Learning English – a quick tourLearning English Getting to know the website. Interactive PowerPoint presentation Joost Dancet
Internet and computer: valuable tools? A nice taste of English only 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 word and 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 EnglishLearning 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 EnglishLearning English gives the user a collection of hyperlinks Only a few for each category Only the best – I hope Sites without advertisements, if possible
Learning EnglishLearning English: my own pages > Dictionaries > Translation dictionaries – onClick English Dictionaries – a number of online dictionaries on one URL. onClick English Dictionaries > English on the Web > Watching & listening – Billy Collins – 8 poems Billy Collins – Barack Obama – a speech on studying Barack Obama –... > Computer tips > Word processor – Homework template & manual for templates (in Dutch). Homework templatemanual for templates
Learning EnglishLearning 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 Fay Weldon Laura Veirs
Online dictionaries onClick English dictionaries – remember one word ( Klikwoordenboek ) and get a lot of online dictionaries Klikwoordenboek – 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...onClick Dictionary What words? – solution – proof – mark – bewijzen – herstellen
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Firefox (Free) valuable language add-ons – Handy dictionary – double-click dictionary on every web page o.a. Cambridge Online Dictionaries Handy dictionary – Answers – double-click dictionary & info on proper nouns Answers – Babylon Word Search – double-click translation dictionary Babylon Word Search – PDF to HTML – convert PDF-documents into HTML to use the dictionary functions of the browser PDF to HTML – Add to Search Bar – to add any search engine in the Google search window Add to Search Bar – British English Spellchecker – to check the spelling in your mail British English Spellchecker How to install add-ons in Firefox Instructions on Learning English < Computer tips < BrowserLearning English All-in = all the language add-ons of this page... ready to install. All-in
Learning EnglishLearning English > Computer tips > Word processor – Manual for templates (in Dutch). Manual for templates
How to become a computer expert Learning English > 3rd grade > 10 must dos Learning English10 must dos
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 < Tip – to find a specific item on a webpage use Control-F Click 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.