This section contains links to external websites which may prove useful and (sometimes) a brief description of what you may find on them. If you're one of my students, you'll find here any website which I have recommended you visiting. If you find a broken link, please report it by sending me an e-mail!
MONOLINGUAL LEARNER'S DICTIONARIES
Merriam Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary of American English
BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES
Word Reference (Oxford and Espasa)
Reverso (Collins)
Granada University
OTHER USEFUL DICTIONARIES
Merriam Webster's Visual Dictionary
Do you know what something looks like but not what it's called? Do you know the word but can't picture the object? This is your dictionary! Match the word to the image (or the other way around) in a quick look.
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood from the meaning of their separate words. Do you think English idioms are a hard nut to crack? Take the bull by the horns and look them up in this useful dictionary!
Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal (i.e. multiword) verbs are sometimes difficult to deal with. Whenever you come across one of them, look it up in this dictionary!
Urban Dictionary
This is a great tool to become familiar with the language of the street and slang in English. Use with caution! This dictionary is constantly being developed by users and can't always be trusted.
Thesaurus.com
A thesaurus is a dictionary which groups words with similar meanings together. Are you looking for a synonym for a specific word or expression? Check this link out!
BRUSH UP YOUR ENGLISH
BBC's Learning English / advanced
General and business English. Grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Interesting sections include 'Words in the News' (the language in the news), 'Ask about English' (FAQs) and 'Keep your English Up to Date' (facing a changing language). Regular updates.
Breaking News English / intermediate
Improve your reading skills. Suitable for Bachillerato students aiming to take the PAU test. Regular updates.
Cleave Books' Good Reading on Line / advanced
Improve your reading skills with these e-books. Classics and short stories.
English Listening Language Lab Online / intermediate and advanced
Improve your listening skills and get used to accents from all over the world. Everyday topics and current affairs. Free downloads and comprehension quizzes, including standardized test (e.g. TOEFL) practice (STeP).
About.com's Start Learning English / beginner
A variety of exercises and guidelines to start learning English. ESO level.
About.com's Continue Learning English / intermediate and advanced
A veriety of exercises and guidelines to improve and brush up your English. Many of them are suitable for Bachillerato students.
Englishclub.com / intermediate and advanced
Guidelines and lessons to improve your communicative skills, grammatical profiency and vocabulary in an autonomous way.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab / upper beginner, intermediate and advanced
Improve your listening skills autonomously with these great recordings and multiple choice comprehension tests. Increasing difficulty. Suitable for Bachillerato students.
Randall's EzSlang / intermediate and advanced
Do you feel your English sounds too artificial and textbooky? Is it hard for you to understand conversational speech and slang? Useful website to produce more natural English.
