FOR LISTENING PRACTICE:

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• La mansión del inglés: very good for listening (different levels of proficiency), phonetics (you can listen to all English sounds), vocabulary and grammar exercises. Books on-line, chat with other students.

• Elllo English Listening Online: recording with real people talking, with exercises and many resources. Different accents.

• Real English: very good for listening (real videos filmed in the street), with listening exercises.

• Randall´s ESL Cyber Listening Lab: very good listening quizzes, American accent.

• BBC Learning English: good for listening (short videos, audio files, news) and pronunciation (exercises to distinguish sounds)

• Voice of America Learning English: similar to BBC Learning English but in American English (American website).

• Podcasts in English: just choose your level.

• Englishclub: Listening exercises from the news and other activities.

• OroTV: TV series and films in English with English subtitles

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FOR EVERYTHING:

• Isabel Perez ESL: links to all kinds of activities: from grammar to listening, reading, videos, vocabulary, etc.

• Hablaidiomas: website from EOIs Madrid with a lot of links for all skills organised in levels.

• EngVid:with video presentations about grammar, pronunciation and other topics for different levels.

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FOR READING PRACTICE:

• Breaking News English: Here you can read short pieces of news.

• OnestopEnglish: to practice Reading Comprension.

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FOR PHONETICS PRACTICE:

• Ana Lopez's phonetic blog: to practice phonetics and pronunciation.

 

If you want to speak online: not for people under 18.

• Conversation exchange

• Openlanguage exchange

• Easylanguage exchange

• Language mixer

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If you want to speak to people face to face try:

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• Madrid Babel

• Beer Station: Cuesta de santo Domingo 22, Metro Santo Domingo Thursdays: Language Exchange from 22:00

• J&J Books and Coffee: C/Espíritu Santo 47, Metro Noviciado Wednesdays and Thrusdays: Intercambio night from 20:00 Fridays: Quiz night from 23:00

• O'Neills Pub: C/ Príncipe, 12, Metro Sol Tuesdays: Intercambio night from 21:00. Ask for David. More info at puestres@yahoo.es

• Orange Café: C/Serrano Jover 5, Metro Argüelles Wednesdays: International student party for Erasmus and Americans abroad from 23:30 Multilinkual Language Group: more info at httpp://groups.yahoo.com/group/multilinkual.

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Main newspapers in English:

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From the UK:

• The Times

• The Independent

• The Guardian

• The Telegraph

Tabloids:

• The Sun

• Mirror

From the US:

• The New York Times

• The Washington Post

• USA Today

• Wall Street Journal

 

Entertainment and celebrity magazines:

• People

• Hello

• OK

     

 Other interesting magazines:

• National Geographic (environment)

• National Geographic Traveler (travelling)

• Nature (science)

• New Scientist (science)

• Rolling Stone (music)

• Food and Wine (food)

• Cosmopolitan (fashion)

• Newsweek (news and politics)

• Time (news and politics)

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TV Channels/radio stations:

• BBC

• CNN

• PBS (American Public TV, with videos and news)

• Euronews

• National Public Radio: American public radio station, good for the news.

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