English language support

This page is designed to provide links to a range of resources to help with English language support for students who speak English as a second language.

Resources

Your language skills

The language challenge
Assess your language skills
A student perspective on learning a language
A video of an international student panel discussions

Ways to improve your English

British Council elementary Podcasts
Audio soaps
English language teaching programme
Magazine articles
Stories/ poems
How to videos
Accuracy exercises (click on left tab exercises)
Exercise to identify mistakes (click on left tab exercises)

Grammar

Learning activities to improve grammar and vocabulary
Grammar revision pages e.g nouns
Grammar revision
Grammar tests
British grammar movies
Language assistance
BBC challenge topics

Vocabulary

Cambridge Dictionary online
Learning activities to improve grammar and vocabulary

Photo of international student using computer

Listening skills

Introduction on listening comprehension and note-taking
Listening in lectures
Advice on improving listening skills
Recognising lecture structure
Assistance with understanding how sentences are related
Listening text

You will find other iTASH resources in the following sections: