Moshi, an audio-first chatbot released in 2024, enables conversations up to 5 minutes with a chatbot. At the time of this review, the tool appears to only offer one accent and one voice, with a…
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Using AI in your job search: A Language Learning Resource for Job Seekers
This review was written with assistance from Claude Haiku Using AI in your job search: Resources and prompts is a publicly available Google Doc designed to help advanced English language learners improve their linguistic skills…
Practice pronunciation watching Youtube videos in YouGlish
This review is by guest contributor Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos. Learning English on Youtube may not seem like a new idea. There already exists a virtually infinite amount of videos to learn English or any other…
English accents worldwide
The IDEA website contains samples of speaking of hundreds of speakers–first reading one of two texts, and then just speaking, unscripted, about themselves. This is a great way to hear a bunch of voices speaking…
Extraordinary academic English learning website
Monash University in Australia hosts an academic English language self-study website, Learn HQ, with vast breadth and depth in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar. There are quick self-assessments to help you decide which resources to…
All the language learning you can do with NPR
“NPR” stands for “National Public Radio,” a not-for-profit radio network that emphasizes high quality, in-depth, long-form news and conversation. Most radio shows are available as podcast episodes, and there is some content only available via…
Using English for Specific Academic Purposes
Andy Gillett’s UEFAP site, Using English for Academic Purposes, supported by BALEAP (the British Association of Lecturers in EAP) offers a deep set of resources for academic communication in all skill areas. The best segments…
WNYC Studios Podcasts
WNYC is a public radio station in New York City. In addition to running a major radio station, WNYC Studios features 60+ podcasts on a wide range of topics, from storytelling to in-depth journalism, in…
“Marketplace” podcasts
Whether you are interested in economies, personal finance, business, inequality, social and political movements, or how money impacts our daily lives, the Marketplace suite of podcasts has an episode for you. The context is primarily…
Podcast: Cache Chat
Cache Chat is a conversational podcast hosted by two undergraduate Computer Science (CS) students at Clemson University. The Cache Chat hosts use informal language to explain CS concepts, demonstrate a little bit of conversational overlapping…