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Anonymous  #422021  Fri, 21 Sep 07 02:19 PM
Hi all,
I'm an Italian guy! I'd like to improve my english (speaking, reading and writing), but I haven't got enough money to attend a course and with my job, I haven't the time material to travel in english countries!
Anyone can help to build a process to do this?
Anyone know the steps/guidelines I can follow to learn and to be my self-trainer?

Thank all for your help!
  
EnglishRaven  #427137  Thu, 04 Oct 07 09:07 PM

Hi,

You might like to try something like this:

http://www.onlinenglish.net/TOEFL/ibt_speaking_self_developer.html

It's been designed for one of the TOEFL questions and is still in Beta mode, but so far it's been getting a lot of compliments. Basically, it allows you to work your way through a speaking prompt and record in a series of steps, trying out new strategies as you go along. We may end up making a lot more of these if there are people like yourself who want to try self-training.

I also have free regular Video news on my blog, which then connect to free speaking and writing applications. It's not coursework, but it's free and if you're proactive you could use it to help you.

Best of luck with your self-training!

- Jason

P.S. To the mods - I have not linked to anything commercial here, it is all free, and will remain free!

  
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English Toolbox Co.  #428837  Tue, 09 Oct 07 11:28 AM
You should find sites on the internet that have EFL flash cards and other online quizzes using HTML. This way, you can practice without getting too bored... plus, the questions and answers are shuffled when you reload the page, so you can't memorize the answers quite so easily. Also, listen to as much English as you can from podcasts and TV (e.g., CNN & BBC) to help with your pronunciation.

You may be able to find an English speaker who is interested in a language exchange (you teach him Italian, he teaches you English). That will cost you nothing except, perhaps, a cup of espresso at the coffee shop where you meet!
  
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