Moshi, an audio-first chatbot released in 2024, enables conversations up to 5 minutes with a chatbot. At the time of this review, the tool appears to only offer […]
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Using AI in your job search: A Language Learning Resource for Job Seekers
This review was written with assistance from Claude Haiku Using AI in your job search: Resources and prompts is a publicly available Google Doc designed to help advanced […]
Sites
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Practice pronunciation watching Youtube videos in YouGlish
This review is by guest contributor Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos. Learning English on Youtube may not seem like a new idea. There already exists a virtually infinite amount of […]
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English accents worldwide
The IDEA website contains samples of speaking of hundreds of speakers–first reading one of two texts, and then just speaking, unscripted, about themselves. This is a great way […]
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Extraordinary academic English learning website
Monash University in Australia hosts an academic English language self-study website, Learn HQ, with vast breadth and depth in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar. There are quick self-assessments […]
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Preview a Reading with VocabGrabber
VocabGrabber, a tool from Thinkmap’s Visual Thesaurus, allows users to paste in up to 100 pages of text, and then see a visual display of the most frequent […]
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All the language learning you can do with NPR
“NPR” stands for “National Public Radio,” a not-for-profit radio network that emphasizes high quality, in-depth, long-form news and conversation. Most radio shows are available as podcast episodes, and […]
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Vocabulary.com personalized game and dictionary
The terrific website Vocabulary.com has been out for several years now, and it just keeps getting better. This is a product of Thinkmap, the group that created Visual Thesaurus. You […]
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Speak English like yourself and develop confidence with Hadar
Thanks to guest contributor Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos for this review of the pronunciation YouTube channel “Accent’s Way English with Hadar” This week, we’ll put a spotlight on one […]
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Using English for Specific Academic Purposes
Andy Gillett’s UEFAP site, Using English for Academic Purposes, supported by BALEAP (the British Association of Lecturers in EAP) offers a deep set of resources for academic communication […]