More on essays...I'll rave endlessly about this webpage for months on end!
http://www.educator.com/language/english/application-essays/hendershot/writing-part-one_-the-beginning.php
http://www.educator.com/language/english/application-essays/hendershot/writing-part-two_-the-middle-+-end.php

I  JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THIS STUFF IS FOR FREE!!!!!!
http://www.educator.com/language/english/ap-english-language-composition/hendershot/introduction.php?ss=731
http://www.educator.com/chemistry/biochemistry/hovasapian/
http://www.educator.com/computer-science/wordpress/strine/
http://www.educator.com/computer-science/html/strine/
http://www.educator.com/mathematics/basic-math/pyo/
http://www.educator.com/music-theory/garage-band/spinella/
http://www.educator.com/physics/high-school-physics/selhorst-jones/
http://www.educator.com/music-theory/ap-music-theory/shahab/

Opinion essays vs. for and against essays; juicy explanations, sweet exercises to practise your linkers and a  list of common mistakes whose awkwardly bitter flavours nobody will want to taste.To top it all with, a delectable vid on how to write essays that will add a refreshingly crunchy new twist to your argumentative meals. Bon appetit!

http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/opinion-essays
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/exercises
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/for-and-against-essays
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/practical-exercises-on-the-use-of-linking-words-and-phrases
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liyFKUFCQno
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/common-essay-mistakes

More GRANTA stuff.

vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65mtLCbODCk&list=UU-QBOHsJwH6kjI6QcrGvv3w&index=1

podcasts
https://soundcloud.com/ted-hodgkinson-granta

A New generation of young British writers. You now speak their language. Are you going to miss what they have to offer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49e7JomuB2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmyJWOYLms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65mtLCbODCk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM1WwfARBPU

Useful language for discussions and debates.

http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/agreeing-disagreeing-expressions.htm

Short BBC clips of a variety of topics.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121012-the-city-of-the-future
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130402-a-self-employed-world
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130312-liquid-heart-of-south-america
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130402-typewriter-is-ipod-of-its-day
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130328-news-2050-hypersonic-take-off

wicked vocab resource!
http://www.wordnik.com/

 Sample letters of complaint and some tips on how to go about writing them!


http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/letters-of-complaint
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm#Warning
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/disappointing%20holiday.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/leaking%20radiator.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/faulty%20product.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/unsatisfactory%20workmanship.pdf

 CITY GUIDES!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/amsterdam-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/barcelona-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/istanbul-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/tokyo-city-guide

 Fill-the-blanks listening practice. The internet is awash with listening tests. Have a look round!

 http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening2.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/listening.php
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening4.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening3.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expensefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/trouble/troublefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/drive/drivefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/home/homefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/cm1/cm1wd.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/market/marketfra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/taxi1/taxifra.htm

This is a fun series for beginners! Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAi1JlMIQVM

Where can i find sky-is-the-limit vocab ?
http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

What are you into?

Is it cooking, kitting, playing guitar, yoga, boulder climbing, origami, leaning chinese, fiction writing...?
WHAT IS IT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFvOwf9IByc&list=PL688B13824DC61470&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6DvkrxjI6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-rxMwcaf0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_EkJ5nNCkA&playnext=1&list=PL25F7965C70285333&feature=results_main
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_l7QHxSwms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5Esemp2f4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQ1wEBx1V0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-hEdVboS6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSijU52XJ7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uw-nUvGrBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Ehn3tnqpk

Inspiring ideas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6EOGDnUgS4

Exemplify!!!

I had already hinted that this webpage is MUST when it comes to illustrating the use of a given set phrase or chunk of language.
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=+unacquainted+with
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=vent+my+frustration
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=+concede+that

 Some great discussion and debate links you can fantastic tips from...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLd6AKiTfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM7ypUb62Hc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyhozMqvq1ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcJOitz-d4

Interesting show on immigration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HshRtCDsF7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc_Gc4bfnEg

miscellaneous samples of journalistic English

Articles, reviews, human interest stories and video interviews (if you're interested in photography make sure you check out the last link. you might get a few useful tips!)

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/01/the-season-two-premiere-of-girls-lena-vs-hannah.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/02/dvd-of-the-week-the-elephant-man.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/egypt/#slide_ss_0=1

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/12/jeffrey-toobin-second-amendment.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/everybody-street/

communal writing

The woman yawned. A long lazy noise came right out of her and was gone. It was an unearthly sound. She felt extremely tired after a bad night's sleep. Nightmares had plagued her since her early childhood but their vividness had increased of late. They had  become virtually indistinguishable from reality.

Nadia tentatively felt the other side of her bed with the back of her hand in vain. Her husband was gone.

communal writing

he remembered having once reflected upon the possibility of humans living like humans. there might have been a chance. some tribes had once truly believed in a pre-existing being, incomparable to anything real. this sole idea had made it possible to act humanely. they had feared the consequences of their injustices even if they were all essentially forgetful beings. some had lived hoping for an afterlife. a few believed their lives were gifts and followed a path set by their tenacious wills to be decent people.

an originator of duality and contradiction, possibility and opposition? modern notions of history and science didn t seem to allow for such an entity.

the fleeting idea of a being setting everything in motion or even surveying the unfolding of events in the universe was made more approachable by the existence of messengers; some were charlatans, others were unveilers.

our boy, though, was of a third kind. No categories really applied to him.