Today we had to visit the BBC's english learning website, taking a look on the quizzes, articles, episodes of their mini show (The flatmates), and other features. After that, we had to write our opinion of it.
When I started to check the website I think fastly on the big number of sections and features, taking a lot of aspects and kind of teaching the language. I entered on the "Express english" feature and the first thing I saw was an article about computer games, I think that's so important to remember, we learn english going to classes but we can learn it and use it in our freetime, for example, reading books, playing games or singing songs. I liked the fact that the website talked about it too.
Ok, that made me laugh (I would do it if I wasn't on the classroom that time xD).
Another useful thing I found was The Flatmates, the mini show on the website. You can read and/or listen to the episodes (there are almost 200... well, that's not exactly a "mini show") and then you can vote on a little survey available about a question about the current episode. You can download the texts and the audio archives and use it wherever you want.
Tim, don't be stupid and feed the kitty well...
As I said, one funny way of learning is playing, so here I found a lot of games for training language skills. There were a lot of them, like thematic crosswords (about rock music or witches for example), common quizzes or a game called "beat the keeper" (you can read the instructions before playing). I played the crosswords and I checked the hints sometimes (hints are clues you can see if you are a little bit lost on the game) and, when I finished, looked the answers. In the case of the "Beat the keeper game" I found it funny and easy to play, so you can recommend it to a friend who has problems with the learning of the language.
Funny learning, here we go!
Leaving for a while the games topic, I found tips for teachers and guides. So, if you are teaching english to someone you can check the website and seach tips and download some texts for english pronunciation, grammar, listening and more. That topic it's so important for me because I think that the teaching methods need to be in constant change, innovation and dynamic for reach the principal goal: Make the people learn about something and remember it for a long time.
A lot of clues
Finishing the review, I highly recommend this website. You can find a lot of useful things for learning, read and debate opinions, topics and looking the english language applied on creative things (I found a thematic callendar with photos, reviews and data). You can use it for learning, teaching and, also, have a funny time. So come on and give a chance to this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Have a nice day!
i think the same things than you, this website is really good to learn or teach english the interactive and complete way. it have all you need to practice english very good.
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