Use Fleex to practise listening to authentic English through video, television and cultural content.

Use Forvo to support your English study: pronunciation in various languages

A blog post from a UCL History lecturer explaining how to write a good History essay. Much of the advice applies to other subjects too.

Use Idiom Site to practise English with learning materials covering vocabulary, grammar and everyday language.

Use Khan Academy to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

Use Learning Chocolate to support your English study: vocab for English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese

Use LibriVox to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

Use Listen & Write to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

Use Listening and Note-Taking Exercises to support your English study: by Andy Gillet from the University of Hertfordshire

Use Lit2Go to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

Use LoudLit to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

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Use Newsy to practise listening to authentic English through video, television and cultural content.

Use Open Culture to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

Use Paragraph Punch to support your English study: a guide to paragraph writing.

Use Quizlet to support your English study: study languages or other subjects using flash cards and quizzes

Use Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab to practise listening to authentic English and build pronunciation and vocabulary.

Use Reverso to look up English words, check meanings and support vocabulary learning.

Use Rhymes to practise English with learning materials covering vocabulary, grammar and everyday language.

Use Shahi Dictionary to look up English words, check meanings and support vocabulary learning.

Use Spellodrome to support your English study: bring your word lists to life with an engaging array of activities, games and challenges – all powered by your own word lists.

Use Study Skills at UCL to practise English with learning materials covering vocabulary, grammar and everyday language.

Written by the educators who created Covering World News, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material.

Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real."

In this funny and insightful talk, builder Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he's built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. Brilliant, low-tech design details will refresh your own creative drive. (Filmed at TEDxHouston.)

The complex issues we face today require a key set of problem-solving skills. How can schools best prepare students to be ready to take on these challenges? How can they help ensure students have the "deeper learning" skills of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and metacognition, as well as have the content knowledge they need? Presented by Marc Chun, Education Program Officer at the Hewlett Foundation.

In this thoughtful talk, David Puttnam asks a big question about the media: Does it have a moral imperative to create informed citizens, to support democracy? His solution for ensuring media responsibility is bold, and you might not agree. But it's certainly a question worth asking ... (Filmed at TEDxHousesofParliament.)

Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why — though we want to know more about the world than ever — the media is actually showing us less. Eye-opening stats and graphs.

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script — give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.