Grammar

Practical English Usage – Michael Swan

This book is a must for all English teachers – in this book you will find the answer to any question you may have about English! The ‘Content Overview’ and ‘Index’ sections are extensive, so you can easily find whatever you are looking for. For example, the section on ‘articles’ is 15 pages. The explanations in the book are mainly about British English, but English learners who prefer American English will find this book extremely useful too.

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American English (Grammar)

The ‘Grammar in Use’ series written by Raymond Murphy AND William R. Smalzer are American English.

Basic Grammar in Use – Raymond Murphy with William R. Smalzer (Self-study reference and practice for students of North American English)

This book is for beginner to low-intermediate learners. It’s a self-study guide with detailed explanations and extensive exercises (there is an answer key at the back of the book). There 116 different units, each about a different grammar point. For each unit, there is a grammar explanation followed by a series of practice exercises. Students should start with the study guide at the back of the book. It will help you pinpoint what areas of English grammar you need to work on. This is also a great book for teachers as there are a lot of grammar exercises you might find useful in the classroom![]

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Grammar in Use Intermediate – Raymond Murphy with William R. Smalzer (Self-study Reference and Practice for Students of North American English)

This book is for middle- to upper-intermediate learners. It’s a self-study guide with detailed explanations and extensive exercises (there is an answer key at the back of the book). There 142 different units, each about a different grammar point. For each unit, there is a grammar explanation followed by a series of practice exercises. Students should start with the study guide at the back of the book. It will help you pinpoint what areas of English grammar you need to work on. This is also a great book for teachers as there are a lot of grammar exercises you might find useful in the classroom![]

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British English (Grammar)

The three ‘Oxford Practice Grammar with Answers’ books all have the same form, but they are written by three different authors.

Oxford Practice Grammar: Basic – Norman Coe, Mark Harrison, Ken Paterson

This is an excellent introduction to the basics of English grammar. It’s well-organized with straightforward explanations. There are 109 individual units with a test at the end of each section (for example, there are 8 units in the ‘Tenses: present’ section with a test at the end of the section). There is also an ‘exit test’ at the end of the book. For each unit, there is a grammar explanation followed by a series of practice exercises.The answers (the ‘key’) to all the exercises and tests are at the back of the book.[]

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Oxford Practice Grammar: Intermediate – John Eastwood

This is a good book for mid- to upper-intermediate students. The ‘Contents’ section is not as well organized as the Basic book, but the grammar explanations are clear and straightforward. There are 153 individual units with 24 mini-tests throughout the book. For each unit, there is a grammar explanation followed by a series of practice exercises. There is also an ‘exit test’ at the end of the book. The answers (the ‘key’) to all the exercises and tests are at the back of the book. []

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Oxford Practice Grammar: Advanced – George Yule

This book is for advanced students. It’s difficult even for native speakers – sometimes I don’t understand the grammar explanations! It’s useful if you are at a very advanced level of English and need to learn formal British English for work or university. It uses a lot of technical grammatical terms. There are 17 sections (broken down into small units) with a test at the end of each section. (If you click on the Amazon links, you can use the ‘Look Inside’ function to see the ‘Contents’ page and see all the sections in the book). For each unit, there is a grammar explanation followed by a series of practice exercises. There is also an ‘exit test’ at the end of the book. The answers (the ‘key’) to all the exercises and tests are at the back of the book. [ ]

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Pronunciation

Here are the two books that I have used extensively with students. Both have helped me understand American English in depth and I use exercises from both books in class with my students.

Mastering the American Accent – Lisa Mojsin

This is quite possibly the greatest book on American pronunciation for both teachers and advanced learners! It does not go through each and every sound (like the book below does). It focuses on the things that will help a non-native speaker speak with a standard American accent (like the kind you hear on CNN!): difficult consonant sounds, linking, syllable and word stress, intonation, and the difference between casual and formal speech. At the back of the book there is a ‘native language guide’ that explains what different nationalities (Chinese, Spanish, Russian etc.) need to focus on. The book also includes 4 CDs so that the learner can listen to someone speaking almost every exercise. [ ]

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English Pronunciation Made Simple – Paulette Dale and Lillian Poms

This book explains each individual sound in standard American English, as well as all the other elements of spoken English: rhythm, stress, intonation, consonant clusters, plurals, contractions, past tense verbs, etc. This is a great book for teachers to use as a classroom textbook as there are a lot of exercises teachers will find useful in the classroom. It is better for teachers than for students, as the 2 included CDs don’t say all the words and exercises. This book also helps to learn the IPA as it uses the IPA symbols to help explain American English pronunciation. [ ]

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TOEFL

Delta’s Key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test – Nancy Gallagher (Advanced Skill Practice for the iBT)

From the back of the book:
“Delta’s Key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test is a complete test preparation course for high-intermediate and advanced learners of English…“
“[This] book prepares students to take the [iBT] and builds the language skills necessary for academic succes in an English-speaking environment.”

