Dictionaries:
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For Speaking 'functions'
IELTS Speaking
UEfAP Functions in academic speaking
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Videos for Listening skill:
Audio and video for Learners (lower than a B2 level):
Elllo and ESL-Lab
Voice of America Special English (slow listening)
BBC 6 Minute English
Voice of America Learning English
Authentic Audios:
Interviews with famous people: Blank on Blank
Online Lectures: TED Talks
BBC Reel
BBC Front Row Videos
New York Times Video
YouTube channels:
The Guardian
Vox Insider
CBS Sunday Morning
60 Minutes Australia
DW Documentary
IFL Science
School of Life
Ted-Ed
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Audio for Listening skill: Podcasts, stories, etc.
Stories: The Moth :
The New Yorker's Writer's Voice
Author interviews: Reading and Writing
This American Life
BBC Radio 4 In Our Time
BBC Global News
The Language Nerd
BBC Sounds
BBC Radio Stations
BBC World Service podcasts
Vocabulary
1 CPE Word Bank Come back each week day: phrasals, word form & collocations
2 Phrasal Verbs British Council (intro) AgendaWeb (exercises)
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Ielts Exam -
Daily quizzes To help you learn colloquial vocabulary
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IELTS vocabulary practice for the Speaking paper Do 1 or 2 topics a week
5 RMIT's
Academic Word List tool and
EAP Vocab exercises
6 Comparing
British vs. American
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Reading:
Online newspaper: The Day
British newspapers: The Guardian or The Independent
or (very gossipy/much less "intellectual") The Daily Mail
American news sources: CBS News, The New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio
Magazines : Reader's Digest, TIME, Interview
Stories: British Council, Classic Short Stories, American Literature
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