Dont speak the queens language as well as you would like? Then these sites will certainly be of use to you to help improve your understanding of the English language.

Connect with English - Web
- Featuring the story of Rebecca, an aspiring singer on a journey across America, Connect With English offers 50 fifteen-minute video programs that will teach English as a second language to high school students, college students and adult learners. Produced by WGBH Boston.
The English We Speak - iTunes Free - Web Site
- Each week, the BBC looks at phrases used in the English language.
American English Speech - Web
- The OLI American English Dialect course from Carnegie Mellon supplies the necessary reinforcement of dialectical structure, audio, production technique and phonetic representation for each sound.
6 Minute English iTunes Free - Downloads - Web Site
- Learn and practice useful English with the BBC.
Better @ English iTunes Free - Feed
- Focuses on conversational English, with an emphasis on idioms and slang.
Business English iTunes Free
- Learn the English you will need to function effectively in an American business environment.
Effortless English iTunes Free Feed
- It gets solid reviews.
English as a Second Language iTunes Free Feed Web Site
- A very well liked collection of ESL lessons. Over 100 episodes in the collection.
English in the Real World - iTunes Free
- The focus here is on the business world and things financial.
English for Spanish Speakers (’Por Fin Aprende Ingles’) iTunes Free Feed
- Si usted haya asistido al menos a un curso de ingles, y usted necesita la oportunidad de escuchar al ingles y hablar el ingles, entonces ‘Por Fin Aprende Ingles’ es el podcast perfecto para usted. Presentado por Carla Staufert-Sauvier, una profesora de Mexico, y Jade Lindquist, una profesora de los EE UU.
ESL Business News iTunes Free Feed Web Site
- A weekly wrap of international business news read in slow, clear English. Listen to the broadcast and follow along in the accompanying script.
Grammar Girl iTunes Free Feed Web Site
- Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer.
Speaking English iTunes Free Feed Web Site
- 100+ lessons focusing on English pronunciation and vocabulary.
Tu Ingles! iTunes Free Feed Web Site
- “Tu Ingles” is designed to help Spanish-speakers improve their ear for English. The weekly program features drills of verb conjugation, interviews, advice about idioms, and excerpts of speeches and other recorded spoken material from famous English speakers.

learning a new language can be tough at the best of times but there are a few language translation apps on the market that will make your life a little easier for under $10. Here are the the top 3 we found.

The Oxford Translator Travel Pro offers Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish. and has a heap of simple conversational phrases to begin with and lets you expand from there. Whilst there are 5 languages it can grate after while due to the way it only speaks single words sounding very broken.

It will set you back ten bucks per language and has all the necessary features to get you around a foreign country and the curriculum software to teach you plenty before you arrive if need be.

Oxford Translator on iTunes Store

The Cool Gorilla Talking Phrase book is a cheaper application at One Dollar than its Oxford equivalent but still has plenty of features. It includes Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. and is very easy to navigate thatnks to its friendly user interface. The translators are animated and well recorded and have a ton of suggested phrases for any occasion.

Coolgorilla and iTunes Store

If you want a freebie then World Nomads is probably your best learning opportunity. It has tons of languages including Arabic, Cambodian, Cantonese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lao, Malay, Mandarin, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

It doesnt have the brillaint organisation and interface of the other two discussed but is clearly the best value for money if you are just a passing tourist who does not want to come across as an alien from another planet.

World Nomads and iTunes Store

We would love to hear of any great language learning apps / translation tools that you come across.