Awesome English 
A collection of awesome study resources for learners of
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Contents
Listening
Podcasts
Listen podcasts anytime and anywhere to improve your listening skill.
Podcasts often have transcripts and them allow you to listen and read at
the same time.
- All Ears English - Learn
advanced conversational american english.
- ESL Podcasts - Anyone who
wants to improve their english speaking and listening skills.
- Culips Podcast - Learn
conversational english for everyday use by native english speakers.
- Luke’s English Podcast -
Luke is qualified english language teacher and stand-up comedian who
provides engaging and entertaining podcast series.
- A Way with
Words - Public radio program about language examined through
history, culture, and family.
- This
American Life - One of the most popular podcast. Most of the stories
are journalism, with an occasional comedy routine or essay.
- 6
Minute English - Learn and practise useful English language for
everyday situations with the BBC.
- CNN 10 - A 10-minute
digital news show that explains global news to a global audience.
- English Learning
for Curious Minds - A podcasts with episodes on history, politics,
and unusual stories. Transcripts, subtitles and vocabulary
available.
Tech Podcasts
The collection of podcasts about technologies.
- MageTalk - This is a great show
with the latest news around Magento ecosystem, community and
eCommerce.
- Talk Python To Me - A podcast
on Python and related technologies.
- The PHP Roundtable -
The PHP Roundtable is a podcast of web developers discussing PHP,
JavaScript, community, open source.
- Google Cloud Platform
Podcast - The Google Cloud Platform Podcast, coming to you every
week. Discussing everything from on Google Cloud Platform from App
Engine to Big Query.
Interview Podcasts
Interviews are one of the best formats for podcasting and learn a
real english conversations. The art of conversation is not an easy thing
and can be tricky.
- Lex Fridman Podcast -
Conversations about the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and
power.
- Joe
Rogan Experience - The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
Follow The Joe Rogan Clips show page for some of the best moments from
the episodes.
- The Tim Ferriss Show - The
Tim Ferriss Show is often the #1 business podcast. Each episode, I
deconstruct world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing,
sports, business, art, etc.) to extract the tactics, tools, and routines
you can use.
- The Knowledge
Project - The Knowledge Project Podcast unlocks your potential. We
interview world-class doers and thinkers so you can better analyze
problems, seize opportunities, and master decision-making. Every episode
is packed with lessons and insights that never expire.
Live Radio Stations
Online radio stations is one of the best and most effective ways to
improve your English listening skills, while also getting accustomed to
the speed and tone of native English speakers.
- NPR - National american radio with
transcripts.
- Fox News
Talk - News New York radio station.
- WNYC - Public radio stations
located in New York City.
- BBC London - News and
talks radio station from London.
- LBC - London Broadcasting
Company - Independent news/talk radio station in London.
- WBAP 820AM - Dallas,
Texas - News/talk radio station in Dallas, Texas.
- KRLA 870AM - Los Angeles,
California - News/talk radio station in Los Angeles,
California.
- KTRH 740AM - Houston, Texas -
News/talk radio station in Houston, Texas.
- KJCE 1370AM - Austin, Texas
- News/talk radio station in Austin, Texas.
- KRLD 1080AM - Dallas, Texas -
News/talk radio station in Dallas, Texas.
- KGO 810AM - San Francisco,
California - News/talk radio station in San Francisco,
California.
- WOR 710AM - New York, New
York - News/talk radio station in New York, New York.
- Bloomberg Radio -
Financial markets news radio.
- KOA 850AM - Denver,
Colorado - News/talk radio station in Denver, Colorado.
- WBBM 780AM - Chicago,
Illinois - News/talk radio station in Chicago, Illinois.
- KMOX 1120AM - St. Louis,
Missouri - News/talk radio station in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sites
- Spotlight - Spotlight is
a daily 15 minute radio program for learning English.
- ESL Lab - Different levels of
conversations.
- EngVid - Free English Video
Lessons.
Watching
YouTube
- Rachel’s
English - Most popular american english pronunciation videos.
- Learn
English with Ronnie - Funny english videos with Ronnie.
- BBC
English Grammar - Short videos by BBC.
