学海无涯 Skills

The skills links on this page have all been suggested by my previous students of ENG2010/ENG1030 English for Academic Purposes and ENG2020 English for Business Communication as sites they have found useful.

Business English

Websites

PDFs

Videos

Business English Pod videos (many)
EnglishCentral Business English (10 videos)
EnglishLessons4U Job Interview
engVid Learn English with Rebecca (many)
howdini.com Job Interview
Learn English Espresso (many)
letstalk.com Free English Lessons (many)
onlinecommunicationtraining.com (many)
Video Vocab - Learn English vocabulary for business (many)

General Skills

Learning English

BBC Learning English - select "Courses" and "Features"
British Council Learn English
ESOL Courses
The Daily English Show
TED

British Council IELTS

Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionaries (for ‘traditional’ definitions of meaning, and ‘traditional’ grammar)
Cambridge Dictionaries (for English-Chinese and other options, and for British and American pronunciations)
Dictionary.com (for wide-ranging definitions of meaning, and ‘modern’ grammar)
Idioms and phrases