Tip 1: English Examinations
Cambridge
General:
Take KET
(A2), PET
(B1), FCE
(B2), CAE
(C1), CPE
(C2)
Cambridge
Business (BEC):
Take Business
Preliminary (B1), Vantage
(B2), Higher
(C1)
www.cambridgeesol.org
www.cambridgeenglish.org/de/
Cambridge
English Language Assessment (Wiki)
Cambridge English Language Assessment Learning Tips (YouTube Videos)
Cambridge English Language Assessment on Facebook
Cambridge Examinations: Speaking Test (YouTube Videos)
Macmillan
Exams - Download information sheets about Cambridge & other exams
Other examinations:
General
& Business:
TELC
www.telc.net
Telc
GmbH (Wiki)
Business:
LCCI
www.lcci.org.uk
Info
auf Sprachenmarkt.de
University:
IELTS
www.ielts.org
www.britishcouncil.de/ielts
International
English Language Testing System (Wiki)
University:
TOEFL
www.ets.org/toefl
TOEFL
(Wiki)
TOEFL Study Guide
(Discover Business)
Common
European Framework of Reference / CEFR
(Gemeinsamer Europäischer Referenzrahmen / GeR)
Europäischer
Referenzrahmen (Wiki)
www.europaeischer-referenzrahmen.de (German)
GeR - Goethe-Institut (German)
EnglishProfile.org - CEFR for English (English)
Council of Europe - CEFR (English)
Placement
Tests:
www.sprachtest.de
GLS Sprachenzentrum - Placement test
Cambridge Test Your English
Oxford Online Placement Test
Hueber English Elements - Placement test
LCCI - Placement test
Engames - Placement test
VHS
Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Tip 2: English Radio Programmes
Tip 3: Television, Movies and DVDs
Use subtitles
Learn
English (YouTube)
English Courses on TV (e.g. on BR-Alpha)
Telekolleg - Fast Track English I-IV - General, The Business World, America (1997/98)
Telekolleg - Inside the British Isles (Helen Wood, 1995, Level: B2/C1)
Telekolleg
- Into the English World: Grundkurs Englisch (with Carolin Nyhuis,
Eric Gladhart, 2012)
Telekolleg - Englisch für Anfänger (mit Graham Pascoe, 1982)
Top Notch TV (Peason-Longman, YouTube)
English News on TV
BBC,
CNN,
Bloomberg,
Deutsche Welle TV,
CNBC,
Al Jazeera,
France 24 (English)
Tip 4: Audio Books
Tip 5: English Newspapers and Magazines
Tip 6: English Conversation Groups & Courses in Berlin
Tip 7: Social Networking Sites & Chat Rooms
Tip 8: Talk to Yourself & Read Texts Aloud
Talk
to yourself: Talk about anything and everything. As
long as you do it in the privacy of your home nobody will think you
are crazy. ;-)
Try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing
your own voice in English. You can also record your voice to check
your pronunciation.
Learn English the Natural Way (YouTube)
Techniques - Talking to Yourself (English Conversations)
Tip 9: English Books, Novels, Stories
Online Books:
Project Gutenberg
(free e-books)
Classic Reader
(free classic books online)
Dailylit.com
The Online
Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
English Reading Room (englishpage.com - free books, magazines, newspapers etc.)
ReadBookOnline.net
Graded
Readers (learnenglish.de - Info & Links)
Printed Books - Graded Readers:
Book
series: Berlitz "Englisch lernen mit ..." (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Langenscheidt "Lernschmöker" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Macmillan "Readers" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Oxford "Bookworms" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Penguin "Readers" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Cambridge "English Readers" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Collins "English Readers" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Reclam Fremdsprachentexte "Rote Reihe" (Amazon-Link)
Book
series: Wordsworth "Classics" (Amazon-Link)
Bookshops in Berlin:
English Bookshops in Berlin (Guide by Ian Barwick)
Saint George's Bookship - new & second-hand books
Tip 10: Post-It™ Notes
Tip 11: English Language Learning Magazines
Tip 12: Comics
Tip 13: Quizzes
Tip 14: Listen to English Songs & Read English Lyrics
Tip 15: Listen to Podcasts
Tip 16: Visit English Websites & English-speaking countries
www.bbc.co.uk
www.visitbritain.com
www.australia.com
www.newzealand.com
www.discoverireland.ie
www.tourist-information-uk.com
www.discoveramerica.com
www.visitcalifornia.com
www.visitengland.com
www.wales.com
www.visitscotland.org
www.southafrica.info
www.visitmalta.com
www.visitgibraltar.gi
www.visitchannelislands.com
www.visitcornwall.com
projectbritain.com
The Internet Movie Database
National Geographic
MTV (US)
MTV (UK)
USA Survival Guide (1Cover Travel Insurance)
29 Surreal Places In America (Buzzfeed.com)
Sprachreisen England (Sarah Landrut, German)
Schüleraustausch und Internat England Ratgeber (Peter Wisniewski, German)
