Easy and fun: seven sites to help you learn English

When you are already adults, it is not easy to take up learning a foreign language. Daily chores and worries take a lot of time. And the dream of learning English is becoming more and more "rosy", and its realization is shifted indefinitely. Edition Adme.Ru talked about services that will help you learn English in an easy and fun way.

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Language practice with a literate native speaker

verbling.com - a service where you communicate live with teachers from other countries.

The advantages of this site are that here:

• the minimum price (after all, I just needed to talk to an educated person);
• are taught by the British or Americans (teachers from Australia and South Africa with their special pronunciation immediately disappeared);
• suitable time for classes (it is not easy to coincide with the USA).

Watching free video tutorials regularly

engvid.com - video lessons for students with different levels of language proficiency.

The resource helps you learn how to behave and what to say in different situations: for example, how to complain about poor service or express sympathy at a funeral.

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Here you can take a test to find out how solid the lesson material is. The piggy bank of lessons is replenished weekly.

Watching TV shows in English

cucirca.eu - here you will find many TV series in English. It is important to choose a TV show you like so that it is more interesting to listen to and learn.

Do not be afraid to revise fragments, check words in a dictionary. And your interest in the show will keep you looking further.

News in English

npr.org - a news resource about international events.

It uses specific vocabulary that is unlikely to be found in business literature and in everyday life. Conveniently, part of the news can be read and listened to.

Exciting speaker presentations at conferences

www.ted.com - a resource for inspiration, getting new ideas and an example of successful public speaking.

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Plus, great language practice too. You can watch with subtitles (in English or in your native language) or read the text of the speech in a separate file.

Memorizing new words and expressions

ankisrs.net - a program that helps you memorize words and expressions using spaced repetition.

Collections for different levels of English can be downloaded and used. It is possible to add your own words.

Playful ways of learning

puzzle-english.com - a game resource on which you practice understanding speech in an entertaining way, strengthen your grammar and improve your pronunciation.

The site has a mailing list with "vitamins". There are many useful language nuances in it, which are especially important if you already have a base.

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