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This is a free 15-language site that is suitable for language learners who are more interested in learning the basics of writing. Undoubtedly, the best feature of this site is the long list of verbs and nouns used and its very low publicity.

2- FluentU (free up to $ 18 per month)

This unique program is such that learners at any level are immersed in the language. Here are real-time tutorials using music videos, such as music videos, unreleased movie screenshots, exciting news and conversations. With the help of these really entertaining videos, you can learn everything well. Do you want to accompany * “Let It Go” in German under the lips or watch an intensive geography course in Japanese? In this site, new interesting words are taught through this interesting approach, and you learn words using interactive games and your progress path is determined. I bet you have never seen such a fun method and here you will definitely feel that you are very active!

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3- Foreign Services Institute (free)

Some enthusiasts at the US Institute of Foreign Affairs took the time to launch an online collection of general language courses. Most of these courses are in the form of audio clips in the form of short conversations. So this course is suitable for those who want to improve their listening skills, which is very good for novice learners!

4- Headstart2 from Defense Language Institute (free)

HeadStart 2 is another good resource for novice learners, built for Army personnel, in which the language consists of two parts, each of which has 10 parts that you can access via the Internet or your iPod. Access them. The second part focuses on special missions and is attractive to people who like to watch war movies in their original language.

5- Hello-Hello World (free up to $ 29.99 per year) This course is for learners on iPad, iPod, iPhone. This site is known for its many sources of information, and a group of professional staff will review the comments and correct the wrong sentences of the users. This course is suitable for those who want to review words and phrases in a short time before a business trip or an important exam.

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To strengthen your grammar, you need to read grammar textbooks. This is one of the best ways to get acquainted with grammar tips in a scientific way. There are countless authoritative books in the field of English grammar such as English Grammar Digest, Communicate What You Mean, Practical English Usage, Understanding and Using English Grammar, Essential Grammar in Use, Common Mistakes in English and so on.

Unlike vocabulary, grammar tips are limited. Therefore, if you learn a few of these tips every day, you will be able to increase your knowledge of grammar significantly (if not completely) in a short time.

You also need to read more critically and concisely. More precisely, as you read, be prepared to fill in or underline certain words, phrases, and grammar tips to increase your level of awareness.

Writing personal diaries can also help you strengthen your mastery of grammar. In this way, try to use the grammar tips you have just learned in your writing.

Another useful technique to strengthen your English grammar is the interpretation technique. When you interpret a text, you are actually trying to rewrite the text differently while retaining the meaning.

If you are an intermediate or advanced student, you may want to gain experience teaching English grammar to beginners. Keep in mind that you can maximize your learning by teaching English grammar.

If you have several learner friends, you can write articles on pre-defined topics with a limited number of words. Subsequently, you can share your articles with each other and also read and evaluate your friends’ articles. Not only will you be able to evaluate your friends’ articles, but your articles will also be evaluated by your friends. This technique is called “peer evaluation”.

Remember grammar is based on rules. So, in a way, it has a nature like mathematics. As a result, do not spend too much time on grammar without resting, as you will get bored.

Another good solution is to have a grammar booklet. You can record a history of grammar tips you learn every day and practice on your writing at the same time.

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2. When you have an idea in mind and you want to write about it, you must first look at it from different angles. To do this, you need the “rain of thoughts or brainstorming” method. Brainstorming is a way in which you try to think deeply and irregularly about something. For example, in a logical context, you can think about the advantages and disadvantages of over-dependence on the Internet. Then put the points that came to your mind in this regard in order.

3. In connection with the rain of thoughts, it is important to have a critical view of the subject matter. In fact, you as a writer have to think a lot to be able to write everything logically and meaningfully.

4. When you know what you want to write about, you should first think about it and then put it down on paper. In this regard, creating an outline will be very useful. Because it allows you to show the main idea and message without having to know the details. You can write all these results on paper and organize them. “Think on paper,” says Brian Tracy.