If you are seriously thinking about studying at a North American university, you need this book! It thoroughly explains each section of the TOEFL. In the reading and listening sections it has detailed explanations of each possible question. There are extensive practice activities plus 4 complete tests. You will also need the CD pack that goes with this textbook.

*Amazon.com often has a great deal if you buy this book + CD pack + Six Practice Tests for the iBT (book) together! Check they “Frequently Bought Together” section.

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400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL – Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz and Lawrence J. Zwier

This is a great resource for building your vocabulary! The 400 words are divided into 8 themes and 40 lessons, for example, in the ‘Money’ section, the lessons are: Financial Systems, Wealth and Social Class, Personal Property, Employment, International Trade. There are 10 words in each lesson, and each lesson contains definitions of each word, usage tips, and three exercises using the words. [ ]

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Do you feel sad and discouraged when you can’t understand something you read or listening to in English, even though you know lots of grammar rules and vocabulary?

Are you ready to FINALLY understand & speak English like a native speaker?

English learners need to know 90-98% of a text to understand it completely.

Master English by learning the right words:
• core vocabulary
• collocations
• phrases
• phrasal verbs
• idioms
• sentence structure
… and learn how to say them like a native speaker!

Learn how to understand fast, natural spoken English.

Remember everything you have learned.

What’s inside listening guide 23?
• a digital PDF file that can be read on any device
• extra audio files so you can choose the speed to listen to (very slow, slow & normal)
• 81 core vocabulary words
• 6 phrasal verbs
• 18 collocations + 4 phrases (fixed expressions)
• when to use so far instead of until now
• how to link to same consonant sounds in spoken English
• comprehension questions
• vocabulary activities

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So, you know a lot of words but you can’t understand native speakers.

You can tell me all the “rules” for using the present perfect but you get confused when someone says take a photo instead of make a photo. (Tip: don’t say make a photo!)

What happened?!

It’s not you!

Do you know why you can’t understand spoken English? It’s not because your listening skills are bad! You can listen fine in your own language.

No one told you that English is more than single words and grammar rules!

No one told you that words are used in groups and that sometimes a group of words has a different meaning than the individual words. No one taught you the words that go together. (Those are called collocations, like take a photo.)

No one taught you the right words! No one told you that some words are more important than others, and you should spend your time learning core vocabulary.

No one taught you how to understand fast, natural spoken English! Did you now that has a rhymes with plaza, or that passed away sounds like pasta way?

How are you going to learn all that?

_____

English in the real word is messy, but I make it easy for you to understand!

This lesson takes a story about the real world and breaks it into small pieces so you can understand the story.

You think this is a story about a photo, but it’s really a story about …
• 78 core vocabulary words
• 20 collocations
• 3 phrases
• 4 phrasal verbs
• the idiom leave no stone unturned
• when to use I and when to use me
• using the sentence structure so ______ that _____ to sound more natural
• how to say the T in photo

PLUS! You get extra listening files!

Choose your speed: very slow, slow or normal, whichever speed is best for you to understand the story and still listen to natural spoken English!

You think this a lesson to help you learn all that, but really it’s a way to remember everything because it also includes vocabulary activities and comprehension questions. I know! It’s awesome.

All this information gets stuck in your brain and one day you realize you’re not scared to speak to a native speaker and you can understand what a native speaker is saying!

Stop feeling sad and frustrated. Get the lesson. Take it with you wherever you go.

Get ready to be awesome.

This lesson is a digital download.

• The lesson is PDF document. It is a digital file that can you read on your computer, laptop, tablet or phone or you can print it.
• Your download also includes 4 mp3 files (digital listening files)
• The lesson + mp3 files will come in a .zip file

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Learning new material takes a lot of repetition. You need to hear and read something many times before you can remember it and use it conversation. You don’t want to do everything as quickly as possible, and then forget everything you learned the next day!

