Four Skills, One Goal: My Quest for the Best English Learning Websites

[Richard034]

Hello, I'm looking for website useful to learn any four main parts: reading, writing, speaking and listening. It isn't important if you recommend me a famous or hidden web. The only important thing is its utility to learn english, either it was useful for you or you read that it was

For example, sometimes when I listen to video or something where some word or sentence is for you unintelligible, I use youglish to discover its pronunciation.

Can you give me recommendations for websites that cover all four core skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello. I'm a learner of English looking for websites that are useful to learn any four main parts: for reading, writing, speaking and listening. It isn't important if whether you recommend me a famous or hidden a lesser-known website. The only important thing is its utility usefulness to learn for/when learning English - either it was useful for you or you read that it was useful for someone else.

For example, sometimes when I listen to a video or something where some a word or sentence is for you (to me) unintelligible, I use YouGlish to discover its pronunciation.

Can you give me recommendations for websites that cover all four core skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening?

Welcome to the forum. Please note my corrections above. I'd say this forum is great for reading and writing. Depending on your level, I think TED talks can be really good for listening. Speaking is harder. If you're not taking formal classes where you can speak aloud with other people, it's hard to practise. Have you looked around to see if there's a language exchange night or an English club where you live?

 

[Richard034]

Welcome to the forum. Please note my corrections above. I'd say this forum is great for reading and writing. Depending on your level, I think TED talks can be really good for listening. Speaking is harder. If you're not taking formal classes where you can speak aloud with other people, it's hard to practise. Have you looked around to see if there's a language exchange night or an English club where you live?

There are meetings in my city but I don't have so much time right now, so I will use TED talks and similar listening to improve my abilities.
I was searching about how to practise with other people and I found Tandem. My native language is spanish, thus I think it will be easy to seek someone who want to talk both english and spanish.

Thanks your kind response.

 

[emsr2d2]

There are meetings in my city but I don't have so very much time right now, so I will use TED talks and similar listening to improve my listening abilities.
I was searching for information about how to practise with other people and I found Tandem. My native language is Spanish, thus I think it will be easy to seek someone who want to talk both English and Spanish.

Thanks for your kind response.

Note my corrections above. Remember to always capitalise proper nouns (the names of languages, countries etc).

Note to other learners - Tandem, the site the OP mentioned, has a basic free version but charges for ad-free and extra features. The mention has been left only because it has a free version - if it was all paid, it would have been deleted as a commercial promotion.

 

[GJNavigator]

You’re thinking about this the right way — most sites are strong in 1–2 skills, and the “speaking” part is always the hardest.
For listening + real pronunciation, I still use YouGlish the same way you do, and TED Talkfor graded listening (pick one talk, re-listen, then summarise it out loud).
For speaking when you don’t have time for meetups, a language exchange app like Tandem can work — I set a 15-minute timer so it doesn’t turn into endless texting.
Lately I’ve also used Avatalks or short sessions that combine listening/reading/writing/speaking in one flow (and it’s free/no-login), which helps on busy days when I’d otherwise skip practice.

*edit by moderator to remove links

 

[Skrej]

@guyongjuly , please correct the information in your profile. It does not match your digital footprint.

Also, I have removed the links from your post, as it wasn't clear whether they were spam or advertisements, etc.

 

[GJNavigator]

@guyongjuly , please correct the information in your profile. It does not match your digital footprint.

Also, I have removed the links from your post, as it wasn't clear whether they were spam or advertisements, etc.

Hi Skrej ，thanks for letting me know.
You’re right — my profile details were incomplete/outdated and could look inconsistent. I’ve now corrected them to match my digital footprint.
Also, thank you for removing the links from my post. I didn’t mean it as advertising, but I understand how it could be interpreted. Going forward I’ll keep my posts text-only (or follow the forum’s linking policy if links are allowed).