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When you learn a foreign language on your own, it is very important to choose the way that is right for you. After all, someone learns the material when doing tests, someone while watching movies, and someone needs to communicate with native speakers.

website collected the best resources that will help you find exactly your language learning method:

• Duolingo- a mobile application for learning a language in a playful way. Today, users who know Russian can learn English and German; in preparation Spanish, Swedish and French.
• FluentU- a site for learning languages ​​​​with the help of videos. As tasks, you will be offered real videos for different levels of language proficiency: video clips, movie trailers, news, speeches, and so on. Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, German, Japanese, and English are available.
• conversion exchange- on this site you can correspond with native speakers of any language. This is a great way to get acquainted with representatives of another culture and practice the spoken language.
• Memrise- learning languages ​​through memory games. Also available as an app so you can play anywhere. About 50 languages.
• BBC Languages- a suitable platform for language learners from scratch. The resource contains video and text materials on basic vocabulary, grammar and phonetics. 40 languages ​​are available.
• Busuu- also a convenient application in a playful way: a lot of pictures and tests. Suitable for those for whom learning foreign languages ​​as a hobby. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish, Arabic, Polish and Chinese are available.
• Babbel- Unlike other apps on our list, this app has more challenging levels and is suitable not only for beginners but also for advanced players. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are available.
• Fluentin3months is a website created by Irish polyglot Benny Lewis. The service is designed not so much to perform practical tasks, but to learn theoretical ones: how to learn a language in a few months, what to read, watch and what methods to use.
• Livemocha- free and effective foreign language courses. The site also features interesting forums and blogs. English, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish and French are available.

Time to learn about the pitfalls of English grammar. Based on our experience, we have compiled a list of sites where it is cool to practice it.

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For newbies

• EnglishDom.Grammar

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  Pros: detailed and accessible grammar rules, several types of tasks for consolidation, interesting and popular videos with exercises. Convenient dictionary with ready-made sets and the ability to create your own collections. Absolutely all exercises are supported by English voice acting, and the selection of material is based on the interests of the student. The site is also suitable for more advanced users, because it is possible to choose the level of difficulty, and the list of grammar topics is quite large.
  Minuses: Not all grammar topics have video explanations.

  Pros: Russian-language site, which presents more than 75 grammar lessons with examples, explanations and tests. The site has great videos created by native speakers.
  Minuses: not the most convenient and outdated interface.

  Pros: This site is great for beginners. The theoretical part is written in a clear and simple language, you will not need to rack your brains when analyzing complex structures. All topics are well structured - from easy to more complex.
  Minuses: students with higher levels can be simply and bored.

For those who know

• britishcouncil

  learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar

  Pros: the same site from the British Council, where you can read the rules in English and practice grammar by selecting the desired category. The site also has a lot of other useful information, as well as games in English and preparation for exams.
  Minuses: the site is positioned as intended for all levels, but at the same time completely in English.

  Pros: An interesting and detailed grammar blog from the popular Grammarly service. You can find a lot of useful information on grammar, writing and modern slang.
  Minuses: there are no assignments to reinforce the rules.

  Pros: cool site from a whole team of teachers with video explanations and a fun way of presenting grammar rules. There are exercises for consolidation and breakdown by topic.
  Minuses: the site is completely in English, so some details will have to be clarified with the help of dictionaries.

  Pros: the site is conveniently divided into categories: tenses, nouns, verbs, prepositions and other grammar topics. You can also find video tutorials on the site and, if you do not have constant access to the Internet, tasks and rules can be downloaded to a computer or phone.
  Minuses: the site may seem difficult for beginners to learn English.

  Pros: here are the rules, examples and exercises, as well as the division into levels of difficulty. A distinctive feature of this resource is that after each topic there is an example of using the rule not just in a sentence, but in a literary text.
  Minuses: difficult enough even for users with a high level of language proficiency.

For experts

• reddit

  www.reddit.com/r/grammar

  Pros: a very famous site with a separate section dedicated to grammar. It will be useful to everyone who already speaks English well and wants to understand its individual aspects and nuances, because on the site you can get an answer from the most qualified specialists.
  Minuses: there are no tasks for fixing the rules, the site is completely in English.

