Welcome to the Impactful English Resources section. On this page, you will find a list of recommended tools and websites which are useful for improving business English and fluency. Bookmark this page for your reference and convenience. Enjoy!
Products and Services from Impactful English
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Online, One-on-One English Coaching for Executives
One-on-one, online coaching for English learners who have an intermediate to advanced level of English.
This coaching is for you if you want to grow in your career by mastering presentations, meetings, job interviews and business communication in English. Request an evaluation & start advancing with a customised action plan, exclusively focused on your English needs.
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EBOOK: HOW TO BECOME A CONFIDENT ENGLISH SPEAKER AT WORK
Do you have an intermediate or advanced level, but lack confidence speaking English at work?
This ebook gives you the strategies to beat your fear of speaking English, and prepares you to be confident when you have to speak English in front of work colleagues.
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Other Useful Resources, Tools and Apps to Help Your English Development
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GRAMMARLY
Grammarly is a tool which quickly makes your writing better and is 10x more powerful than a word processor.
If you write emails regularly in English this tool is a must.
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BLINKIST
The app transforms bestselling non-fiction books (more than 3000 of them) into condensed ‘packs’ that you can read or listen to in just 15 minutes. Imagine being able to read a book in 15 minutes!
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OXFORD LEARNER’S DICTIONARY
There are many good online dictionaries, but what I like about the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary is that you can choose between British or American English if you want to listen to the pronunciation.
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THESAURUS.COM
Learning synonyms is essential if you want a powerful vocabulary repertoire. The ability to use a variety of words with the same meaning gives the ESL learner an advantage.
As well as giving an extensive synonym list, Thesaurus.com also lists antonyms and suggests related words with their own synonyms.
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AUDACITY
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, audio editor and recorder.
A good way of measuring progress is to record yourself speaking English. You can record individual words or entire phrases, listen back, and see whether your pronunciation or fluency is improving.
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STITCHER
Regular listening practice is essential for improving and maintaining English communication skills. Furthermore, listening to podcasts and radio shows about topics which interest you is a fun way to practice your English.
Stitcher is an app which makes it easy for you to be up to date and organize your favorite podcasts and radio shows.
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FLASHCARD DELUXE
If you are serious about reaching fluency in English, you have to be serious about building vocabulary. Building vocabulary doesn’t only mean learning new words, it also means retaining previously learned vocabulary.
The Flashcard Deluxe app is a flash card tool. This is perfect for storing and practicing new vocabulary and phrases. It also has the spaced repetition feature, which helps you remember vocabulary easier.
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ANKI
This is a similar tool to Flashcard Deluxe.
It’s great for storing and practicing new vocabulary and phrases. It also has the spaced repetition feature, which helps you remember vocabulary easier.
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WORD REFERENCE
A good translation tool is a necessity for the language learner.
Word Reference not only translates, but also give a variety of different contexts and example sentences, links to images and related sites, and regional pronunciation. It is a top class tool.
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LINGUEE
Linguee is an intelligent and reliable translation tool, offering a variety of contexts and examples. It is specifically useful for technical translations, such as law and medicine.
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CLIMB
Climb is a language-learning application for advanced speakers. You can select any English words to learn and the app will provide quizzes and language games. Climb also helps to discover new words by providing an extensive dictionary and “Word of the Day” with funny GIF animations.
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DUOLINGO
Duolingo has a fun and effective approach to learning a language and is for all levels. It offers a low cost proficiency test, which is recognized by leading universities and corporations, such as Harvard University and Linkedin.
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