Have you tried using YouGlish yet? YouGlish is an online site which simply means YouTube English. This is one of YouTube's features for people who want to practice and learn English through its videos.
I hope YouGlish would become a common eponym to many English learners and teachers in the future. Its site is very much user friendly. If you want to search a word, a phrase or a sentence, just type it down in the search (Say It!) button and it will show the videos and how words or phrases are spoken by native English speakers.
Let's talk about YouGlish's advantages. Firstly, if you are a visual learner like myself, this site may be ideal for you to improve your English language skills. Since it plays a lot of related videos about the words you're searching, it would enhance your vocabulary and get familiar with pronunciation.
Secondly, YouGlish has a variety of accents you can choose from such as American, British and Australian English. You just have to type a word and select which accent you like and it will give you plenty of videos all queued up using that word.
Lastly, YouGlish provides transcripts with clickable words which give definitions to each word as well as additional information about that word. Please take note that not all words or phrases have available meanings and example sentences. But it's not a big deal, right? I bet we can always find ways to google or look them up on other search engines, can't we?
Unfortunately, its disadvantage is that YouTube isn't available to some countries. But if it is accessible in your country, would you continue to take advantage its purpose?
Finally, in my opinion, YouGlish is a work in progress. I would rather think about its usefulness to English learners and what it could bring to those diligent seekers than be dismayed if we can't find what we're looking for there. It's all up to us how we can help ourselves improve our English with the unlimited resources on the Internet.
If learning English is a part of your lifelong goal, make a habit of incorporating English in your daily routine. I'm sure you'll never go wrong.
Thank you for reading this and keep learning!
Vocab Challenge: What word or phrase have you learned on YouGlish? Coud you write an example sentence on the comment section, please?
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Thank you for liking this blog Nida, Mitran, Batuhan, Luci, Icha, Shoba, Mary, Junco, Onee-chan, Daniel, TNA and Eva! :)
@ Eva
You're welcome! I'm glad you liked my blog. Wishing you all the best wherever you are. :)
@ Shaila
You're very much welcome! I totally agree with you. One of the best ways to improve our spoken English is to actively listen as often as possible to a variety of English. Good luck in your English learning adventures! :)
@ Onee-chan
You're most welcome! I hope you'll find how useful YouGlish is in mastering your English. Have a fantastic weekend ahead! :)
Thank you for sharing about this. I will visit the site. Have a beautiful day! :)
@ Shoba
You're welcome! It's nice to know the site is working in your country. I bet those new words would stick to your brain because you've watched them several times.
Thank you for responding to my vocab challenge. Your example sentence is correct and you paid attention to the proper use of commas. Keep it up! :)
@ Mary
You're welcome! And you're quite right about YouGlish. I tend to learn additional new words while the video is playing because of its transcript. As for the word 'schedule', the Brits usually pronounce it with only two syllable /'ʃedju:l/ while North Americans say it with three.
By the way, I'm glad you liked its site. :)
Thank you for telling us about this site, dear Robbie. Until today I was using Howjsay for learning pronunciation. YouGlish looks way better than that.
I tried words like neanderthal, demure and peremptory. The results I got helped me to understand their meaning, how to use them in sentences and how to pronounce them as well.
The army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her.
A very interesting tool, thanks Robbie!
It can be useful not just for checking pronunciation, but also to be sure how to use words or expressions, since you can find them in a context, in a 'real' conversation.
I don't know why but I always have problems to pronounce the word 'schedule'. Now I'll do a search of this word here and I'll be watching videos non-stop till I'm able to pronounce it properly :D
@ Mitran
Hey, Lovely Sister! I hope you'll be able to access YouGlish. It would help you to practice your English by emulating native speakers how they pronounce the words. Good luck! :)
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