4 Great English Courses to try free on Skillshare

4 Great English Courses to try for free

As a native speaker English Teacher living in Poland, the most common question I get from my students is “How do I get more practice with English  outside the classroom?” I’m going to share a little secret with you – Skillshare!

What is Skillshare?

Skillshare is an online community of teachers and students. It’s really more of a learning revolution and one of  the fastest growing platforms for online courses. In fact, many of the teachers on the platform, like myself, started out as students on Skillshare, and then decided to start teaching.

Skillshare is a subscriber model unlike Udemy where you simply buy a course and it’s yours. You pay a monthly subscription, just like Netflix, and you have got full access to ALL their content. I’m talking about over 31,000 courses and still counting.

How Skillshare differs from Udemy

Skillshare vs Udemy graphic

What can I learn there?

Skillshare has courses on most topics. Here are some examples of what kind of courses you will find on Skillshare:

Skillshare Topic Areas

Why I became a student on Skillshare

During the first lockdown of the pandemic, I quickly realized that teaching English person to person and in-company was at risk, not only during the pandemic, but also for the future of my business. Rather than be depressed or give up and be depressed about not having much to do I thought about how I could use my new “free” time. I decided I wanted to learn a new way to present my teaching and express myself using video lessons.

Therefore, I signed up for Skillshare’s free trial. In that time, I learned hw to master Microsoft PowerPoint to create and design Animated Video Explainer videos. And by July when the lockdown was ending, I had launched my first course on Skillshare!

Business English | How to Make your CV in English

Since then, I have released another 3 courses.

How to Become a Pinterest Pinning Machine with PowerPoint

How to Make Viral Pinterest Video Pins with PowerPoint

– [Newest] Full American Holiday (Thanksgiving) Feast

Here are 4 English Courses you should try today on Skillshare


American English Expressions Every Native Speaker Knows
Try this and many more courses for free with your 14-day free trial to Skillshare

One of the many excellent English Language courses on Skillshare - Learn the most common English Phrasal Verbs
Try this and many more courses for free with your 14-day free trial to Skillshare

Try English Grammar Pro - Beginner to Advanced on Skillshare
Try this and many more courses for free with your 14-day free trial to Skillshare

Try English Grammar Tenses by Tom Wiztek for free on Skillshare
Try this and many more courses for free with your 14-day free trial to Skillshare

These are just a few of the many courses Skillshare has to offer. If you are into improving your English, this is a great place to start. No online course can replace in class practice nor real life conversations. However neither does reading books replace actual speaking practice, nor does watching the news or Netflix in English replace actual practice. Think of a Skillshare  membership as more targeted practice than these other methods of outside the classroom study. These courses plus real practice can equal real results. Try them out and then come back and leave a comment whether you found these courses helpful for you.

Until next time!

P.S. psst, why don’t you also try another article of mine?

4 Awesome Courses to Help you Start Making Videos

Jon

Jon Williams is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in Economics. While doing his undergraduate studies at UCLA, he also tutored microeconomics for other students in the AAP program. After graduation, he went on to become a financial advisor where he learned financial sales and management training. In 2003, he decided to take a gap year, going to teach English in Poland which eventually stretched into 3 years. Upon returning to Los Angeles in 2006, he worked in West Los Angeles for an investment management firm where he spent another 4 years in a financial and investment environment. Ultimately, though, his love for teaching led him to move back to Poland where he founded his business Native 1 English Learning. Now he operates a private teaching practice, posts articles and lessons on his blog, creates online courses, and publishes YouTube video English lessons.

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