WRITING

Hello, good people!

These are some sites that you can use to improve writing skill :

1.) Grammarly

               This is perfect for those of you who want to strengthen English grammar and practice writing skills. Mastering grammar properly and correctly is very important to be able to obtain high grades in the standardization test of English (eg IELTS or TOEFL) and also a provision for doing college assignments. Grammarly can also correct the essays you write, so you can learn and not repeat the same mistakes in the future.

Click this link: https://www.grammarly.com/

2.) The Purdue Writing Lab

                   Universities or campuses often have their own ways to write a letter center or order them on campus to help people with their writing skills. Purdue University Online Writer Lab, better known as Purdue OWL is an online writing center dedicated to the mission of helping people with their writing skills. Purdue OWL provides service to users around the world by writing and guidance. This website targets all General English grammar questions to appear by people with their second language as English.

Click this link: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

3.) Thesaurus 

                      Thesaurus is one of the important tools that can be used by every writer in good English to have their arsenal of tools for better writing. Building on your vocabulary is very important in getting better at writing English and the Thesaurus offers that convenience. Thesaurus helps users to be better at writing by providing alternative words and phrases to perfectly express themselves in written English. Thesaurus offers the best collection of synonyms and Antonyms that you can use to improve your vocabulary when writing in English.

Click this link: https://www.thesaurus.com/

SPEAKING

Hello, good people!

These are some sites that you can use to improve speaking skill :

1.) Engoo 

           Engoo is a service that offers to learn for people who are learning English. On this site, there are features of conversation, pronunciation, speaking test, IELTS speaking practice, TOEIC speaking test, TOEFL iBT speaking test. Although learning material can be used for self-study, the material is intended to be used together with the instructor. So we have to register first.

Click this link: https://engoo.id/app/materials/en

2.) Jago Speaking English Course

                  The materials that we present are applicative material so that students directly practice their English as well as this material is very suitable for those who already have a foundation so they can be faster in their development with several learning targets such as: Learning English from Zero to Master, able to understand what is being discussed in the scope that is quite familiar, able to speak more courageously starting from simple things, able to communicate more actively, to increase courage in speaking, able to develop broader ideas, able to speak more fluently, and able to speak with the pattern of time and events correctly. 

Click this link: https://kampunginggrisme.com/speaking/

3.) FluentU

            This website, provide video pieces with captions of images and sounds directly from the native speaker of that language. Teaching is so systematic. Even when taking the Quiz, it is as if we can already get the language because it remembers the words spoken native speakers are so embedded in memory. The advantages of FluentU are that every word in the teaching session of the website can be clicked and a meaning display will appear along with the sound of the word. Very useful for those who often forget vocabulary, especially when learning languages ​​that have never been known.

Click this link: https://www.fluentu.com/

READING

Hello, good people!

These are some sites that you can use to improve reading skill :

1.) ThoughtCo. : English as a Second Language (ESL) for Teachers and Students

              Sometimes the right method of learning English is to often read English articles. This site is one that provides English-language articles with various themes. From the start of articles with the themes of history, art, to science there. By frequently reading articles in English, you can add to our vocabulary.

Click this link : 

https://www.thoughtco.com/esl-4133095

2.) News in Level 

           This online English learning site provides a variety of news videos divided into four different levels. The main purpose of this site is to help us learn and understand English better through video media, where we can see and listen to videos to improve our listening skills and pronunciation. Not only videos of various articles from various topics are also provided to train our reading skills while enriching the English vocabulary. 

Click this link: https://www.newsinlevels.com/

3.) BBC Learning English 

         This English learning site has 70 years of experience in facilitating learning English. And when website technology is gaining in popularity, BBC Learning English provides a special site for learning English.

              BBC Learning English has an English learning pattern that is structured with General & Business English, Grammar, Vocabulary & Pronunciation features, Talking Sport, Quizzes and so on. The presentation of the menus is also packaged in an interactive form so that every British friend finishes studying one session so the British friend can try the challenge or challenge to do Practice Quiz to measure the mastery of the British friend on the material that the British friend has learned beforehand. The Downloads menu on BBC Learning English should be good for you to try to get various material in the form of audio, video or text which will be very useful and you can be a friend when you are offline or when you are traveling and there is no internet connection. 

