How to pump your own English

Everyday classes for those with an average level of English.

In fact, very often the problem with English is not laziness to deal with it, but that it is often difficult for oneself to understand where to start, what to grab at. That is why experienced teachers have prepared special instructions for those who are determined to improve themselves. Training will take you a maximum of 50 minutes a day.

Listening (listening perception) - 15 minutes a day

ESL Cyber ​​Listening Lab

A site with many short audio recordings on various topics. Pros: - After listening to each audio, you can check with its text decryption; - The system itself calculates your correct and incorrect answers; - You can find sound clips and exercises for every taste. For convenience, they are sorted by level of difficulty.

Cons: - A very, very old interface. Early 2000s; - Not all audio recordings are of perfect quality, some have noise interference. Although this can be attributed to pluses - in real life, too, few people speak slowly, clearly and in an absolutely quiet room. Extraneous noise is always present, so get used to it right away.

Ello

The site is not only with audio, but also video dialogs. Pros: - Nice design, everything is convenient; - A text version of all conversations is also available; - You can train not just English, but also with various accents. There are many options; - For convenience, a small dictionary has already been compiled for each dialogue.

Cons: Alas, the resource is not very full, and therefore the choice of exercises on it is limited.

Skyeng listening

A simple and understandable simulator for training the perception of English-language speech by ear. Pros: - Available exercises for both the most basic and advanced levels; - A lot of content; - A useful feature is available - English subtitles while listening. It helps some, especially at the initial levels; - You can listen even when offline - the Internet will not be needed.

Cons: The application must be downloaded to your smartphone. Although, for many, this is just a plus.

Reading - 15 minutes a day

Simple wikipedia

It happened to you that you seem to be going to bed early, even go to bed, and then at 3 o’clock in the morning you understand that you are enthusiastically reading Wikipedia, and that sleep is not in one eye? If so, then you will definitely like this site: it contains completely random, but very interesting facts and biographies. And the language of presentation is very pleasant.

Media in English

Two things at once: read the news, and practice English. Moreover, many reputable media have recently started the practice of publishing adapted articles for those who do not speak English fluently, but want to read the news. Just our case.

Vimbox translate

An extension for the Google Chrome browser, with which you will no longer be afraid of any English-language texts, sites and so on. It does not automatically translate the entire page, as the translator does, but if you, reading in English, come across an unfamiliar word, just click on it with the mouse and the extension will immediately display its contextual translation.

New words - 10 minutes a day

Word

One of the convenient simulators for learning English. It contains more than 200, 000 different words, which are broken down not only by language proficiency, but also by topics and life situations like “airport”, “shopping”, “car rental” and so on. But the application is not simple, but very smart. So much so that it will itself at a certain frequency remind you of the words in which mistakes were ever made, and also check whether you remember everything exactly?

Lingualeo

Quite a popular resource that allows a company of a fun lion cub to learn new words and study them in various ways. There are many exercises, and the interface is nice.