The Internet is a totally revolutionizing the future of education. Traditional education in many ways is quickly becoming outdated, and in fact many programs are moving away from the classroom and traditional methods of delivery. Many institutions now offer courses that are fully or at least partially online. The English language continues to be significant worldwide and its prominent position as lingua franca has made it essential to learn. It is therefore not surprising that communicative competence in English is very important in travel, business and academic and professional pursuits. Out of the four academic skills, listening, writing and reading, only speaking requires instruction, practice and correction from a competent native speaker or near mother tongue fluent non-native speaker. Other skills, writing, listening and reading can be acquired and and practiced without any real interaction with native English speakers at all. One way to practice and attain oral proficiency in English is to register in an English speaking course online, for real practice with real English speakers.