cultural aspects of the english-speaking world

Proven Course Teaches English Quickly with Audio, Video and Mobile Apps

Beginner and advanced levels alike will enjoy EnglishClass101, an excellent online and mobile way to learn English quickly.

EnglishClass101's fun method and modern platform immerse you in the English language, giving you just what you need to achieve your goals for travel, business, family and other needs.

EnglishClass101 is web and mobile based, giving you a custom English Learning Center anywhere. Download podcasts on your iPhone, Android, iPod Touch, iPod or any mp3 player and take them with you for practice and learning on the go.

High-Quality Content for Learning English

A key aspect to learning a language is quality content. EnglishClass101 creates a steady flow of fresh content covering everything from cultural aspects of English to tidbits about navigating in the United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia and other English-speaking countries, plus practical information to help you get by.

Beyond Audio and Video

Engage in a combination of audio and video lessons, lesson notes and checklists, transcripts, PDFs, vocabulary training with flashcards and quizzes plus a English dictionary, grammar bank, a verb reference, social network and plenty more.

It's simple to get a free lifetime account.

Have Fun Learning English Fast

Busuu English offers English learners a dynamic combination of online lessons, language exchange and mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android.

Busuu offers many of their features for free :) This includes picture-based vocabulary training, writing exercises, reading comprehension exercises, video chat, interactive exams and a bustling community for social exchange in English.

The Busuu system allows you to keep a track record of your English studies and mark your progress as you complete each lesson. You can work through your lessons at any time, enabling you to fit your study schedule into your daily life however you choose.

Find Friends and Practice or Exchange

Finding friends is easy in the Busuu community! Quickly search and contact other English learners to practice with as well as exchange partners to share and trade with. Plus, there's a free video chat function for easy access to language exchanges right in the same interface you're using to learn.

Stay Motivated in Style

In order to keep you motivated, Busuu has created a beautiful interface which allows you to grow and visualize your own language garden as you make progress learning English. If you are interested in learning more than one language, you will have a tree for each language that sprouts and shoots to the sky as you progress through the lessons and levels. It's quite a thrill to see this grow and know it's a visual representation of your language skills!

Free English Mobile App for iOS and Android

Busuu offers free mobile apps for learning English on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. The free app takes you through the basics for getting around, and is especially useful while traveling.

Learn Natural English Phrases that People Really Use

Phrasemix is an excellent website for learning useful English phrases. We're not talking phrasebookish phrases like "Where is the toilet?", but real phrases that people actually use everyday. Things like "They set a pretty high bar for me" and "Can you fit me in this afternoon?".

Phrasemix has put together expressions and phrases that are used all the time by English speakers, ones that are incredibly helpful both for understanding what's going on around and being able to express oneself in new, varied ways ("To mix it up a bit!").

The website interface is clean and easy to navigate. All of the more recent phrases have a unique, specifically-designed cartoony image to illustrate them, which is great for committing them to memory. Currently the database has over a thousand English phrases and is growing steadily.

Phrasemix is highly recommended for more advanced English learners and also very useful for English teachers seeking practical materials for their lessons. Commenting is easy and encouraged, and questions are answered promptly about the phrases as well as in the Ask a Question section.

Altogether a great resource! Keep up the good work, Aaron :)

Summary

A recent addition to it's online and mobile language learning suite, Babbel, winner of the 2011 European Award for Technology Supported Learning, has just released a new and very useful set of online foreign language courses called "Urban Explorations", available in:

• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• German
• Brazilian Portuguese
• English
• Swedish

Babbel's "Urban Explorations" are specifically designed courses to help the casual traveler quickly and effectively prepare for a visit abroad.