- BBC
English HowTo - Useful english phrases that you can use
immediately.
- Anglo-Link -
Useful grammar lessons.
- Daily
Dictation - Daily dictation for students who want to improve their
listening comprehension skills.
- Learn English
with Let’s Talk - On this channel different experts will tell you
how to expertise in the different consequences in daily life and in
which situation what type of phrases you should use.
- Learn
English With TV Series - A truly enjoyable and effortless method to
enhance listening comprehension and grasp native speakers through TV
shows, movies, and talk shows.
- RealLife
English - Videos discussing various learning methods and the mindset
required to embark on your English learning journey.
Live TV Channels
- ABC7 Eyewitness News - TV
station licensed to Los Angeles, California.
- ABC News - ABC news TV
channel.
- Bloomberg - Bloomberg
business TV channel in New York.
- CBS News - CBS news is
the news division of American TV and radio network CBS.
- KTLA 5 - TV
station located in Los Angeles, California, United States.
TV Talk Shows
Tech Shows
- Bloomberg
Technology - Bloomberg Technology focuses on the topics of
technology, innovation and business.
- BBC Click - BBC
Click is the BBC’s flagship technology programme.
- Sky
News Swipe - Sky News`s tech show.
- FRANCE
24 Tech24 - Tech24 explores the digital revolution and check out the
latest technological trends.
Grammar
Learn more words
Word lists
- Ogden’s Basic English
- 850 simplified Language Basic English Words by Charles K. Ogden. It
was released in 1930. With just 850 words everything may be said for all
the purposes of everyday existence. Simple English
Wikipedia is based on these 850 basic English words.
- Book:
Verbal Advantage by Charles Harrington Elster - This book for
advanced levels and will help you learn more words. It’s highly
recommended book which not just informative but also interesting and fun
to read.
Flashcards
- Anki - Anki is a program
which makes remembering things easy. Because it’s a lot more efficient
than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your
time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.
- Memrise - Flashcard platform
to build vocabulary with user created lists of words.
- Quizlet - Simple tools that let
you study words.
Online Dictionaries
- Forvo - Find out how any english
word is pronounced in different countries.
- Dictionary - The world’s
leading digital dictionary. It provides defenitions, spellings, audio
pronunciations, example sentences and word origins.
- Thesaurus.com - The world’s
largest online thesaurus by Dictionary.com
- Oxford
Dictionaries - Dictionaries with meanings, definitions,
pronunciations and pictures.
- Linguee - Dictionary with
many examples of usage and pronunciation.
- ReversoContext
- Translate word in context.
Speaking
Language Exchange Sites
Conversation Exchange Sites are a fantastic idea and you can study
english with native English speakers.
- iTalki - Get 1-on-1 online
lessons with native language teachers.
- Verbling - Verbling allows
you to free practice english speaking skill by Google Hangout.
Speaking Lessons
Pronunciation
- The Sound of English -
Learn how to speak clear English with a neutral British accent. Very
helpful resource to improve your pronunciation.
Online Classes
Private Classes
- iTalki - One of the most
popular resource where you can find a teacher 1 on 1.
- Verbling - One of the most
popular resource where you can find a teacher 1 on 1.
Group Classes
- Lingoda - They have group and
private classes, fixed monthly payment and really convenient interface
where you can schedule your classes. All teachers are native
speakers.
Reading
Exercises and Tests
- ETS - English tests.
- Ego4u - Grammar and tests.
- Duolingo - Free
language-learning platform that includes a language-learning site and
app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam.
- LingoRank - Test and improve your
english listening skills with TED talks.
- Play Phrase - Tools allows to
search and play specific soundbites from movies.
- Lyrics Training -
LyricsTraining is the new way to learn english and other languages
through music and the lyrics of your favourite songs.
- Quizlet - Simple tools that let
you study words.
- Grammarly - Grammarly makes you
a better writer by finding and correcting up to 10 times more mistakes
than your word processor.
- Test your vocab - Measure
your vocabulary sizes.
- YouGlish - Improve your
pronunciation
- visuwords - to visualize words
and its related lexicon
- Write & Improve -
FREE tool that helps every learner to improve their English
writing.
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