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TED for Improving English Listening

TED is the site which provides many interesting ideas. People can know things they haven’t yet. If high school students use TED for listening practice, they can improve their English skills. English teachers should use this site to make their lessons more…

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Language Guide

We recommend LanguageGuide.org to beginners or people who want to learn vocabulary more cheerfully. This site is very easy to use because they have a lot of beautiful pictures. This site teaches you vocabulary about geography, animals, foods, and so on.

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Kokorono-ehon (Children’s Picture Book).

My recomended site was Kokorono-ehon (Children’s Picture Book).

I think it is difficult to attract children interest by no pictures, that is why I chose picture book.

In this site there are a lot of pictures. In addition to that, these stories are…

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Reviewing VOA News

We reviewed the site called voanews.com. It is American news site. The user interface is pretty good. The site is simple and reliable. On this review, I’ll focus on the podcast of this site. There are several genre of video in this site. I was surprised…

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ESL Fast for Reading

We found the site called eslfast.com. According to wolframealpha.com, this site’s location is Boston, Massachusetts, United States and it has 36000 daily views. The web page looks very simple. On the top page, you can see 365 short story lists. Each story…

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3-Minute Drill (Pan Sig)

Presentation at the JALT Pan-Sig May 18, 2013, Nanzan University, Nagoya Japan.

Extensive graded…

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Screen-Agers

The BBC reports that young people today read more on screens than with printed books.

Younger children who read printed books as well as used computers were more likely to have higher reading levels than those who only read on screen, the study said.…

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Sheppard Software

I recommend “Sheppard Software.” There are some to study vocabulary. One of them is “Learn SAT/GRE words”, includes quizzes, flash cards, and print function. So, I think it is the best system for memorizing many words. Since it read aloud a word, we can…

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Student Voice

In this category, students and student teachers recommend sites for learning and teaching English.

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Twenty Tips for Learning Words

  1. Use the keyword method. Find a known word in your language that sounds like the word you are…

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