Topic: Collections for someone who would like to improve English skills (Read 1254 times)

One of the best ways to improve your understanding of a language, especially English, and to better your life at the same time, is to read the Bible in your language.

Why the Bible? Bible translators are some of the most meticulous people around. They are so because the Bible teaches to not change the wording and the meaning of the Bible. It's bad enough that the wording has to be changed to be adapted to a new language, but making this change without keeping the meaning would really be bad.

Simply reading the Bible over and over in the language you are learning, will give you a wonderful and varied idea of what the language is all about.

I also need to get some of this books and try to learn more english as i'm not the best at writing. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing those. I think along with books, we should also watch Hollywood movies for anyone who wants to learn a new language, trying to speak it even if it's grammatically wrong is vital. Movies in that language also helps a lot, happened with me now I'm fluent.

Thank you so much for developing these wonderful English skills  Many of us who are weak in English has a very good way of doing it. Many will be able to learn English easily and have no fear of writing English  I can understand all the languages fluently.

In order to master English, we need to become interested in ourselves. I think that in order to become proficient in English, more and more English word serpents will have to gain knowledge, and more and more books should be read. Understand the meaning of English words and use English grammar. Everyone will be okay to try. Serve to be proficient in English.

excellent collections for those who want to learn Englishstarting from all levels, congratulations

Amazing work my friend! Thank you so much for that collection, definitaly will try it in my spare time

Speaking is a good way to learn English, especially praticing to speak English will help English learners have more confidence on their English ability. It is good for our lives, for English learners ' lives outside the forum. Inside the forum, the most two important skills that users should manage are reading and writing. The forum is not a live-stream-based platform, so you can not speak directly with other users in the forum. Consequently, writing is only tool to express your ideas, and discuss with others. To appropriately join discussions, you have to read and understand what others wrote correctly.

Thanks for sharing, but without https protection, I will not use that site.

For earn some rare ebooks and matrials go to this site:
http://englishtips.org

It is very popular in learning english and many people share matrials for free

I have no doubt about the helpfulness of Youtube's video in terms of help English learners to improve their Listening and Speaking skills. You should use the channel for your dedication and efforts to improve L & S skills for sure, for learning as well as entertainments when your have spare time.
It's one of good way to maintain healthy and fast-responsive brains.  

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However, it won't help a lot for Reading and Writing skills, and the point I wanted to give you is:
The forum is the place mainly for Reading and Writing, so you should focus at them first for your time spent in the forum.

Thank you very much for all the contribution, I have always wanted to learn more English, but it has been useful for me to go to YouTube and look for some videos, where they teach you the most common phrases that are used in English, and it helps a lot, because when you see movies or listening to songs are easily recognizable, and I think you learn a lot in a short time, based on the fact that all the time you have to practice in some way if you can not go to live or be in an English speaking country.

Thank you for this information.
 I need to master English.
You have saved the page.
 Many of them will benefit.

Thanks for sharing. These textbooks seem to be ridiculously expensive

Around more than one month since my last post in the topic, today I would like to get your experience with those books in the collection.
Are those books usefull for you?
Do you have others to suggest as supplementary books for the collection?

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Which types of books do you prefer?
Books on vocabularies or grammar?

You are welcome, and I thank you for sending your sMerits to my topic.
This one is your second time you merited my topic.
Highly appreciated your generosity.

Smart choices!

Personally, I like the following two books.

This is just awesome, i download the first 3 books and i will start reading them asap.

I know i'm not totally lost on this topic, but i'm sure i could be better, so, let's invest some time on it and for sure i will see some results.

Thanks again for sharing, and there goes one merit for you!

My bad, forget to add the book's name, I was using the phone and got mixed up. someone recommended those books to me and i found here.

1. Right Word Wrong Word ( L.G. Alexander)
2. Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Ruth Gairns and Stuart Redman)

BADecker Yes, you are right it speeds up the learning process but in this digital world we don't necessarily have to visit any place for learning the language. but I got your point.

And I don't struggle much when speaking in English except writing.

Thanks for your share. It is really helpful for me to improve my vocabulary in use.

