http://www.talkenglish.com/
This site seems well structured for what it provides.
It offers English lessons based on travel, business, interviews...
also links for phrases and idioms, grammar
It does sound like they are trying to make it sound easy to learn English, however.
"To become a fluent English speaker, you must study and master reading, listening, and speaking. At TalkEnglish.com, the lessons are structured to give you practice in all three areas at the same time."
Typical sales pitch, eh? It just takes three steps: identify, integrate and understand.
The speaking lessons offer a music player where you can hear certain things like greetings being said in correct pronunciation.
It just all seems to be based on a 'repeat after me' type of instruction.
The site spends no time working on common problems- it's just- this is how it is said,
repeat after me...
The student is asked to perceive all that is required from listening to the sound files.
There is little help with the production of these sounds.
I think this could be good practice for advanced learners possibly
but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.
Hi Joe,
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with a handful of the resources you posted and think they would all be great. I've used the ESL about.com site for my listening activities, as well as ESL galaxy and ESL lab. English Club and Talk English were both resources I found while searching for Speaking activities.
You bring up a good point. I noticed (like you did) that many of the resources are "Listen and Repeat." I was hoping for more...
SpokenSkills.com is a site I found where the student has to record him/herself after hearing the clip. I think this would be fun for the student and also help them realize their mistakes. Worth looking into!
Hola Joe,
ReplyDeleteESL-Lab is a good site. I used it often with my students and now I recommend it to my teachers along with other sites. I think this one presents complete, well rounded lessons.