MEET THE KT TEACHERS
Watch these short videos and learn a bit about our teachers. And then subscribe to our YouTube channel “Keep Talking Udine”!
DICTIONARIES / VOCABULARY
- dictionary.cambridge.org
Great online monolingual/bilingual dictionary with British and American English audio files - dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english
The famous Collins English-Italian/Italian-English dictionary - www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms
Comprehensive list of English idioms and much else beside - www.etymonline.com
If you’re interested in the origin of words
EXAMS
- www.cambridgeenglish.org
A guide to the Cambridge suite of exams - www.ielts.org
All the information you need on the IELTS exam.
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
- www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
A wonderful site with lots of information, exercises, games, tests, etc. for young learners, adults and professionals. - www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
Everything for the language learner
LISTENING/RADIO
- www.bbc.co.uk/radio
For plenty of authentic listening, live or in daily podcast form - www.guardian.co.uk/audio
Several daily podcasts on a variety of topics in the news - www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts.htm
Large selection of regularly updated podcasts, including material for elementary learners - www.lyricstraining.com
Great site where you can practise listening to songs and completing the lyrics. - www.ted.com
Wonderful site where you can watch some fascinating talks from excellent speakers on a wide variety of topics, from technology to design, from entertainment to medicine, and from business to global issues
NEWS
- www.bbc.co.uk
One of the world’s great websites and not only for news - www.economist.com
A great weekly news magazine, and not only economics. The free version gives you access to a limited number of articles (+ audio) per month. - www.guardian.co.uk
A really intelligent and beautifully designed newspaper site - www.iht.com
The American angle – the international version of the famous US daily Herald Tribune. It’s behind a paywall but doesn’t cost much. - www.newscientist.com
What’s going on in the world of science - www.thelocal.it
The Local gives the latest news on Italy and the Italians in English. There are also editions for several other European countries.
SHOPPING FOR BOOKS
- www.amazon.it
Amazon? What a surprise! They also have lots of English language books for your Kindle.
TOURISM
- www.visitbritain.com
Britain’s official travel and tourism guide - www.visitlondon.com
A complete introduction to this wonderful city - www.timeout.com/london
The guide to what’s on in London and many other capitals
TRANSLATION
- www.deepl.com
Not perfect but the best (free) machine translations around.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST …
- www.chelseafc.com
Obviously.