5. If you are writing multi-part and sequential material such as “Storytelling”, you should arrange the items you have written in your outline chronologically, because you are writing a series of events that make up your outline.

6. One of the most suitable methods available for writing practice is “writing memoirs”. You can write the important events of your life in the form of daily, weekly and even monthly diaries in English. Try to get used to it over time. In this way, you have not only strengthened your writing skills, but also increased your thinking power.

7. You can use the portfolio while studying. A portfolio is a collection of writings along with images, documents and other items that you collect for further educational benefit. This will increase your thinking power and will have a positive impact on your study and more importantly on your life.

8. Obviously, being a good writer and having a strong lexical knowledge are closely related. The more words you know, the better you can naturally describe yourself using those words.

9. In addition to having lexical knowledge, you should also have good grammar knowledge, because writing is a formal and academic skill. In fact, writings that are not grammatically correct and do not have a semantic and logical burden will not be acceptable to the reader.

10. With regard to grammar, for example, you are expected to be familiar with the types of conjunctions and their uses in English. Conjunctions are words and phrases that connect sentence components in your writing, allowing you to write more fluently.

11. Correct it at the end of each post; That means read it carefully again and get help from the dictionary if needed. As a result, you can correct possible errors and mistakes, such as the use of incorrect words in terms of semantic fit, formal or informal form of the word, grammar, coherence, and other things that you may find in your text.

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 “If you do not want to learn yourself, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”

When it comes to learning, there is something more fundamental than that, which is more about psychology, self-help, and human motivation than conventional methods.

Today we want to discover the hidden forces in the success of language learners, these forces include personality traits, attitudes and learning habits that go far beyond traditional classroom learning and are of multifaceted interest to all excellent students.

Here are three characteristics of successful learners that are less mentioned:

1. They are inherently motivated to learn.

Successful language learners are very purposeful in what they do. Both subconsciously and consciously, you must have an inner reservoir of motivation. No one but yourself can give you a reason to learn well.

Although it is common to be influenced by external motivations, such as career success, travel, or even the wishes of someone else (such as your parents or principal), good students need to find a way to make the learning process really “important” to them. .

Having a strong intrinsic motivation helps to prioritize learning, going through difficult periods, when you are not feeling well or when it seems boring to you, and allows you to enjoy the learning process.

Remember, we learn better when we have fun!

2. They take responsibility for their own learning

It is great to have an inner motivation to inspire you and make you eager to learn, but if you are not yet ready to take charge of your learning process, this device alone will not get you there.

Accepting the responsibility of learning means recognizing your essential role in the learning process and knowing that no matter what the cost to the teacher or school, no matter how great resources and benefits you have, it is you who must spend time and energy practicing.

Successful language learners do not place this responsibility on others, they do not seek magical solutions (very simple and easy solutions that are not effective in practice), and they do not expect an English course alone to make them fluent. .

Successful language learners evaluate what works for them and what does not, they take control of their processes. As they take responsibility for their own learning, they learn something at every step and enjoy the reward of fluent speaking for a lifetime.

3. They build a support network for themselves

successful learners participate in support networks and to create such networks. These networks are groups of people who support them in achieving fluency. These networks include teachers, successful role models, friends, cheerleaders, and those with whom they practice conversation.

We all know that no matter what we do, we would be more successful if we did it with a group of people who are on the same path as ourselves because we could help each other get to the destination faster. This is especially true of language learning, because the learning system is a communication system and cannot be learned in the same way as other subjects and lessons.

Having a support network not only gives you the opportunity to practice what you learn and emulate the people around you, but also strengthens your learning process with constructive feedback and support from the network.

All of these secret performances for the success of language learning can be summed up in one fact: no one but you can learn a language for you, and no one can be paid to give you these qualities.

Once again, it should be noted that there are many people who have learned the language themselves and have never paid for a teacher or anything else and have reached a good level.

