You want to master the language of Shakespeare? You know it's important, but you do not know how to do it ...
We have developed a comprehensive guide for you to explore all the resources you need to learn English.
Today, mastery of English is essential, both in your travels and in your professional life. This is something that we understood well and that is why we decided to put all means at your disposal to help you.
You will find all the necessary resources together in a complete and easy-to-read page.
Whether you are new to the subject or simply that you seek to perfect yourself, there is something for everyone! From paid services to free services, to the best blogs, mobile applications, videos, podcasts, specialized sites, MOOC, you will have all the keys to start your training by being autonomous.
When the internet becomes your English teacher… ready to learn?
Let's go!
Learn in video
Visual and auditory memory, this section is for you. Nothing like video to learn fluently and interactively!
Here we deliver the best video sites or YouTube channels to train you in English.
Engvid :
This site is full English, so it is better to already have a good base. One of the best sites listed on the web, it counts 1234 video lessons published via a YouTube channel.
The videos and lessons are created by real experienced teachers ... English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, IELTS, TOEFL, you will find everything you need to improve your language lights.
Plus: navigation, very easy and intuitive, so you can comment and perform quizzes online. This is the perfect site for people who need concrete explanations. You have the choice between 11 teachers, 14 topics ranging from business to vocabulary.
Jennifer ESL :
Quality instruction for all levels of English via a YouTube channel.
Jennifer is a young American teacher who offers many themes to help you be confident and effective in English. A simple and easy to access method that works pretty well.
For those who wish to go further, you will also find its website: English with Jennifer with which you can deepen your knowledge through videos, exercises, lessons online and live.
Anglaiscours :
These are video courses that you can follow anytime! Practice no?
You have the choice between free video lessons, with a good number base already, or more advanced video courses from 2011. For this, a member area at your disposal and a subscription per month with unlimited access courses.
Central English :
Same here, the content is full English. This site offers a modulated learning method based on videos, sorted by level and theme (business, social, travel, etc.).
What we appreciate here is the humor and advertising of the videos.
The method: watch a video a day, mark the words you do not know and learn them by filling in the empty spaces. What we like is the interaction during the video to pronounce new words and get a live correction on your pronunciation. You can also converse with a private tutor about the video.
Plus: the pronunciation is in the spotlight!
Twominute English :
A YouTube channel that allows you to learn English through videos in very short formats (2 minutes). Indulge in the short format and watch a video every day. Enough to avoid the "brainwash" by learning quickly while taking your time. It's a good start.
Daily Dictation :
Here is a YouTube channel rather original and clever. Reserved for people who already have a good basic English, Youtuber offers short dictations online. The goal is to listen and write at the same time what you hear. It will be only the next day that you will have the correction. Guaranteed suspense! What to train in writing and improve your listening comprehension.
Anglo Link :
Very effective, this Youtube channel offers a very large amount of videos in free lines. New content is frequently added. To go further, go to the website: Anglo Link, a rich and complete platform for learning English: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, etc. There are several types of subscriptions (one free, but limited).
Another YouTube video channel that has the merit of being complete and of high quality!
Entirely dedicated to English, it offers you a new lesson every Tuesday and Friday: all themes and skills combined, while having free access to all the lessons already broadcast for life. You also have access to live video.
Most: it stands out for its excellent quality of technical video production.
Unusual or have fun learning
Learning while having fun is possible! In this section you will find sites that allow you to learn in a different way, because we know that when it is playful we remember faster.
The best way to learn is total immersion in the country ... if you can not go there directly, why not meet fellow students?
This fabulous tool, called the internet, breaks the boundaries of reality and allows you to exchange online. Games, podcasts, meetings and fun. Let's go!
Lang 8 :
You said simple and effective? The principle of this platform: to learn a language by communicating online with native speakers. This site is based on writing and exchange, a real collaborative work since you learn with locals, who correct you and help you.
To you in return to allow them to discover our language. It is a fast and sure evolution of your level if you go there seriously and regularly.
Busuu :
Also based on a community of speakers! The goal is to learn with 70 millions of users worldwide. Highly interactive, have real people correct your mistakes and do the same with them while making new friends.
You also have the choice to use a premium subscription to access more tools.
Plus: A popular mobile app and an offline mode that allows you to download your lessons in advance and learn where you want, when you want.
A good way to learn English is to listen to it! Thomas Carlton, American of origin, offers a lot of small lessons (vocabularies or expressions) in the form of podcasts that you can download directly from the site and record on your audio player or phone. Now you can learn easily and anytime. At the next coffee break maybe?
English Attack :
Created by video game specialists, this platform innovates thanks to its interactive and entertaining exercises. Adapted to each level of English, you will find videos based on film clips, reports, TV series, music videos, TV series combined with interactive exercises, games for optimal memorization and tests to assess your level. You have the possibility to create a free account, but also to subscribe to an offer for the whole family.
