Departament d'Anglès
Biographies
An enormous collection of biographies
http://www.biography.comAn up-to-date list of celebrities
http://www.online-shrine.comMore on biographies
http://www.britannica.com
Information about famous citizens from the past and present
Books
Amazon books
http://www.amazon.comIf you want to read famous authors online
http://www.bartleby.com/index.htmlCeltic books
http://www.keltic.co.uk/Electronic library
http://www.elibrary.com/Bestsellers
http://www.booksonline.co.uk/
More on books
Another site for books
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Digital library
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
Celebrations
Description of many celebrations
http://www.holidays.net/
Cinema
The internet movie database
http://www.imdb.comYou can print the whole script of a film in this site (click on the car to get in!)
http://www.script-o-rama.com/
Film reviews
Information about a new release
http://movies.yahoo.comThe Oscars homepage
http://www.oscars.org/British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk/Encyclopedia about British and Irish actors, films and directors
http://www.screenonline.org.ukHollywood
http://www.hollywood.com/British films
http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/
Cultural information
Common questions and answers about Britain
http://www.britishhighcommission.gov.ukShort texts about the different states of the US
http://americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/esThe British Council
http://www.britcoun.orgCountry profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stmIf you want to know more about the more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/World atlas
http://worldatlas.com/
Dictionaries
Cambridge international dictionary of English (very useful for idioms practice)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.aspLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English
http://www.Idoceonline.com/Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary
http://www.oup.com/dictionariesA comprehensive American on-line dictionary: the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/home.htmOnline bilingual dictionary
http://www.wordreference.comAnother dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.comSlang dictionary
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm#british
Encyclopedias
Encarta online
http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.htmlEncyclopedia about myths and legends
http://www.pantheon.org/
Etymology
Origin of words
http://www.wordorigins.orgEtymology
http://www.worldwidewords.orgWords in English that come from Greek or Latin
http://www.wordfocus.com
Exams
Information about the EOI exams of ‘Certificat Elemental o Avançat’. You can have a look at sample exams.
http://www.xtec.es/eoiTOEFL online
http://www.toefl.org/Information about different language institutions such as Cambridge University
http://www.alte.org
Forums and chats
For students of English
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/Communicate with other people
http://www.comenius.com/keypal/Penpals
http://www.europa-pages.co.uk/penpal_form.htmlePals for groups of students
http://www.epals.com
Games
Different quizzes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/index.shtml
Fun Trivia
Word games
http://www.askoxford.com/wordgames/crosswordsVocabulary games
http://syndicate.com/
Grammar
A huge bank of grammar exercises and tests
http://a4esl.orgTry some CAE and CPE activities to brush up your English
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/index.htmIf you have grammar problems try this site
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfmIf you still keep on having grammar problems try this other site
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htmInteractive quizzes
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/iowa/quiz/A good site to find out about anything
http://esl.about.com/cs/grammar/To practise superlatives in a funny way
http://www.guinessworldrecords.comGrammar presentations and interactive practice exercises
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htmUsing English
http://www.usingenglish.com/students.php
Humour
Idioms
Lots of idioms
http://www.eslcafe.com/idiomsSelf-study idiom quizzes
http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html
Language courses
The British Council site
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-study-in-the-uk.htm?mtklink=corporate-homepage-study-in-the-ukPilgrims
http://adults.pilgrims.co.uk/adults/html/y_choose_pilgrims.aspInternational House
http://www.ihworld.com/studyabroad/index.aspStudy in the USA
http://www.studyusa.com/European Council of International Schools
http://www.ecis.org/ESL in the USA, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
http://www.globalstudy.com/Study abroad directory
http://www.studyabroad.com/English courses abroad
http://www.englishuk.com/
Listening
Dave Sperling’s ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.comA large selection of listening activities organised in different levels
http://www.esl-lab.com/Choose the listening activities that might be appropriate to your level
http://www.eviews.net/Listening practice about London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/Excellent site for listening links
http://www.elllo.org/graphics/links.htmAnother site for listening links
http://www.eslwonderland.com/links/listening_links.htmOnline language laboratory. Organised in three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced
http://www.repeatafterus.com/Videos and activities from the CNN
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/
Magazines
The IT’s magazine online
http://www.its-online.comThe Hello! magazine online
http://www.hellomagazine.comThe Economist
http://www.economist.comEnglish Teaching Professional magazine
http://www.etprofessional.comMarie Claire
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.comNature
http://www.nature.com
National Geographic
Vogue
Miscellaneous
A little bit of everything
http://www.englishclub.com/Lots of language resources links
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/
Museums
Worldwide arts resources
http://wwar.comPhotography museum
http://www.photographymuseum.com/
Music
A famous music site
http://www.lyrics.comBands and singers organised alphabetically
http://lyrics.astraweb.comAn up-to-date site with lyrics, biographies and pictures
http://sing365.comAnother music page organised alphabetically
http://azlyrics.comA collection of Beatles’ songs
http://fab4lyrics.stonegauge.comIt offers the lyrics of more than 120,000 songs. You can search by title, artist or single.
