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Learning English – a quick tour
Getting to know the website. Interactive PowerPoint presentation Joost Dancet
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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
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Learning English The links on the welcome page Which ones?
(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
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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?
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Learning English gives the user a collection of hyperlinks
Only a few for each category Only the best – I hope Sites without advertisements, if possible
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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).
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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.
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Online dictionaries Two double-click dictionaries on the website Cambridge vs Anwers: Fay Weldon / Laura Veirs
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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)
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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
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Use Firefox & its language tools
Click here
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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 Firefox Instructions on Learning English < Computer tips < Browser All-in = all the language add-ons of this page ... ready to install.
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Learning English > Computer tips > Word processor
Manual for templates (in Dutch).
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How to become a computer expert
Learning English > 3rd grade > 10 must dos
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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 ...
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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.
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