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This is an excellent site to develop the reading, listening and vocabulary skills for students of all levels. (CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS THE SITE). Every working day a short video news item is published. The content is adapted for level 1 (beginners) and level 2 (intermediate) and level 3 (advanced). There is always an accompanying transcript with the key words highlighted. These key words are also defined for the students in level 3. If you read and listen to two articles every day, your reading and listening skills can improve fast. You can learn quickly and after some time you will not have to translate into your own language. You will simply understand. Why should you do this? When you listen to people in your native language, you do not translate. You simply understand. The same has to be in English. When you learn English, you have to learn the whole sentences in context. Students, who translate English texts, do exercises and do tests are very good at translating, do...

As part of the BBC World Service,  BBC Learning English  has been teaching English to global audiences since 1943, offering free audio, video and text materials to learners around the world.  Perhaps the best thing about BBC Learning English is that many of the materials are delivered as full length courses, a service which would you usually have to pay for. However, each component of the course is standalone and can be studied on its own. This means the learner can choose the best way to study for them; by following a full course or by following the individual materials most appropriate to them. A new feature is site maps, which allow you to find a particular grammar point or language area to work on. You can see the site map for the Lower-Intermediate Course  here , and find out more about the current and future courses  here . Here are direct links to the courses. The courses consist of 30 units (click on OPEN UNIT SELECTOR to access each unit): Lo...

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn face questions from Jeremy Paxman on the big issues of the 2017 General Election, hosted by Sky News and Channel 4.

Presented by comedian Jay Foreman, this short film follows the progress of an election campaing right up to the polling day and the formation of the coalition government.  Jay Foreman visits a constituency in the middle of an election campaign and finds out from the candidates and local young people why it's important to vote and make your voice heard. http://www.parliament.uk/education/ campaig

Here's a good video from the Financial Times that explains the UK General Election, scheduled to take place on June 8th.

In what ways was this attack an international issue? Why were computers in Russia especially vulnerable? Why were the reporters discussing the age of the person who created the kill switch? What was learned from this cyberattack? TRANSCRIPT