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is almost the first step for language learners to start learning
a new language as words are what delivers meaning and used to present ideas. Without lexical
knowledge, students would not be able to understand other language speakers or texts, and to make
themselves understood. Its relation to reading comprehension has also been discussed in studies (e.g.
Pearson, Hiebert, & Kamil, 2007). In the follo
Vocabulary
is a self-learning website that offers a variety of courses for different purposes or
at different levels. Its language courses mainly focus on vocabulary, presenting and
reinforcing content through multimodal ways repeatedly while providing exercises for
learners to check their progress. Another similar self-learning site is Busuu. Designed as
self-learning tools doesn’t mean they cannot be used in the classroom. Depending on the
topics you cover, you can select courses from the websites to be used as additional
exercises. Memrise also calculates points for the learners when exercises are finished,
which would be an interesting way of motivating students or engaging them in a competitive
way. Stories from other language learners are shared in its blog, giving readers first-hand
reports on how language learning changes their life and perspective.
Memrise
a powerful tool for both teaching and learning vocabulary. Teachers can create
vocabulary sets for students to practice and can monitor their study progress online.
Meanwhile, students can also create their own flash cards for reviewing vocabulary. The tool
also makes creating exercises or homework easier for the teachers. You will find more
possibilities to utilize this tool to suit your diverse teaching purposes.
Quizlet
offers vocabulary translation in 11 language.
Lingro
There must be times when we wish to use an article in our class but find the
vocabulary too challenging or inappropriate for the students’ level. Rewordify helps teachers
simply the dif
Rewordify
Is a really cool interactive visual english dictionary that gives you flickr images according to your search
Shahi
One of the key methods to teach reading to your students and to help develop
reading comprehension is to read aloud to them. With diverse technology tools available, teachers and
parents now have more options when reading aloud to their students and children. The downside of
these tools is that most of them are not available in diverse languages and that many of them are not
free.
- Read Aliud
- Snap and Read Universal
Read and Tools
Are similar tool that help visualize english vocabulary words.
Snappy words, YourDictionary, and Lexipedia
To improve students’ reading skills, we often try to find outside reading for them
because simply having students read the textbook would not be adequate. —- is a website that
provides articles of current issues tailored for students of different levels. It allows teachers and students
to annotate a text at the same time, and is convenient for teachers to track students’ reading progress.
Newsela
Nothing can beat authentic materials when it comes to teaching the culture of a
language. We are lucky to live in an digital age when all kinds of authentic videos are available just a few
clicks away.
FluentU
Videos
great way to teach culture is to bring
your students to where the target culture is, but if this does not sound realistic, now you have options like
Skpe in the Classroom, which can bring your students in contact with that culture too without having to
physically go to the place. This community connects your students to the world by offering virtual field
trips, skype lessons, collaboration opportunities, games, and guest speakers, all of which enhance
students’ understanding of different cultures around the world
Skype in the Classroom
One of the best site providing language immersion videos, FluentU makes a variety
of authentic videos like news, talks, music videos, or movie trailers accessible to you and
your students, and even better, with interactive subtitles. The site currently has a collection
of videos in nine popular foreign languages.
FluentU
We are sure that many of you have come to Youtube to be entertained. Though
Youtube videos are not all made for learning purposes, you can select a few channels for
your students to subscribe according to their levels.
YouTube
: Listening to stories originates in a foreign culture is one way to immerse in
that culture because stories carry cultural messages. On this site, you will find different
children’s story collections, and many of these stories are told in more than one language,
and almost 30 languages in total.
Worldstories
