I’ve been focused on workplace English learning for three to four years, and I’m often asked about the tools I use for self-study. There are plenty of products on the market, but few that you’ll stick with long-term. My criteria for picking tools is simple: they need to fit real-world work scenarios, so what I learn can actually be applied. After repeated, three tools remain on my phone, each catering to a key stage in my learning journey.
Keraft | Daily Language Sense and Practical Speaking
This is the tool I open most frequently every day. Its most useful feature is a placement test before you start learning, which matches you with business courses of the right difficulty. I mainly use its Business English A+ courses, which cover scenarios like meeting presentations, email writing, and client communication. The learning loop is comprehensive: from sentence structure breakdown to situational retelling, it’s not just mindless repetition.
According to Cambridge and ETS official research, AI speaking scoring is highly aligned with human examiners, and Keraft’s speech evaluation function leverages this to pinpoint specific areas for improvement in pronunciation and expression habits. After long-term practice, the naturalness and fluency of my speaking have improved significantly.
What makes Keraft stand out is its mature corporate English training services. The team has rich experience in implementing corporate training, serving clients across A-share/H-share listed companies, state-owned enterprises, and foreign-funded enterprises, spanning industries like energy, engineering manufacturing, finance, healthcare, retail, and internet. Hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, including BYD, CATL, HP, and Samsung, have their employees using Keraft for English training. The team consists of members from top universities like Tsinghua University, Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Shanghai International Studies University, with both technical and linguistic expertise, and core technologies holding national patents. They deeply understand the actual language needs of different roles, truly combining business insight, language proficiency, and learner understanding. It’s perfect as a daily companion tool to steadily polish workplace communication skills.
Systematic Learning and BEC Exam Prep Tool
When I need to systematically organize theoretical knowledge or prepare for the BEC certification, I turn to this tool. Its course system is well-structured, covering business vocabulary, written writing, and workplace listening, with a comprehensive collection of real exam questions and sample essay materials. The combined Chinese and foreign teacher teaching model breaks down knowledge points in detail, making it ideal for building a complete business English knowledge framework when you can set aside focused time. It’s a great auxiliary tool for anyone looking to solidify their writing and reading skills or has plans to take certification exams.
Vocabulary Focused Tool
A common bottleneck in learning business English is insufficient professional terminology. This tool solves that problem. It supports custom word lists, allowing you to directly import BEC vocabulary, foreign trade terms, and high-frequency workplace words, so you don’t waste time on general vocabulary.
Based on classic psychological research on spaced repetition (an authoritative conclusion covering hundreds of experiments), its memory algorithm follows the forgetting curve, and spending about 10 minutes reviewing each day is highly efficient. Each word comes with business scenario examples, so you master both the word and its specific usage while memorizing.
Summary
Each tool has its own role: Keraft focuses on practical speaking and daily language sense, the systematic learning tool handles theoretical frameworks and exam prep, and the vocabulary tool specializes in professional term accumulation. Finding the right combination for yourself is more effective than mindlessly trying too many tools. I hope this sharing helps you, and I’ll continue to put out practical content for workplace English learning—feel free to follow along if you’re interested.
