Talking books: The Twits
This funny children’s story is a perfect book for intermediate (b1) students to practise their English. It’s all about Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the smelliest, most horrible people in the world who also own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia!! Level: medium • Category: reading; listening; […]
Podcasts for advanced learners(C1/C2)
A great way of practising your English is by listening to podcasts. Level: (C1/C2) Advanced & Proficiency • Category: Listening • • • • • • • • • • • • I’m encouraging my advanced and proficiency students to choose podcasts from The Guardian and come to the class prepared to explain to the […]
Reading in both languages (B1/B2)
A great way of practising your English is by reading the newspapers. Level: (B1/B2) Intermediate & upper intermediate • Category: reading; • • • • • • • • • • • • This Autumn I’m asking my intermediate and upper-intermediate students to choose articles from the English version of El Pais and come to […]
BBC News Review
Keep up with the news and develop your vocabulary with BBC News Review! Level: basic • medium • Category: listening; vocabulary • • • basic • • • • • • medium • • • The BBC Learning English website has a lot of learning resources so it’s not easy to know where to start. Some […]
Listening: Space-saving solar hacks
BBC 6-minute English investigates why there aren’t solar panels everywhere. Level: medium • Category: listening; vocabulary • • • • • • • • • • • • In just six minutes, you can pick up some really useful vocabulary and get used to hearing people speaking in English. The BBC has a weekly series, […]
Women’s World Cup 2023
Finally the Women’s World Cup is being taken seriously here in Spain after they were crowned champions after defeating reigning European champions England 1–0 in the final. It was Spain’s first title, as well as being the first European nation to win it since 2007. Spain became the second nation to win both the women’s and men’s World Cup since Germany […]
App for intermediate and advanced
Here is another fantastic APP for your mobile phone. Level: medium • higher Category: reading; listening; vocabulary; pronunciation • • • • • • • • • • • • TED Talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages. Ideas free to stream and […]
App for your mobile phone (A2/B1)
Here is another fun APP by the BBC, to practise your listening and speaking skills. Level: (A1/B1) pre-intermediate & intermediate • Category: reading; listening; pronunciation • • • • • • • • • • • • Each episode is a based around a trending topic and comes with audio, transcript and vocabulary lists. These […]
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Listening: Coffee cups. Plastic, reusable, recyclable?
BBC 6-minute English investigates coffee cups. They are often made of plastic so can’t be recycled. Level: medium • Category: listening; vocabulary • • • • • • • • • • • • In just six minutes, you can pick up some really useful vocabulary and get used to hearing people speaking in English. […]