Click this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/ 

LISTENING

Hello, good people!

These are some sites that you can use to improve listening skill :

1.) Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab 

         This site provides listening exercises according to the level of difficulty: easy, medium and difficult. In addition, this site also provides facilities where you can determine your level of perception in units of percent. 

Click this link: https://www.esl-lab.com/

         2.) VOA Learning English 

         This site has audio and video features that can be accessed absolutely free without the need for registration. Each article on VOA Learning English is also available in audio form with moderate intonation so you can listen to word for a word spoken by the original pronunciation. Arikel covers a variety of topics ranging from actual world topics, hot trends in America, articles on business, education, health, entertainment, science, and technology, which of course will further enrich the vocabulary of your English vocabulary. And if you don't understand one or a few words in the article that is presented, you don't need to panic because just by clicking on the word in question it will immediately present an explanation regarding the meaning of the word in the form of pop-ups. 

Click this link: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/

2.) Duolingo

              Duolingo has an interesting way to hone your listening skills. That is by training the problem which requires you to guess a sentence spoken by the narrator. You are required to write a transcript of the sentence that is being played. In addition to the other questions, you also have to guess the translation of the sentence provided. A suitable site for those of you who are still beginners and want to improve listening skills. 

Click this link: https://www.duolingo.com/

Rosetta Stone

Hello, guys! 

This time I will give you  information about other application that you can use to teach English in class

                Rosetta stone is a software for learning languages ​​in the world, such as American English, British English, Mandarin, French, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and many more in a unique way that makes it easier for us to learn. Rosetta Stone software is the best software and is ranked 1 in the world in language learning through computers.

          Rosetta Stone is a very popular language learning software.The method that used in Rosetta Stone is Dynamic Immersion, which is a method without English translation, only in the form of visuals / images, so it is expected that our brains are immediately used to associating foreign words with visual images.

                It is suitable for learners who prefer the flashcard / visual system. The features in this software are very many, and you can also focus on Pronounciation, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, or Grammar only. Stay selected just as you want (there is a pdf file User Guidenya for more details Rosetta Stone Software uses a combination of image, text, and sound techniques by continuously increasing the level of difficulty, balancing student progress, this is intended to teach various terms of vocabulary and language function intuitive, without practice or translation, Rosetta Stone calls it the "Dynamic Immersion method." The aim is to teach language like the first language we learn.

Visit the Rosetta Stone channel to know more about this app :

Plickers

Hi, I gonna tell you about this app

Here we go ^_^

                     Plickers is a learning evaluation application in the form of multiple choices and using Card patterns that have been provided on the website :

https://get.plickers.com/ 

                    This application can be used as an alternative learning innovation technique. Without the need for high programming and networking skills, the teacher can make it through the website.

Click the video below to see the tutorial of Plickers : 

Here a video example of using Plickers in the class : 

Memrise

         Memrise is an application for learning foreign languages. Memrise provides various languages ​​such as English, German, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Korean and so on. After that, we will be invited to learn new words. The system in this application stimulates our brain to learn 44 words per hour.

            The lessons of foreign languages ​​from Memrise are quite unique. We will be invited to study through native speakers and games. In addition, we can also try various features, such as Visual Learning, Review & Strengthen, Rapid Recall and others. Its function is that we don't forget the words that have been studied. There is also a Difficult Word feature for those who want to challenge their abilities even further. We can also try the Listening Skill feature to help learn how to pronounce a word from a particular language while sharpening hearing.

         Apart from helping to understand words per word, this application that can be downloaded free by iOs and Android users also helps us learn the use of words in sentences. We can learn to converse with that language. Plus, our competitive spirit will be honed, because this application allows us to pit high score results with friends. This application is very suitable for use in the learning process to give a new nuance that is fun for students.