  Pros: The site also needs no introduction. Here you can learn about the grammar of English and about individual cases of using certain vocabulary.
  Minuses: the site provides only background information, no exercises to consolidate.

  Pros: a site that is often used by many teachers. The nuances of grammar, the frequency of use of certain words, modern slang or the history of origin and pronunciation - this and even more can be found here.
  Minuses: there are also no tasks for reinforcing the rules, and it is worth looking through all the comments to make sure that the answer is correct.

Continue to study English comprehensively: words, grammar, writing and speaking practice, live communication. It is this approach that will help to master the language much faster than studying its individual aspects.

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Today, a person who does not know English loses a lot of opportunities in life and will generally feel uncomfortable. Learning is often boring and difficult, but we have selected resources for you with which you can improve your English on your own and at ease.

Here you can complete tasks that will be checked by native speakers. You will also be able to meet and communicate with people from anywhere in the world, thereby deepening your knowledge.

By the way, on this site you can learn not only English, but also many other languages.

An excellent portal for learning English. You will be able to read articles, listen to music, and watch series while learning the language in this way. Then you have to complete tasks that will help consolidate the learned words.

This service will help you learn individual words. A huge plus of the site is the presence of a mobile version in it. With this resource you will be able to create your own dictionaries and expand your vocabulary.

If you have already decided to learn English, then without grammar you can’t go anywhere. This service will help you master the structural nuances of sentences with the help of quite interesting tasks. It contains a lot of topics with detailed explanations and exercises.

An English-speaking chatroulette in which the interlocutor is selected randomly. Here you can not only improve your language skills, but also find new interesting friends.

This service will help you improve your writing skills. Here you can write texts, and a native speaker will read it, correct and explain errors. An excellent resource for those who want to speak a foreign language correctly.

Another social network focused on learning foreign languages. Here you can communicate with people from different countries, get acquainted and improve your knowledge. The resource provides an opportunity to communicate with native speakers of more than 100 languages ​​of the world.

Another social network that will help you learn a language. There is one caveat here - many indicate several native languages ​​​​if they think that they can speak it well enough. But that doesn't rule out the possibility that they make mistakes. Therefore, think about it if a person has marked several languages ​​​​as native. Maybe he's just interested in them

An excellent site where you can learn phrases and look in a new way at the ones you already know. The emphasis is on phrases, because they are the basis of your communication in the language. This service will help you improve your communication skills in English.

This is probably the most serious resource with tons of materials, lesson plans, assignments and much more. Here you can even prepare for TOEFL and IELTS, which, you see, is quite good.

A service for learning American English, where you can improve your knowledge by viewing various world news on a wide variety of topics. So you can improve your knowledge of the language, and find out the latest world news.

An affordable and simple service that even provides crosswords, games and quizzes for learning English. Almost all materials can be printed. The sheer amount of exercises makes this resource incredibly useful.

We wish you success in learning foreign languages, and, in particular, English. By the way, reading books and watching films in a foreign language is a great way to improve your knowledge.

The first step in any business is the most difficult, so we want to help those who are starting to learn English by presenting the 22 best sites for learning English for beginners. You will learn what resources you need to use to learn to speak, read, write in English and understand it by ear. All the presented sites can be used both for self-study and for learning a language with a teacher, they are ideal for independent work outside of the classroom.

Our articles help you improve your English. But a good teacher can do it even better. At the Inglex online school, we have combined strong teachers and the comfort of online classes. Try English on Skype at .

Universal sites for learning English for beginners

To begin with, we will provide sites where you can study comprehensively, that is, improve several English skills at the same time. These resources are good because you can study on them yourself "from scratch". Even if you have never studied English, everything will be clear to you. We have already mentioned these sites in previous articles, but perhaps they are not yet familiar to beginners, so it would be useful to write about them again.

1Lingualeo.com

The famous resource with Leo the lion cub, remembered by many people, who needs to be fed “meatballs” by completing various tasks. This site for learning English is notable for the fact that it is in Russian, so everything will be clear to you on it. The resource allows you to learn words and compose phrases, read articles, listen to songs and watch videos with lyrics to them, while simultaneously translating unfamiliar words, etc. However, we recommend that you focus on learning new words. It is important for beginners to form a decent vocabulary in order to subsequently build sentences from these words.

