Ressources pour travailler en autonomie

Cours de langues (Centre de Ressources en Langues)

Ressources pour travailler en autonomie

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ - The BBC website for learners of English.

    http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/- The website of the British Council (equivalent of the Alliance Française). Grammar rules, some grammar exercises. Good for vocabulary related to themes.

    http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm- A clearly organized site that enables you to work on all different language skills : grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

    http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/- The website of the Université de Franche-Comté. Excellent grammar exercises.

    www.better-english.com- Variety of different types of exercise.

    www.e-anglais.com- Explanations in French, exercises, answers.

  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ - Radio programmes of the BBC. Go to “radio programs”, choose one (eg. Science in Action) and click on “Highlights” or “Listen again” or “Archive”– these are permanently there, they do not change. You can also try “more audio and video news”.

    www.npr.org - National Public Radio (USA), also has “archives”.

    www.voanews.com/specialenglish - Recordings from Voice of America in clear, comprehensible American English, with transcripts. An excellent resource for lower-intermediate students.

    www.cnn.com/education - Daily news from CNN with questions to answer about the news, transcripts are available. student news. 10 minutes every day with questions and transcripts.

    http://www.elllo.org/ - English Listening Language Lab Online. Short and easy recordings. Perfect for practice listening to a variety of different accents.

    www.esl-lab.com - Listening activities and exercises for different levels and purposes, post-listening exercises as well, transcripts are available.

    www.englishlistening.com - 30 free activities, otherwise a paying service. Exercises, transcripts.

    http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html - News from CBS and CNN with interactive exercises and transcripts.

    http://www.audio-lingua.eu/ - MP3 recordings organised according to level in different languages.

  3. www.pbs.org/newshour/video - Video extracts with transcripts (however transcripts are not always accurate.

    www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova - Listening material related to technology, with transcripts (British).

    www.ifilm.com - Video clips from the latest film releases, film reviews, commercials.

    www.discovery.com - Science, health and many other things, games and quizzes too.

  4. British press

    The Daily Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

    The Times: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/

    The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

    The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/

    American press

    The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/

    Time magazine: http://www.time.com/time/

    Newsweek: http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/newsweek.html

  5. www.short-stories.co.uk -  Short stories, discussion forum on short stories, writing “tag stories".

    www.americanliterature.com - 20 short stories.

    www.pagebypagebooks.com - An online library.

  6. www.eslpartyland.com/default.htm - The student pages have interactive quizzes.

    www.eslcafe.com

  7. TOEFL: www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail/asp?eid=74 - Click on "Begin exam", you can only access the exercises in order.

    TOEIC: http://www.etsglobal.org/Tests-Preparation/The-TOEIC-Tests/TOEIC-Sample-Tests

  8. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ - British

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/ - American

    http://www.wordreference.com/- French translations

    http://www.linguee.fr/ translations