Why Should We Read Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Woolf dissuaded readers from playing the critic in her essay “How Should One Read a Book?” But in addition to her novels, she is best known for her literary criticism and became a foundational figure in feminist literary theory for her imaginative polemic “A Room of One’s Own,” an essay that takes traditional criticism to task for its presumptions of male literary superiority....(from Open culture)

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me.

"We need to understand autistic people better, and not try to change who they are."

TV presenter Chris Packham reveals how his autism shapes his world, and why he would never want to change it.

(via BBC Stories)

The Scottish Voice Assistant

Where Did the English Language Come From?: An Animated Introduction

This five-minute TED-Ed lesson above, written by Yale linguistics professor Claire Bowern and animated by Patrick Smith, will give you a solid start on understanding the answer to some questions about the origins of the Englsih language.

From OPEN CULTURE

Why Should You Read James Joyce’s Ulysses?

You can watch the video and read a very interesting article here  in the
OPEN CULTURE web page

EXAM ENGLISH

This web site is for people studying for an English language exam. Here you can find web pages contain free online practice tests for the most important international ESL exams: IELTS, the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, and the Cambridge English exams such as Advanced (CAE), First (FCE), Key (KET)and Preliminary (PET) and you can also do practice tests for PTE Academic, PTE General and Michigan

EGO4YOU

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Tefl Tunes specialises in teaching ESL/EFL through songs. Its fully searchable database currently holds 9 free ESL song lessons for all users – and continues growing all the time!

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QUALTY TIME ESL

This is a web page where you can find many resources to improve your Englsih or plan your lessons. For instace you can choose among songs lyrics, cloze exercises, orYouTube videos with closed captions in English.

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TESTS TO KNOW YOURSELF

FAKE BOOK

Use "Fakebook" to chart the plot of a book, the development of a character, a series of historical events, the debates and relationships between people, and so on!

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ALL THINGS GRAMMAR

 This is a ESL grammar worksheets, quizzes and games  for teachers & learners, click here to find many resources and exercices. 

The English Language in 67 Accents

WRITE AND IMPROVE

                                                       
                                                                    (Click here)

Write & Improve is a free service for learners of English to practise their written English. Submit your written work and receive feedback in seconds, covering spelling, vocabulary, grammar and general style.

The British film industry is a great place to look if you want to practise listening to different accents. Here you can find some films which  are good examples of different accents to compare how people speak in different areas of the British Isles.

                                        

Posh People

GLOBAL LANGUAGE

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief  with Catherine Tate & David Tennant

How to do a glottal stop - Estuary & Cockney Pronunciation

PODACADEMY

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                      This is an independent, not-for-profit platform for free podcasts

                      on academic  research, it was set up by a group of academics, journalists

                      and IT specialists and  aims to inform public debate and uncover
                      intriguing and  challenging new ideas.

BBC FUTURE

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 A web page with in-depth coverage of science, health and technology – so it aims to provide   expert analysis and features about the big ideas shaping the world, and the new insights challenging what we think we know about ourselves. It is not a futurology website it is a guide to how to live more intelligently in a fast-changing world.

RADIONZ

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