A letter to the English Learner (in english)

Dear English learner,
English is a funny language with a lot of exceptions, so in order to help you in your learning journey I am linking some resources below.

Good apps : http://memrise.com and http://duolingo.com

Free and good audio books and e-books :
http://librivox.org
http://www.loyalbooks.com/


This site has some great English learning resources, including podcasts : http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en

And if you are interested in the history of words, their etymology etc, this is a fun podcast channel : http://waywordradio.org 

I would recommend you start with the apps to get the basics and then listen to audio books and read them simultaneously to gain fluency and a better vocabulary.

The British council website is also a great resource for beginners and intermediate level learners.

I hope these resources will be helpful to you, I will add more as I find them.

All the best in your learning journey

Cheers,
Gautam Jain (gautamji)

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