For extra science vocabulary and real-deal listening practice...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science

Should you have any doubts related to the field of law, here's an excellent specialized dictionary.

http://blackslawdictionary.org/

Another of the Guardian's treasures waiting to be discovered is its city walks podcast. You can download the audio files for free!!!

Author Ian Rankin takes you around Edimburgh!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/audio/2007/jan/10/cityguides885

Dickens's London audio tour. There's a map to go with it!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2011/nov/24/dickens-audio-tour-david-copperfield
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2011/09/22/dickens_walk.pdf

Poet Roger McGough's vision of his hometown.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/audio/2006/nov/27/cityguides880

Steve Bell's Brighton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/audio/2006/dec/21/cityguides882

I'm still tripping about stuff I found last weekend on the Guardian's web. Well, this new discovery certainly does not fall short of the others...In the wonderful section of interactives, there's this brilliant city guides series . They only cover a few cities, though. Take your pick and plan a dream trip!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/city-guides

Other interactives worth checking out:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2012/feb/05/what-being-british-mean-interactive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/jan/27/how-european-are-you-quiz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/feb/05/chastleton-house-cotswolds-panoramic-architecture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/jan/25/europe-migration-eu-interactive

The Guardian's webpage may prove to be a great tool to learn English. I've included a couple of video interview links about music and a few other engrossing videos on a variety of topics.


video interviews (music)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2012/jan/05/al-spx-cold-specks-video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/jan/04/youssou-n-dour-president-senegal-video

videos (miscelaneous)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2011/dec/26/errol-morris-photography-video?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3486
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/jan/23/paul-mason-revolts-capitalist-realism-video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/jan/23/cell36-aljalame-prison-israel-solitary-confinement-palestinian-children?INTCMP=SRCH
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2011/sep/07/amnesty-tv-write-book-behind-bars-video?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3486

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2008/aug/06/albert.maysles?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3486

Check out these audioslides. They make brilliant listening and speaking practice material.

audio slides (miscelaneous)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/slideshow/page/0,,2044805,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audioslideshow/2012/jan/16/gil-scott-heron-holiday-martin-luther-king-day
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audioslideshow/2011/nov/24/photographs-beseiged-syrian-homs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2011/apr/14/south-africa-photography-audio-slideshow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/interactive/2011/nov/24/cyra-a-teenage-life-in-care-audio-slideshow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/audioslideshow/2011/sep/22/faisal-barbers-harlesden-london-audio-slideshow

Here's the TIME magazine vid we didn't have time to check out the other day in class. I'm posting a few other vids you should have a look at.

music
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1313231133001_2101708,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,21552990001_1894785,00.html

cinema
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,795293566001_2052703,00.html

music and vid and tv and all that
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,86967646001_1990937,00.html

Have you thought about teaching yourself English? If you're into taking a more active role in your learning experience here's a webpage you might go nuts about!
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/lesson-plans

The activities range from A2 to C1 and they are designed to work on different linguistic skills!

Here's some grammar activities that may be quite useful for b1 and b2 students. The first three links are rephrasing exercises.

http://www.box.com/shared/lx5hicgs0i
http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/Use_of_English.htm
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate/contenidotematico.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_structure_http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate/contenidotematico.htm1.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/leveltest/index.php
http://www.examenglish.com/ECPE/ecpe_grammar.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/B1_reported_speech.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/ECCE/ECCE_grammar.htm