11 Free Websites To Practice English at Home

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11 Free Websites to Practice English at Home

by Hilary Schenker
November 28, 2012
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At the New York Public Library's Adult Learning Centers,
where adults work on basic English and literacy skills,
we're often asked for recommendations of websites for
adults to practice English at home. Below you'll nd eleven
sites, some with a focus on listening, some on vocabulary,
others on grammar, and some with a range of activities.
Happy learning!
Easy World of English
easyworldofenglish.com
An attractive, user-friendly website including grammar,
pronunciation, reading and listening practice and an
interactive picture dictionary.
RTlibrary on Flickr
Many Things
manythings.org
This website includes matching quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a
random-sentence generator and other computer-assisted language learning activities. The site also includes a
special page on pronunciation, including practice with minimal pairs. Not the fanciest or most beautiful website, but
with lots to see and use and no advertising.
Dave's ESL Cafe
eslcafe.com
A forum for both ESL teachers and students around the world. Includes quizzes, grammar explanations, and
discussion forums for students. For teachers, includes classroom ideas on all subjects as well as discussion forums.
The California Distance Learning Project
cdlponline.org
Read and listen to a news stories on topics including working, housing, money and health, then work on activities
based on the stories including matching pairs, vocabulary, and quiz questions. Some stories also include videos.
BBC Learning English
bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
An array of wonderful activities for practice, some relating to current events. Includes videos, quizzes, vocabulary
practice, idioms, crosswords, and much more, though all with British accents.
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Activities for ESL Students

a4esl.org
Grammar and vocabulary practice for all levels, including many bilingual quizzes for beginners. Also includes a link
for teachers, with conversation questions, games, and many other ideas to put to use in the classroom.
ABCYa
abcya.com
This is a website for kids, but who says adults can't use it, too? The site includes educational games organized by
grade level, from 1st to 5th, and is particularly good for spelling and phonics. There are games to practice vowels,
uppercase and lowercase letters, Dolch sight words, synonyms and antonyms and more.
TV 411
tv411.org
This site includes videos with native speakers explaining key reading concepts like critical reading, summarizing
and scanning, and key life skills like signing a lease and reading a medicine label. Following each video is a
comprehension quiz. Click on the blue tabs across the top lead for lessons on reading, writing, vocabulary and
nance.
GCF Learn Free
gcearnfree.org/everydaylife
A well-designed site with interactive tutorials for everything from operating an ATM machine to reading food
labels. If you click on the main page icon and then click on reading, the site has resources for English language
learners as well, including stories to listen to and read along, and picture dictionaries.
Language Guide
languageguide.org/english
This is an online picture dictionary, with everything from the alphabet to parts of the body to farm animals.
Oxford University Press
elt.oup.com/learning_resources
This site from Oxford University Press has activities to practice spelling, grammar, pronunciation, and listening. A
bit difcult to navigate, so more suitable for advanced learners and savvy internet users.
Also, don't forget YouTube. Whatever you'd like to learn an explanation of a grammar term, idioms, a set of
vocabulary enter it in the search eld and an array of videos are sure to come up. I hope some of these sites prove
useful. Enjoy! And please add your own favorite sites in the comments.
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Thanks for posting

these
Thanks for posting these Hilary! It was helpful. :)
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(not veried) on May 28,
2013 - 10:55am
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Chinise
Submitted by Joshua Zhang

(not veried) on March 15,
2015 - 3:45am
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Submitted by (not
veried) on May 4, 2015 1:29am
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Let's learn some

English!
I am from Hong Kong, perhaps my Chinese can help you a little bit. Cheers,
Morris
Submitted by Morris
Leung (not veried) on
September 3, 2015 7:51am
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lest go
i want to learn more english
Submitted by Pamela
(not veried) on October
2, 2015 - 9:06am
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Submitted by Tina (not

veried) on September 3,
2015 - 9:16am
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2015 - 4:47am
FRowanL0903@gmail.com
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veried) on October 26,
2015 - 1:37pm
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Chinese
Submitted by Shanshan
(not veried) on
November 29, 2015 7:05pm
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English
Submitted by Lynn (not
veried) on January 14,
2016 - 11:15pm
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English
Submitted by Lynn (not
2016 - 11:16pm
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Learning by practice
Submitted by Speaking7
(not veried) on August 2,
2015 - 5:13pm
I my opinion the best way to learn is practice. On this speaking7 com page you
can nd peoples who want to talk in english, spanish, french, german, etc. :)
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Practice english by
speaking
I know this page. With skype account you can nd hundred peoples to
practive english speaking.
Submitted by Tom (not

