In the English "Grunnkurs", you are expected to know a little bit about the countries and people that make up the English speaking world. You should also know a few things concerning the history of the English language. Here you'll hopefully find a few links to get you started.
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    The English Speaking World |
The BBC has quite a lot of information on the countries you should know a few things about. Below you'll find a collection of links to their "Education site".
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| Australia - a collection of links |
A collection of links on and about Australia. There are also short presentations of what you might find at the different sites. There should be something for everyone - even a vast collection concerning the Olympics!
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 Australia (ekstern) | |
| Ask Jeeves is an excellent guide to finding more information on any given subject. |
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| Canada |
A few links to sites concerned with Canada containing facts about the country and its inhabitants.
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| Dictionaries and more (ekstern) | |
| Some 40 or so on-line dictionaries, from the 10th Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, to The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus. Help yourself! |
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| Direct translations (ekstern) | |
| Be aware the possibility to translate web sites directly from one language to another. In this case "tranexp" (www.tranexp.com) has translated NettGymnaset's official site into English. As you'll see, there are certain problems concerned with direct translations! |
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| English Language Links (ekstern) | |
| Comenius language links is a collection of various links within the English language. |
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| English Puns (ekstern) | |
| The English love puns, and the newspapers are especially focused on making headlines that are "doublesided". In this exercise you are given a statement or question, and have to choose the correct answer. All the exercises are in fact more or less funny puns. |
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| Germanic (ekstern) | |
| The Germanic languages developed into English, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, and Swedish. The ancient Greek language became modern Greek, and early Latin developed into French, Italian, and Spanish. |
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| How Stuff Works (ekstern) | |
| Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes your refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place for you! |
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| Links to countries on the 1+2 syllabus |
The BBC has quite a lot of information on the countries you should know a few things about. Below you'll find a collection of links to their "Education site".
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| New Zealand |
The "kiwis" of New Zealand are known to be a hospitable people. New Zealand's nature is quite similar to that of Norway, but still the average Norwegian hasn't heard too much about the country. This is a start.
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| Novels and stories (ekstern) | |
| At this site you will find the classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries, from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, and Dante, as well as more light weight favorites - all in all thousands of texts at your disposal! |
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| Old English Sayings (ekstern) | |
| Do yu know where the saying "a son of a gun" comes from? It's like this: After sailors had crossed the Atlantic to the West Indies, they would take the native women on board the ship and have their way with them in between the cannons. Some of the women the sailors left behind would have boys, who were called sons between the guns. |
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| Roget's thesaurus (ekstern) | |
| Search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus - an excellent way of gaining more knowledge! |
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| South Africa |
South African scenery is well known for its splendour and beauty. But few countries have been more unpopular than South Africa. Here are some basic facts about the country.
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| The Romans (ekstern) | |
| Map of the Roman Empire at the time what was to be the United Kingdom was under their seige. |
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