Apps for Learning English
Why should we encourage our students to use Apps for Learning English?
- Mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets allow our students to learn English anywhere at any time.
- Students like using their mobile phones while they may not feel like using their books so much.
Here are some Apps I like:
Learn English with the course English for Spanish Speakers — It’s fast, fun and free.
Practice speaking, reading, listening and writing. Play a game, answer questions and complete lessons to improve your vocabulary and grammar. Start with basic verbs, phrases, and sentences, and learn new words daily.
Duolingo is also a good way to learn to read, listen, write and speak Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Russian, Ukrainian, Esperanto, Polish or Turkish.
Mosaic is a four-level English course for Secondary School students with a fresh approach to learning English. The Mosaic VocApp provides a fun and flexible way to help students learn the key vocabulary items presented in the Student’s Books’ units. Download it FOR FREE and learn English anytime, anywhere.
The VocApp features:
- Pronunciations and example sentences for all words and expressions.
- A choice of Spanish, Catalan, Basque or Galician translations.
- Two types of quiz to test your knowledge – multiple choice and gap fill.
- Top scores and Favourites so that you can keep track of your progress and revisit difficult items.
- A user-friendly interface.
Mosaic is a four-level English course aimed at Secondary School students with a fresh approach to learning English. The Mosaic VocApp provides a fun and flexible way to help students learn the key vocabulary items presented in the Student’s Books’ units. Download it FOR FREE and learn English anytime, anywhere.
The VocApp features:
- Pronunciations and example sentences for all words and expressions.
- A choice of Spanish, Catalan, Basque or Galician translations.
- Two types of quiz to test your knowledge – multiple choice and gap fill.
- Workbook audio for Level 4.
- Top scores and Favourites so that you can keep track of your progress and revisit difficult items.
- A user-friendly interface.
Key to Bachillerato is a two-level course conceived with the specific needs of Bachillerato students in mind. The VocApp provides a fun and flexible way to help students learn the key vocabulary items presented in the units of each of the Student's Books. Download it FOR FREE and learn English anytime, anywhere.
The VocApp features:
- a choice of Spanish, Catalan, Basque or Galician translations
- audio for each item to promote correct pronunciation
- two types of quiz that enable you to test your knowledge
- Top scores and Favourites so that you can keep track of your progress and revisit difficult items
- a user-friendly interface
This application will help you learn most useful and commonly used English phrasal verbs.
Simply start the training and some verbs will be selected for you. For each definition or sentence you will have to match the correct phrasal verb. The verbs which are hard for you will appear more often than verbs which are easy for you. After few repetitions you will correctly recognize even the hardest verbs. Each phrasal verb is supplied with a definition, synonyms and examples of correct use, so this trainer not only will help you to memorize the verbs, but also to better understand their meaning.
⚑ Currently there are about 500 phrasal verbs in our database, but it will keep growing and improving.
:: FEATURES
★ Monolingual learner's dictionary approach to learning
The meanings of the verbs are described in English and supplied with examples of correct use. Such a way of learning English vocabulary is recommended by many teachers and experts.
★ Spaced repetition algorithm
Presents the verbs for repetition at appropriate time intervals, so you will memorize them more easily.
★ Browsing the verbs and tracking your progress
At any time you can browse and study the verbs and you can select or disable any verb you want. Clear and nice graphs will show your progress.
★ Theory inside
The application includes explanation of phrasal verbs — what they are and how to use them.
✔ Works offline — you can learn anywhere (once the database is downloaded)
✔ No special permission requirements — uses network only for Google Services and our database
✔ Game Services — share your scores, compete with others and win an ad-free premium
✔ Synchronization — sync your learning progress between all your Android devices or between re-installs on the same device
✔ Database auto sync — the application is synced with our database and there's no need to update the app when some verbs are updated or added
⚑ The application is free, although it is supported by ads.
TED's official Android app presents talks from some of the world's most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus, and music legends.
Free English dictionary app for Android —with over 2,000,000 definitions and synonyms from Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com! OFFLINE access is now available!
Online bilingual dictionary with Language Forums. WordReference requires internet connection.
The WordReference language forum is the largest repository of knowledge and advice about the English language, as well as a number of other languages. If you have a question about
language usage, first search the hundreds of thousands of previous questions. If you still are unsure, then you can ask the question yourself. Native speakers from around the world will be happy
to assist you.
The best bilingual dictionary with a huge number of
entries and the fastest search engine.
✔ More than 120,000 words with meaning and pronunciation
✔ No Internet connection required to search for words
✔ Online access to search history
✔ Spelling suggestions
✔ Share via Facebook and Twitter
The best way to translate words and expressions. Contains millions of real-life examples and a powerful search engine. Includes pronunciation, phrasebook and more. Effective and educational. Free and already available in 10 languages.
Reverso Context provides you relevant translations and examples in context for virtually any word or expression.
✔ Instant translation in 10 languages: Spanish, French, Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Arabic, Russian and Hebrew
✔ Examples of use in context (original text and translated text, with searched term and its translations highlighted)
✔ Natural pronunciation of complete example
sentences.
Improve your spoken English rapidly with the help of hundreds of quick video English lessons from twominenglish.com. This app brings you all the lessons from Two Minute English to your mobile so that you can view them anytime anywhere.
New lessons are added daily, so you will never run out of fresh material.
The free, *official* Voice of America (VOA) mobile / tablet application serves news to your mobile device or tablet. VOA operates one of the world's largest international news media networks on TV, radio and digital properties with a total weekly audience of more than 200 million people around the world, including Africa, The Middle East, Asia and beyond. To do this, VOA employs more than 3,500 journalists, focused on countries without a free or established press or free and open internet access.
FEATURES
★ Learn English grammar & vocabulary with specific units, audio dialogues, language games and interactive tests.
★ Increase and 10x your English vocabulary with the review feature
★ Submit practice exercises where native speakers will help you perfect your English grammar.
★ Set yourself a personalised goal to ensure you are reaching your English learning objectives.
★ Personalised to fit your style of learning, ensuring you become proficient in the shortest possible time.
★ Learn the most important 150 topics and 3000 words, specific English training.
★ Test your English grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation with fun quizzes and word games to see how much you have learnt.
Beat the clock and answer a lot of questions about spelling, vocabulary and grammar in a 60 seconds questionnaire!
Johnny Grammar's Word Challenge is a competition for students to review the English vocabulary, spelling and grammar that appears daily in English.
Key Features:
* 3 levels - Easy, Medium and Hard
* 3 categories of quizzes - Words, Grammar and Spelling
* 10 common topics - Food & Restaurants, Travel, Small talks, Hobbies, etc...
13,000 English Vocabulary Videos
This is an application for learning vocabulary English on YouTube: more than 13,000 videos and 500 playlists which are classified orderly for common topics.
All you have to do is download an episode and listen to it anytime and anywhere you like. You can visit the podcast’s website to download new episodes every time you have finished an episode.
It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or an advanced English learner; there are podcast episodes that you can download depending on your level.
English Idioms, Business English, English Conversation, Easy English, English listening,
English conjugator, Conversation, English Speaking.