Websites for Learning English

Websites for Learning English

Listening, Speaking & Pronunciation

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/index.shtml

short news stories with audio files and full scripts – UK English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/

six minute podcasts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/

video clips modeling English sounds and quizzes to practice them

www.britishcouncil.org/learningenglish-podcasts.htm

wonderful archive of podcasts with transcripts – UK English

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

excellent dictation website

http://www.lyricstraining.com/

song dictations

http://www.ted.com/talks

short presentations (<20 mins) on a wide variety of topics

www.esl-lab.com

lots of general and academic listening quizzes – US English

http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html

CNN news stories with full transcripts – US English

http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action

excellent video library with optional subtitles on all videos, and you can click on the ‘clear speech’ icon to hear the text being spoken more clearly (great for songs!)

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos

video library where you can record your voice and compare it with the original

http://www.eslvideo.com/

video listening library – listening material for all levels

http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/

learn the phonetic alphabet with quizzes and games

Grammar & Vocabulary

www.englishpage.com (excellent grammar exercises)

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/index.html

www.englishlearner.com/tests/index.shtml

http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm

www.nonstopenglish.com/

www.better-english.com/vocabulary.htm (esp. business vocabulary)

www.usingenglish.com/students.html (idioms & phrasal verbs)

Reading & Writing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english

Excellent site for practicing reading, listening and other skills

owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/678/01/

excellent site – covers grammar, punctuation, organization and style.

www.parapal-online.co.uk/

a variety of text/writing-basded exercises

http://writefix.com/

excellent information on paragraphing, layout and organization

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

excellent dictation website

http://www.spreeder.com/

http://www.cueprompter.com/

improve your reading speed with these helpful sites

What Can I Do To Improve My English?

Advice for Students

Vocabulary

• Go over your new vocabulary every day 
• Record new vocabulary in an organised way - include, for example: word class, pronunciation, definition, common collocations, an example sentence - personalise it to make it relevant to you and easier to remember.
• Categorise vocabulary by topic or into collocates.
• Use vocabulary cards to memorise new words - great for waiting at bus stops, etc.
• Change the language on your phone to English

Grammar 

• Go over new structures every day 
• Do extra exercises - use books in the Structured Study Centre - e.g. English Grammar in Use
• Use websites for additional exercises, e.g. englishpage.com
• Read an article and find and underline examples of a particular grammar point

Speaking

• Find someone who is your level to practise with
• Use Skype to talk to your international friends rather than Sms or Facebook
• Go to some of the international student in the city centre cafes

Listening

• Listen to and watch clips on YouTube, Tv programmes, films...
• Use websites to help you
• Watch film clips once without English subtitles and write down what you hear. Next, watch with English subtitles so you can check what you heard and hear how words are being pronounced
• Listen to English music - use lyricstranining.com or even YouTube

Pronunciation

• Use websites with audio and transcript and try and copy the speaker's pronunciation. Record yourself speaking and compare with the original.
• Listen to music and films to get used native speaker pronunciation
• Download the Sounds: pronunciation app to your phone and use it to learn the sounds of English
• Use the BBC Pronunciation and Phonetics Focus websites

Writing

• Learn how to organise your writing in English - writefix.com
• Work on spelling, punctuation and grammar
• Use the OWL (online writing lab) website
• Write emails to your friends
• Keep a diary/blog
• Post on Facebook in English

Reading 

• Read graded readers for your level 
• Use cueprompter.com or spreeder.com to improve your reading speed
• Choose YouTube videos with subtitles and read along with the speaker
• Read children's books, e.g. by Roald Dahl or JK Rowling - easy to follow plots means you can focus on grammar
• Read everything around you - signs, posters, bilboards, timetables, labels, instructions...

Source: Kaplan International Edinburgh 

İngilizce Öğreniyorum Vol.A2:)

Merhaba,

Uzun süredir yazmadığımın farkındayım.Şuan odamda pinekliyorum:) 

3.Sınıf bitti ve 4.sınıfa geçtim. Bayağı iyi bir ortalamaya sahibim. Dilerim hep böyle olur. 

Yaz tatilim çoktan başladı ve ben A1 seviyesini geçip A2 seviyesi için kursa devam ediyorum. Amerikan Kültür Derneği Şişli şubesindeyim. Şu ana kadar gayet faydalı bir kurs oldu benim için. A2'deki hocam çok özverili yaklaşıyor ve bizim İngilizce öğrenmemiz konusunda " İngilizce'yi öğrenmeniz için İngilizce'ye maruz kalmanız gerekiyor" diyor. Bunun üzerine çeşitli ödevler yapıyoruz. Bunları sizlerle paylaşmak istiyorum.

Standart ödevlerimiz:

3 songs : Yani 3 tane İngilizce Şarkı dinliyoruz. Özellikle sözlerine bakarak.

3 Voa: 3 tane http://learningenglish.voanews.com/ web sitesinden haberlerini dinleyip kendimiz okuyoruz.

3 Ted:  3 tane http://www.ted.com/ web sitesinden videoları İngilizce izliyoruz.

2 Tv Serious: http://dizi-mag.com/ web sitesinden yabancı 2 dizi izliyoruz. İngilizce altyazılı olanları.

Genellikle ( Family Guy, Two and A Half Men, How I Met Your Mother vb..)

Story - Bir adet kendi seviyenizde olan cd'li hikaye kitabı hem dinliyoruz hem okuyoruz.

Ben şuan Beşir Kitapevinden Tom Sawyer'ı dinliyorum ve okuyorum.

Özellikle cdden dinlerken paragrafların dklarının yazması çok avantajlı. Bir de Türkçe Çevirisi yanında bulunsa tadından yenmeyecek cinsten:)

Writing: Genelde İngilizce kitabından Writing bölümünü aynen bir deftere geçiriyoruz. Bunu yapmamızın nedeni kelimeleri doğru yazabilme alışkanlığı sağlamak.

Translate: Ya Türkçe cümleleri İngilizce'ye çeviriyoruz ya da İngilizce bir konu hakkındaki bir metni Türkçe'ye çeviriyoruz.

Not: Bu ödev sayıları farklı olabilir. Bunlar günlük yapılabilir yahut iki günlük olabilir.

Bunların dışında yeni bir diziye sardım. Da Vinci's Demons

Biraz erotik,biraz tarihi, biraz gizemli, biraz bilimsel, biraz biyografik,biraz aksiyonlu ... bir dizi.