2015 - 6:30am
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speaking practice
I want to practice online speaking.
Submitted by sanjit (not

veried) on August 30,
2016 - 2:15am
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Thanks
Thanks
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Submitted by eslam
mostafa (not veried) on
September 5, 2015 8:48am
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Here's another free site.
LearnAmericanEnglishOnline.com has been online offering free English
Submitted by Paul
Lawrence (not veried) on
October 9, 2015 - 11:55am
lessons since 2003. This is one of the most popular websites on the internet
for beginning and intermediate level learners of English (according to
statistics provided by Quantcast and Alexa).
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I could'n agree more,

The
I could'n agree more, The information is very useful. Thank you so much...
Submitted by Haizel (not

2015 - 6:27pm
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English Websites
Submitted by Desiree
Machicote (not veried) on
July 2, 2013 - 2:08pm
These are wonderful opportunities for folks to improve upon their English! I
work for the NYC Dept. of Education and will share with my families and on my
websites! Thank you so much NYPL!!
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English
I live in pakistan I read and write but cannot speak english
Submitted by Abdul Nasir

(not veried) on July 11,
2013 - 11:58am
REPLY
I'm from iran and like

you I
I'm from iran and like you I cant speak very well could you practice with me?
Submitted by ( not
veried) on July 29, 2014 12:30pm
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Are you a boy or a girl ?
Are you a boy or a girl ?
Submitted by Challenge
(not veried) on October
18, 2014 - 4:33pm
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english urdu
I'm AROUSH from pakistan. I don't know about this website , so, I just
want to say that it sounds' good.............
Submitted by aroush
awan (not veried) on
February 13, 2015 12:58pm
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English learning
I want to learn English
Submitted by Girl (not

veried) on June 17,
2015 - 10:40am
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I too want to lean ,

How to
I too want to lean , How to speak uently in English we can talk on

mails
Submitted by Nikhil (not

veried) on September
22, 2015 - 6:24am
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yes i can practice

english with you
i can convey 90% what i want to tell others but still i am having much
problems while speaking uently and sometimes while writing
Submitted by mamta patel

(not veried) on April 20,
2015 - 4:11am
REPLY
mee too, i also just read

and
mee too, i also just read and write
Submitted by Guest (not

2015 - 4:21am
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mee too, i also just read

and
mee too, i also just read and write

2015 - 4:21am
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Free English
Worksheets!
Hi everyone, check out www.englishlinx.com. They have over 40 English topics

with thousands of free worksheets for all grade levels. www.englishlinx.com
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(not veried) on September
5, 2013 - 6:14pm
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queery
veried) on February 1,
2015 - 1:33pm
i don't nd any new website to learn free english language rst every site
shows free at last they say you have to subscribe if you want take advantage
form the site it's not good we can't perch age if we can't perchage new course
of english we don't get opportinuty to learn english how could you response
my queery
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Hi i am very glad to
speake
Hi i am very glad to speake with you to inhamce my english conversation
Submitted by karim (not

2015 - 11:15pm
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learn english
I just nd this site but i would like learn english please thank you
Submitted by MARIE
MARTHE BONNY (not
2015 - 9:38am
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Very affective sites
very helpful thanks a lot
Submitted by Hemanth (not

2013 - 9:05am
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These are great

wesites
(not veried) on November
27, 2013 - 7:55am
This list has the best websites that I have ever seen related to learning English.
I've been teaching English as a foreign language for 5 years, I noticed that the
students usually have the same or similar difculties, and so I decided to make a
non-prot website for EFL students and teachers. If you have a chance check it
out: http://www.gapsenglish.com
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There are some

others helpful
websites too.
BBC learning English & Dave' cafe are my favorite ones. Besides, memrise.com
to learn new words and englishcentral.com to practice speaking are pretty good
too. please add them to the list.
Submitted by Mobimas (not

2014 - 8:25am
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Thank you so much,

actually
Submitted by Hadi Beigi
(not veried) on April 15,
2014 - 1:00am
Thank you so much, actually the sites introduced in this article is more useful
for low level learners, but I checked englishcentral.com, It's a great source for
me, It's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you again
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Congratulations
Thank you for help and tips! The sites are very good. Congratulations.
Submitted by Valeria (not

2014 - 5:08am
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How to learn
english on line?
Thanks a lot for sharing this valuable tips and English learning sites.
Submitted by Edoubts (not

veried) on March 13, 2014
- 11:37am
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Query
Submitted by Nousher
Ahmed (not veried) on
March 26, 2014 - 2:24am
How I get benet from this site,and What I should do?Please inform details
through the following e-mail address- nousherahmed@gmail.com
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English adventure
game
Fun game intended for those who are studying English: http://creepyenglish.com
Submitted by Aurimas (not

