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A few thought about mobile learning and word connecting

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Hi guys! Welcome back to Explore English Teaching with Leah! 😁😁😁 Today I would like to share some ideas for moblie learning and a funny game with you. The information age provides new learning methods and rich resources for foreign language teaching but also brings new problems and challenges. In the era of rapid development of information technology, traditional classroom learning can no longer satisfy students' English learning needs. Therefore, Information Communication Technologies were introduced into the classroom. Mobile Learning is a learning style that can happen at any time, anywhere, with the help of handheld mobile devices. Compared with E-learning and Distance Learning, Mobile Learning emphasizes learning through electronic mobile devices, mobile communication networks and wireless networks. Hence, learners are able to learn in an unfixed location through Mobile Learning. Currently, mobile learning devices are mainly smartphones, tablet computers and personal comput...

Why I recommend YouGlish to language teachers?

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 Hi guys! Welcome back to Explore English Teaching with Leah! 😁😁 Today we're going to explore an immersive word learning site - YouGlish! πŸ‘‰Click here for a first glimpse  https://youglish.com/ Before starting the reading blog, I would like to invite you to think about a few questions: — How do you usually learn a new word? — When you have difficulty with the meaning of a word, how do you solve it? — As a teacher, how do you explain the usage of words to your students? Maybe you already have the answer now, maybe you're still reflecting on it, well, let's move on with the questions~ So now, let's get back and take a look at the website of the day——YouGlish YouGlish is a website where you can “Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation.” Most of the search terms are collected from the words, phrases and sentences that appear on Youtube, which is very useful and updated in real-time. “With more than 100M tracks, YouGlish gives you fast, unbiased answers about how...

Padlet - a practical interactive tool for online classes

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Hi guys! Welcome back to Explore English Teaching with Leah! 😁😁 Today I am going to share a practical interactive tool for online classes— Padlet πŸ‘‰Click here for a first glimpse  https://padlet.com Padlet is a free interactive collaboration website. It allows users to discuss and speak simultaneously in the same padlet. To use it in the classroom, first the teacher starts a padlet and sends the link, the QR code, to the students. Once the students have joined, they are free to add their answers. The teacher can see the students' progress and the students can refer to each other, discuss and leave comments. — How to use — Step one: get to know the functions Step two: creat your own padlet πŸ‘‡If the picture version is not clear enough, here are some videos (Padlet Tutorial for Teachers) (How to use Padlet in the Classroom - Padlet Tutorial) — My comments — Firstly as a student, I have used Padlet many times to participate in class discussions. One of the things I like most about it...

An Option for Online English Learning , Practical and Free!😍

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  The British Council's multimedia English learning website is a free English learning website set up by the British Council, one of the organisers of the IELTS exam. You can watch videos online, follow step-by-step instructions and practice your English. You can find English Skills Training, Grammar, Vocabulary, Business English, General English and IELTS courses in the menu bar of the website. Let's take listening as an example. First, you need to choose your level, which is divided into Elementary, Pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate and Advanced. The second step is to choose the course you prefer. The course provides not only the audio but also some tasks, in terms of vocabulary and comprehension of the audio. From my point of view, the listening content is relevant to daily life and can also be used as a suitable material to practise oral English. At the end of the exercises, there is often a discussion area for learners to comment, where you can see what ot...