learning English as a second language
these are the 6 tools that helped me along the way
when I discovered audiobooks
I was like
Oh my gosh
where have I lived all this time?
because
I love or enjoy
somebody reading to you
as you commute or do your daily chorus
laundry
or just
I don't know sometimes, when you are at work
the task is sort of repetitive
it's nice
when you are listening to someone reading a story a thriller
in terms of speaking
it could be quite difficult to find opportunities
when you live in a country that doesn't speak the language you practice
so HelloTalk is a genius app that allows you to pair with a partner or a chat buddy
that speaks the language you want to practice
in return, you teach them your native language
you can also use it as a Facebook for status update, pictures
there is also a built-in translation feature which benefits the lazy people
because you can directly translate anything you want to say in the app
if you mainly want to practice your reading and writing
here are a few tools that I use on a daily basis and I mean daily basis
Curiosity app is for people who are curious or just have a lot of time to read random knowledge
it's really cool because there's a lot of different topics
Flipboard
if you are more entwined with the world these days
which you can get news
it serves like a newspaper app
BBC, CNN
you can customize what you want to see instead of letting them tell you what to read
if you haven't seen the Grammarly ad on Youtube
I tried it and I completely fell in love with it
it's basically a private, personal tutor
that corrects your English writing
so you have the extension installed on your Chrome
it helps you with your grammar, writing, conjunctions
your anything
it also teaches you it doesn't only correct what you write
it also gives you the reason why you should change your content
last but not least
I think everybody can guess this it's Netflix
it's basically a movie platform which you pay $10 or $11 to subscribe
to watch movies
I'm sure there are tons of movie platforms out there you can utilize
to immerse yourself into the culture
because, with that, that's how you learn a language faster and with ease
people think communication is the sole reason why you would learn a new language
but for me, the most valuable takeaway is that the resources are available and accessible to me
in both languages
so I can go on Google and search in both English and Mandarin Chinese
and I get information and resources in both the languages
to me, this is something really valuable
I don't know what's your reason for learning a new language?
I will post all the links and resources down below check them out