BEST APPS TO LEARN ENGLISH!!

Do you know anybody without a mobile phone? Even young children are used to going back home from school and using their up-to-date mobile. So, we must take advantage of this situation and encourage them to use their mobile phones for useful things like improving their English. That's why today it's all about apps!

The British Council is a cultural British institution that encourage people around the world to learn English. They prepare people to take the official Cambridge University Exams and they have good webpages to practise your skills. Here you have the link of one of the best webpages for children: it's full of games, stories and worksheets. All in English!

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/

Anyway let's talk about apps. Those are the best British Council apps to learn English:

- LearnEnglishKids: videos --> it's full of videos about stories for children 

- Kids phonics --> it has eight stories with funny games about them

- Johnny Grammar's Quiz --> it's full of grammar exercises

- My Word Book --> it's good to practise your vocabulary

Hope you like it!

USEFUL LISTENING AND READING WEBSITES

Hello!! Today, we are going to mention some webpages to help teachers and learners find useful listening and reading resources and materials.

Let's begin with some listening webpages. Practising this skill is highly important because it is good that children start listening to native speakers in "daily" conversations so as to help them realise how a word is pronounced. There are a lot of webpages on the Internet where you can find different listening activities for different levels of English, from the basic A1 to the difficult C2. Those are some of the websites:

• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab, where the levels are divided into "easy", "medium" and "difficult". http://www.esl-lab.com/
• La Mansión del Ingles. http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm
• Listen a Minute. http://www.listenaminute.com/
• Saber Ingles, where apart from listening exercises, you can also do grammar and vocabulary activities. http://saberingles.com.ar/listening/

Reading is also very important when learning a new language. It helps you acquire new vocabulary and be aware of grammar structures too. If you are trying to improve your English language, you had better read a book in English. But if you don't have a bookshop around, why don't you try to find activities on the Internet? Here you will find good reading exercises:

• English Exercises. http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&contents=readings
• Five Minute English. http://www.5minuteenglish.com/reading.htm
• English Zone. http://english-zone.com/?ID=6

Hope you find this interesting and useful. Next time more and better!