English Learning
Interested in learning English?
Find here links to different topics and different sources for studying English.
Check out the posts to see new content on videos, links for sites and other interesting stuff.
Also, see at the bottom of the page links for learning not just English, but other foreign languages through YouTube videos.
Grammar & Vocabulary
- Exercise and tests from My English pages
- Lingua Press
- English grammar PDF
- Perfect English Grammar
- Essential Grammar in Use
- English Grammar in Use
- Advanced Grammar in Use
- Practical English Usage
Reading
Do you need to improve your reading skills? Do you want to develop some
strategies for reading better? Do you need just some extra practice to
understand written English, either fictional or technical? Would like to
get more vocabulary?
Get *here* the first edition of my book on ESP (English for Specific Purposes) [Inglês Instrumental, in Portuguese]. You can also download it from the Publicações page.
Click the links below and improve your reading.
- Theory: how we read? Comprehension
- Basic comprehension passages I
- Basic comprehension passages II
- Inglês Instrumental (Apostila UEPB)
- Inglês para informática (Apostila E-Tec Brasil)
- ESL Lounge
- My English pages
- Lingua Press
Writing
The titles below are a bit advanced as they require a good level of reading skills to understand the explanation.
- Improve your written English
- Writing from start to finish
- Writing skills success
- British Council LearnEnglish
Listening and Pronunciation
Even in our mother tongue it is difficult to understand what people are saying. Without engaging into a conversation, to find out what the topic is about may be hard (sometimes). So, to minimize this ocasional lack of understanding, below you find some good sources for practicing and developing this skill.
- British Council - Listening Practice (Adults)
- British Council - Listening Practice (Teens)
- BBC Learn English - 5 days to become a better listener
- BBC English my way - Course
- BBC Crime Drama - Father and son
- ESL Lounge - Listening + exercises
- My English pages
- YouTube - American English Listening - 58 Passages from Elementary to Advanced Level
- YouTube - Real English Conversations - Short Dialogues
- YouTube - Everyday English Conversations