Teach Yourself Online

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Alison is a web portal that offers online courses and certification in topics such as computer, study and business skills. The training is provided by reputable organisations such as Microsoft and is a great way to access quality training for free. As the courses are provided free you will find some advertising on the site.

GridClub is a huge website with over 500 fun educational activities for children aged 5-12 years. There is lots of materials on English and maths, but also science, history, languages, geography, health, art, music and more. NOW AVAILABLE FROM HOME TOO

Life in Great Britain

How much you do you really know about the country we live in?  Prepare for the British Citizenship Test with Life in Great Britain. The course material includes 'Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey into Citizenship', a study guide and practice tests.

Mathletics is the world's most popular math's website and is used by over three and a half million pupils. It has over 1000 different learning activities for students aged 5 and upwards including live maths games of speed and skills. Mathletics is suitable for adult learners too.

If you want to improve your spelling Spellzone’s the site for you. It’s written mainly with older students in mind: children age 10 and upwards as well as adults. The course is used to teach and improve English spelling in schools, colleges and adult training centres, but you can access it from home or on your mobile phone or tablet. Spellzone is suitable for helping people with dyslexia and also helpful when learning English.

Thoery Test Pro

A highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory test,  containing the entire official test question bank, hazard perception video clips and an online version of the Highway Code. All this material is licensed from the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), the people who set the tests. Practice for the car, motorcycle, heavy goods or passenger carrying vehicle tests.
When you first use Theory Test Pro, you will need to register with your name, email address and password. There is no charge for this. This information allows Theory Test Pro to save your test scores so you can follow your progress as you practise for the test. Good luck!

Learn a language online (choose from English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Dutch), as well as fifteen interfaces including Polish and Hungarian. There are levels to suit everyone from the complete beginner to advanced student and sections designed to improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening and cultural skills.
A wide range of activities is available allowing you to devise your own personalized learning path to suit your needs. Cutting-edge speech recognition software recognizes what you say, assesses your pronunciation and corrects any mistakes and tests evaluate your progress.
So whether you want to learn holiday Italian, business Dutch or have just moved to the UK Tell Me More is the perfect tool for you. You will be asked to register the first time you use it and will need to have a microphone attached to your computer to use the speaking sections of the course.

Seriously Addictive Language Learning! Transparent Language Online is a language-learning system that teaches you key words and phrases. Perfect for learning a holiday language or improving your vocabulary. Choose from an amazing 80 languages and learn online from home. There’s even an Apple or Android app for learning on the go!