READWRITETALK PORTFOLIO by Èlia

Sunday

Miscellaneous



Language reference and dictionaries:

http://www.wordreference.com/es/ (Dictionary)
http://www.eflnet.com/ (Picture dictionary with pronunciation)
http://www.infovisual.info/ (Visual dictionary)
http://titania.cobulid.collins.co.uk/ (Collins cobuild dictionary homepage)
http://www.m-v.com/netdic.htm (Webster dictionary, Spanish-English thesaurus)
http://www.encarta.msn.com/encartahome.asp (encyclopaedia)
http://www.britannica.com/
http://vlib.org/Overview.html (World Wide Web Virtual Library)

News:
http://www.cbs.com/
http://www.4-d.co.uk/ (The times)
http://www.newsdirectory.com/ (English language media online)
http://www.newspapers.com/ (Newspapers online from all countries)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ (The official BBC homepage)
http://www.cnn.com/
Museums:
http://www.louvre.fr/
http://www.nga.gov/ (National gallery of Art)
http://wwwwwar.com/ (Worldwide arts resources)
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ (The Natural History Museum)
http://saatchiweb.com/ (The world's interactive art gallery)

Music:
http://www.mtv.com/
http://www.musica.com/ (Lyrics, music, video and karaoke)

Sports:
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/
http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/sports (World wide web of sports)

Politics and government:
http://www.parliament.uk/ (The British Parliament latest news)
http://www.royal.gov.uk/ ( The British Monarchy official website)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ (The Whitehouse official webpage with videos,etc)
http://www.foe.co.uk/ (Friends of the Earth inspiring solutions to environmental problems)
http://www.greenpeace.org/ (greenpeace in USA)

Travel and tourism:
http://www.audioenglish.net/ (Reading and listening functional dialogues in context)
http://www.travlang.com/languages (Foreign languages for travelellers with audio)
http://www.15.pair.com/cir/index.html (The UK travel guide)
http://www.dedas.com/hm-usa (USA travel guide)
http://www.travels.com/ (Travel information, hotel reservation, etc)

Younger learners:
http://www.yahooligans.com/ (For kids)
http://www.youngcommonwealth.org/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ (a great amount of resources )

History:
http://history.evansville.net/referenc.html (history references and resources)
Movies:
http://www.movies.com/
http://www.oscar.com/
http://www.hollywood.com/ (official website)
http://www.disney.com/
http://www.cinema1.com/ (latest information)
http://www.film.com/ (Movie reviews, trailers, etc)
http://www.popcorn.co.uk/ (The world's first cinema site for kids and teens)
To publish brochures and others:
http://www.calameo.com/ (resource to publish leaflets, recipes, brochures,etc)
http://www.issuu.com/  (to publish leaflets)
http://www.wix.com/ (to create your own web)
http://www.delicious.com/ (to create your own bookmark)

Wednesday

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY RESOURCES

Oxford University Press resources:
http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Grammar:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/freeexercises.htm (theory and practice)
http://www.autoenglish.org/freeexercises.htm
http://www.eslprintables.com/ (exercises and worksheets)
http://www.bogglesworld.com/ (resources)
http://www.slideshare.net/ (compilation of power points of different topics)

Vocabulary:
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ (semantic fields with images)
http://www.visuwords.com/ (synonyms)
http://www.eflnet.com/vocabulary (vocabulary with images)
http://www.theteacherscorner.net (crosswords and others)

Miscellaneous:
Here it is a link with different websites to improve your English.
http://www.eoimanresa.cat/Usuarios/D08129/archivos_rad/WEBS_INTERES_ANLGES.pdf
http://www.nelliemuller.com/icebrakers (funny activities)
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
http://www.teacherfirst.com/
http://www.eslflow.com/
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/
http://www.biologycorner.com/ (biology domain with interesting lessons)

Monday

SPEAKING TASKS

Use these reference websites to practise your English and improve your pronunciation:
SPEAKING:
http://www.speakenglish.co.uk/vocab/?lang=es  (a lot of vocabulary and sentences with the tracks)
http://yadayadaenglish.com/greetings/
BASIC: 3 levels: http://www.englishspeak.com/english-lessons.cfm
http://www.talkenglish.com/
http://www.talkenglish.com/page.aspx?pg=teacheraccountinfo.aspx
http://www.focusenglish.com/
http://www.effortlessenglishclub.com/
http://www.eslgold.com/speaking
http://esljunction.com/conversation_questions
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/
http://iteslj.org/questions/ ( a great amount of questions to talk about different topics)
http://www.speak-english-today.com/
http://www.learnenglsihfeelgood.com/
http://josesubiri.blogspot.com.es/

PRONUNCIATION:
http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/pronunciation/
http://pronunciationtips.com/sound-changes/
http://www.englishleap.com/other-resources/learn-english-pronunciation
http://www.audioenglish.net/ (functional written dialogues with pronunciation)
http://www.vozme.com/ (record your text and listen to it)
http://www.bbclearnenglish.com/ (Pronunciation tips)
http://cinema.clubefl.gr/ (trailers )

Wednesday

READING AND LISTENING TASKS

READING AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Traditional and fantasy stories:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/drilldown/stories/2/4/1/
Anthology of English literature:
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
Readings:
http://www.abcteach.com (compilation of readings)
http://www.readwritethink.org (acrostics)

LISTENING COMPREHENSION
http://www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm (Learn with songs)
http://www.topmarks.co.uk (traditional and fantasy stories)
1st and 2nd batxillerat : http://www.isabelperez.com/select.htm

FILMS: Some of theme are removed from Youtube
PS I LOVE YOU :  full movie
DEAR JOHN: full movie
THE VOW (todos los días de mi vida): full movie
STEP UP: full movie
STEP UP REVOLUTION: full movie
THE NANNY DIARIES: full movie
THE BACHELOR: full movie
ON THE SECOND DAY OF XMAS: full movie
THE OTHER END OF THE LINE: full movie


MOVIES (original version)
More movies
ENGLISH FILMS
Films with subtitles

MOVIES:
with subtitles in English

Movies and TV series with subtitles

NEW: FILMS

SERIES:
FRIENDS:
EPISODE 1
EPISODE 2
short episode

WRITING TASKS