This plan is just a suggestion! If you have tried your own plan, tell us about it in the comment section below!

Day 1

• listen to the story (slow or fast) a few times (Don’t read the words and don’t panic if you don’t understand the whole story. Just listen!)
• read through core vocabulary list and look up any words you don’t know
• do core vocabulary and collocation activities

Day 2

• listen to the story again (slow or fast) a few times
• do the paragraph activities
• review core vocabulary again

Day 3

• while listening to the story, do one or more of the gap fill activities OR do the activity I describe in How to Practice Listening
• do the listening comprehension activities

Day 4

• listen to story again once or twice
• complete the post-listening activities

Day 5

• listen to story again once or twice
• read the grammar section and do the activities
• listen to and read the pronunciation section

Day 6

• try to write the story from memory!

You should now feel like you know & understand the story, and you can retell the story to someone.

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Expressions:
A Chip on Your Shoulder
A lean, mean __________ machine
Metaphor Explained: ______ is the ________ of _________ !
Better Late Than Never!
Expressions with ‘king’ and ‘queen’
Expressions with ‘dog’
Expressions with ‘bake’ and ‘kitchen’
Expressions with ‘garden’ and ‘backyard’
Expressions with ‘laundry’ and ‘wash’
Expressions with ‘Crazy’
Expressions with ‘Baby’
Expressions with ‘Book’
Expressions with ‘Senior’ and ‘Age’
Expressions with ‘Fruit’ and Fruit Names

Vocabulary:
The Backyard
What is an ‘ex’?
The Stages of Life All About Snow!

Fashion and Shopping:
How to Talk about Fashion – Adjectives
Fashion Week
How to Talk about Shopping
Wear or Dress?

Food:
34 Types of Fruit (video)

Using Verbs Correctly:
Play ~ Do ~ Go – Verbs used to talk about sports!
Listen or Hear?
Wear or Dress?
Explain
Like
Go

Confusing Words:
Everyday or Every Day?
Sometimes, Sometime or Some Time?

Spotlight on:
The Olympics
Weddings
Relationships
The Academy Awards / Oscars
Going to the Movies!
Baking
Getting and Keeping a Driver’s Licence!
Chilean Mine Rescue
Election Day

Pop Culture:
A Whisperer
9/11 and 911
Social Media Extreme Sports and the X-Games

Slang and Made-up Words:
Flightmare
Glamping
Not So Much! 5 Things to Say About Extreme Sports!Linsanity, Tebowmania, and Bieber Fever Explained!Gazillion, Bajillion, and Other Big Numbers!

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Repetition is also essential for learning English – the more times you see a word, an expression, or a particular sentence structure, the easier it is to remember!

I write about life in Canada because understanding the lifestyle and culture in a country helps to understand the language!

Canada Fun Facts!
#1 – The southernmost point of Canada is south of the northern Californian border…and Rome, Italy!
#2 – Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian city!
#3 – The beaver is our national animal…and we eat beaver tails!
#4 – We remember when Alanis Morissette was a teenage dance-pop singer called ‘Alanis’!
#5 – When William becomes King of England, Kate Middleton will also be Queen of Canada!
#6 – Canada Post Helps Santa Answer All His Letters!
#7 – The United States Once Tried to Invade Canada!

Life in Canada . . .
O Canada!
Do All Canadians Speak English and French?
Things to Do in the Snow!
The Olympic Torch Relay
Remembrance Day The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Canadian Holidays
Canadian Thanksgiving
Trick or Treat – It’s Halloween!
What is Christmas?
Who is Santa Claus?
Valentine’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
It’s Easter Time!

You can also use my listening lessons as reading lessons!

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Good pronunciation = good listening skills = good communication skills!

Forget about how to pronounce words in your own language – English pronunciation is completely different from your language! The letters may be the same, but they are pronounced very differently in English. Focus on correct English pronunciation! English learners often ask me, “How can I improve my pronunciation?” Here are my tips.