Reisen in englischsprachige Länder (Forum englisch-hilfen.de, German)
Tip 17: English Reading Groups & Book Clubs (Berlin)
Tip 18: English Theatre, Comedy & Events (Berlin)
English Theatre Berlin (Kreuzberg)
English Events in Berlin (Website)
FB Group: English Events (Berlin, Germany)
Comedy Club Kookaburra - English Shows
ComedySportz Berlin
Comedy in English Berlin
The Fish Bowl Comedy Showcase in Bar 1820
The Fish Bowl on Facebook
Comedy auf Deuglish Berlin (Facebook)
Shakespeare im Park Berlin
The Connect Book Club
Tip 19: Screensaver
Tip 20: Karaoke
Tip 21: Online Dictionaries & Visual Dictionaries
Free online dictionaries:
dict.cc
LEO
PONS
Beolingus
Woerterbuch.info
Links to bilingual online English-German dictionaries (marcjaeger.net)
Links to monolingual online dictionaries (marcjaeger.net)
Free
online Picture dictionaries & visual dictionaries:
PONS English Picture Dictionary
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - Picture Wordlist
Printed Picture
dictionaries & visual dictionaries:
The Oxford Picture Dictionary - monolingual (Amazon-Link)
Merriam-Webster's
Visual Dictionary - monolingual (Amazon-Link)
Merriam-Webster's
Visual Dictionary - multilingual (Amazon-Link)
DK
Publishing Ultimate Visual Dictionary (Amazon-Link)
Coventgarden
Visuelles Wörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch (Amazon-Link)
Download free offline dictionaries:
elcombri Translator
QuicDic (Chip.de)
Tip 22: One Word a Day & Word of the Day
Tip 23: YouTube
Tip 24: English Online Courses
Free
English courses:
Langenscheidt Online Audio-Sprachkurs Englisch
British Council - Learn English
BBC Learning English
Listen and Write - Free Listening Practice
EGO4U - English Grammar Online for you
Englisch-Hilfen.de - Learning English Online
English-online.org.uk - Free English Online Courses
Esolcourses.com - Free English Lessons Online
Englisch-Lehrbuch.de
Englishpage.com - Advanced English Lessons
UEfAP.com - Using English for Academic Purposes
engVid.com - Free English video lessons
vilogo.tv - English video courses
Livemocha.com
- Learn American English
Englisch lernen: Der vollständige A-Z Leitfaden (Gabriel Gelman, German)
Fee-based platforms:
Babbel.com
Dalango.de
Yabla.com
Tip 25: Language Exchange / Tandem Language Learning
Palabea.com
(video chat & learning platform)
busuu.com (interactive
online courses & chat with native speakers)
Erstenachhilfe.de - Tandempartner (tandem language exchange)
Tandem-Berlin.de - Language exchange in Berlin
Tandem
Sprachlernmethode (German Wiki)
Tandem language learning method (English Wiki)
Tip 26: Learning Logs / Mindmaps
Tip 27: Flash Cards / Vocabulary Trainers
Your Dictionary - Links to Vocabulary Flashcards
Vokabel.org - Vocabulary Trainer
Cambridge Objective PET - Vocabulary Trainer
LEO Language Trainer
Vokabeltrainer-Online.net
Anki
- Flashcard Software (freeware, download from Chip.de)
Dict.cc Vocabulary Trainer
Vocabulix Vocabulary Builder
Vokker.net - Learn vocabulary with flash cards
IchLerneOnline.de - Karteikarten online & mobil lernen
Tip 28: Sentence Diagramming
Tip 29: Try out Alternative Language Learning Methods
Tip 30: English Apps for Your Mobile Phone
Tip 31: Join an English Rhethoric Training Club
Tip 32: Learn Poems and Texts by Heart and Repeat Them
Tip 33: Crosswords and Word Games
Tip 34: English PC or Online Games
Tip 35: Board & Card Games
Spotlight
Verlag Board Games
Balderdash (Amazon-Link)
Lingua Ludica - Learn English by Playing (Amazon-Link)
Taboo (English Edition) (Amazon-Link)
Settlers of Catan (English Edition) (Amazon-Link)
Piatnik Absolutely English (Amazon-Link)
Spotlight: A Weekend in London (Amazon-Link)
Spotlight: A Weekend in New York (Amazon-Link)
Spotlight: Are You Joking? (Amazon-Link)
Brainbox - The World (Amazon-Link)
Brainbox - British History (Amazon-Link)
Tip 36: Visit Exam Preparation Websites (FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, TOEFL etc.)
Splendid-Speaking.com - Practice your English speaking skills (recommended)
Flo-Joe Exam Success (recommended)
Cambridge - Exam samples
Exam English - Free practice tests for learners of English
British Council - IELTS free practice tests
IELTS Speaking
ielts-simon.com
IELTS.org - Free test sample
IELTS-Exam.net - IELTS free sample practice tests
Canadavisa.com - IELTS free practice test
TELC.net - Practice material
ETS.org - TOEFL iBT sample questions
TOEFL Study Guide
(Discover Business)
TOEFL iBT Course - Demo
English Stuff - ESL practice tests (FCE, TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC)
Tip 37: Language Learning Calendars
Tip 38: Keep a Vocabulary Notebook
Tip 39: Change the Language Settings on Your Mobile Phone, Operating System etc.
