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All About , Lesson 11 - Top 5 Tools for Learning English

Ryan Hi everybody, this is EnglishClass101.com's All About

English Lesson 11 - Top 5 Tools for Learning English.
I'm Ryan.
Chihiro And I'm Chihiro. In this lesson we want to give you
some ideas on useful tools on the internet that you can
use to help you with your English studying.
Ryan Apart from using our lessons of course, you will most
likely need extra help when studying. Here, we’ll give
you some websites that you might find useful. What’s
the first one?
Chihiro Well, how about a good dictionary.
Ryan That's very important. There are many to choose from
and some of you may already have a favorite.
Chihiro A good dictionary is necessary when learning another
language whatever your mother tongue may be. If you
want to buy one, a good thing to do is look up the same
word in the dictionaries you're comparing, and see
which definition is easier for you to understand.
Ryan And also check to see how recent it is.
Chihiro An online dictionary that might be helpful for studying
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is Wordreference.
This dictionary gives definitions in Spanish, French,
Italian, German, Russian, and English which would be
useful to those whose native language are those
mentioned.
Chihiro It’s a good online dictionary because it has a discussion
forum where you can ask questions if you’re not sure
about the word used in context, or the word use in a
phrase.
Ryan Even for those whose mother tongues are not included,
the English definitions also have discussion forums.
Chihiro Okay, what’s the next tool Ryan?
Ryan Since we’re talking about dictionaries, how about
UrbanDictionary.com?
Chihiro A good one to know. If you frequently wonder about
certain words that you hear and notice that they’re not
in the dictionary, then this may be the dictionary to go
to.
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Ryan Urban Dictionary gives definitions of slang, buzzwords

and phrases that you might not find in a regular
dictionary. It gives the definition and a sample sentence.
Chihiro Right, but a warning, along with slang, buzzwords, and
everyday phrases comes a lot of profanity as well. So
just to let you know for those who might be offended
by... certain words shall we say?
Ryan Good point. That one deserves an explicit lyrics sticker.
What’s the next tool?
Chihiro How about the BBC Learning English page?
Ryan That’s a good one. The BBC website has an English
learning page that has articles, quizzes, listening
practices, blogs and more geared toward the English
learner.
Chihiro This is a good way to study English in the news or for
businesses purposes. The articles are short and they
come along with a listening practice.
Ryan Be careful if you’re studying American English
though, since the pronunciation of the recording,
pronunciation tips, as well as the spelling will be in
British English.
Chihiro And on to the next one.
Ryan Let’s talk about a grammar tool. How about Guide To
Grammar?
Chihiro Everybody has grammar questions when learning
another language. This website will help you with
questions you may have regarding grammar.
2 Ryan It has an index which you can look up your grammar
question with, and also a search engine.
Chihiro It also contains quizzes that you can take to improve
your grammar. Native speakers even need grammar tips
from time to time, so it doesn't hurt to turn to this tool
from time to time.
Ryan Okay, and what’s the last tool?
Chihiro Well, the last one isn’t quite a tool, but rather a game
that will help boost your vocabulary with some fun.
And it's called TextTwist!
Ryan Ah, TextTwist. It’s a simple game that can be played
online or downloaded off the web that will help you
improve your vocabulary.
Chihiro The object of the game is to rearrange the given
alphabet letters to make as many words as possible. If
you can get the longest word, then you go to the next
level.

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Ryan It’s simple enough to play, and at the same time it’ll
make you want to know much more vocabulary than
you currently do.
Chihiro; Okay, there are plenty more on the web that are useful when learning
English, but here are five of our suggestions.
Ryan Right, use them to help you along with your learning
process and it’ll make your life a lot easier.
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Ryan Bye for now.

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