Hey friends, in today's video. I'm
going to show you the tools
that I use to improve my
English language skill. So let's get
started. The first tool that
I use is called speechace.
You can access this website
by going to speedace.com and
once you are on the website
click on "try in browser" and
it will take you to this
page here where you can see
there are different lessons and you
can practice different sounds in English
to see where you stand. For
example, let's say I have problem with
consonants, then I can go to
the lessons about consonants and try
pronouncing certain sounds for example, Saturday.
Let's try Saying it. Saturday. Now
it analyzes my sound and then
tells me how well I did
it and it thinks that I
this time I got only
83 percent. Although it thinks I
did well because this green color
means I pronounced it correctly and
if you get higher percentage, that
means your pronunciation was better so
you can keep working on different
sounds different words by going through
this website. The second one that
I often use is called Google
dictionary. In order to use Google
dictionary you have to go to
Chrome web store and for this
you need Chrome browser or new edge
browser or any browser based on chromium.
just go to the web store
search for Google dictionary and it will
show you this extension called Google
dictionary and just scroll here until
you see Google Dictionary. It's
not showing that so let me
click on more extensions. Now, this
is the one. So since I
have already added it, it is
showing me remove from chrome, but
if you are doing it for
the first time, it will ask
you to add it to your
browser. Once it is installed on
your browser, go to any link
or any article that you want
to go through and let's say
that you come across a word
that you don't understand then you
can simply double click on that
word and it will show you
the definition of that word. So
I need to go inside and
find an article. So let's say
this is the article I'm reading
and let's say this word pandemic
I'm not sure although I think
these days everybody knows what a
pandemic is, unfortunately. But let's
say that I didn't know meaning
of this word, I can simply
double click on this and you'll
see this pop up and you'll
be able to see the definition
of the word and you can
click on this you can also
listen to the pronunciation of the
word. So this way you can
quickly check the meaning of the
word as well as pronunciation of
the word. You don't have to
go and open a new dictionary
website for this. The third one
that I actively use is vocabulary.com. Now
the beauty of this website
is it does not only teach
you meaning of a word it
actually it actually Asks you to
pick a word based on the
context. For example, this is a
very simple question here right now.
The opposite of false is and
of course, you know, that is
true you click on this and
it just shows you whether you
did it correctly or not. But
if you go inside if you
log into if you create an
account and login and then you'll
be able to see more exercises
here. I use it all the
time you get a score for
your activities and you can also
practice spelling of the word. So
if your scoring Less in spelling
and you want to enhance your
spelling skill, you can go
inside, find a vocabulary list or
create your own list. I have
created my list here. Let's say
that this is the one that
I want to practice and the
list of hard to pronounce words,
but I want to practice this
spelling not actually the pronunciation then
I can click on this is
spelling spell bee and play
the word. Now, I have
to type it. If I type
it wrong because he said extinct
but let's say that I Typed
extent then what happens? It will say
no that was the wrong spelling
and then you have to keep
trying until you get it right
and on this side, you can
see there are definitions of the
word so you can practice meaning
of the words as well as
spelling of the word you
can use it as a fun
activity because you get points. You
can check your position in the
leaderboard. The more you practice the
more you go up in the
leaderboard you get more points and
it's I think kind of interesting
to do this is the third one.
The fourth one is the one
that I use on my phone.
So let me show you what
is that application the fourth one
that I use all the time
to improve my English language skill
is called Elsa. This is English
language speaking assistant. This tells you
where you struggle while you pronounce
words and also gives you score
remind you to practice every day
and there are so many activities
you can do here. You can
practice different sounds you can practice
different lessons you can get different
courses you can even do
IELTS practice here If you are
preparing for IELTS. There are different
topics based on different contexts and
situations. So it's really useful this
this application can actually help you
to become a better speaker of
English be more clear in your
pronunciation and you can actually check
the pronunciation of individual word and
see whether you are pronouncing it
in the right way or not.
So if you go to this
dictionary here and then type the
where that you want to learn
how to pronounce let's say the
word is Saturday and it'll show you
the pronunciation of the word. Now,
you can say this word loud
to the phone and it will
tell you whether you pronounced it
correctly or not. So you
can see that it's saying that
I did not pronounce the middle
part of the word that well
so I can work on that
and I can keep practicing Saturday.
Now it thinks I did it
correctly and now it's saying that
I have 97% accuracy as compared
to native speaker. So Guys, these
are the different tools I use
all the time to improve my
English language skill just like you
I'm also a non-native speaker and
I'm learning how to speak English
all the time. Although I have
experience of more than 15
years of teaching English, still, I
feel like there are so many
things. I don't know so the
secret to becoming better in any
language is practice. In fact in
any skill is practice, you have to
practice and you have to be
consistent in order to be consistent
in your practice, you have to
make sure that the activities you
are doing are interesting enough are
fun and not something that makes
you feel bored or that makes
you feel ditch the activity and do
something else. So there are other tools
I use all the time if
you think this is useful for
you, let me know in the
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if you want me to cover
the other tools that I use all
the time to read as well
as to improve my listening skills,
then please let me know in
the comments and I will make
another video about that. Until that
time keep practicing stay safe and
all the best for your upcoming
exam. Thank you.