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Course book codes

EF3 - English File 3rd ed.
EU - English Unlimited
NEF - New English File 2nd ed.
NHW - New Headway
REW - Reward Resource Books

Useful links

Follow the links below to improve your English. If you don't want to leave the blog, right-click on the links and select "Open in new tab".

YOUTUBE Channels

  • Anglo-Link
  • BBC Learning English
  • English with Lucy
  • EnglishAnyone (AmE)
  • Extra English Practice
  • Oxford Online English
  • Pronunciation with Emma
  • Simple English Videos

BRITISH COUNCIL

  • Graded Reading
  • Grammar & Vocabulary
  • Listen & Watch

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

  • 6-Minute English
  • LingoHack (videos)
  • News Report (audio)
  • Pronunciation Tips
  • The English we speak
  • Words in the news

Grammar

  • British Council
  • English Club
  • English Grammar Online
  • English Grammar Secrets
  • English Teacher Melanie
  • English Tests Online
  • EnglishGrammar.org
  • Grammar Check Infographics
  • Grammar exercises by Kaplan
  • Grammarly Handbook
  • Learn English Online
  • Perfect English Grammar
  • UsingEnglish.com
  • Woodward English

AUDIOBOOKS

YouTube playlists featuring various audiobook titles, both classical and modern. Most of them are level rated.
English Listening Practice Daily
Learn English Through Story

READING & LISTENING

The list below includes websites with free reading material. Most of them are graded and include online text, audio and downloads. Here is a key to what each site includes:
GR=Graded (Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, etc.)
OR=Online reading: you can read the text on the screen
PDF=You can download the text in PDF/RTF/TXT format
AUD=You can download an audio file (MP3)
eBK=You can download an eBook for use with Kindle and other eReaders (epub, mobi)
SPD=You can adjust the reading speed
BrE=Audio has British English accent
AmE=Audio has American English accent

English eBooks
GR OR PDF AUD eBK BrE AmE

English Magazine
GR OR AUD BrE

LinguaPress (Intermediate) A2 - B2
LinguaPress (Advanced) C1
GR OR BrE AmE

Lit2Go
GR OR PDF AUD AmE

Loyal Books
AUD eBK AmE

ManyThings.org
OR AUD SPD AmE

News in Levels
GR

LISTENING & WRITING

  • Breaking News English
  • Dictations online
  • English Central
  • Internet Radio UK
  • Listen a minute
  • Luke's English Podcast
  • TED
  • Write & Improve

LISTENING & SPEAKING

  • Simple English Videos

Online English Dictionaries

  • Cambridge Dictionaries online
  • Collins Dictionary
  • Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  • Macmillan Dictionary Online
  • Ninjawords
  • Oxford Dictionaries
  • ReversoDictionary

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