English Department EOI de Santiago - Links for learners

Fantastic webpage - type in a word in any language (English, Spanish, and several others) and get an instant translation, along with pronunciation.

The page claims to be a listening "game" but it's really just a simple fill-in-the-gaps exercise. Files are classified according to level (easy, medium and advanced) and categories (comedy, education, games,…).

A website with a sense of humour explaining the meaning of some false friends.

Awesome. Enter a website and voilá you can check the definition of any word by just clicking on the word. And in several languages.

Are you ever confused by British and American spelling? Here's a list with all the differences.

Website where you can watch streamed TV series - both recent and old ones - in English and with English subtitles. Great for practice!

@engVid: "Memes" are kind of like "viral"-they're images, videos, phrases, or ideas that get passed around and remixed with captions or Photoshop. A little bit weird, but funny and interesting.

This is a great site for all students who need practice in such skills as writing paragraphs, listening skills, word choice, reading strategies for academic texts, and reading for thinking. Almost all of the links include interactive exercises which allow students to work independently, testing themselves as they go. The site includes tutorials, self-quizzes, and more. There are links to podcasts, videos, songs, "Grammar Safaris," and many other English topics

English Gateway vocabulary lessons is a high quality resource for the intermediate and advanced ESL learners. Experience English as it's really spoken in North America through authentic stories, professional audio, cultural information and a multitude of exercises on colloquial English expressions. YOU NEED TO JOIN, but once you do there are some free sample lessons available for download.

A free resource that uses interactive video and games-based learning to teach students vocabulary.

Engrish can be simply defined as the humorous English mistakes that appear in Japanese advertising and product design.

A Gallery of Illusions. You can make the Statue of Liberty or other object disappear. You can learn how people have entertained themselves for centuries. To practise English and... to rack your brains a little!

Songfacts.com - Song meanings and song information, including album and chart position. Music trivia, music videos, lyrics.

HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, from engines to lock-picking to ESP, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works. Not only to learn English, but to learn about things!

Speakout is a general English course using authentic materials from the BBC (we're using it in Basic 2, Intermediate 1, 2 and Advanced 1 at the moment). It has a wide range of support material for a variety of teaching situations. Click on the covers to find out more.

The Free Online English Dictionary from Macmillan Publishers.

Free online World and American English dictionary with puzzles & games, tips & guidance about better writing, spelling, grammar and other resources for children and schools by Oxford Dictionaries Online

Learn new words while playing.

Let's face it, English can be confusing. A lot of words are similar but with different meanings, as a result it is almost impossible to avoid making mistakes in English, but if you can get your head around these explanations, you might be able to avoid making these ones or at least recognise them when you see them.

Songs and videos to help you learn about a lot of different subject areas.