Websites for improving your English
General
Primary
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ phonics & interactive games
http://www.esl4kids.net/interactive.html interactive activities
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
books for young learners
http://www.englishmedialab.com/ some good activities if you can navigate the site
KS2
http://www.primarygames.com/ ‘Reading Games’ - interactive games
http://www.members.tripod.com/the_english_dept/students.html links to activities & sites
KS2 & 3
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/ podcasts, worksheets & interactive games
http://www.towerofenglish.com/directory.html links to a large number of sites; wide range of topics – choose from the list on
the left
http://www.eflnet.com/ tutorials & exercises
http://www.english-4u.de tutorials & exercises
http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/ interactive ‘Spelling Bee’- cloze texts with audio
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordbuilder spelling with words in context
www.spellingcity.com American spellings & sounds for your own word lists, with various games
http://a4esl.org/ lots of vocabulary & grammar quizzes to choose from
http://www.manythings.org/ extensive range of activities
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/ links to lots of exercises & lessons
http://www.1-language.com choose from ‘Resources’
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammarpage.htm lots of explanations &follow-up quizzes
http://www.englishclub.com/index.htm links to a variety of activities
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html vocabulary & grammar activities
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/index.htm Grammar & Language activities & explanations
http://www.funbrain.com Choose games & online books from ‘Reading’
KS3 & Above
www.pottermore.com activities based on the Harry Potter books
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org football themed activities, games, quizzes & blogs
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org skills practice & games
http://www.vocabulary.com/ vocabular y quizzes
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayindex.htm expressions & sayings reference
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish quizzes, articles, grammar, listening, blogs
http://esl.about.com/od/intermediateenglish/u/continue.htm lessons, tips & quizzes
http://www.english-test.net lots of vocabulary & synonyms quizzes
http://www.eslus.com/eslcenter.htm limited activities for different practice
http://www.miguelmllop.com/index.php activities at different levels including stories, song lyrics & crosswords
http://www.englishpage.com/ language practice exercises
http://www.churchillhouse.com/en/online-english/activities numerous activities for different levels
http://www.eslgo.com/quizzes.html some grammar & vocabulary activities
http://www.eslcafe.com choose from ‘Stuff for Students’
http://www.isabelperez.com/tests.htm topic-based reading & writing activities
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/ Cambridge exams preparation- PET, FCE, CAE,CPE
Listening
http://www.dailyesl.com/index.htm conversation starters with scripts & activities; KS3 & KS4
http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio news article podcasts; IB
http://www.manythings.org/pp pronunciation practice: sounds discrimination: all ages
http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/index.htm activities, exercises & audio: older students
http://www.towerofenglish.com/listening.html links to lots of other sites
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/ links to numerous sites
http://www.listenaminute.com/ recorded texts with activities
http://www.esl-lab.com/ Randall’s Cyber Listening Lab –KS3, KS4 & IB different levels
www.eslhome.com/esl/listen Alan Freed’s Home page: links to lots of sites
http://www.1-language.com/esllistening/index.htm various levels topics KS3, KS4 & IB
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ Lots of audio and video; KS3, KS4 & IB
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch podcasts with tasks; KS3, KS4 & IB
http://www.elllo.org/ various levels with follow-up worksheets & games KS3, KS4 & IB
http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=stories&topicID=3 texts & quizzes; KS3, KS4 & IB
News
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ news stories, games & videos
http://www.timeforkids.com/ large archive of articles; KS3 & KS4
http://www.guardian.co.uk/video news stories; IB
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews video news reports with vocabulary focus
http://newsademic.com/ see ‘Front Page Archive’ for free articles; subscription needed for full access
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ Video news reports; KS2 & some KS3
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ current event articles with tasks & podcasts; KS3, KS4 & IB
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/index_cnnsf.html reports with activities - KS3, KS4 & IB
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/ click on ‘Learning English’ in top right for special reports & activities- KS3, KS4 & IB
http://www.manythings.org/voa quizzes for VoA Special English news items KS3, KS4 & IB
http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/ for older students
Videos
http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action songs, news clips, adverts etc. with transcription; free registration required
http://lingual.net/movie clips with transcripts selection (on/off)
http://www.eslvideo.com video clips with multiple choice quizzes
http://dotsub.com/ video clips with transcripts (upper levels & adults)- Click on ‘Watch videos’ at top
http://www.real-english.com/ videos of authentic conversations
Content Area
www.brainpop.co.uk some free content: science, social studies, English, maths, health, art, music
www.brainpopesl.com some free access
We hope these sites will provide EAL students with further opportunities for self-study. However,
please note that any indication of level is a guide only. We shall endeavour to update the lists as sites
change. St Julian’s School does not accept responsibility for the content of any of the above sites or links.