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Learning English – a quick tour
Getting to know the website.
Interactive PowerPoint presentationJoost Dancet
Internet and computer:valuable tools?
A nice taste of Englishonly a few clicks away– read an English text– listen to an English native
speaker – watch a funny animation – use a double-click dictionary on any
wordand all of this simultaneously ...Billy Collins, The Dead
Learning English
The links on the welcome page(16)
Which ones?the sections at the top of the page (5) – lead to
more than 20 subsections
the images & the text in red (11)
A double-click dictionary on every page
Learning English: a teaser quiz
• Browse and discover the website for 5 minutes– Click on a few hyperlinks.– Use the double-click
dictionary – there are two sorts.
• The quiz ...– How many subsections
does this website have? – What is the subsection with most links?– What subsection has the least?
Learning English gives the usera collection of hyperlinks
• Only a few for each category• Only the best – I hope• Sites without advertisements, if possible
Learning English: my own pages
• > Dictionaries > Translation dictionaries– onClick English Dictionaries – a number of online
dictionaries on one URL.
• > English on the Web > Watching & listening– Billy Collins – 8 poems– Barack Obama – a speech on studying– ...
• > Computer tips > Word processor– Homework template & manual for templates (in
Dutch).
Learning English: my own pages
• > Skills– especially in the subsection 'Writing'
• > 3rd grade > 5th and 6th form– Here you will find most: lessons on grammatical
items, short stories, poems, songs etc.
Online dictionaries
• Two double-click dictionaries on the website Cambridge vs Anwers:Fay Weldon / Laura Veirs
Online dictionaries
• onClick English dictionaries – remember one word (Klikwoordenboek) and get a lot of
online dictionaries – click on the icon (to switch between 2 versions) – click on the flags (to start a new search)
Dictionary exercise
• I am a confident person because I believe I can always become a solution for any problem. I can proof it with an example from school. When I have a bad mark I believe I can repair the damage with another test.
• Use the onClick Dictionary and correct ... • What words?
– solution– proof– mark
– bewijzen– herstellen
Firefox• (Free) valuable language add-ons
– Handy dictionary – double-click dictionary on every web page o.a. Cambridge Online Dictionaries
– Answers – double-click dictionary & info on proper nouns– Babylon Word Search – double-click translation dictionary– PDF to HTML – convert PDF-documents into HTML to use the
dictionary functions of the browser– Add to Search Bar – to add any search engine in the Google
search window– British English Spellchecker – to check the spelling in your mail
• How to install add-ons in FirefoxInstructions on Learning English < Computer tips < Browser
• All-in = all the language add-ons of this page ... ready to install.
The quiz
• How many subsections? (26)• The subsection with most links: 3rd grade <
5th form: (37)• Some subsections only have one: e.g.
Computer tips < Email• Tip – to find a specific item
on a webpage use Control-FClick on the next image for more ...
Dictionary exercise
• I am a confident person because I believe I can always become a solution for any problem. I can proof it with an example from school. When I have a bad mark I believe I can repair the damage with another test.
• I am a confident person because I believe I can always find a
solution to any problem. I can prove this with an example about school. Whenever I get a really poor mark for a test I believe I can do better the next time.