Great Britain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

the BBC

www.guardian.co.uk

free access to archives!

http://www.theherald.co.uk/

The Herald

www.economist.com

user account can be created, but not needed; free of charge

www.spectator.co.uk

The Spectator

http://www.newstatesman.com/

The New Statesman

www.scotsman.com

Scotsman

http://www.thesundaypost.co.uk/

The Sunday Post

http://www.lrb.co.uk

London Review of Books

http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm

link collection; all British newspapers including smaller regional papers

United States

http://edition.cnn.com/

CNN

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml

CBS Evening News; latest news; also has videos (see Audio & Video)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

The Washington Post

www.nytimes.com

The New York Times

Magazines

http://www.newyorker.com/

the New Yorker

http://www.time.com/time/

Time Magazine

http://www.uefap.com/writing/function/function.htm

rhetorical writing in academic English

http://www.esl-images.com/

image resource & general materials; e.g. flash cards; if you want to get big images, user account needed (fee)

http://de.geocities.com/henry392003/Englisch_Links.htm

numerous links for teaching English

http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecher/englisch

numerous links for teaching English; e.g. images, links to publishing houses, etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/index.shtml

leaning English – sometimes quite basic

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

web English teacher – lots of good ideas & resources (myths, poetry etc.)

http://www.longman.com/totalenglish/resources/downloads/

free downloads from Longman books

http://www.eslflow.com/

teaching materials

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/

basic exercises and numerous links to sites on different topics (e.g. vocabulary, grammar, …)

http://www.macmillanenglish.com/Inspiration.aspx?id=2604

free e-lessons & webquests; focus on culture

http://www.onestopenglish.com/

free resources

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/quizzes.shtml

quizzes on various topics

http://esl.about.com/About_English_as_2nd_Language.htm

various links for teaching English as a second language; lesson plans, quizzes, …

http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/

Virtual Language Centre

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

news from the BBC with language learning support

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/english.shtml

online learning, support, and advice

http://www.uefap.co.uk/ ⁵⁾

using English for academic purposes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia; completely free content; but: can be edited by everyone who has a (free) user account

http://encarta.msn.com/

Microsoft Encarta; quite a bit of free content; fee for access to premium content

http://www.britannica.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica; quite a bit of free content; fee for access to premium content

Britain

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp

10 Downing Street; official government website

http://www.languageproject.co.uk/about_britain/about_britain.php?pageID=5&category=people

British background studies site

http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/esc.html

some facts and figures about the English language

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml

extensive BBC British history site; also has video & audio material (see Audio & Video)

http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk/

different projects

http://www.icons.org.uk/

ICONS will be a rich resource of material about our lives and cultural heritage

http://www.rampantscotland.com/

13,000+ Scottish-related links

http://heritage.scotsman.com/

Scottish history

http://shipoffools.com/

The Magazine of Christian Unrest

United States

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

the White House; official government website

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/

numerous links to sites about US culture, history, economy, society, media, …

http://www.bendib.com/newones/index.html

political cartoons 2003 – today

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

American cultural history – the 20^th century (Kingwood College Library)

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hypertex.html

texts of American classics; in section “yellow pages” numerous articles on various topics

Both

http://www.history.com/

the History Channel; also has videos (see Audio & Video)

http://cagle.com/

huge cartoon archive; you can search for cartoon by topic and subscribe to a free “cartoon of the day”

http://www.glasbergen.com/

cartoons

http://www.llgc.org.uk/illingworth/illingworth_s060.htm

original cartoon from 1940s, 50s, and 60s

http://www-nw.uni-regensburg.de/~.caa03016.anglistik.sprachlit.uni-regensburg.de/ELR.HTM

link collection

http://www.ponsblog.de/

short articles about news items + everybody can comment on the articles (blog) + further links

http://www.npr.org/

audio; National Public Radio (US); current news & archive; needs internet connection

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

audio; BBC radio; needs internet connection

http://odeo.com/

audio; millions of MP3s and 1000s of audio channels; downloadable; sometimes with script

http://www.esl-lab.com/

audio & video; Listening exercises with multiple choice tests (use the Academic or advanced ones)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml

audio & video; BBC site on British history with some short clips

http://video.google.com/

video; short and long video clips; takes quite a while to find something useful; most videos can be downloaded

http://www.history.com/

video; The History Channel

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml

video; CBS Evening News; has entire broadcast every day as live stream + video on demand + archives; free user account needed to watch video; needs internet connection

http://www.ids-mannheim.de/cosmas2

free access

http://www.corpix.anglistik.phil.uni-erlangen.de/

open for registered users of BNC; those who want to register need to contact Peter Uhrig or Mike Klotz

http://thetis.bl.uk/lookup.html

British National Corpus

http://www.lextutor.ca/

The Compleat Lexical Tutor (concordance tools)

http://dict.leo.org/

German – English / English – German

http://dict.uni-leipzig.de/

German – English / English – German

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/

German – English / English – German

http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/

German – English / English – German Longman Dictionary online; includes pictures that can be copied & pasted

http://www.ponsline.de/cgi-bin/wb/w.pl

German – English / English – German; Pons online; you can get an account and create your own vocabulary trainer or use one that has already been set up

http://www.erlangerliste.de/ressourc/lex.html

Erlanger Liste

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ ⁾

English – English; Cambridge Dictionary (British English)

www.askoxford.com

English – English (British English)

http://www.m-w.com/

English – English; Merriam-Webster (American English)

http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl

OALD

http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/

DCE

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/chapters/title.php

American - British / British - American Dictionary

www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil./InternetGrammar/ ^{1) 5)}

Chemnitz Internet Grammar; username needed; free of charge

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm

grammar bites

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/inhalt_grammar.htm

online grammar; very basic explanations and exercises

http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramtoc.html

online grammar; rather detailed; many examples; still rather simple; no exercises

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/frames/contents.htm

rather simple online grammar; some online exercises

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/exercises/phrasals/

phrasal verb exercises

http://www.cornelsen.de/cornelsen_de/cornelsen_de.html

Cornelsen

http://www.eflbooks.co.uk/

great for esl/efl books

http://www.britishcouncil.org/

British Council

http://www.britishcouncil.de/

British Council

http://www.britishcouncil.de/d/services/britres.htm

British Council; includes “British resources online”

http://english.byu.edu/writingcenter/writingtips.html

writing tips

http://www.bized.co.uk/

for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism

http://www.economics.about.com/

economics (includes glossary)

www.tutor2u.net

business & economics e-lessons, blog, etc.
 

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