Here
is my comment on some websites containing the teaching language in listening.
There are four kinds of websites that Mr. Rudi has given to us:
Real English
Real English is created by Michael Marzio and
a group of British ESL teacher at the Marzio School in the south of French. The
website contains some facilities to learn listening skills. There are original
videos and interactive lessons. All of videos are completely free. If the
learners wanted to develop the material, this website opens the donation. The
content inside of this website are always updated by the developer to make sure
there some new materials for the learners.
There are some facilities provided by the
developer of this website to make Real English more effective in learning
English. One of them is video with lesson. The facility enables the learners to
access the some materials of English. The materials are arranged based on the
stage of learning language for example Lesson 1 – Where are you from?, Lesson 2
– Hi!, Lesson 3a – Alphabet, etc. Besides the lesson, the video with lesson
have been translated by the volunteer teachers and students into 38
languages. The next facility provided by
this website is the learners can compare their pronunciation with the real /
native pronunciation. Java Apps will help the learners to compare theirs with
native’s own.
English,
Baby!
English
Baby seems to be a social media for learning English because the site is
arranged with some forums to do chatting with some friends who join it. There
are three main parts of English Baby. The first part is English lesson. The
learners will find some TOEFL Tips and Tricks. The learners will also find some
parts of English lesson such as Vocabularies and English Grammar. They are
constructed with popular things around us for example celebrity or recent
events. The next part is Find Friends. This parts makes the site to be
different from another sites because it allows the learners to connect with
another learners or teachers from around the world. Chat rooms will make the
learners to be familiarized to talk and to listen the conversation with the
native people. After the learners make a community inside of the site, they can
upload some photos of their members. The last part of this site is English,
baby! It is about the big outline of
English Baby.
NPR Podcasts
NPR Podcasts
NPR Podcasts is a website created under
National Public Radio. The main concern of this website is to provide some
information in many topics such as politic, law and health. Besides the learner
can enjoy the news, they can get visual portrayal in the form of picture. If
the learners wanted to improve their listening skills through their website,
they can go to NPR podcasts directory. There are some podcasts from many
topics. All of them have been arranged based on some arrangement. The first
arrangement based on the topic of podcasts and the facility will group the
podcasts into Food, Animal, Science, Pop Culture, etc. The next arrangement is
based on the title. The podcasts will be presented based on their titles. The
last arrangement is based on the provider. This facility will enable the
learners to find put some podcasts based on their providers.
This website also facilitates the learners to
create their own podcasts. The title of this facility is “Mix Your Podcasts”. There
are some steps that the learners can follow to create their own podcasts. This
facility also provides some tips and tricks to create a podcasts. The main
advantage of this website is not only providing materials for the learners, but
also enabling the learners to communicate their products to another people in
the world.
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