Just a few decades ago English learners had to travel to English native countries to improve their English knowledge. This way of English practice was quite expensive and those who could not afford travel expenses and foreign accommodation had to find cheaper and easier ways for their practice. They would satisfy with reading English books, journals, magazines and articles in origin and speak to their friends and relatives who could somehow communicate in English. The things had considerably changed with the new technologies innovations which immediately spread out the world and became the integral part of each person’s every day life. These new technologies have become a real gift for English learners because they could provide excellent opportunity to stay at home and have vital communications with hundreds of English native speakers. These new technological gifts are the Internet and DVDs.



First, the Internet is now offering search engines and chat rooms which can be perfectly used for English practice. Do you need to practice your speech fluency and spelling? OK, you are welcome to the chat rooms! Just register at some of the chat rooms, select your area of interest and go ahead. Immediately tens of chat rooms guests will knock to your chat door showing their willingness to communicate with you. There you will have an excellent opportunity to learn quickly type English words, translate from and to English and use your vocabulary. If you fail you will be shortly deserted because chat users adore fast replies. Another genius option of chat rooms is an immediate video and audio conference. You will need just an internet connection, speakers and microphone to hear and speak immediately; and it is much cheaper than speaking over telephone or traveling to Britain, you will have to pay for only your internet connection. Video and audio conference options are available at, for example, google and yahoo chat rooms.

Still not very impressed? Try help of search engines to play fascinating game of words. Type the new word from your vocabulary in a search bar and find hundreds of this word’s combinations, phrases, famous statements and sentences! You may also continue playing by composing your own ward combinations and phrases and searching them in the Internet. Find people who wrote the same as you have done, have a fun!

DVDs is another brilliant gift of new technologies as it gives wide range of possibilities to practice English. You can at the same time watch, listen to and read what English natives are speaking. DVD films will take you to the world of English which is spoken nowadays and help you learn English customs, everyday life and specialities.

Whether you accept new technologies advantages or refuse them, you should know they make your English learning fast, fascinating, affordable and very effective.