There are lots of great resources available on the Internet for students who want to improve their English. Unfortunately, they're not always easy to find! There are lots of low quality sites and you can waste a lot of time trying to find the most useful resources. On this page you can read suggestions from our expert teachers, so you can go directly to some of the best sites on the Internet!

Websites for adults

• Oxford University Press, the British publishing company, has many useful sites linked to its books. Here are links to one or two of them:
  • English File for elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate levels. Great resources, the only problem being that the sites are based on the books (organised in chapters) and do not have an index of grammar or vocabulary content. You have to browse through "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc. until you find what you want.
  • A new and innovative course book from the same company is Natural English. This book has 4 levels, so there's material for those who are already at a good level in English!

• The famous BBC has a site dedicated to students of English, and we can higly recommend it to advanced level students.  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish.


• The BBC even produces a soap opera for language students, "The Flatmates" with more than 50 episodes, each one having an audio file. It's fun!


• Also of interest to more advanced students or to those who may need "business English", the BBC offers "The Handy Guide to the Gurus of Management" in pdf format with audio files, so you can read and listen at the same time!


• Then there's the the British Council which also makes available a variety of interesting resources, for example short stories in mp3 format, which you can download, together with the texts


• A nice site with many exercises is: www.esl-lab.com though there is rather a lot of advertising..


• On this site you can find English literature, all free! www.archive.org


• U.S. national public radio, famous for its relatively liberal views: www.npr.org try listening to an American accent!

Sites for Children

• Various activities and games for children, linked to BBC programmes  www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies


• Some of our smallest students enjoy the stories which you can find here: Tweenies Tales


• There's also a British Council site for children: www.britishcouncil.org/kids with a page where you can write a story.. story maker