- 8:02am
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Audi to atalim good
Audi to atalim good
Submitted by Tamem (not

veried) on April 4, 2014 4:01pm
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how to learn
english online
I got a lot of trouble in speaking as well as in writing english plz help me out....
Submitted by sakshi (not

veried) on April 26, 2014 6:13am
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I have encountered a lot

of
I have encountered a lot of problems in English Please choose a Can you help
me
Submitted by shoon (not

2015 - 1:35pm
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I got a lot of trouble in speaking as well as in writing english plz help me out....
how to learn
english online
Submitted by sakshi (not
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my english is very bad please i want english learn free.
english
Submitted by rabeya bosry
(not veried) on June 5,
2014 - 1:40pm
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hi
I want to learn English free help me please.
Submitted by Edy (not

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Non-prot Offers $5
English lessons
Submitted by Katherine
Katsenis (not veried) on
July 18, 2014 - 1:57pm
We are a non prot charity whose mission is to make quality English

language instruction accessible and affordable. Maybe some of our $5 one
hour classes can help you.
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Free English
Resources
Submitted by Katherine
Katsenis (not veried) on
July 18, 2014 - 1:56pm
Here is another site that has over 50 English video lessons. Each are short and
focused. You can watch on the train, during lunch, or whenever you have 5
minutes.
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Reading is good
"Passive" way
Reading is good "Passive" way of improving vocabulary, but when you are
resorting to making lists, that is "Active" method. Problem with active method of
learning words is that it is cumbersome and boring, and you doing retain and
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Submitted by Dashmeet
(not veried) on July 30,
2014 - 3:57am
unless you use it in writing sentences to apply the word, very little chance is that
you increase your lexical size. Improve Your Vocabulary - VocabMonk is an
active learning tool which is personalized and makes sure you grasp the learnt
words by applying it. It is lot of fun too as you can play vocab challenges with
your friends. Give it a shot!
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I sure am listening
is the
I sure am listening is the best way to learn English but I've not found any website
that it focus by listening.Do you know any?help me please, thanks.
Submitted by hossein (not

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want to do english
Submitted by smeyra (not
veried) on August 18,
2014 - 3:31pm
want to do english practicing. my level is b1. want to be friend to improve

english by e-mail.
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practicing English by
email
Dear friend, how are you... Can we practice our English by email.
Submitted by yulia (not

veried) on November 7,
2014 - 9:37pm
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listening practice / free

sites
Submitted by Rey (not
2014 - 6:36am
There are many good audio books on the youtube. You can see the text and
hear it at the same time. Breaking News English also has over 1000 articles.
You can read and listen to them at the same time.. even at different speeds.
After the article, there are short or extensive learning classes, as you prefer.
AND, it's all FREE!
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I do want to have a
friend so
I do want to have a friend so as to improve my english speaking skills... But it"s

really impossible in my country ..
Submitted by Challenge (not

2014 - 4:43pm
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Hi.very fast i forget

the
Hi.very fast i forget the meaning of word .i go to institute third of a week.also im

so weak in reading
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Submitted by Sajjad (not

2014 - 2:22pm
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IELTS
Submitted by IELTS London
3, 2014 - 2:20am
Well I am appearing IELTS in London and wanted to brush-up my English spoken

and written and your 11 sites have helped me the right way.
REPLY
Another website
I have found learnamericanenglishonline.com to be very helpful.
Submitted by Joe Wozniak

28, 2014 - 1:26pm
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Best one is "BBC

Learning English"
among all websites
Submitted by Tauhid (not
2015 - 11:10pm
I must admit this post really helped me to nd out authentic English learning
website. Among all of them "BBC Learning English" is the best one for me.
Thanks to Mr. Hilary Schenker for this post. Can anyone suggest me any website
based on Right Form Of Verbs? Thanks to all.
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Right form of verbs

solution
Submitted by Tausif (not
Dear Mr. Tauhid, I have read out your problem. I think you're having problems
with grammatical rules and I have the best solution for it. I was also having the
same issues. Then I went to this site: http://www.talkenglish.com/ and I was
greatly beneted from here. It will denitely have the answers to your
questions. Check it out if you like.
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I have a lot of
problem to
I have a lot of problem to speaking! who is help me?
Submitted by negar (not

