Hello everybody!
After all these weeks I have been analizing different tools to teach and learn English, and I have found a source for practicing reading. This time I have examine critically a webpage which is newsinlevels. This webpage is specially designed for students who are studying English. The particularity of this page is that you sign up and you make a fast vocabulary test in which you have to choose the right word for each image, at the end on the test (which are around 30 words) the webpage email you the results, and with it you can categorize yourself to select the level in which you will use the activities on the webpage. The webpage includes several types of news categorized in nature, funny, information, sport, interesting and so on and are presented in the levels; level 1, level 2 and level 3. Another relevant aspect is that you have access to the audio version of the news that are presented.
You can use this technology in order to learn new vocabulary. In
addition to that, the difficult words are shown and defined in the news in its
3 different levels so it could be easy to work with any kind of audience.
The limitations of this source is that the format is almost the
same for all the activities. It is probably that the constant use of the
webpage will be monotonous so I recommend the visitors to use this tool as a
way to complement other activities.
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ReplyDeleteHello Daniela,
ReplyDeleteI visited news in levels and I find out a very useful and interesting website to learn english, it provides english learners a wide variety of topics and also they can practice all the habilities. I agree with you that the design of the website is a litte bit bland so students can get bored.
As I said in another comment, it is diffucult for me to read with letters in pink maybe you should use a more neutral color. The development of the ideas is very clear and the illustrations are according what you talk about.
Regards