Really useful books for those who want to learn English without a tutor

If you want to learn any language well, you need to live among the people who speak that language. Books will help, but they aren't going to do it all the way.

Make sure you live in the area of the dialect that you want to learn. For example, the English spoken and understood in New York City is way different than English spoken along the southern border in Texas. People almost don't understand each other. And Australian English is almost like another language.

Following books?  

It will help, surely.

Such pyramid threads usually hurt my fingers.

Thanks bro. Glad you posted links of following books. It will surely help non native speaker like me to improve or enhance their english skills.

Guys please don't quote the op's complete thread it's hard to read post when one using phone.

Glad it help for your interest!

Today, bumping the topic for potential newbies's eye-balls. 

Thanks for sharing OP . I going bookmarking this page

Bumping the topic, today, as my way to say good bye to the 2018 bearish year.
Once again, I hope that the topic is helpful for non-native English speakers. Hope that they will use some of those give books in order to improve their English skills, writing and reading in particular.
Finally, they can be able to compose better posts/ threads, and better fully express their ideas to join discussions and help others (later).

Good bye, 2018!

Thanks for your compliments.

Glad to help. Of course, you can share my collections with someone who need them.

This is a good collection of learning materials. Thanks for the effort. I will suggest it also other members of forum.

What a helpful collections, especially for non-native English speakers! I would prefer to start with those collections on English Grammar in use, which might help me to express my ideas more correctly, easier to understand for readers. Thanks for your initiatives.

Hi Rosilito,
I will consider carefully about your suggestion and might move my topic or might not.
By the way, I highly recommend you to read the following topic in order to avoid pyramid quotes for your future threads.
Tips for newbies, who want to avoid over-quoting
Pyramid quotes have already mentioned by Theymos or forum moderators (I don't remember exactly) that should be avoided as much as possible.

You are welcome, Jet Cash.
Honestly, you, TMAN, and iasenko have affected the way I use the forum. All of you motivated me a lot via your threads and topics.

Thanks for mentioning the Fit to Talk project, and that seems to be picking up slowly. I've also had some interest inthe Spanish/English translation project that is associated with it, and this gives members with the relevant skills and application a chance to pick up a few merits. It also helps the Bitcoin Talk forum by bringing Spanish crypto experiences into the Ivory Tower for the benefit of the English speakers. It has been suggested that I add an Italian translation board to the project, and I think that this could be interesting. So many English words have Latin origins, that it could be helpful for people learning English.

Thank you for bringing it out. I'm Indonesian, happy to share my experience and how I learnt and improved my English skills here.

First, It's really hard for me to learn English because my lack is reading. I've only got elementary English skills and some vocabularies. I used sederet.com to translate some words or make a sentence in English. I'm on that site while chatting with someone. Second, I found Duolingo's app on Playstore. It's fun and the best way to learn English I think. But it still not enough to get in touch with Foreigners. Third, I met a Foreigner for a business (first foreigner I ever met). Unforgattable moment for me because I've got nervous and mind-blanking. I spoke with the Foreigner by using body language without saying no word. Pity!

The important things that we need to improve our English skills are read books, be brave to practice it, and learn from mistakes.

I highly appreciate the invaluable collection, which is very helpful for me to learn and improve my English.
I woud prefer those books on grammar in use, because they will help me to compose better threads that are easier for readers to understand my ideas.
After that, vocabularies in uses will help me to make my threads a little bit more ornate.

Thanks for the compliment, hope my collection help you to improve your English a little bit.
By the way, I aslo give you link to my another topic, which you should read and apply my tips to avoid quoting abusements.
Tips for newbies, who want to avoid over-quoting

You are welcome. For now, you can enjoy my collections.

What an awesome thread. I've just downloaded a couple of vocabulary and the advanced grammar one and they are amazing books, thanks for sharing this!!

I just realized I have many grammar misuses! I totally agree with The Pharmacist regarding grammar, and also, to watch movies is far from being enough if you want to learn how to write properly in English. I taught myself by reading some good books I used to read many times in my language and then I jumped into the English version and tried to understand them. That's how I learned 'till now, I think this is time to begin to study, but I didn't have the resources. Now I have them.
So, Thanks!!

