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William Wordsworth, poet, 1770-1850

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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Online learning - recommended sites

There are many online learning opportunities. I have already posted some of the great material from the BBC Learning English website. Here are some others:

Studying Online was established in 2007 by a very experienced teacher. It offers professional English courses, but also has a lot of good and easy to use exercises for free. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

The British Council has a free online learning page, with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises. They are also on Facebook

A site that I have used a lot and would recommend is Busuu. Their online learning is easy to use and covers all the language skills you need. This is their Facebook page.

One of many websites that offers online English learning is Bell English Online. I haven't used them, but they seem very popular and also have a good-looking Facebook page.

Many websites offer basic courses and learning for free. You can pay for more advanced services, but it looks like many people just use the free stuff!

So, what sites do you use? Which ones would you recommend (or not!)?
Let us know please.
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2 comments:

  1. Angela Boothroyd16 March 2011 at 16:15

    Hi Mark,

    Thank you very much for mentioning my site (Studying Online).

    I like your blog's focus on Environmental English and I've just spent an enjoyable half an hour reading your posts :-)

    Angela.

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  2. Mark Sixsmith17 March 2011 at 14:15

    Hi Angela
    Thanks for your comment - I'm glad you like the blog!
    Regards
    Mark

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