We particularly recommend the following books to help you prepare for your IELTS test. You can buy books online here.

Top Tips for IELTS General Training

Essential advice for the four parts of the IELTS General Training test. It includes a CD-ROM with an interactive practice test, sample answers, scores, feedback and a video of an example Speaking test to give you a clear idea of what you have to do when you take the test.

Johnny Grammar’s Word Challenge

Beat the clock and answer as many grammar and vocabulary questions as you can in 60 seconds! Hosted by quizmaster Johnny Grammar, this app features Beginner to Advanced level questions.

Download for: iOS | Android (Google Play) | Android(Amazon)

LearnEnglish Videos

Practise your listening skills by watching 24 short videos about UK culture. Learn about the history of the English language and explore London’s museums and other famous sites in the UK.

Download for: iOS | Android

Professional training

Prepare for career opportunities with hundreds of video tutorials and training courses on a wide array of professional development topics. 

View professional training on Kanopy

Academic research Digital Library

Academic research

Enhance your research with 24/7 access to world-class academic databases from EBSCOhost covering a wide variety of journals, magazines and eBooks.

We also have research reports from the British Council.

LearnEnglish Kids

Improve your child’s language skills with the British Council’s collection of fun and engaging games, songs, stories and activities for children learning English as a second or foreign language.

Explore LearnEnglish Kids  

LearnEnglish Grammar (UK Edition)

Perfect your grammar through thousands of questions in this interactive grammar workbook. Questions range from beginner to advanced level.

Download for: iOS | Android 

LearnEnglish Podcasts

Listen to our podcast hosts talk about life in the UK and improve your listening and vocabulary skills. Each episode comes with audio scripts and comprehension exercises.

Download for: iOS | Android 

LearnEnglish Sounds Right

An interactive pronunciation chart to help you learn the sounds of English quickly and easily. It also features audio playback for phonemes and sample words using the sounds.

Download for: iOS, Anroid

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