Resources

On this page you will find links to resources, activities, etc.

ONLINE TOOLS

• Storybird, create your own books using original illustrations.
• Tagxedo, create word clouds with different shapes.
• Online Convert, online tool to convert different kinds of files.
• Dragontape, crop and mix youtube videos, and embed the result.
• Vocaroo, record your voice online and send it to a friend, post it on the web with a link or a html code.
• Brainshark, add audio to your pictures or slideshow presentations.
• Dictationsonline, dictations for different levels.
• Only2Clicks: The 101 most useful websites
• Random Idea English: Blog full of ideas, songs and online vocabulary and grammar activities. Worth a visit.

READY MADE MATERIAL AND UNITS

• English Language Lab Asturias (ELLA)
• ESL-Library
• British Council Teaching Resources
• English Lessons Online
• News English Lessons
• EL gazette
• Mosaic, specific materials for low levels.
• Efl-resource.com, materials classified according to levels and topics.
• Film-English, lesson plans from films in English.

WRITING

• Flo-Joe
• Busuu

SPEAKING

• Busuu
• The Mixxer: Language Exchange Community for Everyone
• Verbling

READING

• BritLit (British Council)

DICTIONARIES

• SHAHI: Diccionario visual que combina contenido del Wiktionary con imágenes de Flick.
• Wordreference, Assorted Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries and links to other Dictionaries.
• Merriam-Webster Online, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical Dictionary and Spanish-English Dictionary
• Cambridge Dictionary, Dictionary, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
• Collins Dictionary, Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries
• Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Visual Dictionary
• Pronunciation Dictionary
• Oxford Dictionary
• The Free Dictionary, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Legal Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Dictionaries in other Languages.
• Free Medical Dictionary Online
• Linguee, Dictionary created by internet users with real examples of words in context.
• Forvo: Pronunciation Dictionary where words are pronounced by native speakers.

• Oxford Collocations Dictionary

LISTENING

All levels:

• Randall’s Cyber ESL Lab
• Podcastsinenglish.com: 
• BBC Learning English
• RepeatAfterUs.com
• Everydayenglish.com
• English Listening Practice
• Voa News
• mansioningles
• EFL club movies
• EFL club songs
• Free Audio Books
• ELLO
• Global English Salon
• Breaking News English
• Podcasts (how and what to download)

Básico:

• Randall’s Cyber ESL Lab: Listening activities – do the activities for the easy level.
• Podcastsinenglish.com: Weekly podcast with video and activities. Do the activities for Level 1. Podcasts are free, but to download activities you need to pay for a subscription.
• mansioningles:  listenings with differentiated tasks – do the activities for level ‘Básico’.

Intermedio:

• ELLO: Real life conversations with different accents. Good for Intermedio 1 and 2, y Avanzado 1
• Global English Salon: Artículos actuales que se pueden escuchar (con acento americano) y leer
• Breaking News English: news articles for reading or listening. Good for Intermedio 2 and above.

Avanzado

• Storyteller.net
• ELLO: Real life conversations with different accents. Good for Intermedio 1 and 2, y Avanzado 1
• BBC Four Interviews
• BBC World News for Children
• Cinema Activities
• visit4info – The Place for TV Adverts and Funny Video Clips
• NPR, radio programmes with transcripts
• Listening Advanced Level (B2), by Reyes Ferreras

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

• Road to Grammar
• Lanternfish
• Learning chocolate

CULTURA

• Visit Britain: British Tourist Information Board
• Visit Britain in Spanish.
• Project Britain: British Life, Culture and Customs. Visit this section for curious traditions.
• Learn English Free: More about Culture and Traditions.
• Isabel Pérez’s site: learn about holidays and traditions through activities.

NEWSPAPERS:

• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Times
• The Daily Mail
• The Daily Mirror
• Metro News. This newspaper is easier to read than other national newspapers.
• Island Connections. This one is written in the Canary Islands.

MAGAZINES:

• Newslink.org: list of magazines’ websites.
• Entertainment Weekly: Movies, tv, books, etc.
• Time Out London: Things to do in London.
• People Magazine
• National Geographic
• Youkioske.com: read magazines from all over the world and in all languages.
• kiosko.net: all today’s newspapers online.

TV AND RADIO:

• BBC: British tv and radio.
• NPR: US National Public Radio
• NBC: American TV
• FOX tv. American TV
• ABC: American TV