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LearnEnglish Podcasts
Get your students to practise their English this summer break in a fun way with the British Council's LearnEnglish Podcasts - they can listen on their computer, or download them to their mp3 players. They're free, and there's something for everyone!
LearnEnglish Podcasts
Monica's Gang
photo: manuela moura dantas
Monica's Gang is a favourite cartoon among Brazilian kids. The website provides the English version of the comic strips, along with games, ecards, printables and lots of cool things for the kids. Jolly good toon fun!
Encyclopedia of Life
Can you imagine a free online reference and database on all 1.8 million species currently known to science? The Encyclopedia of Life helps us understand life on our planet. It's comprehensive, collaborative and ever-growing. Happy exploring!
hooded butterflyfish - photo:j.e.randall/fishbase
CrabbieMasters
www.crabbiemasters.com
Do you ever get the crabbies? CrabbieMasters offers adults 'practical, fun and easy-to-use ideas that will help them manage, and teach young children to manage, the inevitable ups and downs of every day'. Face the Crabbies!
Exercise for the ears
Is dictation part of your teaching practice? No longer a favourite? Check out Michael Fields' article on the Education Guardian about the benefits of this long overlooked and undervalued language learning activity. Enjoy your read!
photo: dan materna
Intriguing Cornwall
cornwall - photo: britainonview/martin brent
Do you know that in Cornwall, the beautiful costal county in southwest England, they also speak a language called Cornish? It is one of the family of Celtic languages. Curious? Check out Cornish media and audio clips and Cornish words and phrases. Welcome to Kernow!
More English Language Resources
If you are a learner or teacher of English, LearnEnglish has something for you.
Search English - a news, information and networking tool for English language teaching professionals.
go4english.com: An innovative English language learning tool designed exclusively for the Arab World
TeachingEnglish - produced by the BBC and the British Council as a resource for teachers.

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