Improve your English Language Skills

In this section you can practise your reading, writing and listening. There are activities with online exercises and worksheets to help you improve your English skills.

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Listening skills practice

Practise your English listening skills at your level. The videos and audio in this section are at different levels and have practice exercises to test your understanding.

Reading skills practice

Practise your English reading skills at your level. Reading and understanding different types of texts is a very important skill for all learners of English.

Writing

Practise your English writing skills at your level. Writing different types of texts, like emails, text messages, essays and letters, is a very important skill for many learners of English.

Speaking

Watch and listen to videos of conversations in different places to practise your English speaking skills. The dialogues show how English is used in different types of conversations.

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Skills
-Listening skills practice
--Starting Out
--Podcasts Elementales
--Ciudad Grande Mundo Pequeño
--Se dice que...
---Animals
---Art
---Bestival
---Big Meal
---Blackpool
---Camden
---Christmas
---Dating
---Education
---Farming
---Flathunting
---Hallowe'en
---History
---Hospital
---Indoor Sports
---Jobs
---Loch Ness
---Murder Mystery
---Music
---Night Out
---Northern Ireland
---Notting Hill
---Oxford
---Paris
---Shakespeare
---Snowdon
---Social Media
---Transport and Travel
---Sport
---York
--Britain is GREAT
-Reading skills practice
--Revista
--Cuentos y Poemas
--Articles
-Writing
--Writing for a purpose
--English for Emails
-Speaking
Gramática y Vocabulario
-Basic grammar
-Intermediate grammar
-Gramática del Inglés
Vocabulary
-Basic vocabulary
-Intermediate vocabulary
Negocios y Trabajo
-Estás contratado
-Podcasts Profesionales
-Revista de Negocios
Study break
-Video zone
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-Chistes
-Cómo decirlo
-Habla sobre...
-Cocinando
-Shakespeare
-Cultura del Reino Unido
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