Share some great websites for learning English that even English teachers might not know about

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1. Practice listening to the American public radio station NPR: http://www.npr.org/. Feature: Standard American English. Suggestion: Spend about thirty minutes each day listening to English broadcasts repeatedly; this is an essential step to improving listening skills. Click the “News” option under “BROWSE TOPICS” on the left side of the webpage. Select the news link that interests you, click on the red speaker icon to the left of “Listen Now”, and then listen to the broadcast of that news repeatedly. BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Features: Standard British English. Suggestion: Click on “Video and Audio” in the options on the left side of the webpage, then select the video clip. 2. Practice *spoken English for academics: http://t.cn/RATto7J Features: Free access to spoken lessons with foreign teachers upon registration, with real-time interaction. Recommendation: There are many courses available every day, including those for beginners, as well as courses in everyday English and business English. Choose the courses that interest you based on your level of proficiency. All courses are taught one-on-one by foreign teachers, allowing you to study from home*; there are no time restrictions, and the courses can be recorded for easy review*. 3. Webb’s Dictionary for Practicing Pronunciation: http://www.m-w.com/ Features: It’s a comprehensive dictionary from around the world; its pronunciation is absolutely accurate, making it very useful for correcting pronunciation. Tip: Enter the word whose pronunciation you want to hear in the input box in the middle of the webpage, then click “Search”. On the search results page, click the red speaker icon next to the word to hear its pronunciation. 4. Shanbay Web for memorizing words: http://www.shanbay.com/ Features: Online vocabulary practice; it’s not boring, efficient, and offers scientific and effective methods for vocabulary training and testing. Suggestion: Initially, it was only about memorizing words; now there is also sentence construction and reading, and memorizing words within the context of sentences and paragraphs yields better results. Intelligently schedules vocabulary review*, activates vocabulary in real reading environments, enhances reading skills, and tracks every step of progress. I also recommend a mobile app for memorizing words: BaiCiZhan. 5. Practice reading Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/ Features: Rich and comprehensive content. The articles are all in standard English, and reading more is also very helpful for writing. Suggestion: Spend about twenty minutes each day reading an article that interests you, focusing on extensive reading. For the pronunciation of new words, you can check it on the Webster dictionary website. For words and sentences you don’t understand, you can use Google Translate to translate them.