English from almost zero to conversational?

Question

IT education

Hello. In short, the story is this, I learned German at school, I started studying English at the university, but you yourself know how English is taught at universities, very concisely, briefly and so purely for show (I don’t argue, maybe not all universities have this situation).
My current level of English, I can more or less read, of course there are a lot of mistakes, the pronunciation is terrible. About the letter, the presentation of thoughts in the text, I better keep silent.
Proficiency in English is required at a conversational level. Googling this question came across hundreds of courses, lessons and tips. Advise, please, what worthy courses can be to improve knowledge of English.

Answer 1

I myself raised the level of English from the average (I could read with a dictionary, I didn’t understand what they were saying, I could somehow say a couple of phrases) to a fluent conversational one with this course:
Author - AJ Hoge
Firstly, I highly do not recommend courses in Russian. Disrupts thinking. You need to break the barrier - start thinking in English. If there is half in Russian, half in English, it doesn't work that way.
When the barrier breaks, it's an amazing feeling. It can be described, something like this: before that, all the time when you heard "Red", you thought it was "Red". After breaking the barrier, you hear "Red" and understand that it is "Red". Red is not red, it's red :). It's hard to explain, but something like this :).
Listened to this course in the car on the way to work, 1.
Now I watch films and courses without subtitles. I watch IT courses at a speed of 1.2-1.5 because it seems very slow. I can easily understand interlocutors and speak easily.
The course is based on the approach "the key to the language is not the eyes, the key to the language is the ears".
The Pimsleur course is based on the same approach. But Pimsleur is boring. AJ Hoge is much more fun and doesn't get boring.
This course is not a dull repetition, but interactive - simple answers to simple questions.
The course is on the tracker, or you can buy it from the author (I bought it because the course is brilliant IMHO):
effortlessenglishclub.com
There are even older courses by this author - Effortless English. There you can start from the beginner level and below.

Answer 2

• Polyglot. Learn English in 16 hours!
  
• Doulingo
  
• Rosetta Stone
  

Answer 3

the main thing to remember is two things:
1) Aaron Goldberg's Chinese restaurant
and
2) a woman is liquid. Rub until complete satisfaction.
with (1) it will be more difficult, but with the help of (2) you will find the right way

Answer 4

If you are colloquial, then with a native speaker.

Answer 5

Lingvaleo. Honestly pass all the initial tests and set the level of knowledge - and will select the text / words / audio / video just for your level of knowledge, gradually raising the bar. Minus - access to grammar / specific courses only under a premium, but even without it, the material is enough for 20 years.
Plus:
- a bunch of YouTube channels ( not Russian! ) of native speakers who teach English (Well, or CIS ones like LikeWhat). Well, or just interesting (Vsauce came to me, but there from Intermediate. On the other hand, no one forbade subtitles).
- Interpals type services. A lot of people who want to practice a foreign language with native speakers, and just make friends around the world.
- Foreign news sites and newspapers. CNN etc

Answer 6

Well, in general, for spoken English, it is first of all necessary to understand speech by ear, if this is not the case, then it will not work to speak normally.
When I taught English myself, the EFL.ru website helped a lot - which, unfortunately, was closed, but the archives, as I understand it, are stored here
. to their rating and reviews:
http://yazpass.ru
https://langprofi.ru
schoolrate.ru
to search for tutors:
https://loorn.ru
https://5legko.com
I myself visited both courses and tutors, helped to start read and more or less talk
Then you yourself need to study and read a lot, especially if you need IT or SEO specialization.
It is unlikely that someone will teach you this in the classroom.
As for speaking, now there are many free conversational clubs (in all more or less large cities
)
here is another link on your question https://langfaq.ru/search?q=conversational+speech

Answer 7

For some reason, no one ever writes about it, but music helps me sooo much in memorizing new words :) I, as a music lover who listens to something all the time, every day / every other day, I like to understand what the song is about Like. I translate the lyrics of the song (look at the translation), start winding it in a circle until I get bored, remember, sing along, then I find a new one that pins me, I do the same with it)) I learn so many new words and expressions / abbreviations and remember, without straining, to my favorite music. And then, over time, I understand that I’m starting to perceive colloquial speech better and better by ear, even without knowing the translation of the word, I hear separate speech, and not abracatabra in the song))

Answer 8

1) Tutor
2) Offline courses
3) puzzle-english.com

Answer 9

Polyglot to enter the language.
Leo for learning words.
Books with translator for vocabulary.
And, of course, a good tutor.

Answer 10

The best way, 100% guarantee - to marry a native speaker of English (and I'm serious!)

Answer 11

Watch the video from start to finish. Webinar from Englishtocka school. I personally did not subscribe, but they say that the school is good.
Webinar

Answer 12

The algorithm is as follows:
1) Choose an English school for yourself
(for example, on the Enguide website , a convenient platform that collects information about English schools, open enrollments, reviews, etc.)
2) determine the level of English (schools usually offer this service for free )
3) Set a goal for training - I advise you to set the next level as a goal and a test at the finish line. (If you have A2, take level B1 and pass the test).
Good luck!