The LRC is proud to announce the release of a new video describing the advantages of learning a second language. Funded by Alberta Education and produced by the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of Calgary, Advantage for Life provides an accessible overview of the cognitive, economic and social advantages that come with learning another language.
The LRC is proud to announce the release of a new video describing the advantages of learning a second language. Funded by Alberta Education and produced by the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of Calgary, Advantage for Life provides an accessible overview of the cognitive, economic and social advantages that come with learning another language.
I think I have just posted a double link to the languagesonline website - just stubmled upon it as I was looking for software. It's actually a great website, with lots of resources. Thank you Jodi!
This site claims that it will gauge a students' knowledge of vocabulary and provide materials (readings, videos) at the appropriate level, to make comprehension easy enough for learning to be fun, but at the same time slightly challenging for new learning to happen (Krashen's idea of i+1). I have tried it at beginner's level for Italian and was not terribly impressed, but the idea is good. Would love to hear what other people think about this.
A list of apps (including apps for ipad, chromebooks, android, laptops) for audio recording and editing. Useful for student projects involving audio - e.g. pronunciation or recorded speech.
online dictionary that returns examples of texts containing the searched word, rather than just a definition. Actually a corpus more than a dictionary. Very useful to learn vocabulary in context and special clusters of words (idiomatic expressions, collocations)