2015 - 3:05pm
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I lived in nyc for 7

years of
Submitted by Arturo Zecua
(not veried) on February 5,
2015 - 9:16pm
I lived in nyc for 7 years of my life, and it was the best experience I've ever had. I
used to visit the public libraries on 5 ave and the one on Madison ave, the
librarians were always helpful and kind. When a went to La Guardia Community
College I used to do my homework in those buildings and there was always
someone to help me, and you know know what? I really apreciate it. Now I live in
my country Mexico and I'm very grateful for all the things that I learned in nyc
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and I want to continue practicing my English,therefore, thank you for sharing

this websides.
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english
I have a english paper tomorrow so plz help me to clear the paper .
Submitted by Tania (not

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english
i want learning english
Submitted by Melucha
Mussoco (not veried) on
April 21, 2015 - 4:00pm
REPLY
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sa.stranslater Translator is
https://play.google.com/store
Submitted by Ahmad11 (not
veried) on June 12, 2015 6:51am
very good app for learning all language its really helpfully. Thank You Very Much
:)
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Still useful sites in

2015!
Thanks for showing us these helpful sites. I will share this list with my students!
Submitted by Sabrina @
speak... (not veried) on
June 17, 2015 - 12:51am
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speaking practice
videos
Submitted by Correy Smith
(not veried) on June 26,
2015 - 6:42pm
Oh hey, I remember taking the BBC Learning English online course as a kid. As a
kid, I moved to Australia with my parents and we hardly spoke any English. So
the only way we were able to learn the language was from a course called toe
ibt speaking practice videos. http://onlinetoecourse.com/samplepage/speaking-section/
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found cool website

Submitted by Jeral (not
Hey guys, just wanted to inform you that I found a cool free website for english
learners https://undworld.com. It's kinda a community where you nd who you
want to talk to... seems promising
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Learning by
practice
I my opinion the best way to learn is practice. On this http://speaking7.com page

you can nd peoples who want to talk in english, spanish, french, german, etc. :)
Submitted by Greg (not

veried) on August 2, 2015 5:16pm
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learn and speak in

english, even in other
beautiful languages
can we try?
Submitted by diana (not

2016 - 11:37am
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speaking7
http://speaking7.com/ is the best!
Submitted by makao (not

veried) on August 3, 2015 8:31am
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learning
Submitted by Gloria (not
veried) on August 4, 2015 7:34am
I know speaking7.com. Very, very, very great page! Nice to meet fantastic
people. http://speaking7.com/
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Language Partner
Submitted by AHMET
YILMAZ (not veried) on
August 7, 2015 - 3:52pm
Hello all , I am the owner and developer of https://www.penpaland.com About

my website: Penpaland is the free social networking site for online
correspondence, cultural exchange,learning foreign languages,sharing
photos,les and videos. Created in April 2015, the Penpaland's mission is to give
people the opportunity to share information and make the world more open and
connected place.
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A website for
learning English
Hi. My website is free for anyone who is interested in focusing on American

English language skills.
Submitted by Paul Lawrence

(not veried) on August 20,
2015 - 12:29pm
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I did'nt kown to
about of
I did'nt kown to about of website.
Submitted by Muhammad
Rauf (not veried) on August
28, 2015 - 12:20pm
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my problems
I can read and write but to speak with others is my problem
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Submitted by christophe
haba (not veried) on
September 5, 2015 - 7:25am
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I have the same problem

, if
I have the same problem , if you want we can try to speak with each other
every day on mails and can improve it
Submitted by Nikhil (not

2015 - 6:26am
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im slow in speaking
nt uent
im slow in speaking nt uent english please someone help me

2015 - 3:12am
REPLY
I want to speak eanglish
I looking someone who would like to speak eanglish with me. I have B1 level
Submitted by andrew (not

2015 - 3:08pm
and I need fast improve speaking. Please contact netandrzej@POCZTA.FM

best regards from poland andrew
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i would like truely learn

and speak uently
english
can we try?
Submitted by diana (not

2016 - 11:34am
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English speaking
skills
Submitted by conno ralfson
(not veried) on October 30,
2015 - 3:10am
Hello, I am Spanish, as well as my husband. I live in the Basque country, where