 You have to work on yourself to be a great learner. This is called self-help. Many language learners fail because they believe that all they need to do is pay someone, listen to the instructions, and learn the grammar step by step, while doing all this, ignoring the inner dimension.

When you focus on developing these qualities in the process of learning English, you become more advanced, disciplined and spontaneous not only in learning English but throughout your life.

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There is only one way to learn English and that is to open your mouth and speak English! Talk constantly to make good progress.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear; not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

You can apologize for not being able to speak and say, for example, that you are embarrassed, but this will take you away from your goal of mastering speaking English. It does not matter at all if you know a word a little or your pronunciation is not good. If you want to make progress, you just have to talk.

Never say you can’t speak English, because repeating it will make you really unable to speak in the near future. If you believe that you can not speak English, you will prevent your mind from trying to learn and you will deprive yourself of the opportunity to progress. The only way to progress is to practice English, no matter how good or bad you are at it.

2) Do not be afraid to make mistakes.

You should not be afraid to make mistakes when speaking English. Mistakes are part of every human being and sooner or later you accept the fact that you are not as perfect as others and you make mistakes. The only way to not make a mistake is to make no effort at all, and if you follow this procedure, you will never make a mistake, but there will be no progress.

Michael Jordan:

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan

This may be a little unexpected, but you have to make mistakes many times, and that means you are speaking English and you are progressing. If you do not make mistakes every day, it means that you do not speak enough English. Of course, you should not make mistakes intentionally, and you should be careful about such mistakes, and as a result, you can learn and improve your skills.

The last thing you need to pay attention to when speaking English is grammar. You do not need to be completely fluent in grammar to want to speak English with someone. English speakers do not care if your grammar is good or bad, they just want to understand what you mean and keep talking.

If you speak clearly and confidently, it does not matter at all whether you say the wrong word or adjective incorrectly or do not follow the order of the sentence.

Many language learning programs place a lot of emphasis on grammar and less on conversation. They believe that you should know all the grammar rules before you start a conversation, and this will reduce your confidence when speaking. This is swimming against the current of the river. You must first learn how to speak in order to gain self-confidence and, after gaining relative mastery, correct your grammar.

Everyone is wrong; Even the English speakers themselves. No one is born fluent in English; acquiring this skill requires a lot of time, effort and practice. Many Americans go to school for 13 years and still cannot speak English properly.

Do not despair after your mistakes, accept them and appreciate them for their useful role in your learning!

3) Do not apologize for your language level.

Some people constantly apologize for their level of English literacy when they speak English, and this behavior is really annoying. One should not be offended by one’s language level, nor should one be upset by the language mistakes of others.

People who apologize for their language level often expect to be better. This reason is a bit plausible, but do not be upset if you do not know more than a certain level. Acquiring language skills is a time-consuming process and you cannot expect to achieve it overnight. If you have been learning English for years or even months, you have tried to reach this level anyway, so do not underestimate yourself.

4) Do not despair of yourself.

Sometimes you may fail to learn English a little and reach a point where you may not be able to speak English as well as you do in your native language, and you may not even be able to use the right words.

Almost everyone who learns English has these problems, which is perfectly normal in the learning process. If you are really immersed in English, this process only takes a few weeks, but if you go to English twice a week, it will take years. The only way to overcome this type of failure is to practice and practice and practice.

Remember that this is not because you are not smart enough or that English is too hard and know that it happens to many people. You can’t escape this temporary defeat, so welcome it to get through this stage as soon as possible.

5) Do not be upset if others do not understand what you mean.

Sometimes when you talk to someone, that person will not understand what you mean. Because there are so many English speakers around the world; So there are different dialects, some of which are difficult to understand, such as the Australian and Irish dialects.

In the case of people who do not interact much with foreigners, such a problem will occur. Because these people have not had a similar experience, they may not understand what you are saying. Know that this is not due to your lack of language skills, but because these people have not spoken to foreigners with different accents.