Plus: designed for short and daily sessions that will make you learn faster.
And if you relax? Here, all kinds of games to learn while having fun: arrow words, crosswords, hidden words, sudokus or more advanced games (bilingual version). Nothing like to assimilate more vocabulary!
The little extra: updating the games every day.
Speekoo :
An innovative approach that is based on the construction of sentences. Very interactive, you listen and you are tested directly. It's up to you to rewrite the words you just learned. This site forces you to start from the beginning (good for beginners), but it also allows you to start learning a new language you do not know.
Plus: the discovery of other cultures through anecdotes and information.
Learn through complete and professional websites (reading, writing, vocabulary, expressions, grammar, etc.)
In this section, we do not laugh! We have listed very comprehensive and professional generalist sites that will help you in your learning or development of English. Learn through exercises, reading, video and writing.
Practice grammar, expressions and develop your vocabulary in order to engage in discussions with confidence.
The official website of the famous BBC channel is a gold mine of information to learn English. It occupies a place apart in this area, and more importantly, with seriousness and pedagogy through hundreds of videos. It is a real regular learning, which in addition, sticks to the news with many exercises and options. Also offered are many podcasts, for example The English We Speak : each lasts between 2 and 3 minutes and deals with an idiomatic expression or a single word through concrete examples and English classes. A very good way to assimilate everyday English.
One last for fun: 6 Minutes Grammar, for each episode a document to download with grammar rules to study, combined with exercises.
To conclude, the BBC website is a true method of learning English, very diverse and varied through quality content.
ABA English :
This site is very professional and allows you to learn quality English. It requires a lot of discipline and rigor to follow his method. You just have to create your account and have the choice to learn for free with 144 video lessons (grammar, movies, interactive exercises). If you want, you can create your premium account that has more options. With this account, native teachers are assigned to each student for online support.
British Council :
Here is the site of the famous international British agency, responsible for educational exchanges and cultural relations. You can learn English there according to your level thanks to many different methods. It can be compared to a web magazine in which you can easily navigate and which makes learning English easy. It also offers MOOCs (massive open online courses) such as “Exploring the English language and its culture” which is very popular. It allows you to practice, interact with people from all over the world, improve your English and finally get to know British culture better… all this in 6 weeks! You can also register to take the IELTS exam.
Learn English with the British Council :
As its name suggests, this is the British Council's specialized site for learning English. Very complete and completely free, it contains hundreds of audio pages, texts, videos and more than 2,000 interactive exercises. You will see applications in the form of games, grammar and vocabulary courses, podcasts ... in short a well-filled site that will allow you to evolve very quickly in English.
You have the choice of being able to become a member and thus contribute to the site by interacting with other users or to download the resources.
Choose your level of English and in each section access courses, multiple choice quizzes, readings, and finally grammar and vocabulary.
Professional, complete and completely free.
Having vocabulary is the key to succeeding in English.
Whether it is to understand a conversation, speak or read: it is undeniable that you need it! A real dictionary, this site offers grammar and vocabulary classified under themes dealing with food, the world of work, health or even “expressing feelings in English”. Practice not?
The Mooc, a real online training and recognized today, uses the same tools as the traditional online courses: videos, Powerpoints, podcasts. A community and decisive dimension is added, because thanks to Mooc you are part of a promotion that is developing little by little! Discover that of the University of Brussels: you will take the basics of the English language and will be able to determine your learning style by introducing you to different techniques. The duration is 8 weeks (several sessions).
A little more, just for you: Here is the platform www.fun-mooc.fr, a database that groups Mooc sorted by themes, institutions and availability of courses. Take a ride!
Improve your accent and your pronunciation
A little worry of frenchies ... famous for our bad accent. It's time to correct it ...
Take the time to work, we have sourced, the best sites that will allow you to speak confidently and understand your interlocutors.
Do not dream your accent anymore, build it. American or English accent, make your choice.
Who has never dreamed of having the perfect American accent? On the American Rachel's site, you will have access to a lot of online courses that explain how to improve your pronunciation thanks to numerous videos, podcasts, books and lessons. Clear and useful platform with more than 400 free videos that teach the American accent as well as the keys to conversational English: rhythm, intonation, connection.
100% mobile, this app is just spectacular! The developers have been very far in the study of phonetics. Indeed, you can learn to pronounce each sound, listen to examples and record your own pronunciation to compare with the right accent to adopt. The application will even offer small diagrams to show you how to position your language to guarantee you a crazy success among your fellow English!
Small problem: only available on Android.
Forvo :
Collaborative and fun website which relies on the help of Internet users to propose pronunciations realized by natives. It's up to you to entertain yourself by juggling with the peculiarities of pronunciations of the same word according to accents and countries. This platform offers more 100 000 word pronunciations in English, enough to spend some time there. Collaborate and participate yourself by recording the pronunciation of French words to help others learn our language.
