How to start using this educational tool

Some of the students who first get to this site wonder what sites to visit. They don't know exactly where to start and where to go next. So, here are some tips:

If you are a student at an advanced or intermediate level, just click on any of The Media links. You will find direct links to British and American Newspapers. Go to your favourite sections: international news, sports, health, entertainment, music ... You can also compare articles in different publications. How is the same piece of news presented on such and such newspaper? Discover the yellow press, the serious newspapers. Which looks like our Clarin, La Nación, La Prensa?

You can also navigate the BBC Learning English site which is just wonderful!! It has everything you may want to find: audio, video, transcripts; crosswords, puzzles, quizzes; soap operas;
phrasals, grammar, listenings; vocabulary in context: sports, science, technology, health, new words that you won't find in a dictionary yet. You will find whatever you may think of and much more!!!

And don't forget to visit Randall's Site. Click on Who's Randall first so that you get to know something about his background. Click also on FAQ and read how to make the best use of his site.

If you are a student at a pre-intermediate or beginner level, visit the following sites:

1. English File
a) Click on the book that corresponds to your level
b) Click on the folder that you want to use: pronunciation, audio, vocabulary, games, grammar

2. Randall's ESL Lab
a) General Listening Quizzes (for pre-intermediate students)
b) Basic Listening Quizzes (for beginners)

3. Simple English News (with audio)
There are lots of topics: sports, music, entertainment, business, world news, unusual news, etc

There are links to dictionaries for everybody to use. Accountants will find the Financial Dictionary very interesting; Advanced students will find the Dictionary of Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions very useful, and everybody will benefit from the Pronunciation Dictionary.

I expect these few tips clarify a little bit.