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The site provides the opportunity for both paid and free classes. For beginners, the free package of services will be quite enough. If you feel like you want more and you definitely won't be slacking off, you'll always have time to purchase a paid status.

Here you can learn not individual words, but highlight entire phrases or fragments of phrases with an unfamiliar word in texts and learn them as a whole. In this case, you will immediately know in what context you can use new vocabulary, and it will be much easier to remember words in sentences.

The so-called "Jungle" is an impressive library of texts, video and audio materials. As soon as you get tired of learning words, go there. Audio and video materials are supplied with texts, and any word can be translated by mouse click and added for study.

2.Duolingo.com

Another Russian-language universal site for learning English for beginners. On Duolingo, you can also practice all your skills, but you will not be accompanied by a lion cub, but by a funny green owl. What is the fundamental difference between this resource and the previous one? Lingualeo offers words to study out of context, that is, these are standard word cards with pictures. Duolingo, on the other hand, invites you to learn words right away in context, in short, simple sentences. This is very convenient: you learn not just 10 new words, but 10 new phrases, even if they are simple, but you can use them in your speech.

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Each phrase in the exercises is voiced by a native speaker, that is, from the very beginning of training, you get used to the sound of coherent English speech, albeit at a slightly slower pace. If listening to English is difficult for you, press the voice button several times, listen to the phrase and repeat it after the native speaker. So you will practice not only listening comprehension, but also pronunciation.

In addition to the usual exercises on this resource, there are also tasks to test your pronunciation. It is recommended to work with a microphone, so you will not miss the opportunity to make sure that you correctly pronounce the sounds of the English language.

3. BistroEnglish.com

An excellent site for those who want to learn modern spoken English in a simple and fun way. Here you will find a rich collection of audio and video lessons for beginners and intermediate students. You will study grammar, words and phrases for every day, phrasebooks for tourists, and also learn the language from films and songs. If you practice regularly, the results will not be long in coming.

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Each lesson is an exciting workout that will help you feel confident in conversation in English. Teacher Oksana develops classes together with native speakers - you will not only learn to speak correctly, but also train American or British English by ear.

4.Englishspeak.com

This resource presents the most common words and phrases that English speakers use in everyday speech. In the section "100 English Lessons" you will find 100 situational dialogues with useful phrases voiced by native speakers. Also on the site there are collections of 1500 most necessary English words and 1000 useful phrases in English. Each word and phrase has a translation into Russian, so learning on this site is convenient even without a dictionary.

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The sound track for each exercise is presented in two versions: normal and slow. The second option is useful for those who still do not perceive speech well by ear.

Pay attention to the dialogues: you can listen to them in full or listen to each phrase separately at a normal or slow pace. In addition, you can hear the sound of a single word when you hover over it with the mouse.

Learn new words online

1.quizlet.com

A resource where you can create electronic cards with words. We recommend making thematic selections of words - it will be more convenient to remember. New vocabulary can be learned by doing various interactive exercises.

2. Esl.fis.edu

You can find English tests for beginners at the given link. With the help of these tasks, you will test how well you know the basic words, and you will be able to learn new vocabulary, guessing its meaning from the explanations.

The tests on this resource are quite simple and allow you to repeat the basic words of the English language. Try to complete tasks, even if you do not know all the correct answers, and when the system gives you the right word, try to remember it.

We talk online

In this paragraph, we will give only one option for improving spoken English - learning via Skype. For those who continue, we could recommend more resources, as in where we talked about sites for exchanging language experiences. However, it makes no sense for beginners to do this: native English speakers do not know Russian, and a couple of phrases learned by a beginner will not provide an opportunity to communicate. We also do not recommend speaking English with students like you: you can learn each other's mistakes and adopt incorrect pronunciation. We recommend postponing such communication at least to the level.

Now you know 22 great sites for learning English for beginners. If you are studying on your own, we recommend using them as additional material, and taking a set of textbooks as the main one. To make it easier for you to pick up manuals, check out the article "", in which we described in detail what books you will need at the start. And, if you decide to do self-study, use our step-by-step guide "". And if you want to “start” faster in learning English under the guidance of an experienced mentor, we suggest trying it at our school. Our competent and creative teachers will help you achieve the desired level of knowledge and will not let you get bored in the classroom.

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