessons based on topical news stories at advanced and lower-intermediate levels

CULTURE

oxford culturemania

Holidays and traditions in english-speaking countries

TRUE OR FALSE FACTS ABOUT BRITISH LIFE

Festivities and special celebrations

ESL Quiz Centre - history

Festivals in English-speaking countries





100 questions answered

If you've ever wondered why Queen Elizabeth has two birthdays, what a whip does in the Houses of Parliament, where you can find the rules of cricket or just what makes that famous British sense of humour, look no further! Here are the answers to 100 of the most common and some of the more interesting questions asked about Britain around the world.

ACTIVITIES WITH SONGS

EBOOKS & AUDIOBOOKS

english-e-books.net - pre-intermediate


STORIES FROM IRELAND - stories for children

BARRY AND THE THREE PATS

BARRY AND THE PIRATES

BARRY SAVES THE VILLAGE GIRLS

BARRY HELPS THE FARMER

BARRY AND THE WICKED DOGS

BARRY HELPS A SICK GIRL

BARRY AND THE MAD BULL



AUDIOBOOKS

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf - 01 - The Boy

SPEAKING

Describing photos (comparing, contrasting and speculating)

Word Sneak - a fun game for English Language Learners from late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon: two people are given five words that they have to fit into a conversation.

WRITING

Writing Practice Worksheets - improve yourwriting by finishing the story, responding to questions, writing in practical situations, arguing a position, and writing creatively.

Interactive writing

Writing skills lesson plans

Writing exercises  -  This section of the ESL site contains many exercises for learners to practice the various aspects of written English, including spelling and punctuation. There are a number of texts to correct or complete, and suggestions on how to improve all the writing skills.

ESL Writing Exercises- Worksheets for Writing

Successful Writing Intermediate

Different writing types with examples. Using connectors.

RADIO

VOA Learning English

Voice of America is an English language news and information service that provides a series of multi-genre programmes in English. All the programmes are narrated in English spoken at a slower speed than normal.

VOCABULARY

MIXED RESOURCES

world-english.org
About.com
agendaweb.org
englishvocabularyexercises.com

TOPICS

Clothes
House & furniture
Video Game Violence
Appearances - How to describe someone in English
Describing people (physical traits) 1
Describing personality - Opposites matching quiz
Personality
Personality - opposites
Sports and free time activities: PLAY, GO or DO?



The English We Speak - a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang every week

USE OF ENGLISH

Using English Handouts
ESL Pre-Intermediate Level Quizzes
ESL Blues
English online - Intermediate English Course
Better English - Grammar
Edufind - English Grammar Guide
English corner
Learn English Team - prepositions of place in/on/at

LISTENING

Intermediate English Listening Lessons
Dictations online
English conversations - dialogues
Everyday English in Conversation
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
English Listening
BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English
Ello - English Language Listening Lab Online

Family traits



PODCASTS

eltpodcast.com - Theme-based dialog podcasts include language practice for intermediate-level students of English, such as EFL, ESL and ESOL. These conversations have two or more speakers. Read transcripts and listen to mp3 files.

ingles.fm - topic-based

Podcasts in English - conversations between two English language speakers covering a broad range of topics

Listen to English - The podcasts on this site will help you to improve your English vocabulary and pronunciation and your listening skills. They are quite short (5 or 6 minutes) and delivered in clearly spoken English. Many of them are linked to grammar and vocabulary notes, or to exercises or quizzes.

British Council Elementary podcasts

Better@English - Real English Conversations

English as a Second Language Podcast