TIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS LEARNING

EOI JOHAN FERRÁNDEZ D’HEREDIA, CALATAYUD (March 2015) http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/ natalialzam@gmail.com https://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/eoi-calatayud/ Resources organized by categories: https://delicious.com/natalialzam/

1. LEVEL OF ENGLISH

• http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/cual-es-mi-nivel-en-un-idioma/ • Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):

http://www.oapee.es/oapee/inicio/iniciativas/portfolio/niveles-de-competencia.html • DIALANG: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/researchenterprise/dialang/about • Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa (INEE) -preguntas de comprensión (from A1 to B2) • Duolingo test center:https://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/duolingo-test-center-cual-es-mi-nivel-

de-ingles/ • http://www.britishcouncil.org/aptis/preparation-material (Aptis, British Council certificate)

2. READING COMPREHENSION

News:

• http://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html • http://www.guardian.co.uk/ • http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ • http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/ (B1) • http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ (B1)

Pedagogical texts

• http://www.gcflearnfree.org/reading/readingcomprehension • http://www.eslfast.com/ • http://www.5minuteenglish.com/reading.htm • http://www.world-english.org/english_reading.htm

Literary texts

• http://www.world-english.org/stories.htm (Classic short stories) • Roald Dahl: Lamb to the Slaughter / The Landlady • Peter Ackroyd (http://literature.britishcouncil.org/peter-ackroyd) (B2+)

3. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

• Watch TV online: http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/ver-programas-tv-otros-paises-por-

internet/ • Real videos subtitled in English: http://watchinenglish.blogspot.com.es/ • Podcasts:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts • http://learningenglish.voanews.com/podcast/0.html • http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/bbc-podcasts/ • The English We Speak • 6-minute English • 6-minute Grammar • 6-minute Vocabulary • The Listening Project • From Our Own Correspondent • Woman’s Hour

• Digital radio: Tune In Radio (http://tunein.com/) (*****) • Songs: Musixmatch: https://www.musixmatch.com/ (*****)

(http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/musixmatch-lyrics-player/) • http://musicenglish.co.uk/ • http://www.lyricstraining.com/ • http://www.lyricsgaps.com/ • http://www.its-teachers.com/interact/songs/default.asp

• Films: • http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/peliculas-para-aprender-ingles/ • http://www.yourlocalcinema.com/ (*****) • http://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/ • http://cinema.clubefl.gr/ • http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html • http://www.multimedia-english.com/contenidos/listado/videos • http://dvd-subtitles.com/trailers.html

• TV shows: • http://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/series-para-aprender-ingles/ • http://ororo.tv/en (*****)

• News: • http://www.newsinlevels.com/ (Euronews,transcription) • http://www.englishblog.com/ (words that appear on the media, updated almost daily) • http://www.reuters.com/news/video/reuters-tv (transcription) • http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ (BBC news for children / teenagers- easier to understand) • http://www.cnn.es/studentnews/ (transcribed and subtitled)

• listening comprehension exercises: • http://www.listenaminute.com/ • http://www.listen-and-write.com/ • http://www.examenglish.com/index.html

4. WRITING

Dictionary: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (*****) Language exchange:

• http://polyglotclub.com/ (*****) • http://lang-8.com/ (*****) • https://hinative.com/ (*****)

5. SPEAKING

• http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/ (voice and text Exchange) • http://www.conversationexchange.com/ (live practice, pen-pals and voice / text chats) • http://www.sharedtalk.com/ (voice / text exchanges) • http://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/your-top-10-language-exchange-websites-for-speaking-english-fluently/ Pronunciation:

• http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ • http://www.forvo.com/ (native speakers have recorded themselves pronuncing words, names, place

names…) (*****) Expressions to use in an oral test:

• https://natalialzam.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/expressions-to-use-in-a-speaking-test-monologue-interaction/

• http://mythatsenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/madrid-teacher-talking-about-classifieds.html Usual topics: http://englishinguiaintermedio.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/topics-for-the-speaking-test/

6. VOCABULARY

• Flashcards: http://quizlet.com/ • Mind maps:

– https://bubbl.us/ https:/ – /www.text2mindmap.com/ – http://popplet.com/

• Visual dictionary: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php • How many words do you know?: http://testyourvocab.com/ • http://fraze.it/: find expressions, set phrases, in real contexts (*****)

• Oxford Online Collocation Dictionary: http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/

7. GRAMMAR

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/6min_gram (BBC 6-minute grammar, podcast) • http://www.agendaweb.org/ • http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/ • http://www.roadtogrammar.com/welcome/winload.swf • http://autoenglish.org/basicgrammar.htm • http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/ • http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/learnenglish-grammar-uk-edition • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/murphys-english-grammar-in/id848215354?mt=8

8. DON’T BE A TOURIST

• Watch a radio / TV show being recorded:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tickets/ (UK) • http://www.applausestore.com/home (UK)

• Greeters: http://www.globalgreeternetwork.info/ (*****)