Internet resources for learning English

The links on these pages offer a series of Internet starting points for learners and teachers of English. They will be especially useful for learners studying at University level and will also be of interest to learners of other languages.

The links cover the following categories:

• TV and news 
• Reference and study 
• Science and technology
• Arts
• Social Science
• Institutions 
• About Britain 
• General 

TV and news

• BBC TV and Radio Home Pages 
• BBC World Service
• Worldwide Newspapers Portal
• MediaUK – A searchable database of all Britain’s media stations, channels, newspapers and magazines
• CNN Interactive- news and interest stories worldwide
• MTV - the Internet version of the pop music station
• The Times Higher Education Supplement
• The Independent Newspaper
• The Daily Telegraph Newspaper
• The Guardian Newspaper 
• The Observer Newspaper
• The International Herald Tribune 
• The Big Project - links to a large number of local newspapers around Britain
• Teletext - Information and news pages from ITV and Channel 4
• The Daily Echo - Southampton's local newspaper
• ITV Homepage
• Channel 4 Homepage
• Private Eye – UK’s fortnightly satirical current affairs magazine
• Time magazine

Reference and study

• BBC World Service Language Learners Website - includes an email discussion group, guides to useful words and phrases text and picture to support radio programmes and examples of English in RealAudio.
• Advice on Academic Writing - comprehensive answers to questions on essay writing from the University of Toronto.
• Learn English in your own country
• Collins Cobuild online
• Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary
• Oxford Dictionaries – comprehensive monolingual dictionary as well as word games and language help for native and non-native speakers
• Chambers Dictionary Online – The online version of the household dictionary which offers definitions, synonyms and biographical details
• The English Grammar Clinic- all your questions answered on-line (registration required)
• Purdue University On-line Writing Lab- help with planning and writing academic essays and papers
• The International Email Tandem Network- join the ‘Tandem Dating Agency’ a bilingual (both European and non-European languages) discussion forum
• The Human Languages Page: English- the most comprehensive source of links to language and literature pages around the world
• MIT virtual reference collection- links to US based reference sources
• The British Library
• BIDS (Bath Information and Data Services) - access to reference database and online journals.

Science and technology

• ‘Yahoo’ science links 
• CNN Interactive- up to date science pages
• Nature- International weekly science journal
• How stuff works - Find out how everyday objects work
• Science News - BBC
• US Geological Survey- links to water, biological and geological resources
• Royal Observatory Greenwich
• New Scientist- on-line version of the weekly popular science journal
• NASA
• The Discovery Channel
• Dinosauria - Info on Dinosaurs
• Basic guide to how PCs work
• The UK Engineering Council
• History of Mathematics
• Links to Statistics Web Sites
• Natural Science Museum - visit the galleries in 360 degree panoramas and interactive exhibits.
• The UK Science Museum - a number of online exhibits including Inside Apollo 10, Dolly the Sheep and the Challenge of Materials

Arts

• World Art Resources – ‘Your guide to everything art-related’
• Arts Council England 
• UK arts, Theatre, Opera and Dance
• The Royal Opera House
• The National Portrait Gallery
• The Tate Gallery
• British Arts Festivals Association
• BAFTA - Britsh Academy of Film and Television Arts
• The British Museum
• National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
• The Poetry Society

Social Science

• ‘Yahoo’ Social Science links 
• ‘Yahoo’ Society and Culture links 
• The Economist On-line- International journal of ‘news, ideas, opinions and analysis’
• News from NATO 
• The Office for National Statistics 
• The Society of Genealogists - Trace your family tree
• The WWW Virtual Law Library - links to information on Administrative Law, Business and Commercial Law, Civil and Appellate Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Evidence, Environmental Law, Family Law, Foreign and International Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law, Property, Law, Taxation, Torts.
• The Law Society of England and Wales
• Web Journal of Current Legal Issues Ltd - A focus on current legal issues in judicial decisions, law reform, legislation, legal research, policy related socio-legal research, legal information, information technology and practice.
• Areas of British Law and Legal Practice
• Academy of Management Online
• Business and Management Dictionary
• Computing and Internet Technology Dictionary
• Business and Finance Dictionary
• Glossary of Insurance Terms
• The International Law Directory
• Duhaime's Law Dictionary
• Advertising Glossary
• INFORMS Online (IOL) - the official Web site for Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
• The Museum of Public Relations - how ideas are developed for industry, education, and government, and how they have been applied to successful public relations programs since the PR industry was born.
• The Scholarly Societies Project - worldwide links to over 1000 scholarly societies in the area of the Arts, Sciences and Social sciences.

Institutions

• The British Council 
• Gateway to the European Union
• European Information - The EC British link
• UK Parliament 
• Public Services – the official government pages
• The UK Prime Minister's home page
• The Home Office
• The British Monarchy – official website

About Britain

• Living and Studying in the UK – British Council pages
• University of Wolverhampton UK Sensitive Maps - links to British universities and research institutions
• The Virtual Tourist Guide to Britain - maps, museums, theatres, cinema accommodation and travel
• Lonely Planet Guide to England
• South Coast Resorts- a guide to the South Coast of England
• Hantsweb - an information service for the county of Hampshire, England
• Historic Royal Palaces – including the Tower of London
• The British Tourist Authority- practical advice and information on where to go, places to stay, and what to see and do in Britain (of special interest - a movie map guide to famous film and TV locations).
• City of Southampton web pages - with transport links, tourist pages, government and city links.
• Southampton night life
• The Saints - Southampton's football club
• The National Trust-  The national charity which ‘works to preserve and protect the coastline, countryside and buildings of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.’
• English Heritage – The national charity for preservation of historic monuments in England (including Stonehenge!)

General

• Webcrawler- a fast keyword search engine
• ‘Webcrawler’ links to on-line CHAT rooms- meet and correspond with people around the world
• WebCorp – An online concordancing tool which uses Google as its corpus
• University of Sussex Language Centre- lists of Internet resources for English teachers and learners
• Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning- for learners, teachers and researchers interested in issues relating to self-access language learning
• The Virtual Tourist 1 and 2- links to maps, places and information around the world