Showing posts with label Website of the Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Website of the Week. Show all posts

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Website of the week - Visual Dictionary

I added this link to the blog this week, but I think it needs a special mention. It's a dictionary and you can type in any word and see it explained visually! Really cool!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Website(s) of the week

If you ever have problems deciding if a collocation is useful or not, please check the following websites:


www.webcorp.org.uk

and

www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Website of the Week! Splendid - Speaking



Improve your English fluency skills with chunks
Words often form part of fixed expressions. Being able to call on these 'chunks' of vocabulary will improve your fluency skills.

Learn advanced English vocabulary
Get the most out of Splendid Speaking. Use our free materials to help improve your advanced English vocabulary with our suggested activities.

Subscribe to Podcasts for listening practice
Listening to native speakers is a great way to help improve your own advanced-level speaking skills. And it's never been easier with podcasts.

Practise English conversation
If you're a self-study student and need help in finding speaking partners for exams or general interest, try our Splendid Speaking group on Facebook. 


More activities on Splendid-Speaking.com ...

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Website of the week - 24/1/2011

A few of you mentioned what websites to use to practice reading.

This website:  http://www.aldaily.com/ has many noteworthy news articles / magazines articles / blogs.

This site is updated daily and is an excellent resource! : ) 

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Website of the Week!

About FreeRice
FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme.
FreeRice has two goals:

1. Provide education to everyone for free
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
http://www.freerice.com/