It is a great books, but I am too lazy for them, I prefer not to force myself to learn, but do it in easy and natural way, by watching serials for exemple, or by simply reading this forum, it is obviously much longer way, but you'll never get tired from such learning


It is newer a crime to still for learning! (And also the same rule applies to video games).

Exactly!

Thanks for the information.
Here you go, Wren and Martin High School English grammar (click on the image to download the book).
I also added this one into the thread specifically created for grammar books.

This is an interesting thread and hope members make good use of the information shared here.

Personally, I think that it has to do a lot with self motivation. If someone is motivate enough to learn , he can easily find the sources to learn. Personally, I think that Wren and Martin can be a good book for someone to start with.

Thank you for this information its a lot of learning so i can apply on my self.. because  im not good in English its a big help for me and also to the others.God bless!

Thank you for this
But i think that this will help those WHO need to improve their skills in English
By this collection Beginers will improve thier quality in English
Not only improve it but also ameliorate it
They will be good in grammar , vocabulary ... and their language will be coherant
I think that am going to dawnlod some books .

Yeap, the fact is the more vocabularies you get, the better skills on English grammar usage, the higher capability you will have to compose good threads, which are understandable enough to contribute to forum's discussions. I don't see demand to show up English slangs, etc. in the forum.

Of course, this is basic principle when learning English. Nevertheless, the forum users don't need to use perfect English to join discussions, to express their ideas to understandable threads.

You should join the JetCash's Fit to talk English website, which is a forum too, to get more helpful stuffs.

Thank you very much, tbct_mt2, for all your great works.
I luckily found your threads in TMAN's topic, then I spent several minutes to look at your post history, which led me to your topic here.
Honestly, you shown us diversified collections on both vocabulary and grammar issues.
As The Pharmacist said, grammar is a bit more important than vocabulary, so it's good to see you posted your last thread in the topic with collections of English grammar in use.
I am waiting to see your next collections.

The problem is more sophisticated to be solved by vocabulary/grammar books. It's a problem of culture on how to express information and for those using english as a third language they will always face problems choosing the appropriate word for their need (Ex; in french we use a lot of compliment expressions and describing things in a unique way that can't be used in english language). I also saw people accused in this forum and haven't the ability to defend themselves in english and even grammar and vocabulary courses can't save them. The key is to keep direct contact with english users and join english communities (practise the language as a culture) then to be able to interact with different forms of expressions (speech,post,comment,...) with better understanding. For non-native english users, taking english courses will help you understand complicated topics and longue analysis, but you still can make good posts in the bitcoin forum by simply writing in your first language in the appropriate board.
Am facing the same problem expressing myself/thoughts in a very good english so hope i succeeded analyzing my point of view here 

In the thread, I will give readers links to download books on English grammar in use.
Enjoy them, everyone!
1) Essential Grammar in Use (4th edition, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge)
Elementary learners

Click to download

Intermediate learners

Click to download


Advanced learners

Click to download


2) Wren and Martin High School English grammar (click on the image to download the book).
I also added this one into the thread specifically created for grammar books.

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Notes:
- I will keep update the thread with more books on English grammar later.
- I am also considering about making different threads on different types of books (for example, vocabulary, grammar, paraphrase, English online courses, etc.) in the topic. It is mainly due to the OP will become too long with hundreds of books, courses, etc.

Thank you very much for your compliments, and your hints to other users. Your words motivate me a lot, The Pharmacist.

Exactly! I will update the OP with books on English grammar later.
By the way, I would like to share the following book, which is written specifically for biomedical scientists. Nevertheless, people who are not biomedical scientists will also get benefits from the book.
English for Biomedical Scientists (Ramon Ribes, Palma Iannarelli, Rafael F. Duarte).

I have also updated the OP with link to download the book, for free.
Click here to download.

Agree with you, The Pharmacist. Grammar will help to build understandable threads. Vocabularies will enhance quality of threads a bit, but they are not essential components, at least in comparison with grammar aspect.
I hope that the OP creators will update the OP with links to English Grammar In use textbooks, or something like that.
Anyway, I have big appreciation for the creator due to his valuable contributions to the forum.

