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learning English as a second language
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these are the 6 tools that helped me along the way
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when I discovered audiobooks
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I was like
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Oh my gosh
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where have I lived all this time?
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because
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I love or enjoy
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somebody reading to you
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as you commute or do your daily chorus
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laundry
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or just
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I don't know sometimes, when you are at work
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the task is sort of repetitive
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it's nice
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when you are listening to someone reading a story a thriller
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in terms of speaking
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it could be quite difficult to find opportunities
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when you live in a country that doesn't speak the language you practice
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so HelloTalk is a genius app that allows you to pair with a partner or a chat buddy
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that speaks the language you want to practice
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in return, you teach them your native language
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you can also use it as a Facebook for status update, pictures
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there is also a built-in translation feature which benefits the lazy people
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because you can directly translate anything you want to say in the app
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if you mainly want to practice your reading and writing
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here are a few tools that I use on a daily basis and I mean daily basis
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Curiosity app is for people who are curious or just have a lot of time to read random knowledge
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it's really cool because there's a lot of different topics
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Flipboard
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if you are more entwined with the world these days
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which you can get news
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it serves like a newspaper app
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BBC, CNN
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you can customize what you want to see instead of letting them tell you what to read
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if you haven't seen the Grammarly ad on Youtube
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I tried it and I completely fell in love with it
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it's basically a private, personal tutor
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that corrects your English writing
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so you have the extension installed on your Chrome
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it helps you with your grammar, writing, conjunctions
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your anything
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it also teaches you it doesn't only correct what you write
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it also gives you the reason why you should change your content
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last but not least
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I think everybody can guess this it's Netflix
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it's basically a movie platform which you pay $10 or $11 to subscribe
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to watch movies
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I'm sure there are tons of movie platforms out there you can utilize
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to immerse yourself into the culture
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because, with that, that's how you learn a language faster and with ease
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people think communication is the sole reason why you would learn a new language
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but for me, the most valuable takeaway is that the resources are available and accessible to me
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in both languages
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so I can go on Google and search in both English and Mandarin Chinese
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and I get information and resources in both the languages
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to me, this is something really valuable
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I don't know what's your reason for learning a new language?
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I will post all the links and resources down below check them out
