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As the admins of the web site, we are writing this article to share our experiences, knowledge and evaluations to benefit all English language learners, regardless of age. Accordingly, we hope it will be useful 🙂 As you know, generation Y witnessed the birth of the internet and was barely able to adapt to the spread of the internet everywhere when they reached middle age. On the contrary, generation Z has seen the internet as a part of their lives since birth and has made the internet a part or a complementary part of their social and private life, especially education or online English teachers and education.
At this point, in terms of Online English Courses, Generation Z, is born in the 2000s, is much more advantageous. In other words, both Online English Teachers on YouTube and learning platforms such as Udemy have become very valuable resources for Generation Z in terms of learning and improving their English. In this context, we have to say that we are a team that has acquired most of our English knowledge through video lessons which we will share with you below (most of them are free). By the way, we would like to point out that our English level is advanced 🙂
Online English Courses
Yes Online English Lessons are useful but as you will appreciate, there are many courses, lessons or content on the internet, both useful and useless also. Please be assured that the following English lessons or English course resources were not created by copy-pasting from other sites. All of them are tried-and-true lessons and are our recommendation.
In the simplest sense, these foreign language lessons are lessons that will make you feel like you are physically in the real classroom. So, when you say online language course, what you should think of are special training courses designed to help you learn English grammar, words and other structures in the most comfortable way. As you have already known especially after the distance learning and online education system became widespread after the Covid-19 pandemic, Online English Courses continued to increase in distance. As we mentioned before, generation Z is prone to online videos or lessons and now they learn English this way online. It is an inevitable process.
In this meaning, live lessons can be given via Zoom for Online English Course all over the world by different teachers or corporations. However, some people or organizations upload the courses they previously offered for a fee to video sites such as YouTube and make them available to everyone free of charge. In this way, they both provide free resources to students and at the same time they promote their own institutions. Isn’t it a very advantageous system for both parties? 🙂
Online English Lesson Tips
Let us state from the beginning that if you want to learn English at a very good level, Online English Teachers should be a part of your life. So at this point, “stability” and “continuity” are very important. Another words, if you study English for one week and then do not study the next week, or if you take virtual English courses for one week and do not continue the next week, your English education process will not progress well.
In fact, the method of work is clear and obvious. In other words, continuity, stability and being in a continuous learning process are essential for learning English. Whether you learn in a physical environment or in an online English classroom, it is very difficult to learn English if you do not “constantly” use the internet and online English courses as a supporting tool. Accordingly, you have to spare at least half an hour, if possible an hour, for your online English courses every day. Otherwise, your English learning process will be incomplete and you will probably continue to say, “I understand English when spoken, but I cannot speak it.” In this context, we recommend that you pay great attention to the resources and lessons we will provide you below.
Best 5 Online English Lessons
We have previously stated that we have approximately 20 years of experience learning English. During this process, we tried many online English Courses. Of course, we also tried the paid ones 🙂 It should be noted from the very beginning that; almost all of the online English courses (vocabulary is important also ) we will offer you below are free for a certain period or level. Afterwards, it informs you that the lessons will continue in exchange for your purchase of the paid version. Unfortunately, free courses only last up to a certain point. But I can easily say that we tried the following lessons or courses and found them successful.
Here are the Best 6 Online and Free English Teachers Lessons and Courses:
Mister Duncan in England
When it comes to online and free English lessons, the most important and comprehensive resource is actually YouTube. However, there are so many videos on YouTube; determining which of them are quality and productive content is a very laborious and tiring process. This is exactly where we come in 🙂 As stated before, in the light of the experiences we have gained after many years of learning English, one of the most reliable and efficient YouTube channels in terms of online English teacher is “Mister Duncan“. Based on British English, Mister Duncan delivers lessons in English suitable for English students of many levels, especially grammar and vocabulary studies.
Mister Duncan lessons are not suitable for those who do not know English at all, but beginners can start with Teacher Luke and switch to the Mister Duncan Youtube channel over time.
Busuu.com
Busuu.com was originally just a relatively narrow-scope English learning website. On the other hand, as time went on, the Spain-based Busuu Company, which also released phone applications, expanded its scope and turned into a structure that includes very useful and professional Online English teachers. It is obvious that Busuu is especially suitable for beginners.
In Busuu, in addition to English reading, writing and listening practices, there is also the opportunity to practice speaking. In other words, it is possible for you to have the opportunity to talk to users who are members of the site and whose native language is English, in the conversation section of the website or application. Actually, Busuu is offered free of charge to the user until a certain level, but after a certain level, it becomes available for only Premium users (of course in return of a fee.)
