Tips and Links for Learners of English

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

BBC Radio
Radio Stations in the UK
CNN Radio
Voice of Amercia - Learning English
Deutsche Welle Me­dia­cen­ter
Eslradioandtv.com
Al Jazeera Live Stream
Radio Australia

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)

ESL-Bits Audiobooks
Books Should Be Free
Librivox
Audible.com (charged)

The Guardian
The Observer
The Times
The In­de­pen­dent
The Telegraph
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Huffington Post (UK)
Huffington Post (US)
The Economist (Weekly Magazine)
The New Yorker (Weekly Magazine)

Connect Berlin e.V.
Meetup-Gruppe: English Con­ver­sa­tion Club Berlin (ECGB)
English Events in Berlin
VHS Berlin
Links to English Language Schools in Berlin
Kurse beim GLS-Spra­chen­zen­trum Berlin
Kurse bei Berlitz Berlin Mitte

Social Networking
XING
Facebook
Google+

Chat Rooms
ICQ
Learn English - Live English Chat
English, Baby!-Chat

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)

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

LSIPortsmouth: "Improve your English, Vocabulary 'post-its' - Learning Tips" (YouTube-Video)

Spotlight Online
Business Spotlight
Just English
Hot English Magazine

Comics English - Having Fun Learning English with Comic Strips
Daily Bits - Links to 17 free Graphic Novels
Comix4Free
Go Comics
Calvin & Hobbes on Go Comics (rec­om­mended)

BBC Learning English Quizzes
EGO4U - English Quizzes
ESL Quiz Center (Dave's ESL Cafe, Dave Sperling)
English Tests and Quizzes (About.com)
English Club Quizzes

ESOL Courses - Learn English with Songs
Songtexte.com
Last.fm

Spotlight Audio kompakt
Podcasts in English - listen and learn
E-Fellows.net -Business English Podcast
Business Spotlight Podcast
British Council Podcasts
ESL Pod - English as Second Language Podcast

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)

British Council Big Read (Berlin)
The Booker Tea Reading Group (Berlin)
The English Reading Group in Berlin
Meetup - Berlin Play Reading Group
The Connect Book Club

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

Linguasaver
Rockle LingoMigo

KaraokeParty
Karaoke on YouTube
Example: Adele - Somebody Like You (YouTube)
Monster Ronson's Ichiban Karaoke (Live Karaoke in Berlin)

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)

OWAD - One Word a Day
OWAD for Business
Spotlight Word of the Day
Business Spotlight Word of the Day
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day
Cambridge Word of the Day (bottom left corner)
New York Times Word of the Day
Dictionary.com - Word of the Day
Wordsmith.org - A Word a Day

Youtube.com
BBC Learning English on YouTube
English with Jennifer (JenniferESL)
The 50 most important common phrases, idioms, proverbs and sayings (English/German, Sprachheld)

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

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)

ABZ Austria - Lern­ta­ge­buch (PDF)
Erstenachhilfe.de - Tan­dem­part­ner (tandem language exchange)
FreeMind - Mindmap­ping Software
Lern­ta­ge­buch (German Wiki)
Learning log (English Wiki)
Mind-map (German Wiki)
Mind map (English Wiki)

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

Sentence diagram (Wiki)
Your Dictionary - Dia­gram­ming Sentences
Dia­gram­ming Sentences Guide
Dia­gram­ming Sentences (Eugene R. Moutoux)
"A Picture of Language" (New York Times article)

Foreign Languages Web: Methods in Detail
Wolfgang Butzkamm: "A Paradigm Shift in Language Teaching – at long last!" (article about mono­lin­gual and bilingual methods)

Dict.cc App (Chip.de)
British Council Apps
Cambridge Apps
Lan­gen­scheidt Apps
PONS Apps (PDF)
Hueber Apps
englishforums.com - Top Mobile Apps
Oxford Apps & E-Books
Dictionary.com Apps
Merriam-Webster Apps
Collins Apps

Mercury Toast­mas­ters Berlin

Bartleby Verse
World-English.org - Classic English Poetry

BBC Learning English Crosswords
Lbt languages - Crossword Puzzle Archive
WESLI English Online Crosswords
Learn English Today - Word Games
Language Games
ESL Galaxy - Crossword Activities for Kids and Adults

Games to learn English
English-Online.org.uk - Games Zone
English-Portal.de - Daily Games
Vocabulary.co.il - English Vocabulary 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)

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)

Lan­gen­scheidt Sprach­ka­len­der (Amazon-Link)
Lan­gen­scheidt Sprach­ka­len­der Business English (Amazon-Link)
Harenberg Sprach­ka­len­der (Amazon-Link)

Cork English College: Build your vocabulary!
english-at-home.com: Improving your English vocabulary
really-learn-english.com: Methods for Learning English Vocabulary

BBC language: Change the language settings

lemaxu.de - false friends
englisch-hilfen.de - false friends
uebersetzungsfallen.de
Grimm grammar - false cognates
Richard Humphrey: False Friends, Falser Friends, Falsest Friends (Amazon-Link)
Graham Pascoe: Sprach­fal­len Englisch (Amazon-Link)

Spotlight Magazine - Newsletter
GoEnglish - Weekly English Idioms Newsletter
English in Your Inbox
Helping Your Learn English - Newsletter
Voice of America - Newsletter
World-English - Newsletter
One Word a Day - Newsletter
Perfect English Grammar - Newsletter
English-Test.net - Newsletter

toytowngermany.com: List of Irish Pubs
Irish Harp & Kilkenny Berlin (rec­om­mended)
Oscar Wilde Berlin
Irish Pub Europa-Center
Belushi's Berlin
East London Berlin (rec­om­mended)
The Circus Berlin - Katz & Maus (Café Bar)
Geist im Glas Bar

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