If you can't afford the tuition for an English course at a college or you can't really move to an English speaking country, why not take a free online course. English courses are available online free of charge and you get all the necessary instruction you need to speak and write in proper English. The audio course is free and consists of passages that start off really simple and gradually progress to more challenging pieces, all of which are read by native English speakers.

Listening to English speakers is an essential part of learning the language. You pick up the proper pronunciation of the words and the various stresses that are placed on words to accentuate a certain phrase or to designate a sentence as a question. Along with listening to the passages and practicing reading them on your own, there are comprehension exercises for you to complete to make sure you understand the message of the passage. Three are practical topics that you would use in everyday conversations, passages related to business and passages related to attending a university.

When you register for such a free course, you can choose where to begin depending on your current level of proficiency in the English language. For example, if you already have the basics of the language, you can choose to start at the beginning to refresh your knowledge and proceed through this section quite quickly to advance to Elementary, Pre-Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels. Beginners should always start with the initial section even though many adults may find it very simple. The fact is that in order to learn English well, you have to start learning it as English children do. The instruction is geared for adults, but there are many online sites that have instruction for children as well.

Games are an important way of learning the language. It is essential that you enjoy the learning so that you will stick with it and not become frustrated. The instructional games offered as part of the free English courses are designed to help you have fun and learn at the same time. Flash games, for example, expose you to thousands of English words by showing you the picture associated with the word and then the word. The games are categorized, such as animals, occupations, school subjects, etc. Each game starts with a series of cards turned face down. You have to click on a card to reveal a picture and a word and then you have to find a matching picture in the remaining cards.

Each set of instructions is followed by a set of exercises that give you practice in using the English language structure that you studied. If you wish you can return to the instructions as many times as you wish and you can take notes while you are learning as well. As soon as you complete each online exercise, you will get immediate feedback on how well you did. This enables you to go back and see where you went wrong so you can correct your mistakes.