Luke’s English Podcasts
If you say, “I want to speak English, I understand it, but I can’t speak it,” you probably haven’t listened to enough English resources. In order to speak good and fluent English, the first thing you need to do is to be a very good English listener. According to scientific research, just as a baby learns his native language while growing up, adults should also practice listening for a while before learning a second language. People who achieve this start speaking English when the true time comes. In other words, in the process of learning English, we recommend that you focus on the listening part firstly while looking for online English teachers until you reach the intermediate level.
If you need resources to practice English listening, the primary and most accurate resource will be the podcast series of Luke Thompson, who is also an English teacher. As a team that has listened to the beginnings of this podcast series, which started in 2008, we definitely recommend you to listen to it. Luke, who later produced Premium courses, continues to produce podcasts also for free. Luke Thompson, who touches on many topics from grammar to vocabulary and British culture in his virtual English courses, is a great resource for English learners. Although the first lessons seem to be suitable for all levels, it should be noted that English level will become more suitable for intermediate and upper intermediate in the following lessons.
Our most important advice about these courses is; even if you feel like you don’t understand at first, you should never stop listening. Your ear will get used to this new language and after a while, the words will start to be realized in your ear. You will begin to understand over time.
BBC Learning English
BBC institutionally plays a leading role in online English teachers subject. The institution, which has an English learning website called “BBC Learning English“, serves to teach and disseminate English in the world as its mission, in addition to being a global news network. BBC Learning English site, which contains special English learning content for all subjects and all ages, such as Six Minute English, Six Minute Grammar, Business English and Stories for Children, is one of the top free resources. At this point, if you are a beginner, we recommend that you listen to the Six Minute English program and along with this focus especially on the Stories for Children series.
Apart from this and additionally, we should point out that; the website or phone application called BBC Word News is also an invaluable resource, especially for intermediate and higher level of English learners. Thanks to this BBC World News site or application, which contains general English news, you will not only improve your English, especially your Listening skills, but also contribute to your personal development by following daily news from the world.
Effortless English A.J. Hoge
English teacher A.J. Hoge, who has gained an important place in the global English learning market since 2007 has focused on people’s biggest problem with learning English. Yep, as you might guess, A.J. Focusing on the speaking problem of English learners, Hoge promises to improve your English speaking ability by using the storytelling method with the training set called “Effortless English“.
As a team that also uses this method, we can say that the Effortless English system is successful. Because A.J. asks you questions in the stories he tells and wants you to answer them yourself, even if it is briefly. With this method, the speaking part of your brain is triggered and as the lessons progress, you need to use longer sentences. Furthermore, A.J. also uses the speaking technique in English grammar lessons. It promises to help you learn English grammar by listening to these stories and answering simple questions out loud, without reading boring grammar books. At this point we would like to point out that; If your English level is at the beginning stage, you can listen to the beginning of Effortless English lessons. If your level is intermediate, Effortless English lessons are just for you.
Best Online English Tests
If you want to speak English at a level close to the native language level in the future, the first thing you need to do is to take a proficiency test. So, if you first take an online language level test and determine your own level, you can also set a road map for learning the language. At this point, it should not be forgotten that when you type a free online English proficiency test into search engines on the internet, many dirty and unnecessary resources come up. On the other hand, here are the three websites we have given below, which offer proficiency tests both free of charge and without advertising. You’re welcome 🙂 In this context, depending on the results, you can set a road map for yourself through an online English teacher and improve your foreign language skill by studying consistently and every day.
Here are three sites that offer free online English proficiency tests:
- Free 15-minute English test | EF SET Quick Check
- General English test – Test your general English for free – Preply
- Free English Level Test (englishtag.com)
Best English Translators
Once you start learning English and reach a certain level, you will need to practice English writing. Especially if you want to take English proficiency exams such as TOEFL or IELTS and prove your level, writing practices are indispensable. At this point, there are different resources in search engines on the internet. However, the best tool that will support you in writing English is Google Translate. Rest assured, it is not a shame to use it and many professionals use the Google Translate tool as “support”.
We would like to emphasize the issue of “support” here. So, if you want to improve your language skill, you should not have the entire article typed into the translation tool. You should use this tool as “support” only. In this concept, it will be enough for you to use Google Translate as a free online English translator tool. You will not need other paid or different free tools, at least until you reach the “advanced” level.
English Courses Briefly
To sum up in the light of all this information, when we type free Online English Teachers into the search engine on the internet, we present you the verified and useful resources that have been used before, among the many resources we come across. As we mentioned before, the most important thing when learning English is to see it as a hobby or entertainment, not as a lesson, and to study “continuously” and “steadily“. If you can achieve this, you will notice that your English will improve in the medium term, if not in the short term. Remember, no effort or work will go in vain.
In this context, as we mentioned above, Luke’s English Podcast, Effortless English and BBC Learning English series stand out as the most important ones. You can speed up your English learning process in multiple dimensions at the same time by first improving your English grammar, then supporting it with Luke’s podcasts, and doing light reading exercises with the stories section on the BBC Learning English web site, especially for children.