my daughter is going to be taught Basque next September. She is going to be two
next July. As I studied English at the University, and I spent a year in USA to
improve it. I talk to her in English as much as I can, mainly at home, because when
we go out I feel a little embarrased... Little by little I getting over it but it's not
easy for me... :-) My biggest concern is the kid 's vocabulary when they are start
talking, as I have never been in this situation... As well as I do not know baby talk,
those "special" words that are said to babies or kids... Maybe any of you know
about a web about these things... And If any of you is in a similar situation, you
could tell be if she will be able to be bilingual... In her case trillingual... What I
mean is that I do know that she will be able to speak a "perfect" Basque although
we don't talk to her in Basque, because she has a lot of opportunities to hear it,
and talk it in the street... But as I am the only one that talk to her in English and
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besides I am not native... I would like to know that it can be enough ... She hears
the cartoons in English too... :-D
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11 online sources
for ESL students to
practice English
Submitted by Joan Turley
3, 2015 - 10:32pm
As an educator, I am so happy that I found your suggestions that I can share with
my ESOL adult students. They only have class three days a week, 2 1/2 hours per
class. I have typed up a list of online resources that they could use as a source of
study and practice with the English language. I appreciated nding your
suggestions. I checked out each site and found them to be quite valuable. Thank
you so much for sharing this information online!
REPLY
i have some question in
i have some question in english but i cant nd any solution in google . can you
Submitted by ihtsham (not

veried) on November 30,
2015 - 7:23am
told me any website(like learn english ) where i can ask queation
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IELTS
add me for your ielts practice at skype naser.buet
Submitted by naser (not

veried) on December 24,
2015 - 10:35pm
REPLY
I get a webapp that

is better to practice
english
Using https://speak4learning.com you can practice englis during 2 minutes in

each language. Please see that :)
Submitted by Eric Mora (not

- 2:37am
REPLY
Thanks for this

wonderful
Submitted by Ankit (not
Thanks for this wonderful post. Its really a great blog for a beginner like me who
really needs some stuff for study. I am getting educational materials from
Cambridge University Press India. Their material is great. Please let me know
some resources for vocal and ascent training.
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Thanks Hilary for

sharing
Submitted by Honey (not
veried) on May 7, 2016 3:57am
Thanks Hilary for sharing this kind of sites that we can learn it for free. Maybe
you know similar websites, but mobile friendly? A lot of people in Asia/Africa
don't have PC... Thank you and Have a nice day ^_^
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lets practise
english
I would like to speak English, anyone please?
Submitted by isaac (not

veried) on July 6, 2016 7:37am
REPLY
Valuable English
Resources
Submitted by Ryan the
Englis... (not veried) on July
29, 2016 - 11:29am
There are so many free sites out there to practice English, and this is a great list;
it's always appreciated when someone takes the time to put together something
to help English learners nd good resources rather than spending hours trying to
nd these on their own. Thanks! -Ryan
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hi I'm from iran and

can't
veried) on August 19, 2016
- 5:40pm
hi I'm from iran and can't undrestand inglish very well and like to have a friend
that I can learn inglish and I learn my persian language to that my friend. i'm a girl
!
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FACING THE PAGE, FOR TEACHERS, LIFELONG LEARNING

Activities for ESL Students

Thanks for posting

Thanks for posting these Hilary! It was helpful. :)

Submitted by Joshua Zhang

Let's learn some

i want to learn more english

Submitted by Tina (not

Submitted by jack (not

Submitted by kevin (not

Submitted by Tom (not

I want to practice online speaking.

Submitted by sanjit (not

Here's another free site.

LearnAmericanEnglishOnline.com has been online offering free English

I could'n agree more,

Submitted by Haizel (not

I live in pakistan I read and write but cannot speak english

Submitted by Abdul Nasir

I'm from iran and like

Are you a boy or a girl ?

Are you a boy or a girl ?

I want to learn English

Submitted by Girl (not

I too want to lean ,

I too want to lean , How to speak uently in English we can talk on

Submitted by Nikhil (not

yes i can practice

Submitted by mamta patel

mee too, i also just read

mee too, i also just read and write

Submitted by Guest (not

mee too, i also just read

mee too, i also just read and write

Submitted by Guest (not

Hi everyone, check out www.englishlinx.com. They have over 40 English topics

Hi i am very glad to speake with you to inhamce my english conversation

Submitted by karim (not

Very affective sites

very helpful thanks a lot

Submitted by Hemanth (not

These are great

There are some

Submitted by Mobimas (not

Thank you so much,

Submitted by Valeria (not

Submitted by Edoubts (not

Submitted by Aurimas (not

Audi to atalim good

Audi to atalim good

Submitted by Tamem (not

Submitted by sakshi (not

I have encountered a lot

Submitted by shoon (not

my english is very bad please i want english learn free.

I want to learn English free help me please.

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We are a non prot charity whose mission is to make quality English

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want to do english practicing. my level is b1. want to be friend to improve

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