Educational Websites for Language Learning

Latifah Rabbaaniah binti Jamaludin Sanchez Alphonsus bin Samuil

Sultan Idris Education University

Contents:

What is educational website?

What is language learning?

Examples of educational websites for language learning.

What is Website?

▪ Collection of publicity accessible and interlinked Web pages that share a single domain name.

▪ Can be create and maintain by an individual, group, business or organization with variety of purposes.

What is Educational Website?

▪ Side made for the purpose of education.

▪ Each websites might have different type of purposes.

▪ Provide information about educational subjects, tutorials, opinions or forums.

▪ Interactive way of learning: questions and answers session.

What is Language Learning?

▪ A process to perceive and comprehend language.

▪ An ability to produce words sound and making sentence to communicate i.e:

speech production

vocabulary acquisition

pronunciation

Examples of Educational Websites for Language Learning:

▪ Interactive Sites for education

Educational games,

Updating simulations,

Perfect choice for home learning group discussion.

▪ K5Learning

Available for kindergarten students,

3,000 reading and math activities,

Support individual skill improvement.

▪ Busuu.com

▪ Offers language lessons with new vocabularies

and phrases.

Supported with dialogues, writing exercises and audio

recording options.

Real-time practice with other language learners

and native speakers.

▪ Livemocha

Allows learners to access virtual classes/ online

session with private tutor.

▪ Busuu.com

Offers language lessons with new vocabularies and

phrases.

Supported with dialogues, writing exercises and audio

recording options.

Real-time practice with other language learners and native

speakers.

▪ EducationCreations.com

Daily language learning: writing, vocabulary,

spelling, phonics etc.

Provides quality printable materials with low cost.

▪ Chillola.com

Suitable for children to learn foreign languages and cultures from other

countries.

Featured in Spanish, French, Italian and

German.

Free drawing, writing and story making activities.

References:

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