There are numerous ways for you to practice and improve your English . However, if you want to find a source to practice your speaking skill online for free, English Central is the best source that I would like to RECOMMEND to you.
English Central is a website / webapp. Think of youtube with interactive features added. They take videos, trailers, commercials, etc and transcribe them as well as translate them.
Some of the features are:
Students receive multiple forms of input via images, audio and transcriptions.
After listening and reading they repeat the phrases and receive a score.
They can also review and compare their spoken language against the video.If they have trouble with a particular word, they can click on the word to see how it is broken down in syllables.
The students can choose to see the translations or transcriptions or not. They can choose to take a quiz at the end or not.
The teacher has some tools at his/her disposal as well. They are Students, Groups, Goals and Channels.
Students: Allows you to invite students to your Video Channel or delete students as needed.
Groups: Allows you to make groups (classes), add/delete students to these groups.
Goals: Allows you to set goals for each group or for everyone. You set the number of videos to be watched as well as the difficulty.
Video Channel: This allows you to select videos and make your own channel based on your own criteria, subject matter, or difficulty.
This is just a review for its beta version.
English Central has recently lunched its full version with both free and paid features. You can check it out here.
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