You can visit the YouTube channel of Memrise : 

Edmodo

Hi, good people!

I'm back again with something new!

EDMODO ^_^

                      Edmodo is a personal microblogging platform that is developed for teachers and students, prioritizing students' privacy. Teachers and students can share notes, links, and documents. The teacher also has the ability to send something in a time frame that can be seen publicly.

           Edmodo has several functions, among others, to facilitate communication between students and students or teachers with teachers/lecturers, as a means of learning/discussion communication, as a place for quizzes, and so on.

     Edmodo is designed to make students/students eager to learn in a more familiar environment. In Edmodo, the teacher/lecturer can continue online class discussions, giving polls to check the understanding of students/students individually based on performance or behavior. Edmodo makes it easy to track student/student progress. All learning values ​​and plans are assigned through Edmodo and stored and easily accessed. Teachers / lecturers can get input from the classroom through the reaction of students / students to quizzes, assignments, and posting discussions that capture students' understanding, confusion, or frustration.

Here is the Edmodo tutorial for a teacher :

Schoology

  Hello, buddies! 

Do you know what is Schoology?

Have you ever used it in your learning process?

If not, I'll share a little information about Schoology. 

Check this out ^_^

            Schoology is a special web-based social network focused on collaboration, to enable users to create, manage and interact with each other and share academic content. Schoology also provides access to teachers and students for attendance, assignment of assignments, practice exercises and media learning resources that can be accessed anytime and anywhere and also provide access for parents to monitor the development of student learning at school. (Farmington, Schoology 2014).

                  Nowadays, Schoology is one of the E-Learning media that is increasingly popular among teachers and students. Schoology is a site that combines social networking and LMS. So with Schoology, we can interact socially while learning. The features of Schoology are as follows:

1. Courses (Course), which is a facility to make classes for subjects, such as Mathematics, Physics, and so on. These Courses facilities are also in Moodle
2. Groups (Groups), namely facilities for making groups. This facility is also on Moodle and on Facebook.
3. Resources (Learning Resources)

This is the Schoology tutorial video about organizing the course material :

Kahoot!

Hi, mate!

I'm back! 

           Kahoot is a website on the internet that can bring a festive and fun quiz atmosphere to the class. By playing Kahoot this learning becomes very fun and makes students not bored following the learning process. However, using Kahoot really needs an internet connection, that's the main requirement. Because quizzes or questions that are available and made using Kahoot can only be played online. So there is an exclamation and there is no good because it is because if you don't have an internet connection you can't just watch it. But there is also the excess, which is very interesting, this quiz can not only be run on a PC, but it can be done with a smartphone, even with the same conditions, internet or online. Kahoot is divided into two, namely for participants and for the admin.

            Kahoot has 4 features: games, quizzes, discussions, and surveys. For games, we can make a type of question, and determine the most appropriate answer and the time used to answer the question. Uniquely, the answers will later be represented by images and colors. Participants are asked to choose a color/image that represents the answer.

Click the video below to find out how to make a quiz or game with Kahoot! :

QuizFaber

Hello, guys! How's life?

Now, I'll share the information about the other software that you can use to create quizzes, that is QuizFaber

QuizFaber is a freeware software for Windows that enables you to create multimedia quizzes as HTML documents.The QuizFaber software can be downloaded from the site http://www.lucagalli.net. This software is freeware, where the use of this software is free (if for non-commercial purposes), but users cannot get the source code of the software. We can install this software in our PC.

Quiz Faber's features include:

1. Make various types of questions including multiple choice, questions with many answers, correct questions, questions with open answers, questions about matchmaking and the matter of gap filling.
2. It has options for background customization, color, sound and font type. Quiz results can be stored online via email or cloud storage like Google drive.
3. It is possible to integrate images, sounds, videos into the problem. Available tools for managing repetition of questions based on certain values, scrambling questions, and question security.
4. There is a feature to combine questions created with Quiz Faber with other software.

