In order to start traveling with fluency in the language, first of all you need to get acquainted with its basic skills, and not just with a couple of words and expressions.
To do this, you should resort to a comprehensive study of the language, that is, pay equal attention to its grammar, reading, writing and, of course, listening comprehension. Don't also forget about pronunciation! But without a dictionary, of course, there is no way for us.
It may sound very complicated and confusing, but don't worry!
In this article, I will tell you with the help of which Internet resources, services and apps, you can turn the entire learning process not only incredibly simple, but also an amazingly exciting and interesting journey!
I present to your attention my top 5 best free resources for learning English:
Skills: grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking.
Learning form: videos, audios, phrasebooks and many multidirectional exercises.
Here you will find an extensive collection of English lessons for beginners. You will learn grammar, words and phrases for every day, phrasebooks for tourists, as well as learn the language from films and songs. If you practice regularly, the results will not take long to wait.
Skills: vocabulary, reading, listening comprehension.
Learning form: texts and articles, songs, videos and exercises.
The famous online resource with Leo the lion cub remembered by many users, who needs to be fed with meatballs while performing various tasks. The resource allows you to learn English online: compose phrases, read articles, listen to songs, watch videos and simultaneously translate unfamiliar words.
Here you can learn both individual words and whole phrases. In this case, you will immediately know in what context you can use the new vocabulary.
Skills: vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation, writing.
Learning form: listening and pronunciation exercises in the form of new words, ready-made phrases and short simple sentences.
On this website or in the app you can also practice English online for free, but you will not be accompanied by a lion cub, but a funny green owl. On Duolingo, you learn words in context, in short simple sentences. This is very convenient, since you can immediately use ready-made phrases in your speech.
Each phrase in the exercises is voiced by a native speaker, that is, from the beginning of training you get used to the sound of coherent English speech. This way you will practice not only listening perception, but also pronunciation.
Skills: vocabulary, listening comprehension, writing.
Learning form: creating interactive flashcards and collections of words for memorizing with the help of exercises.
A resource where you can create electronic cards with words for free. We recommend making thematic collections of words — it will be easier to remember this way. It will be easier to learn new vocabulary by performing various interactive exercises.
Skills: listening comprehension, reading, vocabulary, grammar and writing.
Learning form: texts with basic vocabulary, audio and other exercises.
A free online resource for learning English from scratch. Under the heading For Beginners you will find collections of light short texts with an audio track to them. I advise you not to read the text, but first turn on the audio recording and try to understand what it is about. Write out new words and learn them — the basic vocabulary that everyone needs to know is presented in the texts for study.
In conclusion, I want to say that learning English can be even more exciting if you just add it everywhere in your life. Nowadays it is easy to do this with the help of services such as Youtube, Spotify, TikTok, watching various movies and TV series in the original and much more.
So get started and enjoy! You will succeed!
Do you think you could suggest some Tik-Tok accounts which would help to learn English more productively? Good post btw, keep going!
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DeleteYeah, I'm subscribed to many really cool Tik Tok accounts, such as Thoe Walker, Englii and Nastya.eng
Highly recommend! <3