Learners of English

June 12, 2011

Learners of English blog goes belly up!

This blog project has been discontinued. So, if you are interested in reading more about ELT (English Language Teaching) or if you are an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) student, please visit my other blogs at:

http://blog.marcosgazzana.com/ and or http://blog.followenglish.com/

July 20, 2010

Canvas - Great online tool for teachers

Check out this great online tool for teachers called Canvas. http://www.instructure.com/ . I have been using it with some of my students and it is great!

"Canvas gives teachers the tools they need to not just manage their students, but also to lead a collaborative learning experience. The interface is uncluttered and efficient, with the options teachers need to customize their teaching environment." (Source: Instructure site)

Watch the video below to learn the basics..

June 13, 2010

Vezzle

Finding images that you and your students can reuse for digital presentations can sometimes be a tricky process. Veezzle is an image search engine that should bring some clarity to that process. An image search on Veezzle will yield results that contain only royalty-free, free stock images.

Lexicalist

A demographic dictionary of Modern American English. Check out where and who use the words you want to know more about.. Quite interesting!

http://www.lexicalist.com/

April 17, 2010

Diagram online app

Gliffy is a new online diagram application. You can create, save and share your diagrams. It's neat! So if you are looking for a user-friendly, ready-to-go app, check it out!

March 9, 2010

English experts

A guide for brazilians who want to learn English from home. There are loads of materials and tips on how to learn.

http://www.englishexperts.com.br/

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January 26, 2010

Podcasts for elementary students

Here is the link to podcasts for elementary students by the British Council!

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/elementary-podcasts

October 9, 2009

The new wave in communication

Google Wave has come to become the new fever on the web. Watch this video to learn about some of the features of this new Google application which is promising to change our views about e-mails..

September 4, 2009

Forvo

At Forvo.com you can find "all the words in the world pronounced". Forvo is a pronunciation guide which includes several languages. Interesting site, anyone can make contributions.

Check it out!

July 21, 2009

Translation tool

Check out this nice translation tool. Several languages supported!

http://translito.com/

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July 6, 2009

Another super fast dictionary

Another very fast online dictionary... http://www.defineitfast.com/find/ . I like it because you type in your word search and get the results straight away. Check it out!

June 25, 2009

WordSift

Check out this cool link! Paste any text into the field and click "Sift". You can find out which are the key words of your text.

www.wordsift.com

June 18, 2009

New fast online dictionary

Check out this nice dictionary.. Its special feature is that it is fast!!!

http://definr.com/

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June 12, 2009

How technology has changed us

It's so true!!! In the early 1990s there were still people who didn't have a remote control...

June 9, 2009

English Language Podcast at full throttle

English Language Podcast is running at full throttle. There are 3 episodes available as well as two posts on how to make use of it. The address in case you don't have it is...

http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/