Learning English from Online Language Schools

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Reasons to Study English

English is an international language. At least two billion people speak or learn English at the moment. The number of English learners is rising day by day. People study English because they have reasons for it. Most of them want to get good jobs with higher salary while others want to continue their university education abroad.

Learning English Online

Today, English language schools in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand provide long distance learning program via the internet. Students do not have to fly abroad anymore. They can attend an English course program using their computers that are connected with the internet. The course can be followed in real time using tele-conference software that is similar to Yahoo Messenger or ICQ. Sometimes the English instructors have recorded their lessons in videos where their students in other parts of the world can download and watch them on their computer using Microsoft Windows Media Player. Books and other printed materials will be sent via post whereas quiz and exercises are usually sent to English instructors via email or directly done on the websites of the language schools.

a college studentOnline English Test

A number of English language test institutions have also use internet to serve millions of test takers who want to take certain tests which they provide. For example, the ETS or the Educational Testing Services have shifted their paper based TOEFL test into internet based test. Besides it is cheaper, test takers can get the score of their tests faster.

Independent Learning Method

As a matter of fact, the ability to listen, speak and write good English is not determined by how many English courses somebody has enrolled on or how many fluency tests he or she has taken but by how frequent she or he studies and use the language everyday. Abundant English learning materials are available on the internet. People can watch video conversations on Youtube or download English grammar books from certain websites. The internet has revolutionized not only the way people communicate but also the way we study English. When somebody has finished studying English through an online language course program, he or she can find a job by searching it online. It is something that people could not do fifty years ago.

Working online

That's what really happens right now. Companies began to reduce the number of their employees and turned to hire freelance workers from the internet for works that do not require physical presence of the employees. For example, an English writer can write a number of articles every month to an online publishing company. Hubpages.com is a good sample of it. A lot of people make money from home just by writing articles that are related to their expertise without having to leave their homes. Revenue sharing program is offered by Hubpages to writers who can attract thousands of readers. by Charles Roring

This article has a bahasa Indonesia version:

Belajar Bahasa Inggris dari Sekolah Bahasa Inggris Online

 

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