Whether on Google play or in the Apple store you can find plenty of applications that you can use to help you improve your English, take a look at the list below to see some of the most useful apps to help you and make sure to try to explore everything they have to offer.
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Do you think it’s possible to become fluent in a language in three months? Well, Yes it is and if you want to find out how you can get it check out Benny Lewis’ Website where you can find a lot of useful and important tips on how to improve any language you’re learning.
Take a look at this video where he introduces his website and do it in more than 10 languages! Check it out:
He describes his website:
As a site packed with encouragement and “language hacks” about speaking languages as quickly as possible, as he travels to learn and speak languages himself.
His main concept for learning a language quicker and more efficiently is to Speak from day 1 and this is how the got to the 11 languages that he is able to speak today. All his materials: The Language Hacking Guide, blog, website, videos and so on all start from this concept that if you want to master your target language quicker you have to start speaking it right way and that’s how I improved my English enormously and am able to speak it much better today. But remember this is just one of his concepts for learning a language more efficiently, you can find much more on his Language Hacking Guide.
His Language Hacking Guide is probably the most important resource that anyone who’s learning a foreign language could get. Every single aspect of learning a language is covered in this guide and you’ll sure find any answer you need for pretty much everything. In his guide he talks about topics like:
These were topics that I was really struggling with and to be able to find all the answers I needed was great and the ones that were more effective to me were making time and At home / in-country immersion. This is a very important part on the “At home / in-country immersion” topic from his guide:
Do you watch TV? This is generally a waste of time in your native language. You don’t learn
anything, and many people (including me) believe that it is a very bad way to spend your free time
when there are so many more productive and fun things you could be doing. There are way better
ways to relax at the end of the hard day.
People who tell me they “don’t have time” to learn a language and follow that up by asking me if I
saw the latest episode of soap opera x, or reality show you need a good slap in the face to wake
them up, in my opinion!
However, if you watch TV in your target language it suddenly becomes a useful activity. I
personally wouldn’t like to get into watching TV, but if you quite enjoy it then do it in your target
language. You can find dubbed versions of some of your favourite TV shows online in most major
languages. And if you can’t, abandon it and get much more immersed by watching shows/movies
made in the language of that country.Benny Lewis
And to finish here’s his TEDx Talk: Speak From Day 1 which should make a good introduction for those who still don’t know his methods and concepts for learning a language:
Good luck with your studies!
iTunes may be yet something unknown for most English students but they have no idea how beneficial it can be when it comes to improve their English skills ( listening ). So why don’t we start talking a little bit about it!
According to its own website iTunes is a free app that lets you organize and play digital music and video on your computer. It’s also a store that has everything you need to be entertained. That makes it the perfect place to listen, watch, read, play, explore, and shop. Well, many people really just use it for entertainment but if you are learning English that changes completely. There are 2 amazing features on iTunes that makes it a perfect and completely useful tool for those who are learning English. I’m talking about iTunes U and Podcasts, which are both free. Yeah, exaclty you heard it right: FREE!
1. Podcasts
First and most importantly of all we need to know what a podcast is so take a look at how a podcast is described:
Podcasts are free, downloadable audio (sometimes video) programs, containing new and interesting information about anything you can imagine and iTunes gives you access to more than 225,000 free podcasts, from your favorite NPR shows to TEDTalks. They are created by specialists in their fields, in addition to entertainers, journalists, and even big media outlets. A podcast is like a radio program, but you can download it from anywhere in the world. There are millions of programs to choose from, which you subscribe to, put on your MP3 player, and listen to whenever you want, wherever you want, and with basically no commercials.
Podcasts are a great way to practice our English especially nowdays that every one of us seems to be so busy to do anything else besides work where even taking English classes would be a difficult thing to do. Well, if you look at the bright side you’ll see that podcasts can be a great help in that matter! Wherever you are you can listen to a podcast on your MP3 player or smartphone and practice even more than if you were at home. Podcasts can be a fun way to practice English as you can listen to content that interests you. It’s important that you take advantage of the spare times during the day, which are not small, to keep in touch with the language as much as you can. Even though you cannot speak ( which I will cover about it later ) it’s extremely important that you keep listening a lot.
To learn more on how to use podcasts and other tools to help you click here
2. iTunes U
Ohh! Where should I start? Well, Maybe We should start looking at its own description in the apple website:
” iTunes U brings you lectures, discussions, language lessons, and more — all from top universities, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Best of all, everything on iTunes U is free, whether you’re a student or a lifelong learner. “
So I think it seems pretty obvious how great this tool is for English students. For those who like to watch lectures on TED.com this is definetely made for you. On iTunes U you can watch great lectures and have access to courses in every possible topic imaginable and I’m sure there’s one for everybody.
So I can’t wait to hear from you what you think of it.
If you have any questions drop a comment below!
Hulu is a great website , very different from others due to its awesome video quality and huge library of tv shows. Make sure to check out this amazing tool to help you improve your English.
