Daily English Online

An Online subscription from Linguaphone

What is Daily English?

The program uses news media to teach and test English. News stories are drawn from the top international media like International Herald Tribune, BBC, Washington Post, Guardian and other such news outlets. 
Daily English uses print (reading), radio (listening) and TV (sight and sound) media to deliver the English teaching. It is updated every day. Each news clip is a learning unit that builds the following language capabilities:

  1. Reading
  2. Vocabulary
  3. Comprehension
  4. Listening Skills
  5. Grammar
  6. Speaking Skills

Daily English also provides Online Testing with instant results and feedback.

The Structure of the Course

Each news clip has a learning goal for Grammar and Communications Skills. Instructions and learning strategies are suggested for each clip.  There are questions to be answered about the news clip, and the answers are also provided. The text of the clip is given, with key vocabulary explained. This is a very valuable feature to aid comprehension. There is an entire section devoted to the grammar of the news clip.

The testing is in the Activities section and comes in 2 forms:

  1. Objective Yes/No type questions
  2. Subjective Fill in the blank questions.

When you complete the test for the news clip, you can instantly get your percentage  score, with the correct answers provided where you have made a mistake. Feedback is instantaneous.
A Dictionary feature helps you find the meanings of words, along with their usage in a sentence.  A Search feature allows for the user to look through the archives for news regarding a particular subject. The news clips and grammar content are stored in an archive going back a few months.