If you want to know more about QuizFaber, you can visit the link below :

https://quizfaber.com/index.php/en/ 

Skype

Hi, friends!

Now, I gonna tell you about this software

Skype is a communication program with P2P (peer to peer) technology. With Skype, we communicate with people between countries around the world. Most people use Skype to make free videos and one-on-one voice, and call groups, send instant messages and share files with others on Skype. We can use Skype via a handphone, computer or tablet.

In education, Skype can be used as a learning medium. For example, we can hold online learning with Skype. Students can exchange information and discuss via Skype without constraints on distance.

You can click the video below to find out the tuorial of Skype :

YouTube

Hello, good people!

You must be familiar with the logo above, right?

It's been very popular lately, isn't it?

Yes, That is YouTube!

        Youtube was established in February 2005. Youtube headquarters is in San Bruno, California, the United States, which was initiated by three Youtube founders, namely Chad Hurley, Steven Chen, and Jawed Karim. 

YouTube is a website that facilitates users to share videos that they have or limited to enjoying various video clips uploaded by various parties. There are various kinds of videos that can be uploaded to this site, such as music video clips from certain musicians, short films, television movies, movie trailers, educational videos, vlogger video blogs, various video tutorials, and many more. In this digital era, there are a lot of technology-based learning media like YouTube. We can use 

YouTube to find references to the material to be taught. With YouTube, the learning process becomes more interesting and not monotonous. Because on YouTube there are lots of learning videos that we can access.

Here some channel that might be useful for teaching English :

1.) Channel : Mike's Home ESL

This channel provides many videos related to teaching English

2.) Channel : BBC Learning English

On the BBC Learning English channel, there are many videos about English, such as vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and etc 

3.) Channel : Kampung Inggris LC - Language Center

This channel from Kampung Inggris LC – Language Center, one of the English language course institutions in Kampung Inggris Pare, Kediri

Enjoy for watching. Hopefully, it is useful for you. Thank you ^_^

Quiz : Kahoot!

                    Kahoot is an internet-based software in the form of a game. Kahoot can be used in the teaching and learning process. teachers can make a quiz using Kahoot. With Kahoot, teachers can make the learning process become more interesting and interactive. And the students can learn while playing, so they not easy to get bored. 

This is an example of a Quiz using Kahoot! by my group. Enjoy it ^_^

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=c4c093a8-ab03-41ce-9530-595c23c3bd12  

Pixton

Hello, friends!

Now, I wanna tell you about software to create a comic.

                    Technological developments also affect the development of the internet. Nowadays, there are so many online site-tools that have been provided by one of the service sites to create cartoon comics, such as Pixton. 

          Pixton is one of the best sites for making comics using real comic layouts. Select predefined layouts or templates, upload your own images, move characters, add text and speech characters and share your creativity with friends on social media.

Click the video below to see the Pixton tutorial :

HOT POTATOES

Hi, Fellas!

From the picture above do you know about Hot Potatoes?

Is it a kind of food?

Of course no! :D

Well, I'll show you what Hot Potatoes it is.

                Hot Potatoes is an application for creating question banks. Hot Potatoes can make interactive quizzes. This software is made by the University of Victoria, Canada. It helps teachers to make questions to improve students’ comprehension. There are six kinds of quiz in Hot Potatoes.

1. JQuiz

Program for compiling multiple-choice training materials

Example :

file:///F:/uts%20potato/New%20folder/JQuiz-NURIL.htm

2. JMix

Program for making exercises to compose sentences

Example :

file:///F:/uts%20potato/New%20folder/JMix-NURIL.htm

3. JCross

Program for compiling material in the form of crosswords

Example :

file:///F:/uts%20potato/New%20folder/JCross-NURIL.htm

4. JMatch

Program for making exercises with matchmaking models

Example :

file:///F:/uts%20potato/New%20folder/JMatch-NURIL.htm

5. JCloze

Program to arrange exercises in essay forms

Example :

file:///F:/uts%20potato/New%20folder/JMatch-NURIL.htm