SiS Newsletter - March 2010 - Use new technologies
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Use new technologies to improve your language skills
3/17/2010
Learning new languages is not always an easy task, especially in adulthood. Increasingly, new technologies make learning methods more accessible. They are also very supportive when teaching, as they help this task to be more dynamic and fun.
The latest innovations try to entertain us making learning as close as a game. This is how Lyrics Training works, a free Internet platform. Users must select a video and the job is to fill in the missing words as they are sung. There are three levels of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate and Expert. This platform offers songs in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, and Netherlands.
This internet platform aims on improving the language skills that the users already own. Internet is becoming a very demanded in the educational area. As educators become aware of this situation, facilities like this become more numerous.
More information at: http://www.lyricstraining.com/
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