Good links, OP, and I hope people here use them.

I think vocabulary is much, much less important than good grammar.  You can be a great poster without using big or obscure words.  As a native English speaker, I can appreciate when someone uses interesting choices of word combinations--but it's not necessary here.  Gentlemand is a member who's an excellent poster, not because he is possessed of an enormous vocabulary, but because he is very witty and writes well.  His posts are a pleasure to read, and he's only one example.

My suggestion would be to take a look at his posts and some of the members who've earned the most merits.  Nullius is another one to learn from, as his posts are very thoughtful and composed beautifully.  Also, even reading articles on Coindesk or the Wall Street Journal might help, if you can avoid plagiarism.  And Jet Cash's site is a good place to practice.

In addtion, if someone would like to learn how to avoid unexpected plagiarism, which seriously violates the forum rules, they should visit the following link to learn more.

1) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/976/02/
2) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/
3) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/1/
4) https://www.eslwriting.org/learn-paraphrase-writing/

Hope it helps!

Notes:
I will update several youtube videos in my channel and share links later!

First I believe this is not a topic for meta section, most provably it belongs to Beginners & Help (Bitcoin Forum > Other > Beginners & Help) section because we are not talking about any forum issue here.

2nd, This really a great resource for someone who is trying to improve their English language skill. You deserve great appreciation for the collection.

- If these books are free downloadable eBooks then you have not done anything wrong.

- Not sure what will be the judgements of the mods but I believe you are ok, you do not need to lock the topic now.

Hi my friend,
I come from somewhere called the third world, lol. So, I got those books during my time to learn English. Additionally, I am not sure whether giving free-download links of those books are legal or not.
Therefore, I will lock the topic and delete those links if admin or moderators say that they seriously violate copy rights rules, but for now, you can enjoy them!
Thanks for your attention and your compliments.

Thanks for this one mate. I will be pinning this thread. I am just curious if where did you find those books. Did you purchase it? I also don't know if it is right but i think giving credits to your sources might be the right thing to do. Unless you where the one who created those.

Hi everyone,

Today, I would like to share with you links to bunches of books, which might help non-native English speakers to improve their English skills, which in turn might help you to compose better English-written threads.
Of course, better English written threads don't equal to higher quality threads, but it is also better because those sort of threads will help both writers expressing their ideas better, and readers understanding writers' ideas easier and better.

I) Oxford Word Skills:
     1) Basic level

Click to download

     2) Intermediate level

Click to download

      3) Advanced level

Click to download

II) 4000 essential English words (Paul Nation)
For someone who would like to learn more vocabularies.

1) Volume 1

Click to download

2) Volume 2

Click to download

3) Volume 3

Click to download

4) Volume 4

Click to download

5) Volume 5

Click to download

6) Volume 6

Click to download

III) Advanced Vocabulary and Idioms (B. J. Thomas)

Click to download

IV) English Vocabulary in Use (Cambridge)

1) Elementary:

Click to download

2) Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate

Click to download

3) Upper-Intermediate

Click to download

V) 504 Absolutely Essential Words (Baron)

Click to download

VI) Right Word, Wrong Word (Longman)

Click to download

VII) Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Oxford)
1) Intermediate

Click to download

2) Advanced

Click to download

VIII) English for Biomedical Scientists (Ramon Ribes, Palma Iannarelli, Rafael F. Duarte).
Using the books, then applying tutorials, lessons inside will help readers to have better capacity to communicate effectively in English. The most interesting thing of the book is its focus on different types of readers. Enjoy it, everyone!

Click to download.



Recommendations:

Beside my topic,I highly recommend readers to spend a little time to read those following topics, which are helpful:
1) The Fit to Talk English project (by Jet Cash)
2) TMAN's guide to getting merits

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Acknowledgements:
I highly appreciate contributions of these following users, which help to make my topic more fullfiled and better. I also recommend newbies to follow them and their threads/ topics to learn more helpful tips.
They are:
krishnaverma

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Notes:
The topic has been under constructions. I will add more collections and general introductions about each collection later when I have free time.