Useful Resources

I've been teaching English for a little more than a year and I think it is very important to keep an eye on the modern resources you can use in your practice. Also it's very important to keep looking for an opportunity to learn something while you're studying on your own. Here I'd like to share mostly free resources that I personally find SUPER helpful.

For listening, speaking and pronunciation:

There are different ways of enriching your vocabulary, listening, speaking and pronunciation skills: reading books and watching films in the language you're studying, having conversations with a foreigner or simply looking up the objects surrounding you in the dictionary  - you just have to be creative about it 😉

https://totale.rosettastone.com/plan/setup  - I loved the fact that they give a 3-day free trial (this is frequently used by many businesses today, because it makes the clients feel like they spend their money on something they know will be good for them and raises the level of trust.)

You can choose your own level and the topic you'd like to study. The lesson lasts for 30 minutes.

Another very helpful resource, especially if you're studying English on your own and want to learn a nice pronunciation is https://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish.

Rachel is a native speaker and she is absolutely amazing in explaining how the English sounds are made and how they sound in speech.

For writing and reading:

https://interlink.edu/online/ Those universities actually physically exist in Montana, Seattle, North Carolina and other places, but if you don't feel like traveling all the way to the USA, they have online courses and online conversational club, which would be good for practicing speech.

If you want to take an online course it'll be cheaper then physically going to the university, but still might be a little pricy for you - for example Intensive English (2 course) would cost you $1,500🧐

Grammar:

Grammar is a whole lot of different story and for me personally was the hardest aspect of language learning. BUT there are good resources, which CAN make it easier and possibly more fun for you.

https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adv_manner.html for example gives you a lot of cases on the topic you'd like to study. Then, after you're through with the learning, you take a test and see what mistakes you've made

Vocabulary:

I liked this dictionary https://www.ldoceonline.com because it explains you the meaning of the words without actually giving their translation, instead of which giving a definition in the foreign language together with the transcription and the recording of the correct word pronunciation.

https://images.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl is where I usually personally go to look for the pictures to explain a certain word.

So there you go. Again, it's VERY important to keep looking, be creative and eager to learn!