Is there any good webpage where I can learn some English?- Was the simple question a relative asked me on a Sunday lunch. Something better than Mansioningles.com?
When it comes to using technology for learning purposes there are different methods, some much better than the others in terms of results and didactic interfaces. Therefore , I think, there is a virtual learning community one step forward. A webpage for free, where you can learn languages effectively. I am talking about Livemocha.com.
Let me teach you something about this marvel: once you log on, you choose a language, then the level you consider you are supposed to start at(beginner, intermediate or expert). And finally you just click on First Lesson! What you find there is a mixture of traditional methods with online practice that makes it really entertaining and catching. But, what makes it different from the rest is that you have real interaction with native speakers from all around the world.
While you are learning, there are different types of exercises, but the best ones are those in which you write a short passage or record a small paragraph and then you send it to random people to correct it, a few minutes later you have 5 or 10 different corrections made by native speakers. And what is even better is that they congratulate and encourage you to keep on learning, Voce pode contar com nossa ajuda. Abraços- Was the last one I got.
We all know for sure, there is nothing like having a teacher in front of us. But if distance, time and money are not helping you, there is a Livemocha membership waiting for you and offering a real opportunity to learn a little bit more about a language. What are you waiting for ?!
This is quite interesting! I didn't know about this webpage. It sounds very good to learn English. I think that if Internet have allowed us to have access to every kind of information, courses, news, etc., we should take advantage of it. The web is a very useful tool for us -- as students and future teachers-- and very easy to use it. I agree with you that having a teacher in front of us is better than study on our own, but we have to see it as a complementary help to our own learning process, because English (as any other language) is constantly changing, so we have to keep updated, and this kind of pages contribute to that.
ReplyDeleteI used to think that using internet to teach and/or learn something, wasn't good for anyone. Wether you were someone with a remarkable capacity to focus or not, it was always going to affect your work. I think most of us have thought like that at some point, actually. I say this because of the existance of social networks, of course.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't until a started teaching, that I learnt that you can use the internet to your benefit if you know how to.
I found a lot of websites that have helped me a lot, not only in my learning process but also in my teaching experience as well.
About Livemocha.com, I haven't been able to use it myself and it sounds indeed, pretty different from all I have used. If it is as you describe, I think it sounds like a really good example of what we, as ESL students, should aim to work with. As you said it is good to have someone who can check your work, and if it's not your teacher, what better than a native speaker. It is always good to have someone who encourages your work and helps you get better.
This website seems great!.It is good for someone who is learning in university, as well as anyone that isn’t. And it’s extremely helpful that it’s made for people of any skill level. I think it’s also fantastic that it uses real native speakers to help you learn, as that is what most websites lack. Obviously, it is no substitute for a real teacher, because they have years of practice, not only on the language but also on how students learn, a native speaker can correct our mistakes, but they don’t know how to teach. So these kinds of tools, as Natalyn mentioned, should be seen as complementary to our learning process but, not as a replacement.
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