yes! In fact, there are many ways to get in touch with the original English. Today I recommend 10 very good foreign English learning websites.
allows you to easily contact English in your life, cultivate the habit of using English, and expand your international vision.
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Listening category
BBC News (www.bbc.com/news)
The most famous of BBC News is its audio. To listen to British English, you must follow the BBC World Service Radio (BWS) column.
This is the most listened radio station in the world. Its broadcast manuscripts are written rigorously and neatly, and it is worth learning.
first launched five minute news bulletin (five minute news bulletin) program, speaking at a moderate rate, spending five minutes a day, not only can understand international events, but also practice listening.
In addition, the 6 Minute English column on the BBC Learning English station is also a good choice.
NPR (www.npr.org/)
NPR is the radio station with the most listeners in the United States. Its programs are fairly fair, reflects all aspects of American life, , and provides a good understanding of contemporary American social phenomena and American lives.
NPR programs are very rich, including news dialogues, witty stories, music columns, etc. The most famous of are NPR podcasts, NPR music, and NPR This I Believe.
NPR broadcasts at a faster rate, which is closer to the TOEFL, so I insist on listening to NPR every day, and I won’t have to worry about taking TOEFL!
Scientific American (www.scientificamerican.com/)
One of the most useful columns is Podcasts, and the familiar 60-second material of American scientists comes from this.
Scientific people 60 seconds is a sharp tool for everyone to sharpen their ears on the road. The speed of speech is so fast that you doubt life, but you insist on listening repeatedly. After a while, you will find that the TOEFL TPO listening materials are simply pediatrics.
Elllo (http://www.elllo.org)
English listening online laboratory, listening materials from English speakers all over the world , listening to different English accents in various countries, there are various topics, such as sports Travel, games, etc. What's even better is that there will be related listening texts under each audio player, so you can listen and compare.
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Oral
TED (www.ted.com)
TED official website provides you with the latest speeches, various hot topics, and the synchronization of subtitles in various languages, inspiring you to "change the world with your thoughts".
Each speech is short and concise , controlled within 20 minutes, suitable for learning with fragmentary time every day, download a few to watch on the bus and subway at any time. The
breakingnewsenglish (http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/)
website is full of recent news. The difficulty of news is divided into . You can choose the news that suits your level to read. What's more powerful is that even the same news is divided into levels, ranging from easy to difficult to read.
After reading the news, there will be corresponding practice questions. you still canLearn from articles such as Listen / Read / Spell / Words. When listening to the news, you can even choose the speed of your speech.
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reading class
BookZZ (http://bookzz.org/)
There are many book collection engines abroad, here is BookZZ. There are 2.77 million books and more than 50 million articles in its database, all of which provides for free. Reading English original works has since become more convenient!
Quora (www.quora.com/)
Quora is similar to Zhihu. Many scholars, professors, and people from all walks of life gather together. There are people who are willing to answer hot and unpopular questions here.
When you search for a question, related questions will be listed next to it. You can learn how to express your opinion in authentic English on a question. , many answers make people's minds open. Because
is answered by a netizen, sometimes there will be irregular grammar or spelling, so everyone must be good at screening and picking the rough ones.
Wikihow (www.wikihow.com)
Wikihow is a magical website, where you can not only learn all kinds of life-related English, but also learn many DIY tricks. Each step is illustrated with pictures and texts, and users can also score and interact. When
won't do something in the future, don't know about it on Baidu, come to Wikihow, and learn life Tips and English expression.
Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/)
is similar to Baidu Tieba, you can browse and participate in comments based on topics you are interested in, and use it for free without email registration. Every post on
is a small world, where a group of people with the same hobbies gather and communicate with each other.
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Writing Z13z
Synonym Search (www.thesaurus.com)
If you often feel that you have a single word when writing, you can’t find a suitable word to replace, will list the corresponding synonyms and antonyms according to the different interpretations of the words.
is not only for word query, it can also be used to query synonymous and antonymous expressions of phrases. These can come in handy when writing substitutions.
Slang Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/)
Have you ever had such a situation, you chat with a foreigner, and you know every word in what he says, and you don’t know what you are connecting? Or see a word with strange bones, but searched through Oxford and Collins to find the meaning?
Urban Dictionary contains a variety of strange slang, abbreviations, fixed collocations, special usage , and even the meaning of all English names. Most of them are closely related to current affairs and can be read as news.
Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com/)
English writing real-time error correction artifact, paste the text in the website, a few seconds later, Grammarly will give suggestions for modification. The red underline marked with
is "serious error", and the yellow underline marked with is "improvement suggestion". On the right side of the page, detailed error explanations and suggested corrections are also listed.
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dictionary class
Collins (www.collinsdictionary.com)
is the most suitable dictionary for entry. The use of "entire sentence interpretation", through a complete sentence to explain the meaning of words, easy for beginners to understand.
It also focuses on common English words, gives a word frequency label from one to five stars, which is equivalent to drawing us an outline of common English words!
Webster's Dictionary (http://learnersdictionary.com/)
, also known as the Weber Dictionary, is one of the most authoritative dictionaries in the world . For English learners, the interpretation is more friendly and the example sentences are also very rich. The number of example sentences included is the largest among all ESL dictionaries.
Many words or phrases can’t find corresponding example sentences in other dictionaries, but they can be found in Webster’s dictionary, especially for many American English usages.
Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)
has a large collection of words with a large number of example sentences. Compared with other dictionaries, the definition of Cambridge Dictionary is more concise and accurate , allowing readers to grasp the key points at once.
At the same time, there is also a Grammar column on the official website, which explains some error-prone grammar knowledge points, supports searching in the first letter of words, which is very practical.
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Open Courses
Coursera (www.coursera.org/)
provide the world's top university courses , most of the courses are free of charge zz, if you want to get the 13 certificate after completing the course.
browse the above courses casually, it feels very interesting. But if you want to understand, you have to practice English well.
Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org/)
All courses in Khan Academy are free and open to everyone. For free. For everyone. Forever.
Its courses are very rich, including mathematics, science and engineering, computer, arts and humanities, economics and finance, and even SAT, GMAT and other foreign university entrance exams.
After watching the video, you can do exercises to consolidate. Students who want to study high-level courses abroad should not miss it.
The above are all easy to use flying foreign websites. Any one of them can give you access to a wider world, but to truly learn English, memorizing and reading are far from enough. The most important thing for
is to use English! How to do it?
At home, you can take BestKids oral English classes with foreign teachers in Europe and the United States. You can have lessons with foreign teachers one-on-one without having to go out. If you also want to test your English proficiency, or want to try a 1:1 oral English class with a foreign teacher, please try it!