Week 0727 - How can the internet be used to improve your English?

The internet is an amazing resource full of examples of authentic English... This week's question is simple: How can we make the most of it and use it to improve reading, writing, listening etc. If you go back through some of my older posts there are a few websites which are good to visit, but I'll mention a few that I think are good here.

http://www.tv-links.co.uk/ - You can watch nearly any British or American TV show from the past 50 years here, or on a similar site http://www.alluc.org/.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ - particularly useful are the archives of radio shows. There is also an excellent 'learning english' section.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish.htm Not quite as good as the bbc, but has useful stuff on it.

http://www.facebook.com/ - social networking site, many EF students already use it!

http://www.lastfm.com/ - Find new English music, and sing along for pronunciation!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ - The best English language newspaper, all articles available online.

I'm sure I'll think of some more this afternoon! Are these websites useful to you? Do you know of any others that students might be interested in? Leave a comment below...