The Alphabet
How to Say the Alphabet

Pronunciation
7 Commonly Mispronounced Words
11 Words with Silent Letters
5 More Commonly Mispronounced Words
Words That Look the Same but are Pronounced Differently!
30 French Words Used in English “The Chaos!” – A poem about the chaos of English pronunciation and spelling

The Sounds of English
50 English Words with ‘ch’ Pronounced /k/
25 English Words with ‘ch’ Pronounced ‘sh’
Practice the ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ Sounds
Practice the ‘th’ sounds vs. /s/ and /z/
Practice the ‘th’ sounds vs. /t/ and /d/
Practice the /v/ sound vs. /b/
Practice the /v/ sound vs. /w/
60 Words with the / ʌ / “uh” Vowel Sound

Numbers
How to Say Numbers 0-99
How to Say Numbers 100 – 1 trillion
How to Say Different Numbers (Time, Money, Years, Sports Scores, Population) NamesHow to Say Names of ActorsHow to Say Names of Actresses

If you have any requests of something you would like to see in a pronunciation video, please leave a comment!

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• a short story about life in Canada
• discussion questions
• a short pronunciation lesson

On each page here on my website, you’ll find the complete transcript for each listening lesson, as well as listening comprehension questions and vocabulary definitions.

Do you want to improve your listening skills? Try this activity:
How to Practice Listening

The more listening you do in English, the more comfortable you will become with the language. Try to do as much listening as possible every day. Make sure you listen to native speakers.

Previous Listening Lessons:

“53 Years!”
(Pronunciation: How to say ‘anniversary’)

“A Dilemma on Thanksgiving!”
(Pronunciation: how stress can change the meaning of a word)

“An Afternoon at the Opera!”
(Pronunciation: the / dʒ / sound)

“At the Hospital”(video)
(Pronunciation: the weak form of ‘and’)

“Baby Gifts!”
(Pronunciation: How to pronounce the -sts consonant cluster)

“Chocolate Apples”
(Pronunciation: when ‘gh’ is pronounced /f/)

“Family Reunion”
(Pronunciation: when the ‘t’ and ‘d’ are silent in words)

“I Can’t Get Enough of Twilight!”
(Pronunciation: when ‘ti’ is pronounced ‘sh’ /ʃ/ )

“It’s Definitely Winter!”
(Pronunciation: how to say ‘temperature’)

“Let’s Go to The Ex!”
(Pronunciation: how to pronounce the ‘th’ sounds!)

“Library Books!”
(Pronunciation: the weak form of ‘to’ )

“My Jack-O’-Lantern!”(video)
(Pronunciation: the tapped ‘t’ sound)

“Seniors’ Day!”
(Pronunciation: when ‘i’ is pronounced like the consonant ‘y’ sound)

“Sex and the City 2!”
(Pronunciation: 7 French words used in English)

“Shopping at the Mall!”
(Pronunciation: How to pronounce ‘clothes’)

“Stars on Ice”
(Pronunciation: how to pronounce ‘figure’ and adverbs that end in -ally )

“The Bathroom!”
(Pronunciation: the vowel r ‘er’ sound in an unstressed syllable)

“The Chair!”
(Pronunciation: how to say ‘comfortable’)

“The Laundromat!”
(Pronunciation: the vowel r ‘er’ sound)

“The Licence Plate!”
(Pronunciation: how to say ‘convenience’)

“The Must-Have Christmas Present!”
(Pronunciation: how to pronounce ‘been’)

“The Soccer Game!”
(Pronunciation: linking consonant sounds)

“The Winter Blues!”
(Pronunciation: how to pronounce the letter ‘o’ in words with ‘com’)

“The Worst Bus Ride. Ever!”
(Pronunciation: how to pronounce the letter ‘x’ )

“Thor to the Rescue!”
(Pronunciation: when ‘qu’ is pronounced /kw/ )

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Here, I focus on specific problems people have with English grammar.

Parts of speech:

Verbs Understanding Verb Forms

Have or Have got?
Have to and Have got to
Future – Using the present simple to talk about future events
Future – What are you doing this weekend?
Gerunds and Infinitives – Gerunds and infinitives for purpose
Gerunds and Infinitives – Can a gerund be used after ‘to’? Gerunds and Infinitives – Gerunds used for sports

Present Perfect I – Have you ever been to…?
Present Perfect II – Have you ever (done something)?
Present Perfect III – How long have you…?
Present Perfect Self-Study Resources
Used To
Be Used To
Get Used To

Modal Verbs
Using ‘Could’ to Guess Information
Would = Used to

Nouns
Nouns that act like adjectives
Articles: ‘A/An’ = One (of something)
Articles: When NOT to use ‘the’
Proper Nouns: Why is it ‘the Grammys’ and not ‘the Grammies’?

