Explore English Teaching with Leah

 Hi guys! Welcome back to Explore English Teaching with Leah! 😁😁 Today we're going to explore an immersive word learning site - YouGlish! 👉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...

Hi guys! Welcome back to Explore English Teaching with Leah! 😁😁 Today I am going to share a practical interactive tool for online classes— Padlet 👉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 👇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...

  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...

  Kahoot! is a very useful gamified interactive platform that can be used to apply tests or surveys. The testing features are perfect for teaching and teachers can set up competition games to motivate students and keep track of their learning at the same time. Now it is available as a free web version and as an application.  Here comes the links: Link for organizer: https://kahoot.com/wp-login.php Link for participants:  https://kahoot.it/ —— How to use —— ① Teachers register and log in via the web version of Kahoot, create their own project, choose the format of the interactive questions according to the needs of the activity and set the time limit for answering the questions.  ②Post the Kahoot project in the classroom and the system will automatically generate a PIN code. Students will need to go to the webpage or application and enter the PIN code to join the game. ③When the game starts, the question and options will appear on the student's interface and the answe...

A few thoughts on Larry's blog   Organisation and layout   Clear and easy to follow.   Ease of use and Navigation Separate sections for different posts. Each post is accompanied by a corresponding image and a very interesting introduction.   Content and features   Including information and guidance on teaching English as a foreign language.   Commercial nature is very strong. Many posts lead the viewer to buy author's books and courses. The texts are interspersed with Amazon links.   Monologue : the comment function is turned off and is not displayed. Turning off comments, while effective in preventing advertising, also creates an information gap between the viewer and the author. The viewer is unable to discuss freely and can not get any review of the purchased course.   Ease of use and Navigation   Simple and easy to follow the navigation .   Articles that have been read will change colour on the front page to make it easier to disting...