Music

By English Trackers Blogger, on July 26th, 2011%

Maximising Internet resources for language learning: from passive follower to active contributor

This is the 4th of 6 posts on building your own immersion programme to improve your English

When we are little our first sounds are cries or utterances of comfort, then we move onto babbling and eventually we start to acquire words and comprehend them. Maybe . . . → Read More: Music

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Podcasts

By English Trackers Blogger, on July 26th, 2011%

Maximising Internet resources for language learning: from passive follower to active contributor

This is the 4th of 6 posts on building your own immersion programme to improve your English

Start by listening:

Instead of listening to podcasts made especially for learners of English, try listening to podcasts in English on your favourite subject. The beauty of podcasts is that . . . → Read More: Podcasts

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Microblogs

By English Trackers Blogger, on July 26th, 2011%

Maximising Internet resources for language learning: from passive follower to active contributor

This is the 3rd of 6 posts on building your own immersion programme to improve your English

Start by reading:

If reading blogs seems too much like hard work or too time-consuming, consider microblogs. Bite-sized packets of information delivered straight to your phone or computer.
As their name . . . → Read More: Microblogs

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Blogs

By English Trackers Blogger, on July 26th, 2011%

Maximising Internet resources for language learning: from passive follower to active contributor

This is the 2nd of 6 posts on building your own immersion programme to improve your English

BLOGS

Start by reading:
There are literally millions of blogs out there on every possible subject. I recommend reading blogs by native English speakers if you really want to improve your . . . → Read More: Blogs

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Out of the classroom and onto your iPhone: language learning in the 21st century

By English Trackers Blogger, on September 17th, 2010%

After having interviewed Julie Kleeman a couple of weeks ago about the new Oxford Chinese dictionary, I started thinking about language learning aids and tools and how far we’ve come since the days when all we had was the humble paper dictionary. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that the paper dictionary is no longer . . . → Read More: Out of the classroom and onto your iPhone: language learning in the 21st century

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