Adverbs
So or Too? – intensifiers
*this also includes such, so much, so many, too much and too many!
Adverbs of Frequency

Conjunctions
Using ‘as if’ as a conjunction and exclamation!

Sentence Structure:

Conditional Sentences – An Introduction
Conditional Sentences – 0 (Zero) Conditional
Conditional Sentences – 1st (First) Conditional
Conditional Sentences – 2nd (Second) Conditional
Conditional Sentences – 3rd (Third) Conditional

Tell me what you think of the movie after you’ve seen it!
What goes better with a barbecue on a beautiful summer day than beer?

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Do you think reading is boring? Are you looking for a way to make reading more interesting, do more of it, and improve your English?

You are going to love immersion reading!

We acquire a language by reading and listening, not by learning grammar rules and memorizing vocabulary. We can speak a language because of what we have heard and read, not because we have successfully remembered the correct grammar rules.

You need to read a lot and listen to a lot of English, as much as possible. That’s how you learn new words and sentences. That’s how you learn to understand written and spoken English.

The English that you read and listen to needs to be easy to understand, however, and that’s a problem, because it’s hard to find things to read and listen to that are at your level AND that are interesting to you. You’re not going to learn anything if you are reading a book that is far beyond your level and you have to look up a new word in every sentence.

Learn more: Improve your English by reading children’s book series

There is a way that you can make reading a little bit easier: by reading a book and listening to someone read the book at the same time. That’s called immersion reading.

The word immersion means being completely involved and interested in something. When you are learning a language, immersion means being completely surrounded by the language. In other words, it means hearing, seeing, reading, and thinking about the language all the time.

Immersion reading is something you can do anywhere, not just with books. There’s nothing wrong with watching an English TV show or movie with subtitles, or listening to a podcast while reading the transcript. These are very effective ways to learn English.

In this lesson you’ll learn 5 reasons why immersion reading is so powerful and why you should be doing it, and you’ll also learn how you can do it using your phone, tablet, or computer!

1. You don’t have to guess how to say a new word.

When you’re reading something and you see a new word, how do you know how to say the word? Do you try to guess how to say the new word? That’s a bad idea. Do you try to remember any pronunciation “rules” you’ve learned?

You don’t have to guess how to say a new word in English. You don’t need to remember lots of rules. You need to hear a native speaker say the word and repeat what you hear many times.

When you listen and read at the same time, you can match sounds to words. You will know how to pronounce a new word correctly the first time you see it. This is important because if you practice the wrong pronunciation of a word, you will become very good at saying the word incorrectly. Even worse, if it becomes natural and automatic for you to say a word incorrectly, it becomes very difficult to change your pronunciation.

2. You’ll learn how to say entire sentences and not just individual words.

There’s no point in learning a new word if you don’t know how to use it in a sentence.

It’s even more difficult to use a new word in a sentence if you have never seen it used in a sentence.

You don’t have to guess how to use a word in a sentence, and you shouldn’t try to use a new word in your own sentence.

When you learn a new word, learn the words that go with it. Learn the patterns and sentence structures that it is used with.

Learn English in chunks, or large pieces, instead of individual words. Focus on learning collocations, patterns, and sentence structures.

This is one of the benefits of reading. You can learn without having to memorize “rules.”

When you read and listen at the same time, you learn how to say collocations, phrases, and sentences. Spoken English is stressed, contracted, reduced and linked. Individual words may sound different when they are part of a sentence.

Learn more: The 8 Worst piece of advice about learning English

Learn more: What are collocations?

3. It’s interesting, so you can do more of it.

You need to do a lot of reading and listening.

It’s very difficult to learn and memorize a word that you have only seen once. It is easier to learn a new word, collocation, or sentence when you see it many times.

You are not in an English class anymore. You can read and listen to whatever you want! You can choose your own books. You can read and listen to things that are interesting to you, like you do in your native language.

You will remember words and phrases more easily if they are part of a story that you enjoy.

Listen to the same thing over and over. It’s OK if you don’t know all the words right away. It’s OK if you don’t understand everything right away.

And it’s OK if you do understand everything. It’s OK if you only hear or see one or two words you didn’t know. That doesn’t mean that what you’re reading or listening to is too easy. You are still learning something. You are still learning correct collocations, word patterns, and sentences.

