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Useful links
Lake School teachers often use web-based materials in their classes. Here are some of their favourite sites where you can:
- make a new friend
- learn an English idiom
- read the news
- find a lesson for tomorrow
- or book a flight and come to Oxford to study English!
For everyone
www.letslearnenglish.co.uk
Exercises, activities, games to help improve your English online - developed by a Lake School teacher!
dictionary.cambridge.org
Brilliant resource - an online dictionary!
www.facebook.com
Make contact with some current and former Lake School students by joining the Lake School of English Group.
www.eslcafe.com
Idioms, grammar help, penpals and more. One of the best sites on the web for learners of English.
http://bbc.co.uk
A huge resource, this will keep you busy for ages!
This is the Guardian online newspaper. Keep up-to-date and practise your reading or writing too!
iteslj.org
A good selection of links to other sites for learners of English.
www.cheaptickets.com
Get the latest online deals. Oxford is only an hour from Heathrow airport, and the Lake School is in the centre of Oxford.
Easier versions of topical news stories from the CNN website.
www.thisdayinmusic.com
Check out what happened in the world of music on your birthday.
www.lyricfind.com
If you like pop music, but you can't understand all the words of a song in English, visit this site and search their database.
www.googlism.com
Find out what people think of you: it's silly but fun. Do it!
http://www.videojug.com/
Life explained. On film. Video clips about how to do almost anything, with filmscript in English.
Language course partners and directories
www.mitsuba.co.uk/school/OX1.html
If you are Japanese and would like to be advised about your study abroad programme at Lake School, in your own language, our partners, Mitsuba Associates, will be more than happy to help.
http://www.deutschakademie.com/learn-german-courses/index.htm
Learn German and experience Vienna
Language Course Directory - English language schools + courses in England, Ireland, Scotland + Malta
www.cervantes.toLearn Spanish in Spain. Spanish language immersion courses in Spain with Cervantes Spanish school. Study Spanish abroad programs in Spain.
and its partner websites, www.languageschools-abroad.com, www.speakfun.de, www.idiomas-cursos.com, www.hermosa.ch and www.kolumbusnyelviutaztato.hu can advise you about language courses at the Lake School in German, Spanish, Swiss German and Hungarian.
For teachers of English
http://tuneintoenglish.blogspot.com
A blog of a Lake School Teacher Refresher Course participant in Summer 2008. Isa says 'It's all about teaching/learning English: students' assignments, teaching ideas ... because ... English is cool and I love teaching it!"
www.onestopenglish.com
A great online companion for teachers of English.
www.english-to-go.com
Don't know what to teach today? These are instant lessons on topical news stories from Reuters.
http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/
Free lessons and teaching tips as well as info on the latest teaching materials.
www.biography.com
There are over 25,000 famous people included on this web site and it's continuously updated so it's a great source of material for teachers.
hotpot.uvic.ca
Hot Potatoes! Six software applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the web.
www.breakingnewsenglish.com
Free photocopiable resources - lessons on the latest news
If you would like to suggest a site or you find a missing link, please tell us.
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