Developing ways to foster a supportive and nurturing environment for students where English is not their first language is vital to their development. Specifically, L2 students can benefit greatly with technology that assist their language skills. Fortunately, QSI News blogged about 4 apps that can help students learn English. These apps assist in the syntax, pronunciation, memorization, and the translation of language. How beneficial are these technologies? Quite beneficial! Students can easily download these apps to their mobile device and access these helpful apps to quickly trigger their memory bank or complete necessary assignments. These apps are also versatile to fit with individual learning needs and styles. For example, these apps offer multi intelligence approaches with content. L2 students can access videos, audio, images, and a flash cards to help with recall and support connections. FluentU, specifically, provides a number of videos in real time to assist L2 students with the English culture and English spoken language.
To download or learn more about these exciting apps travel to: https://www.studyinternational.com/news/4-apps-to-help-international-students-learn-english-effectively/
Sources:
Study International Staff. (2019, June 12). 4 Apps to Help International Students Learn English Effectively. Retrieved June 13, 2019, from https://www.studyinternational.com/news/4-apps-to-help-international-students-learn-english-effectively/
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Hi, Wayne,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and it's obvious you are really putting a lot of time and energy into creating something aesthetically pleasing as well as informative.
The 4 Apps to Help International Students gave me some great ideas about how adults in my training classes may benefit from this technology. I'm sure you find that many of your students have their own mobile devices but it's not uncommon for my trainees to come into class with multiple devices! Mobile technology is really the way to go for adults.
Two apps from the article that I am most interested in exploring for my learners are Memrise and Sounds. I agree with the author that even when some of our language learners know English well they are still intimidated to speak in front of others. Sounds would be a great confidence boosting app.
Thanks for pointing out a great resource!
Cindy