TED-ED an Interesting site of  English Learning *

Yippee today I am going to write about one of the interesting website which is very useful for us and we can have both entertain and learn at a same time with it. As now a days using of internet is becomes very easy and one of the part of our life so we can use it also for our education purpose also by using a very interesting site TedEd . One of the good things about it that is covers almost all subjects from science to arts and so many global issues. It includes hundred languages for these students which can motivate them to visit the website and enhance their knowledge. It’s a worldwide site for learning so people from any corner can access this site for study.

People will find it very easy to explore as it’s require very easy method to log in by some basic information. Any teacher can use this site to change monotonous method of teaching along making their lesson enjoyable.

Teacher and student can choose any video from it for learning. On the other hand it’s also so easy to make own video and post in there.

They have to choose any video from it or YouTube than include their question, discussions topics which are related with the videos in the section of think, dig deeper and discuss. They can custom it as their own. This type of lesson will be engage students and also easily motivate them to think about the topic of it.

This sites can help students to improve not only their listening skills but also improve pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and writing skills which is very good side. One of the best part of it that is include with four skills.

Although it has many good sides it has also some limitations e: g: For using TED-Ed in the classroom will need a multimedia room which is sometimes hard to get in Bangladeshi context as well as all classroom cannot afford it. Students can get interfered on their work or may fail to do their work if they cannot get continuous power supply. It will take time for loading the video for slow network by which students may lose their interest.

In spite of all these things we have to say that it is very helpful website for both teachers and learners as it is freely accessible and easy to use. In this site teacher or student can easily make their own interesting lesson by this can be a part of world education

English learning software EverWrite

EverWrite is one of the best English learning especially writing skill based software. It will be little bit heard to get it as it is a paid software, we have to manage it from someone if we cannot buy this software. This is consisting of six different practices and test contents e. g.

*editing exercises,

*identify rhetorical paragraphs

*working with transitions

*organizing your thoughts

*recognizing your thesis statements and

*practicing grammar.

After typing our name at the first we will be able to access this software.

If someone clicks any option they can easily do  practice and justify themselves.We can choose any of them according to our skill or on which we want to work on. After clicking any option there will be appear a text which  will ask us to select mode. By clicking any of it we can start testing ourselves.

In practice mode we will not see scores but in test mode we will see scores.

This software is very user friendly as it is a CD-ROM type software it has no link with internet. So, any students of rural areas and without internet service can use this software. It can motivate students. There are a lot of practices and tests are included in this software that enhances the writing skill of students along with reading skill also. The way it gives the score is also lucrative and it has print version also. In addition, the instructions of the tests and practices and the  background color of the software home page is also another user friendliness aspect for the learners.

Although it has some good feature but it not so easily available in Bangladesh which is its first and great limitation. We have to purchase it and it is unavailable at online. Moreover there is only two to five Practices or test materials. Learners can hardly interact with this software. If they can access this software in any way, they can develop or practice only writing and reading skills as this software cannot develop learner’s speaking, listening skills. It will be more productive for language learning students among Bangladeshi students if it also includes some speaking and listening materials.

EverWrite is one of the fantastic software or practice tests which can effectively improve one’s grammar skill though the software is with its very tiny weakness is amazing and fun to explore. 

Websites for vocabulary learning :-)

Before learning or acquiring any kind of language first we have to know about its vocabulary to understand the meaning of its sentences. Without knowing the meanings of the word we cannot assume or produce any sentence in any language.  In my blog I’ll basically focus on English language so in this writing I am going to give some web links for learning and practicing English vocabulary.

There are several methods we can follow for learning vocabulary such as by memorizing, guessing or with phrase practicing. Moreover we can also use our modern devices for learning or practicing our vocabulary skill. We can use software and so many websites for enrich our vocabulary skill. There are some links has given bellow:

* www.wordsmart.com

Level: High Intermediate to Advance.

In this site students can register for free then take placement tests. If anyone chooses multiple choice placement tests then they can hear the pronunciation of the word which they have to find the synonym. If someone doesn’t know the meaning then they can also guess the meaning by reading the sentence .Their level will be determined by the correct number and the time spent. It has the power to make students aware as its showing the scores at the end, that’s why students will be more care full to make correct answer.

They claim that their levels(C-f) is suitable  for TOEFL test preparation .For less proficient learners, there is also some levels which include with most frequent English words.

Though it’s very helpful software it will not be fully accessible without purchased. It’s actually for practicing not teaching vocabulary directly. The things I don’t like is it’s not provide the correct answer so students just know that answer is wrong rather the correct answer.

*www.lextutor.ca/test/levels/productive/2ka.html

Level: Beginning to Advance.

It’s a very helpful site with a huge range of vocabulary. We can find so many options and level here. If any student wants to illustrate then the student first clicks on the word level in the upper left portion of the screen. The student can click on a word if they want to hear the sound. Any word’s dictionary definition will be shown if it’s being written in to “Quick Look-up” on the home page. We can also hear the pronunciation by downloading a specific speech plug-in. We can also find a word’s examples with sentences which is very helpful for teachers. This is a very tiptop site for both students and teachers.

Though it’s a bit complex site but we will be access it easily after some tries. Then you will find it very helpful for you.

*http://www.vocaboly.com/

Level: Intermediate to Advance.

All the words are here are targeted from TOEFL, SAT, GMAT, GRE, and VOA Special English. For word sound student have to click phonetic transcription. As illustrated in the left hand column, this program provides students with seven types of interactive vocabulary exercises in three areas- study, test and game. Student work with sound, spelling and meaning. Student can use it according to their needs to practices of SAT Vocabulary, TOEFL Vocabulary, GRE Vocabulary, GMAT Vocabulary and VOA Special English.

Above all the sites will be very helpful for a student if they try from themselves and practices for improving their skill. Though these are more testing sites rather learning. We know practice makes a man perfect so you will find along with you when you want to practice you vocabulary skills. Best of luck J

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