Boost your English with these resources
Parcourez les différentes sections des ressources pédagogiques en anglais : dictionnaires monolingues, activités de compréhension orale, de grammaire, de vocabulaire, sites d’informations et de jeux, podcasts… autant d’occasions pour consolider vos progrès effectués pendant les cours, à travers des plateformes variées, des versions classiques aux versions innovantes !
Monolingual dictionaries in English
These monolingual learner’s dictionaries are designed to help you understand words and phrases in English through English. It’s important to learn vocabulary in context, and these dictionaries will give you examples of how an English speaker will use the word – plus related vocabulary.
OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER’S DICTIONARY
Dictionnaires multilingues
INTERACTIVE TERMINOLOGY FOR EUROPE (IATE)
LE GRAND DICTIONNAIRE TERMINOLOGIQUE
Good basic translation tool, but always reverse the language order to make sure your translation makes sense in both directions!
Online sites with a variety of exercises and activities
These sites have literally hundreds of activities that will help you improve your English. Take advantage of all the different features to keep your learning experience varied and fun.
VOICE OF AMERICA LEARNING ENGLISH
You can find a variety of grammar, vocabulary, quizzes and articles on this easy-to-use site!
Video talks and activities
Writing practice and improvement
PURDUE UNIVERSITY ONLINE WRITING LAB
TV news sites
Catch up on the latest international news while practicing your English. These sites have a large selection of video reports including world news, regional updates, business news, world sport, entertainment news etc.
Radio
A wide selection of different radio stations : news programs, documentaries, podcasts and « audio highlights ».
Games, quizzes & crosswords
Enjoy these interactive games and keep improving your grammar and vocabulary in English!
A variety of quizzes, crosswords, and other word games to help you improve your vocabulary.
With hangman, crosswords, vocabulary quizzes, multiple choice quizzes.
Smartphone apps
Practicing your English skills on a daily basis will boost your progress.
Vary your learning experience by uploading one of these apps today.
The first lesson on this engaging app, which uses videos of real locals to teach relevant language, is free.
An app from the British Council that helps you learn and review core grammar.
Great for beginners and lots of fun. Lose lives when you answer incorrectly, advance as you successfully complete lessons, and earn points to move up to the next level.
A great language-learning app that has several free activities. Once a quick test has determined your level, you can choose your goals to access vocabulary flashcard activities on useful topics.
The Grammar Girl podcast provides short friendly tips to improve your writing.
Fun grammar activities with imagery and sound, written specially for intermediate learners of English.
An app that allows you to create flashcard sets, and to study the words through flashcards or by filling in the blanks.
Top-rated app with trusted reference content from Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com. WORKS OFFLINE.
The ultimate mobile English pronunciation aide, for students and teachers. Sounds helps you study, practise and play with pronunciation wherever you are.
Podcasts to learn English
These educational podcasts are a great place to start!
- Learn English Podcasts app from the British Council
- The English We Speak micro-learning podcast from BBC Sounds : 2-3 minute episodes on an idiom or new English word
- 6 minute English from the BBC World Service – practice useful language for contemporary issues
News Podcasts
To improve your ability to understand spoken English, why not subscribe to a podcast from an internationally reputed news outlet?
Pick your favourite podcast
For intermediate and advanced learners, whatever you are interested in, there is a podcast for you! From technology to comedy, and history to management, check out these selections of top-rated and award-nominated podcasts.
Here are some of our team’s favourites!
- Letters Live – video recordings of star actors reading letters that changed lives and shaped world events
- Poetry Foundation podcasts – take inspiration and glean vocabulary from literary greats
- This American Life – one of America’s most loved podcast producers
BTL is a proud signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and its ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. We gladly encourage English learners to read about these topics in a bid to expand vocabulary and knowledge of the language, while spreading awareness of these issues that affect us all.
What are human rights? Revise the basics with Amnesty’s simplified English copy of the Declaration of Human Rights, and find out more from the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission. The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has more on how this connects to the world of work.
- Amnesty International learning materials
- The School of Life’s political theory sources – for those interested in political ideas that may have contributed to human rights work (watch at 0.75 speed if it is too fast!)
- Search « human rights » on the news media sites above – for example, on BBC Sounds
Here are some organisations whose blogs and publications offer interesting stories and insights into human rights issues :
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Anti-Slavery
- European Centre for Minority Issues
- Human Rights Foundation
- International Women’s Day
- Open Society
- Oxfam
Finally, don’t hesitate to consult our multilingual Human Rights resources from the UN, UNESCO and more.
Why not subscribe to English language social media channels for some of these organisations, to boost the amount of reading you do in English ?
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