Audiobooks

This is a screenshot of a YouTube page. Almost every child had a tape player, or a CD player that read story books to them. This could be considered as an 'online' version of the tape player. YouTube has a lot of videos as well as audio files. So one can easily type the name of a famous book and type 'on tape' or 'voice' and many videos or audio files will show up. So students can have access to loads of audio files, video files for free on the web. Also, the files are available for almost any book, so there are lots of choices for the student. By listening to the audio files, the students can improve their listening skills, and by reading the book along, the students can also improve their reading skills.

Ello

Ello is an online learning site that provides different videos. Ello provides 5 different levels of English videos. Each category has about 10~20videos and each video is about 2 to 3 minutes long. Because the videos are provided in different levels, it is easy for the students to find appropriate content. Also, the website provides scripts, as well as the definition and example sentences of the vocabulary that students may not know.

Ideas worth spreading

This is a screenshot of a website called TED. This is a website for listening to different dialogues, speeches, or video clips in English. What is especially advantageous about this website is that it provides subtitles in almost any language one needs. Not only that, the vocabulary in the script also are provided with definitions. Also, when one clicks on a sentence on the script, the video automatically pin points to the exact time when the sentence was said, so the student can listen to the sentence precisely again. With this website, the students can efficiently practice their listening skills.