Independent Study Resource
Audio
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ - Short, levelled news articles with audio.
http://www.esl-lab.com/ - Short levelled conversations with comprehension questions.
https://famouspeoplelessons.com/ - Short biographies of famous people with audio.
Podcasts – Any smartphone can download an app and listen to podcasts for free. Suggestions:
The English We Speak, Podcasts in English, Englishclass101, British Council Learn English, Splendid Speaking, Better at English, Voice of America Learning English, Culips English Podcast, Luke’s English Podcast, ESL Pod, News in Easy English, All Ears English, Learning English Broadcast
Video
https://lyricstraining.com/
- Listen to popular music, TV shows & films and type the lyrics.
http://tubequizard.com/
- Watch short video clips and practice grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
- A variety of videos and activities from the BBC.
https://www.englishcentral.com/videos
- Watch short leveled videos and practice the vocabulary used. (Registration)
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en
- A variety of videos, grammar exercises, podcasts, etc. to help you learn English.
https://www.eslvideo.com/
- A variety of gap fill activities using YouTube videos, has a teacher page which is useful.
http://www.elllo.org/
- Short levelled video and audio recordings with transcripts.
http://www.storylineonline.net/ and http://www.storytimeonline.co.uk/
- Listen to children’s books read by celebrities.
https://www.engvid.com/english-lessons/
- Video lessons from professional English teachers.
http://www.ted.com/ and http://ed.ted.com/lessons
- Listen to talks of various lengths on a variety of subjects.
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/
- Levelled news stories in English.
https://speechyard.com/
- Watch TV and movies with English subtitles. Click on words you don’t know. (Registration)
https://youglish.com
- Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation.
YouTube – You can watch many videos on YouTube. Here are some suggestions: British Council, BBC Learning English, Learn English with TV Series, VOA Learning English, EF podEnglish, Bilingirl Chika, Rachel and Jun
Smartphone Apps: Duolingo, Memrise, News in Levels, VOA, English Central, Lyrics Training plus many more.