Educational Apps for Language Learners By Prof. Jonathan Acu単a-Solano School of English Faculty of Social Sciences Universidad Latina de Costa Rica Sunday, February 21, 2016 Post 217
Due to the fact that I am an English language teacher with some 20 years of teaching experience and some 7 years of hybrid language instruction, most of the apps that I always like to spot and then share with my students are connected to language learning and English skills reinforcement and consolidation. Keeping in mind my current students, the ones enrolled in the English Language Teaching (ELT) Major, I have always suggested learners to make good use of these three apps: Sounds: Pronunciation App by Macmillan Publishers, OneStopEnglish by Macmillan Publishers, and LearnEnglish Grammar by the British Council.
Sounds: Pronunciation App Type of App: English Pronunciation for Android devices 1) Sounds is an app created by Macmillan Publishers Ltd. It can help students better their pronunciation skills why taking courses on phonetics or phonology. 2) The app includes interactive phonetic charts to practice American or British English pronunciation with high quality audio. 3) Students have the chance to change from one English variation to the other. Target Student: Taking Pronunciation, Phonetics, & Phonology OneStopEnglish by Macmillan Publishers Ltd. for Android Type of App: ELT Activities for teaching staff 1) It is a resource and community website for English teachers. 2) It features lots of activities, articles, tips, and even lesson plan in common thematic units. 3) It now includes a teaching tip section when one runs of ideas for planning or for practice. 4) It will make teachers keep current on what it is going on in ELT. Target Student: Taking Didactics, Teaching Practicum, Assessment & Evaluation
LearnEnglish Grammar (UK Ed.) by British Council for Android Type of App: Graded grammar exercises for ELL 1) It can help the student to review troublesome grammar with lots of questions along with explanations. 2) It has four levels depending on how advanced the student is: Beginners, Intermediate, High Intermediate, and Advanced. 3) Its archive of exercises holds over 1000 questions to practice one’s grammar. Target Student: Taking grammar or syntax courses, general English classes, or for independent study or review
If these material is out there for free for our students, what are we waiting for to incorporate them into our online or hybrid teaching?