Resources to practice your English

Use ReallyWrite to help you write clearer texts.

Dictionaries

Don't use google translate. Occasionally you may want to use google search.

• The Free Dictionary
• The Oxford Collocations dictionary
• Bab.la
• Linguee
• Thesaurus (use with caution)

Grammar

• Englishpage.com
• Grammar Girl
• Practical English Usage
• Business Grammar and Practice (ISBN 978-0-19-457079-4)

Vocabulary, listening, reading, interactive

• Ted Talks
• The Moth Podcasts
• BBC Learning English
• Anki Intelligent Flashcards

Writing Aids

• Hemingway App

Books

on Writing:

• The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
• Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword
• The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker

on English:

• Native English for Nederlanders by Ronald van de Krol

To really start feeling comfortable in a foreign language, you've got to read a lot in that language. The following books are tried-and-true favorites that can help you get started reading in English.

Intermediate

Young Adult Literature isn't just for teenagers. It's a great way to break into reading in English for non-native speakers as well.

Lois Lowry, (Number the Stars, The Giver)
Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)
J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter)
Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game)
Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
Madeleine L'Engel (A Wrinkle in Time)

Advanced

Once you feel comfortable reading in English, try some of these more difficult books to develop your sense of style.

Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns)
Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin)
Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness)
Ian McEwan (Atonement, Sweet Tooth)
Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange)
David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet)
Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle)

Have you read a good book lately and want to recommend it for other English learners? Send me a message and I'll add it.