Breaking News English is good for your English skills

"Breaking News English" can be useful when you are learning English.

• Here's the front page.
• Or try the beginning level for starters.

Each story has activities to help you develop your reading skills. Choose one story and try some activities. 

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Listening on the web

The challenge is to find some listening activity that is right for you.

Many people like Breaking News English. They have many stories you can read and listen to at the same time. They also have some interactive activities you can do on the screen. Try this one story about blue whales: [Link to story about blue whales here.]

Here are some other places that have listening activities:

• ManyThings hosts some "Naturally Spoken English" from ELLO - [Link here.]
• Breaking News English has a lot of stories that you can listen to while you read along. There are also some learning activities. [Link to site.]
• 5 minute English has a range of listening activities, but with a strong USA accent. [Link.]
• The British Council has a site they call "Listen and Watch". [Link.] [example: history tour]

Photo by Pete Zarria (creative commons at flickr).

All about the weather

• How many words can you think of about the weather?
• What's your favourite kind of weather and why?

Try this quiz from the BBC about weather.

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Photo by pingnews (creative commons at flickr).

Play some learning games

Being playful can help your learning. Games help you to have a playful mind. Try some of these games, and tell us what you think, in the comments.

• BBC has a good game to test your senses: the Senses Challenge.
• ..and the BBC also has a good game called "Wordmaster" that lets you guess the right word. 
• To practise your Yes / No questions, try the game "20 Questions", where the computer tries to guess what you are thinking.
• Try this listening game about the weather: match the picture with the sound.

Have you found any good games for learning English? You can paste a link in the comments below. 

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