English

Many consider reading and listening to an audiobook to be an effective way to improve vocabulary. I collected free audio books and pdfs of three short stories below that are examples of good English writing or good writing in general in the case of Franz Kafka.

The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

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audiobook pdf

Details from the book:

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dolphin.png The "Dolphin".

mako.png A mako shark.

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Animal Farm by (George Orwell)

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audiobook pdf

The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)

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LibriVox audiobook

read by Michael Davis with scrolling text

read by Benedict Cumberbatch

Audiobook: same translation as pdf

pdf

Free online English courses

English for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. This MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is offered for free.

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Crash Course Biology is a YouTube playlist. This is a collection of ~40 videos, 10-15 min long about basic biology. These are concepts you are already familiar with but presented in English. This course is based on the AP Biology curriculum.

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