National Literacy Trust Director, Jonathan Douglas said:
"Technology is playing a central role in young people's literacy development and reading choice. While we welcome the positive impact that technology has on bringing further reading opportunities to young people, it's crucial that reading in print is not cast aside.
“National Literacy Trust research shows:
39% of children and young people read daily using electronic devices including tablets and eReaders, but only 28% read printed materials daily. Children say they prefer to read on-screen. Over half (52%) said they would rather read on electronic devices but only a third (32%) would rather read in print.”
“English Reading Stories” is a helpful application that contains a collection of stories for beginners to practice their English language learning.
It includes many entertaining stories and there is the possibility of reading without the need to connect to the Internet anytime and anywhere. The app has so many categories like short stories, General stories, classic stories, family stories, and kid stories.
furthermore, the Z library website is considered the world's largest ebook library you can download articles, academic texts, and general-interest books for free.
https://www.kumon.com/
https://apps.apple.com/sa/app/english-reading-stories/id1517833367
https://z-lib.org/
because almost all the communication depends on it and you can’t learn if you don’t know how to speak. There are too many ways to improve it, traditional and modern way, it depends on social media and websites. our generation prefers the modern, it’s open the mined in a new way to think and learn a different kind of dialects. Some of the websites help us such like :
1-EF English life
2-speaky ” https://www.speaky.com/%7B%7BcanonicalLink%7D%7D ”
3-Hello talk “ https://www.hellotalk.com/ "
4-Discord ” https://discord.com/ "
Some learners prefer the apps, they see it’s more formal, send you a notification of what is new and what are you missing. an example for the app: 1-Tandem
2-Memrise
3-Busuu
4-Babel
and all of them supports Apple and Android devices its use in the same way by login،choose who you want to talk with and start to make your language even stronger .some of it for free and some of it no. You can do it traditionally but some learners don’t find who
Learning vocabulary might seem challenging to some people but, nowadays you can learn vocabulary in easy and fun way through technology.
You probably wondering is there such way? Luckily Yeah! There are many applications and websites that can assist in memorizing and practicing vocabulary and, it’s suitable for all ages. Here are some applications and websites to help you, CHECK IT OUT!
Duolingo is a well-known application that provides a skill tree with lessons that use listening exercises, flashcards, and multiple-choice questions to help you become familiar with new words, phrases, and sentences. Most questions have a comment thread that allows users to discuss a specific question in detail. The service also has community features that allow you to connect with other people who are learning the same language as you.
Memrise is one of the most popular educational applications that assist in memorizing vocabulary as its name indicate that.
Memrise is similar to Duolingo, except that it lets you record a note while learning new words. In addition, it offers lessons similar to Duolingo, introducing new words and phrases with flashcards, listening exercises, and more. However, the app has some unique features: when you have new words, you can write a note (called a "mem") with anything that helps you remember the new word or phrase. These will appear later when you find the word again. It also has a feature called Learn With Locals that combines words with videos of native speakers saying the sentence out loud and demonstrating the sentence. For example, a speaker may shiver when describing cold weather. This helps to associate the words with their meaning. Plus, when introducing new or complex topics.
Vocabulary.com is an online building vocabulary game for students and teachers. as a student you can enjoy the experience of learning new words through the games this website offers, basically you take a quiz with 10 multiple-choice questions and when your answer is right you will be able to see the definition of your answer and, you get to level to challenge your self with advanced words.
https://www.duolingo.com
https://www.memrise.com
https://www.vocabulary.com
listening is an essential skill. Everyone has the ability of hearing but not everyone has the listening skills, to improve This skill you have to focus on the words and the way it's pronounced. Listening skill is one of the fundamental skills in learning English. It’s like the first step to learn because if you listening carefully you will have the ability to understand what others speak. Listening skills are the key to developing effective communication skills. This greatly affects the way you speak. So this means that we tend to talk about what we hear.
Here are some websites that can improve your listening skills :
Listening to short stories is one language teaching technique that has become an interesting way to learn the language, short stories are a special way to improve your listening skill. Because short stories allow learners to discover various vocabulary. In fact, AgendaWeb is the perfect website for short stories. Therefore, it offers you stories based on your preferences. After you hear the short story you can answer some relatable questions to make sure you understood the story, with practice this would make you a better active listener.
https://agendaweb.org/listening/intermediate_advanced.html
Podcasts are digital audio files, which can download directly from your mobile phone, available as a series, it includes different categories of subjects that can help to improve your English language skills. Such like,
All Ears English
https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/all-ears-english-podcast/id751574016
British Council Elementry Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/elementary-podcast/id1316934716
Writing skills are important because they allow people to get a point across without being physically present and do it throw technology . Many employers get their first impression of future employees through the writing skills they display in their resume, cover letter and email communications.
Writing is one of the most important skills English as a second language learners must master, particularly for students and working professionals. That’s because unlike in speaking exercises, when you write you leave a lasting record of your language. And here I have some ways to help you practice it through the internet and using technology
The “Hello Talk” is an application was founded in 2017 by Zackery Ngai, and the application includes more than 100 languages in English, Korean, French, and Russian. For example, as an Arabic speaker, you talk to an American person who wants to learn Arabic, and this is how you exchange learning,
( https://www.hellotalk.com/?lang=ar )
Grammarly can be defined as an aid in the process of writing, proofreading and editing in the English language. In other words, you are typing a specific sentence or text, and the application shows the spelling and grammatical errors you made and gives you solutions to improve your work! In fact, it doesn't stop at spelling errors, it checks for more than 250 types of spelling, grammar, punctuation, conventions and makes your writing more understandable and helps you make the right impression for the reader based on your audience and goals.
This app is an online web that help you to improve speed writing trow games and fun ways to help you be a faster writer , also improves your spelling, grammar, punctuation in new words
( https://www.typingtest.com )
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