http://www.harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jspFolk music and blues
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfmJazz
http://www.jazzonline.comTechno
http://www.technomusic.comInterviews, posters and records reviews
http://www.ubl.com/
Lyrics
http://www.allthelyrics.comSongs
http://www.lyricsdownload.comMore about lyrics
http://www.geocities.com/lyricstoday/main.htmLearn through the music
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/songs/
Neologisms
If you really want to keep up-to-date with the new words of English
http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/about_OALD/new_words_2?cc=gbProvides a list and explanation of newly-coined words
http://www.wordspy.com/topwords.aspThe most popular new words
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/2005/index.htm
News
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.ukThe Independent
http://www.independent.co.ukThe New York Times
http://www.nytimes.comThe Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.comThe Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.ukThe Observer
http://www.observer.co.uk/Newspapers online
http://www.newspapers.comWatch or listen to the news at the official BBC homepage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/Links to newspapers all over the world (you need to select England to get a full list of English newspapers)
http://www.thepaperboy.com/welcome.htmlYahoo news
http://www.yahoo.com/headlines
Pronunciation
A really good site for pronunciation practice
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/Pronunciation activities
http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/pron.htmImprove your pronunciation
http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.htmlPlenty of activities and explanations to understand English pronunciation
http://www.soundsofenglish.org/Phonemic chart introduction
http://www.developingteachers.com/phonology/sounds.htm
Radio
BBC radio online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/News from radio stations all over the world. Good to have a taste on different accents
http://wrn.org
Reading
A variety of stories from different cultures
http://www.thestoryteller.org.ukInteresting texts about Greek gods and mythology
http://www.mythweb.comRead a book at Project Gutenberg. How about Bleak House by Charles Dickens?
http://promo.net/pg/The Internet Public Library can be found at
http://www.ipl.org/SWIM (See What I Mean). Practise your reading skills. There are four levels: Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate and Advanced.
http://www.xtec.cat/~iboluna/swim/
Television
BBC World Service
http://www.bbcworld.comCNN online
http://www.cnn.comNBC online
http://www.nbc.comCBS online
http://www.cbs.comDiscovery Channel Online
http://www.discovery.comSky News
http://www.sky.comEuronews
http://www.euronews.net/
Theatre
London
http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/Broadway
http://www.broadwayonline.com/pages/newsiteframes.htm
Translator
Multilingual translator
http://babel.altavista.com/tr
Travel and Tourism
The British Tourist Authority
http://www.visitbritain.com/Tourism Ireland
http://www.tourismireland.comScotland
http://www.visitscotland.comTravel guide
http://www.lonelyplanet.comAnother travel guide
http://www.roughguides.com/A varied range of information for travelling around the world
http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/If you want to visit a city in the UK and you want to know the location of a street
http://www.streetmap.co.ukIf you want to know the weather in any part of the world you are going to visit
http://weather.yahoo.com/_sv=offLondon online
http://www.visitlondon.com/New York online
http://www.citidex.com/
Video
An excellent site to watch videos about lots of different topics. You can add your thoughts about the video you watch. So be prepared to participate!
http://www.bbc.co.uk./videonation/archive/
Vocabulary
A huge selection of multiple choice activities to suit every taste
http://www.xtec.es/%7Epsanz/tick/exang/index.htmInteractive quizzes that focus on commonly confused words
http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/conwd02.htmlLots of games and quizzes
http://www.manythings.org/Three levels of vocabulary activities: easy, intermediate and challenging. You need to register first.
http://www.longman.com/dictionaries/studentsBusiness vocabulary activities
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.htmlLots of vocabulary activities at onestopenglish from Macmillan
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Lots of good vocabulary links and activities
http://esl.about.com/cs/vocabulary/Collocation activities
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blcollocation_2.htmVocabulary quizzes
http://a4esl.org/a/v5.htmlWord games archives from the British Council-Learn English
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-word-games-archiveAnimal words
http://www.esl-lab.com/animal1/animal.htmOpposites
http://www.esl-lab.com/opp1.htm
Writing
Spelling help
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/Guide to grammar and writing
http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/