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

Four juicy interviews from Time Magazine's 10 questions series.

Vigo Mortessen
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1867124,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWexFvaC5n4


Ricky Gervais
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7IEvfd1oXo&feature=relmfu

James Ellroy
http://www.google.es/search?q=10+questions+james+ellroy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:es-ES:official&client=firefox-a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHseb8JGNyA

Hillary Swank
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2028088,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6X-PyUexZ8

If you're searching for language conversation partners online. The largest sites are www.mylanguageexchange.com and www.livemocha.com but some other good ones include www.languageexchange.org, www.conversationexchange.com www.sharedtalk.comand www.italki.com

Free video courses.

betteratenglish.
http://www.betteratenglish.com/videos/

privateenglishportal.(Phrasal verbs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=886hLlkwipI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qzd7zNt-qA&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7kftdmgvBY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1bw_manHJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKGAg0YFlo&feature=relmfu

privateenglishportal (idioms)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBhfw-b6Ubg&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWfHZkrA_Zg&feature=relmfu

podenglish.
http://www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish?feature=watch#p/c/ECDB3ECC0AF0E938/52/QJP72OwZZPM
http://www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish?feature=watch#p/c/ECDB3ECC0AF0E938/53/2pmn6hYU8tI
http://www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish?feature=watch#p/c/ECDB3ECC0AF0E938/54/ZuQxcI473wI

learnenglishlive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emBCa_aB0Rw&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4Gtmy8e8s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVBQWgLobcg&feature=relmfu

Peppy English Pronunciation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek6jV2CiKtY&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=SP99AD0EB3EFC5C338
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Y7k2I6XDI&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DniS53RrZZg&feature=related

Free video course.
http://www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish?feature=watch#p/c/ECDB3ECC0AF0E938/0/nTSl4DuwJVk

Free online courses ranging from elementary all the way up to advanced level. All you have to do is registering!

http://www.englishtown.es/online/home.aspx

PHRASAL VERBS EXPOSED!

http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/grammar.htm

JUUUUUUUUUUUIIIICY BLOG!

http://robert-esl.blogspot.com/2008/01/listening-comprehension.html

b2 A great page if you're into giving your bit a touch of slangy coolness

http://www.ezslang.com/

A bit more A1 listening practice
http://esl.about.com/od/listening/Beginning_Level_English_Listening_Comprehension_Exercises.htm

Check out the customers' reviews. Step Across This Line or Notes form a Big Country?

http://www.amazon.com/Step-Across-This-Line-Nonfiction/dp/0679463348

http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Big-Country-Bill-Bryson/dp/0552997862/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321613496&sr=1-1

kinetic typography!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeQ8lgExcNU&feature=related
http://vimeo.com/15412319
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8f8w6HPoo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q_SHlu9haw&feature=related