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www.macmillandictionary.com
Good online dictionary with British English audio files
www.merriam-webster.com
American dictionary, again with 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.learn-english-today.com/idioms
Huge collection of idiomatic expressions arranged in categories
www.etymonline.com
If you’re interested in the origin of words
www.itests.com
A test to see which Cambridge exam you could do, plus some free practice tests

www.brainshark.com/oup/vu?pi=zGjz7h8UdzIJOgz0
If you’re having difficulties with your English File Scuolabook materials, you might find this online tutorial useful.

www.cambridgeesol.org/exams
A guide to the Cambridge suite of exams
www.toefl.org
All the information you need on the TOEFL exam, your passport to studying/working in the States.

www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
A wonderful site with lots of information, exercises, games, tests, etc. for young learners, adults and professionals. The tabs at the top will take you to the dedicated LearnEnglish, LearnEnglish Teens and LearnEnglish Kids sites.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
Everything for the language learner
www.englishclub.com
A wide range of activities for learners
elt.oup.com
Lots of exercises link to Oxford University Press’s many courses
www.better-english.com
Caroline and Pearson Brown’s excellent collection of useful exercises (and access to free email lessons) grammar, phrasal verbs, Business English, listening, etc.

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.betteratenglish.com
Natural conversations with free transcripts
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts.htm
Large selection of regularly updated podcasts, including material for elementary learners
www.listen-and-write.com
Improve your listening with dictations of news stories (American)
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
www.videojug.com
An amazing collection of “How to…” videos in different categories like ‘creative and culture’, ‘food and drink’, ‘health and wellbeing’, ‘technology and cars’. Accents are British and many of the videos also have English subtitles.

learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
Games, videos, stories and writing activities for younger learners, with or without their parents. Children can also become a member, create a character and make comments, enter competitions and write to other children on the site itself or on Facebook.

www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/genre/childrens
A variety of frequently updated short news stories for English children aged 7 – 14 – learn what’s happening in the world through English.
www.storynory.com
Free audio stories for children: fairy stories, classics, Greek fables, original stories and loads more. The test is also available so children can listen and read at the same time.
kids.nationalgeographic.com
Narrated videos (Amercian accents) about wild animals, pets, history, science & space, explorers, the forces of nature, etc.
www.okey-dokey.co.uk
An impressive selection of links to useful exercises for adults and teenagers at all levels. It includes a lot of audio/video files and material to help you improve your speaking and listening. It includes a good exam section with plenty of practice materials for the Cambridge exams

www.bbc.co.uk
One of the world’s great websites and not only for news
www.ft.com
The Financial Times site, political and financial news and much more besides
www.economist.com
A great weekly news magazine, and not only economics. Pay a subscription and you can get their audio version too
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
www.thesun.co.uk
The tabloid angle!
www.newscientist.com
What’s going on in the world of science
www.thelocal.it
A new online publication which gives the latest news on Italy and the Italians in English. There are also editions for several other European countries.

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

www.iate.europa.eu
Access the vast European Union multilingual database – good for specific terminology and translations of single words
www.wordreference.com
English-Italian, Italian-English dictionary based on the Collins Italian Dictionary and last but not least…