Learn English Online
Improve your English language skills online with an exciting range of sites for both adults and children.
Children can have fun with games, songs, stories and lots of activities on LearnEnglish Kids - and learn English too!
British Council Nepal and Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) has signed a contract to make British Council's LearnEnglishkids and LearnEnglish materials accessible to public through OLE Nepal's electronic library E-pustakalya at www.pustakalaya.org.
Schoolboys at computer. Image © Tim HallThis series of podcasts helps you to improve your English for your career in the workplace, and cover a large number of business and work themes. They are suitable for learners at intermediate to advanced level.
Business woman smiling, Milan - photographer Mat Wright Copyright British CouncilIn Grammar and words you can learn and practice grammar and vocabulary through explanations, activities and games.
Two women looking down Photographer: Mat Wright Copyright British CouncilYou can find practice materials and advice to help you prepare for the listening, speaking, reading and writing modules of the IELTS test. There is a series of videos focusing on the speaking module of the test, as well as online practice activities and mock testpapers for the other three modules.
IELTS - Take an IELTS exam in your Country - British CouncilFor free learner resources have a look at the ‘English for the Games’ materials on our Learning English website. Learners can practise their English as they learn about the London 2012 Games, watch videos, read articles, and do interactive exercises. Each week we will add a new resource.
Learn English logoYou can now get LearnEnglish apps on your mobile! Download our Android, iPhone and Ovi apps from the store to help you learn English. We have new Facebook apps too!
Boy and girl looking at mobile phone, Hong Kong - photographer Mat Wright copyright British CouncilWe have been publishing the British Council Learn English series in the Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post every Tuesday. Through this partnership we are trying to provide more access to our English language materials to the people of Nepal.
Girl in front of computer, photographer Mat Wright copyright British CouncilHere are some latest useful links
From TeachingEnglish: Motivating the unmotivated
The latest seminar on TeachingEnglish, with Ken Wilson, is all about motivating your learners to come to your lessons. He suggests ten practical ways for you to improve their motivation - well worth a look!
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/motivating-unmotivated
From English for the Games:
Wheelchair rugby was invented in Canada in the 1970s.
It is played by mixed teams of four men and women with a disability that affects both their arms and legs. Teams score if a player carries the ball across the opposition’s goal line. Have you ever seen a game of wheelchair rugby?
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/worksheets/wheelchair-rugby
Everyone knows football, don’t they?
It is a very popular sport but not many know that football has a long Olympic history too. Find out more about the history of the sport and learn or revise some football vocabulary and useful language.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/worksheets/football
Focus on the athletes: Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis is a world class heptathlete from the UK. In this fact file, you can find out about her career, why she's sometimes called 'superwoman' and how she hopes to do in the London 2012 Olympics.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/read/jessica-ennis
One of our most popular videos
Tom Stalker, the Great Britain Olympic boxing captain, talks about how the 'silly stuff' he did before taking up boxing and why 'the pinnacle of boxing is the Olympics'. Tom speaks really quickly with a typical Liverpool accent.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/sports/watch/tom-stalker-boxer
From Premier Skills English : Match Predictions
Watch James' latest predictions video about Queens Park Rangers and complete the comprehension task.
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/learn-english/predictions-queens-park-rangers
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/world-cupLondon 2012 launched the programme on 4 November 2011 for the London 2012 Festival - a spectacular 12 week, UK wide celebration of the world's best music, theatre, dance, design, visual arts, literature, film and fashion.
Opening on Midsummer's Day, 21 June, and running until 9 September 2012, the Festival will bring together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK.
Find out more on the British Council webpage for London 2012
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