Howjsay :
This site is of great use while remaining very simple. The concept: a database that lists all the words of the English language. Want to know the pronunciation of a word? Just tap it in the search bar and immediately, Howjsay finds you. You just have to click and you can listen to his pronunciation in exemplary English. It also works on your mobile so it's time to pack it in your pocket.
Again to the American, Éva explains to us by small podcasts, the pronunciation of the words. She speaks very slowly, and we will surely not complain about it! This site will allow you to take the time to assimilate with small notes added below each podcast. There are a lot of pages, and therefore a lot of words and phrases to learn!
A very good site, paying (several offers available), to learn how to handle a "British" accent to perfection. The teacher, Alison Pitman, offers you different lessons, videos and learning methods. In self-service, you access a Youtube channel with a good number of useful videos: The Phone Voice . It's a good base to perfect your accent.
We leave on the side of America: videos, lessons on sounds and syllables, exercises and podcasts on pronunciation, all for free. A good source of food to help you on a daily basis. You can also download e-books and audio online (for a fee): on rhythm and intonations, pronunciations, etc.
On your smartphone: apps and other games
For the first time in the history of the internet, mobile is more used than PCs. The digital age has led us to interact and use the internet anywhere ... from this observation, the market for apps for your smartphone has grown.
Let yourself be tempted by the special “I'm learning English” mobile applications that we have found for you.
Duolingo :
Surely one of the best known apps to date and recommended in the flesh by The Wall Street Journal! It's fun and you can quickly become addicted to it, like a video game, thanks to its bonus system. Earn points for each correct answer, train and level up with short and effective lessons! The method is based on the exercise of translation and if you are good, you can even participate in the translation of sites or web pages.
An app that exposes children to their first expressions and words in English. Games, stories and songs. It's a nice mix of stories, dictated in French with English translations. Your cherubs will color and play while learning! A different and original recreation for your children and a guaranteed party of pleasure.
Babbel :
Fun interface, Babbel is a very complete app that offers two types of modules for learning English: vocabulary or tools. Based on interactive activities, oral and written exercises, you will learn a language from everyday conversations. Useful and effective, Babel's goal is to make you a real bilingual. For those who have less time in front of them, you will love: lessons last 15 minutes. So just one lesson a day to progress at full speed. Varied themes such as culinary or simple vocabulary. You just have to choose your lesson and go!
The downside after the trial month is that the app becomes paid.
Busuu :
The completely free app version focused on vocabulary learning.
Vocabulary lessons, audio dialogues that improve your listening and your pronunciation, spelling, grammar... Add to that games and tests. It is the application that “does everything”. It was voted as one of the "best apps" in 2014 by Apple.
A good way to learn quickly with an effective method.
Good news: you also have an offline mode! Your bad internet connection will no longer be an excuse.
Memrise :
This app is great for getting started with more than 200 courses created by experts. It uses vocabulary cards that you have to memorize by repeating them. Grammars, conversations, videos and chats in your phone. Track your learning stats and review anywhere with the offline mode.
A method based on interactivity, because the cards are enhanced by the community of users.
As the name suggests, this app guarantees you that you can learn the basics of English in 30 days. Conclusion: it is made for beginners eager to learn, because the next trip to England arrives in a month! The method of learning is like that of children: natives put at your disposal images, objects, phrases and words to help you assimilate the basics. There is a free version and a paid version (more complete: 50 lessons with different levels of difficulty, 3200 words and phrases, more 2600 color images).
We all know that learning a language is easier when you are young.
So, why wait for college to get your kids to start learning?
Take advantage of these specialized sites and mobile applications for your kids to promote their learning from a very young age.
Easy English :
Real gold mine online course, 100 free, with a kids section busy! You will find a lot of resources: Educational games (about fifty), small sheets of revisions, accounts and nursery rhymes. You can even find correspondents from all over the world ... speaking English with others is the best way to learn!
Goldfish :
A site with free access, or in paid version, you have the possibility to take a family subscription. There is even a subscription section for schools and institutions (why not talk about it at your children's school?). It contains more 300 games, activities and animations with 49 sections, all brought together in a speechless and intuitive environment.
The little extra: once in the site, your child will be immersed in the World of Red Fish. Fun and fun! Additions are made regularly, so learning remains endless.
Pilipop :
A mobile application (iOS and Android) language learning on mobile and tablet for children from 5 to 10 years. They will be immersed in a fun universe, this app is very easy to use. Quit your kids take your smartphone or tablet, as much as it is useful.
What we like: A subscription that allows members of the same family to have access to 3 applications: Pili Pop English, Pili Pop Español and French Pili Pop.
After all these tops, you're finally ready to start your apprenticeship or perfect your English!
Good luck!
