Find out what is Great about Great Britain and share your opinions!
This series of twelve videos shows different aspects of the best of
Britain. They're not just about the country, though. There are lots of
exercises to help you improve your English. The videos are lively and
fast-moving - best if you're already confident with your English.
Need something interesting for your next class? ESLgold.com
provides hundreds of pages of free information and resources for both
teachers and students. Materials are organized by skill and level for
quick and easy access.
Do you call a ‘bread roll’ a cob, batch, bread cake, barm cake or scuffler? How do you pronounce the words cup and plant? And are you sitting or sat at this computer? The UK is a rich landscape of regional accents and dialects, each evidence of our society’ s continuity and change, our local history and our day-to-day lives. This site captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century.
One of the best ways of improving your English is to
listen to radio news and discussion in English on your computer. Using the links
below you can get instant access to English language radio news programmes
wherever you are in the world, without a radio. Perfect for listening practice
and improving your listening skills.
The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech
samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native
speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully
transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and
analyze the accents of different English speakers.
Part Of Me lyrics Days like this I want to drive
away Pack my bags and watch your shadow fade You chewed me up and spit me
out Like I was poison in your mouth You took my light, you drained me
down That was then and this is now Now look at me
Born In The Usa lyrics Born down in a dead man's
town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog
that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering
up Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the
U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A.
A group of YouTube videos with movie scenes to make you learn some language skills.
Learn English Through Movie Scenes in Casablanca. This ESL lesson focuses on English vocabulary and common English phrases. But you can use it to learn to speak English, listening comprehension, etc. Just watch the movie trailer, read and listen, and study the vocabulary and script. When you are ready, take the quiz. I hope you enjoy it! It's an action adventure movie and a great love story.