3 tips for sounding like a native speaker

How's it going? Here I am...again. And again I'm talking about learning.

It’s not a surprise that language learning requires a lot of practice. It’s thought to be sooo boring, yah? So, you need to use different resources to diversify it. Okay... Now I’ll tell you more about resources that you'll probably like.

Firstly, let us say that language learning is divided into learning of vocabulary, grammar and phonetics. Everybody knows it. In our university, we have a number of courses that aimed at studying a particular paths.

Well, nowadays it’s inconvenient to use huge printed dictionaries, so we always choose electronic ones. The most popular of them “Translate.google.by”, “Translate.ru”, “WooordHunt”and “Multitran.ru”. I usually use “Google translator” and “WooordHunt” when I need to translate something.

When we speak about combined training (for example, vocabulary + phonetics) I can recommend you “Duolinguo”. There you can choose any language you interested in and do simple exercises on translation and pronunciation. Another similar application is “Memrise”.I mentioned it in previous post. I like it, but there’s one problem – for more effective learning, you need to purchase “Pro mode”. I use these apps to improve my Spanish.

I also recommend you to visit the Internet resource “myhappyplanet.com”. Here you can send and receive messages with native speakers, learn about cultures and languages through lessons created by its members, watch videos uploaded by its members in multiple languages.

At the moment, this is all I can remember. In fact, there are a lot of applications and programs for education. I only named those, which I actively use. Well, thanks for your time. See you again. Good luck!

Welcome again!

Today my talking point will be "CALL and language skills". You may think that it's rather boring to talk about it, but I'll try to porovide a very short spot of information.

At first, I should refresh the term "CALL" for you. It's a Computer Assisted Language Learning. In simple words it's a learning of a language by means of computer (the Internet, educational programs, etc.). 

Learning of any language in the world requires promotion of some skills.

These skills are:

1. Reading

2. Writing

3. Listening

4. Speaking

5. Pronunciation

Learner should impove his skills trough learning vocabulary and, of course, grammar.

There are a lot of educational programs which are able to raise the level of your skills. Almost everyone've heard about "Professor Higgins Software. It's an educational multitraker, which compares your ponunciation with pronunciation of a native speaker. In my opinion, that's a great practice, which stands along with a real talking.

Another example is "Memrise ". It's a growing in popularity application. I can say that it's one of my favorites. It includes variuos exercises on listening and writing. I think it's a good choice for beginners, 'cause there are offered several levels of  languages.

Today I've learned about "Rosetta Stone ". This software uses images, texts and sounds to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition and without translation. It has a big linguistic base, which makes it an exelent software for education. So, I want to try this.

Okay, I think it's good enough for today. Hope you've heard about these softwares or used it at once. Bye, see you next time.   

Hello everybody!
That's my first blog. To tell you the truth, I don't understand what to do here.Really. But I hope it will be enjoyable for me to work here. It's a new experience for me. Our teacher said that this blog will be helpful for us, so let's see.
Today I've learned about CALL. It's a computer assisted language learning.CALL is a process of learning language with the help of computer. I think, that it's very important for teacher to use such technologies nowdays,'cause it saves his time and energy. Also it can be more convenient for students to use some devices instead of writting down during the lecture. Computer,in this way, is a peripheral devices associated with term "computer", such as mobile phone,mp3players,notebook etc.
Our university gives an opportunity to use such devices at studies, which can increase our knowledges twice faster.
Well,I suppose that's enough for today. If you find any mistake in my post, write me back. See you next time. Bye!