Tip 40: Be Aware of False Friends (False Cognates & Deceptive Resemblences)
Tip 41: Subscribe to Newsletters
Tip 42: Go to English-speaking Bars, Restaurants, Pubs (e.g. in Berlin)
Tip 43: Use Language Learning Software and Self-study Books
Macmillan
"Language Practice"
Elementary
Language Practice (Book & CD-Rom)
Intermediate
Language Practice (Book & CD-Rom)
First
Certificate Language Practice (Book & CD-Rom)
Advanced
Language Practice (Book & CD-Rom)
Cambridge
"English ... in Use"
Elementary
Essential
Grammar in Use - German Edition (Book & CD-Rom)
Essential
Grammar in Use - English Edition (Book & CD-Rom)
English
Vocabulary in Use Elementary (Book & CD-Rom)
English
Pronunciaton in Use Elementary (Book & 5 Audio-CDs)
Intermediate
English
Grammar in Use Intermediate (Book & CD-Rom)
English
Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate & Intermediate (Book &
CD-Rom)
English
Pronunciation in Use Intermediate (Book & 4 Audio-CDs)
English
Idioms in Use Intermediate (Book)
English
Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate (Book)
English
Collocations in Use Intermediate (Book)
Advanced
English
Grammar in Use Advanced (Book & CD-Rom)
English
Vocabulary in Use Advanced (Book & CD-Rom)
English
Pronunciation in Use Advanced (Book & 1 Audio-CD)
English
Idioms in Use Advanced (Book)
English
Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced (Book)
English
Collocations in Use Intermediate (Book)
Business Vocabulary
Business
Vocabulary in Use Elementary/Pre-Intermediate (Book & CD-Rom)
Business
Vocabulary in Use Intermediate (Book & CD-Rom)
Business
Vocabulary in Use Advanced (Book & CD-Rom)
Academic Vocabulary
Academic
Vocabulary in Use (Book)
Cambridge
"Past Papers" (all levels)
Amazon-Links
to Self-Study Packs for KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, BEC etc.
(Book & Audio-CDs)
Cambridge
"Top Tips for ..." (all levels)
Amazon-Links
to the series for PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS etc. (Book & CD-ROM)
Cambridge
"Common Mistakes at ..." (all levels)
Amazon-Links
to the "Common Mistakes" series (for KET, PET, FCE, CAE,
CPE, IELTS etc.)
Cambridge
"Grammar for ..." (all levels)
Amazon-Links
to the "English Grammar for ..." series (for PET, FCE, CAE,
CPE, IELTS etc.) (Book & Audio-CD)
Cambridge
"Objective ..." (all levels)
Amazon-Links
to the "Objective" series (for KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE,
IELTS etc.)
Pearson-Longman
"Practice Tests Plus" (all levels)
Amazon-Links
to the "Practice Tests Plus" series (for YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE,
IELTS etc.)
Pearson-Longman
"Gold Exam Maximiser"
Amazon-Links
to the "Gold Exam Maximiser" series (for PET, FCE, CAE, CPE)
ETS TOEFL (exam preparation, past papers)
McGraw-Hill:
Official Guide to the TOEFL Test with CD-ROM (Amazon)
McGraw-Hill:
Official TOEFL iBT Tests with Audio (Amazon)
Vokabeltrainer
Langenscheidt
Wortschatztrainer Business English 6.0
Langenscheidt
Vokabeltrainer English 6.0
SuperMemo UX (Polish vocabulary learning software)
Bilingual
Dictionary Software (German - English)
Langenscheidt
e-Taschenwörterbuch Englisch
Langenscheidt
Collins Großwörterbuch Englisch
Langenscheidt
Muret-Sanders Enzykl. Wörterbuch Englisch (2 Volumes)
Langenscheidt
e-Fachwörterbücher
PONS
Schülerwörterbuch Englisch
PONS
Großwörterbuch Englisch
Das
große Oxford Wörterbuch
Duden
Oxford Großwörterbuch Englisch (Office Bibliothek)
Monolingual
Dictionary Software (English - English)
Oxford Essential Dictionary (A2-B1)
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (B2-C2)
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus
Cambridge Grammar of English
Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary
Longman Pronunciation Dictionary
Langenscheidt/Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (B2-C2)
Longman
Essential Activator & Writing Coach
Encyclopaedia Britannica 2014 Ultimate
Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus
Level | Description (EN) | Beschreibung (DE) |
---|---|---|
A1 | Beginner, Basic, Breakthrough | Einstieg |
A2 | Elementary, Waystage | Grundlagen |
B1 | Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Threshold | Mittelstufe |
B2 | Upper-Intermediate, Vantage | gute Mittelstufe |
C1 | Advanced, Effective Operational Proficiency | fortgeschrittene Kenntnisse |
C2 | Proficiency, Mastery | exzellente Kenntnisse |
Quelle: Wikipedia & St Giles International, siehe auch: Tip 1 & 43
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