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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

London's Famous Red Buses Go Hybrid





Read about it here: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1070393_londons-famous-red-buses-going-hybrid-thanks-to-volvo
Posted by La Teacher at 22:16

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  • New English File Advanced
  • EOI de Catalunya
  • EOI El Vendrell
  • EOI Garraf
  • Audacity (free sound editor and recorder)

Online dictionaries

  • Word Reference (bilingual - several languages)
  • Cambridge online
  • Thesaurus.com: Synonyms and Antonyms
  • Your dictionary.com
  • Merriam-Webster
  • Dacco Catalan-English dictionary
  • Picture dictionary
  • Online Etymology Dictionary

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  • Flo-Joe (Cambridge exam preparation)
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  • BBC Learning English
  • ManyThings.org
  • English Language (ESL) Grammar Quizzes
  • Activities for ESL students
  • ESL About.com
  • La Mansión del Inglés.com
  • Dave's ESL Café
  • English Page
  • New English File Online
  • Headway Online
  • World-English.org
  • One Stop English
  • English Club
  • Eleaston.com
  • ESL Partyland.com
  • Activities designed by EOI students
  • Various activities (Albert Androer)

Grammar only

  • English-grammar-lessons.com
  • Ego4u grammar exercises
  • Grammar activities (Albert Androer)
  • Error correction (choose "grammar")
  • Caroline Brown grammar exercises
  • University of Victoria grammar exercises

Vocabulary only

  • Vocabulary lists by topic
  • Vocabulary and phrases
  • Job descriptions vocabulary
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  • Word Power
  • Visu (mindmap maker)

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  • Study Zone Reading Comprehension
  • Reading comprehension practice exercise
  • Read Theory (Reading comprehension - different levels)
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  • Cambridge PET PRACTICE (B1)
  • Summarising a text (online activity)

General reading pages (in some cases with audio)

  • BBC
  • El País in English
  • Euronews.net
  • The Independent (serious press)
  • Breaking News.com
  • BBC Adult learning
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  • VOA News (Special English)
  • British media online (links)
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikipedia (simple English)
  • Encyclopedia.com
  • How stuff works.com
  • Cosmopolitan magazine
  • Hello magazine
  • Barcelona-metropolitan (online magazine)
  • The Internet Movie Database
  • Short stories

Listening or watching

  • Watch TV series online
  • Watch documentaries online
  • Al-Jazeera news videos
  • TED talks
  • Elllo
  • BBC News and sport
  • BBC3 debates
  • CNN videos
  • Subtitled songs
  • Lyrics Training
  • English Central
  • BBC Video Nation
  • Real-English.com
  • California distance project - Adult learning
  • Everyday conversation
  • Videojug
  • Vaughan radio
  • Vaughan television
  • Different British accents
  • Randall's Listening Lab
  • EOI Zaragoza listening activities
  • Caroline Brown Listening exercises
  • CyberListening lab (I had lots of problems with the audio)

Online Dictations

  • Listen and Write
  • Spelling and dictation
  • Learn English Dictations
  • English Club Dictations
  • Fonetiks-org (not interactive)
  • Real English Dictations

Pronunciation

  • Natural Reader (text to speech tool)
  • Phonemic chart (audio) + quizz
  • Simple 12-question test
  • BBC Pronunciation tips, quizzes, etc.
  • Pronunciation of -ed game
  • BBC phonics (for children, but still useful)
  • Alpozo phonetics (advanced)
  • Phonemic chart

Phrasal Verbs

  • Phrasal verb dictionary
  • Phrasal verb dictionary
  • Common phrasal verbs (inseparable)
  • Common phrasal verbs (separable)
  • Phrasal verb quizzes
  • 66 Essential phrasal verbs
  • 200 Phrasal verbs

Games

  • Road to grammar (different games)
  • Adlib (make words)
  • Etymology game (advanced)
  • TEFL Games
  • BBC Language games

Punctuation exercises

  • Avoiding misuse of the comma
  • Commas, colons and semi-colons (difficult)

Various

  • Business English
  • Improve your writing (choose "writing mechanics")
  • Vocabulary activities
  • Vocabulary and pronunciation (weird format but useful)
  • VARK Guide to Learning Styles
  • Ikea UK (useful for vocabulary)
  • Marks and Spencer (useful for vocabulary)

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