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Learn English Online

Learn English online with our free resources which can be accessed by anyone with an Internet connection. No user name or password is required to use the following resources which have been produced by ELT professionals.

Learn English Themes

Learn English with our free online themes. Be entertained and educated with articles, games, stories and poems, jokes, trivia, e-cards, grammar, songs and links recommended or written by British Council teachers.

This month's themes are Literacy, Information Society, Aviation and Biotechnology. Read more

Sports articles with English language tasks

Read about current UK sporting events and improve your vocabulary and reading skills at the same time. Downloadable PDF version of the articles and English language tasks can be found at the end of each article so you can print them out and do the exercises offline. Read more

English language articles

Read articles on English language usage, expressions and phrases written by teachers from Professional Development Unit (PDU) at the British Council in Malaysia. Read more

Famous people lessons

Improve your English language skills by reading the biographies and profiles of famous people. Exercises in Word and PDF downloads plus MP3 file for listening are available for each article. Read more

Cubed science webzine

Here at Cubed we keep you up to date with the science that’s shaping our society and bringing a new dimension to everyday life.

This month’s Cubed looks at the development of a new robot which detects unwelcome packages, such as drugs and contraband, being carried over the border.

Each Cubed story has a language skills activity for you to practise your English.

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