Learn more: What is core vocabulary?

4. You can practice your own pronunciation by shadowing and imitating the sounds that you hear.

You don’t learn how to speak by memorizing pronunciation “rules.” You learn pronunciation with your ears, not your eyes.

And you can’t improve your own pronunciation if you don’t know what you sound like.

There are two effective ways that you can learn how to speak like a native speaker.

Imitate the sounds that you hear.
Have you ever made fun of someone with an accent in your language? Have you ever made fun of someone by trying to talk the same way that they talk? That’s called imitation. When you imitate someone, you do the same thing that they do. You copy someone else.

When you listen to a native speaker, imitate the sounds that you hear. When you are reading and listening to something, don’t try to see the pronunciation by looking at the word. Listen to the pronunciation of the word and repeat what you hear.

Shadow the speaker.
The verb shadow means follow and watch someone so you can learn what they’re doing.

You can shadow someone speaking by repeating the sounds that you hear immediately after someone says them.

This is easy to do when you are immersion reading. You can see the words and hear the words at the same time, so you can immediately repeat what you hear. You can read the book out loud along with the speaker or narrator.

You can also record yourself reading the book at the same time as the person you’re listening to, and then compare how you sound to how the other person sounds.

Learn more: How to record yourself speaking English

5. It helps you improve your English faster

There is no fast and easy way to learn English. There is no magic secret that will make you instantly fluent in English.

You can do things that will speed up how you learn, so you will feel like you are learning faster.

Learning doesn’t need to be difficult.

We don’t acquire language skills by learning grammar rules, memorizing vocabulary, and then trying to speak. That’s not how it works. That’s not how you learned your native language.

You don’t need a long list of words as proof that you learned something from a book. You will never remember all those words.

When you read and listen, you acquire language without even realizing that it is happening. You absorb words, collocations, and sentences naturally, just like you did with your native language.

One day, you’ll watch something or hear something and realize that you understand it.

Learn more: 4 Truths about Learning English

How can you listen and read at the same time?

It is so easy now to read and listen to something at the same time. It’s as easy as turning on your phone and opening some apps.

Immersion reading generally means reading a book while listening to the audiobook, but there are so many more opportunities to read and listen to English at the same time.

1. Watch English TV shows and movies with English subtitles.

If you live in an English-speaking country, subtitles are called “closed captions.”

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you not to watch English TV shows and movies without subtitles. Tell him or her that it’s one of the best things you can do to improve your English skills.

Here are some good resources:

• Netflix, Amazon Prime, iTunes or other streaming service with English TV shows and movies – All of these services have English closed captions or subtitles. While you are watching something, look for the keyboard icon. Tap this icon and turn on English subtitles.
• TED Talks – Interesting speeches that you can watch with English subtitles or subtitles in your native language, or an English transcript or a transcript in your native language.

 
2. Listen to English podcasts that provide transcripts.

Obviously, I think my podcast is excellent!

 
3. Use Amazon’s Whispersync for Voice service.

This is genius. You can read an ebook and listen to the audiobook at the same time on your Kindle device or in the Kindle app.

Amazon sells both Kindle ebooks and Audible audiobooks. You can buy a Kindle ebook, add the audiobook, and use the immersion reading feature. The text is highlighted in the ebook (on your Kindle device or in the Kindle app) for you while you listen to the audiobook.

Even better, the Kindle app remembers where you stopped listening & reading. When you want to read and listen again, you just go back to the ebook and start at the same spot where you stopped.

Currently there are 60,000+ in the Kindle ebooks with Audible Narration store on Amazon. (Narration means someone telling a story, or in this case reading a story.)

I have an Apple iPhone, and because of a disagreement between Amazon and Apple, I can’t buy audiobooks from Amazon on my phone. I can only add the book to my Wish List and then buy the audiobooks on my desktop computer.

This is what it looks in the Kindle iPhone app. Go to the main menu and look for “Reading and Listening.” If the audiobook is available, you can buy it or put in on your shopping list or wish list to buy later. W like when you listen and read a book at the same time. I have the audiobook for another book in my Kindle library, which you can see at the bottom of the app. Press play and the gray text will appear in the ebook to show you which part you are listening to.

Learn more:
Whispersync for Voice on Amazon.com
Audible audiobooks: Improve your listening skills anytime, anywhere

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