Here are some sites for you to practise your vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening skills as well as exploring the language of the news. Click on the name of each website (in brown) to come to the website.
Please try out some of these sites as your course progresses and let your group know what you thought of them. Thank you for everyone who suggested these sites.
If you can suggest any other interesting and useful link to add to those below, please let me know!
Good luck and have fun!
Are you in interested in taking a Cambridge Exam in Stockholm? More information can be found here: Cambridge English Digital Exams Stockholm
APPS
Radio Garden – “Listen to over 25 000 live radio stations across the globe”
LingoClip – Enjoy learning languages with music (free but with in-app purchases)
LINKS TO HELPFUL WEBSITES
- English News In Levels – Daily News for ESL Learners at Every Level
- News in Levels – English news at written at three different levels (basic, intermediate and advanced) and extra exercises based on each item of news. There seems to be two alternative websites so have a look at them both.
BBC Lingohack Unfortunately this seems to have been discontinued since May 2022, but everything prior to this is archived. Website description: Get up-to-date with the latest news and understand it too with Lingohack. Listen to and watch authentic BBC World news bulletins and learn key words and phrases that help you make sense of the news.
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/ – Vocabulary quizzes based on themes, Ignore the pop up ads. Just click the X and switch them off. You will get to the exercises if you scroll down.
Practise problem areas of grammar here: Using English – grammar quizzes
Do you want Perfect English grammar?
Learn English with the BBC. Choose the section you would like to work with: BBC Learning English
You can practise your listening skills (together with transcripts) and build your vocabulary with a BBC podcast: Six-minute English
Learn languages with Duolingo
News sites
The Local – Sweden’s News in English (subscription only)
Deutsche Welle (DW): Germany’s international broadcaster.
Presentations in English: TED: Ideas worth spreading