This can also happen when talking to people who have a lower language level than you. They may not understand much of what you are saying, because you use more advanced vocabulary. Remember that you were at their level one day and no one stops in the learning process at one point.

6) Do not compare yourself with other English speakers

Regardless of your language level, you should try to go higher and be proud of what you have done and not care what others think, because they do not know that you practice for hours. You have reached this level and they do not know how much you have tried.

This also means that you should not compare yourself with others. People are all different; One learns sooner and the other has to spend more time. Maybe a friend of yours can speak English very well because of 3 years of living in London, but that does not mean that your learning process is wrong.

Some people enjoy the failure of others, but you should not care about them. Instead of wasting your time thinking about what they think of you, take the time to progress and practice.

7) If you are fluent in English (or think you are fluent) do not be proud of yourself.

English should be lived, not just a goal.

English is not a small part of your brain, but a learning process that may seem a little difficult and contradictory. When you finally reach the skill level (which can have any meaning and at any level) you should not think that you have already learned English, because this approach will create fundamental problems and limitations. Here are a few:

• With this thinking, you are pretending, because the learning process never stops. It is like knowing yourself as the whole intellect. There is always a higher stage and you have to practice in the current stage.

• With this approach, language learners become lazy. It’s a universal fact about learning that if you do not grow, you will fall behind.

This overconfidence prevents you from being like English speakers.

Cultural Understanding: You may know everything about grammar, but that does not mean you are fluent in the language. You need to have constant access to the language source (ie language culture) because it is this culture that leads you to who you really are.

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The computerized PTE scoring system follows a complex algorithm and evaluates individuals equally. In the human scoring system, however, personal and fanatical opinions based on the appearance, body language, and facial expressions of test participants may influence test results.

The reading texts for the PTE Academic Test are relatively short (usually 100 to 300 words) for each IELTS test, and each question is accompanied by its own text, making the reading section less misleading and challenging.

The listening part of the two tests is similar, except that in the PTE Academic test, participants use headphones, so they hear audio files better, the sound is not echoed, and nothing distracts them.

No human factor is involved in the academic PTE test, so there is no human error in evaluating and scoring this test.

The questions of the writing section of the academic PTE exam are general questions and are frequently repeated in various exams.

If you have a score of 5.5 or 6 on the IELTS test, it is very likely that you will get a higher equivalent score on the PTE test with proper practice and training. In other words, getting a high score on the academic PTE test is easier than getting a high score on the IELTS test.

PTE scoring is fully automatic and in the range of 10-90; while in IELTS it is manual and the range of scores is between 0-9. The IELTS results report form will be sent 13 days after the test, while the PTE academic test will be available online 5 working days after the test.

due to the relatively short history of PTE compared to IELTS, it is relatively difficult to find experienced instructors for this test.

If you have a short time to prepare, you should not do both tests. In fact, both tests have their own difficulty, and in fact, if you need to learn very quickly, the pairs of tests are the same. IELTS is simpler because it has fewer questions and PTE is convenient because it has a good practical website.

We hope you find the IELTS and PTE test comparison article useful.

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Subordinating Conjunctions

Dependent or non-cohesive conjunctions are known by this name because they associate an (independent clause) with (dependent clause), meaning that the two sides of these conjunctions are not the same, hence they are called non-coherent.

Consider punctuation in two possible ways:

Dependent clause, Independent clause

Independent clause + dependent clause

• Independent quasi-sentence can convey meaning alone and independently like a complete sentence and does not need additional information to complete it.

• The dependent quasi-sentence adds more and additional information to the independent quasi-sentence and its meaning is not complete and in order to be complete it must be connected to the independent quasi-sentence.

• Now we merge two pseudo-sentences using conjunctions:

Ali couldn’t pass the English test since he was careless in the class.

Since he was careless in the class, Ali couldn’t pass the English test.

I hope this tutorial was useful.

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