Sources for assessing language skills, resources for young language learners in flt

3. The use internet resources for language techaing
Unfortunately, not all students and schoolchildren studying English have the opportunity immerse yourself in a natural language environment . However, if you have a strong desire learn a language , it is not at all necessary to go somewhere, create immersion in an English- speaking environment you can also at home. With the help of television and the Internet, you can watch English films, read the latest news on specialized sites, even learn english with native speakers by skype . Social networks for language learners are also a great opportunity communicate in english , developing communication skills without leaving home. Here is some of them:
• Interpals.net _ _
• penpalpost.com
• wordchamp.com
• myspace.com
• edu-station.com
registering in the network you like, everyone can find a pen pal , communicate, develop their language skills, learn a lot of new and interesting things for themselves. Practice shows that students who communicate daily in English on social networks overcome their fear of communication faster and thus get the desired result faster.
Site Edu-Station.ru
Edu-Station.ru is a site that helps you learn foreign languages on your own. The portal was created for learning English, German, French, Spanish and Polish. The main advantage of this project is simplicity and convenience. The site was developed taking into account all the disadvantages and mistakes of similar projects previously launched in Runet and the global network. To register on the site, you must specify the mail and fill out the form, there is the possibility of authorization through social networks. First of all , you need to fill in the information on your personal page and upload an avatar , as in any social network. Direct communication with other Internet students or native speakers allows you to plunge into the culture and feel the language. It is one thing to do exercises and assignments compiled by experienced teachers (it is necessary, useful and develops a better understanding of the basics of a foreign language), but face-to-face communication is a great way to test and consolidate your knowledge. Portal Edu - Station.ru regularly replenishes its database with new lessons and assignments. The site has a new section called "Mini-lessons". Here you can find quick but effective tasks: for memorizing regular and irregular verbs, translations, exercises with audio recordings and photos. Psychologists have proven that at any age it is easier for a person to learn new languages not in the format of standard learning, but in the form of a game and interpersonal communication.
Social network Interpals . net
Interpals . net means "friends from all over the world, international friends". By registering on the site, creating your profile with information about yourself, you can start communicating with people from any country in the world. But there is an age limit, users over 16 years old can register. There is a mobile application, but after meeting many people prefer to communicate in well-known instant messengers such as Viber , WhatsApp .
Special educational portals have been created for learning languages during isolation and distance learning. The main advantages of sites, according to the creators, are simplicity and convenience. But this is not always the case. The websites were developed taking into account the possible mistakes made by students when completing assignments. To learn English, I and my classmates use the following Internet resources :
• yaklass.ru
• uchi.ru
• resh.edu.ru
• skysmart.com
• YaKlass is an educational platform with a fairly large database of lessons in various subjects, including English. But the lessons do not correspond to the topics of the textbook, according to which we study at our school. During distance learning, we used some of the materials from this resource. But many students in our class found this site inconvenient. A similar platform Learn .R y will help you work out vocabulary and grammar, but often contains a lot of repetitive exercises, the interface is more suitable for younger students. Another significant drawback is that the number of exercises for free access is limited. Assignments in English at NES are built in accordance with the Spotlight UMC , you can watch video material on the topic of the lesson, but the training tasks are monotonous. On the SkySmart platform, you can study for free only until 16.00, often there are errors there. This Internet is a resource my classmates and I recognized as the most inconvenient. The disadvantage of these educational platforms is that it is impossible to understand what the mistake is, because. no feedback. It is not comfortable. They are not suitable for independent study, only as additional material for the lesson.
3.3 Directions for learning English using websites
Grammar study and grammar exercises
theoretical basis English grammar can be read in any English textbook, but practice is needed. This is helped by sites with online exercises, the correctness of which can be immediately checked. For example, learning resources and platforms such as:
• I DECIDE OGE, USE, VPR - Dmitry Gushchin's training system offers ready-made options for KIMs to prepare for exams and VPR. My classmates and I used this site to prepare for VLOOKUP in 7th grade. The site is convenient in that you can check yourself, and there is an explanation if the answer is incorrect, that is, the user of the site receives feedback. The teacher can make his own options for preparing for exams and VLOOKUP. I use this site to prepare for the OGE.
• Englisinn . ru - personal website of an English teacher. The site is aimed at those who are interested in learning English on their own, as well as English teachers, tutors, their students, parents and children. The site contains exercises on grammar and vocabulary for learners of English at different levels: from beginner to advanced, texts for reading, ready-made topics with a dictionary, assignments for preparing for the OGE and the USE, and much more. You can write to the author, consult with other users, there are exercises from the well-known grammar of Yu.B. Golitsynsky .
• Eng blog . en - before performing this or that exercise, you can study the theory presented on the site, watch a video with native speakers explaining this grammatical rule. Assignments can be completed online or in writing by downloading and printing the necessary exercise. If you make a mistake when performing the test, you can see the correct option. You can also check your level of English on the site.
Vocabulary expansion
Unfortunately, most students use a translator instead of a dictionary. Now there are many different mobile applications - dictionaries that can work without access to the Internet. Dictionary entries contain transcription, and it is possible to listen to the word.
• Learningchocolate.com - a lot of topics, the words are voiced. Moreover, you are invited to perform several exercises of different types after studying a particular group of words.
• Multitran is a handy dictionary . There are not only words, but also phrases and examples of sentences with a given word. I use it every day.
Development of English listening comprehension skills
The perception of English speech by ear causes difficulties for learners of English of any age, regardless of level. It is this skill, like speaking, that develops last, since it depends on many factors, including a rich vocabulary and grammar, knowledge phonetic features of the language and coherent speech in particular, etc. It is recommended to listen to English speech as often and as much as possible, watch films with English subtitles. There is a huge amount of material on the net to improve your listening skills , you can watch videos on YouTube . I use materials from the skyeng site . The application can be downloaded to a mobile phone, select a topic, listen to material with or without subtitles, complete a task to understand what you hear .
• Englishlearner.ru - video clips for training the skill of listening to English speech, analysis of popular songs, unfamiliar words can be added to your personal dictionary in order to work out later, grammatical elements are also worked out in songs and other video materials.
We can conclude that these sites really help to achieve excellent results in grammar and vocabulary. This is exactly what I proved by my own example. I became more confident to communicate in social networks in English, as well as in chats, playing computer games . And I can say with confidence that it is not only informative, but also very interesting.