Learn English Online

Improve your English language skills online with an exciting range of sites for both adults and children.

Children can have fun with games, songs, stories and lots of activities on LearnEnglish Kids - and learn English too!

British Council Nepal and Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) has signed a contract to make British Council's LearnEnglishkids and LearnEnglish materials accessible to public through OLE Nepal's electronic library E-pustakalya  at www.pustakalaya.org.

This series of podcasts helps you to improve your English for your career in the workplace, and cover a large number of business and work themes. They are suitable for learners at intermediate to advanced level.

In Grammar and words you can learn and practice grammar and vocabulary through explanations, activities and games.

You can find practice materials and advice to help you prepare for the listening, speaking, reading and writing modules of the IELTS test.  There is a series of videos focusing on the speaking module of the test, as well as online practice activities and mock testpapers for the other three modules.

For free learner resources have a look at the ‘English for the Games’ materials on our Learning English website. Learners can practise their English as they learn about the London 2012 Games, watch videos, read articles, and do interactive exercises. Each week we will add a new resource.

You can now get LearnEnglish apps on your mobile! Download our Android, iPhone and Ovi apps from the store to help you learn English. We have new Facebook apps too!

We have been publishing the British Council Learn English series in the Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post every Tuesday. Through this partnership we are trying to provide more access to our English language materials to the people of Nepal.

Here are some latest useful links

From TeachingEnglish: Motivating the unmotivated

The latest seminar on TeachingEnglish, with Ken Wilson, is all about motivating your learners to come to your lessons. He suggests ten practical ways for you to improve their motivation - well worth a look!

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/motivating-unmotivated

From English for the Games:

Wheelchair rugby was invented in Canada in the 1970s.

It is played by mixed teams of four men and women with a disability that affects both their arms and legs. Teams score if a player carries the ball across the opposition’s goal line. Have you ever seen a game of wheelchair rugby?

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/worksheets/wheelchair-rugby

Everyone knows football, don’t they?

It is a very popular sport but not many know that football has a long Olympic history too. Find out more about the history of the sport and learn or revise some football vocabulary and useful language.

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/worksheets/football

Focus on the athletes: Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis is a world class heptathlete from the UK. In this fact file, you can find out about her career, why she's sometimes called 'superwoman' and how she hopes to do in the London 2012 Olympics.

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/read/jessica-ennis

One of our most popular videos

Tom Stalker, the Great Britain Olympic boxing captain, talks about how the 'silly stuff' he did before taking up boxing and why 'the pinnacle of boxing is the Olympics'. Tom speaks really quickly with a typical Liverpool accent.

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/watch/tom-stalker-boxer

From Premier Skills English : Match Predictions

Watch James' latest predictions video about Queens Park Rangers and complete the comprehension task.

http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/learn-english/predictions-queens-park-rangers