Hi all! Today I am going to introduce you a website named
‘englisch-hilfen’. Its name is in German
as it was created by a German, so it has two versions; German and English. It
aims to help English learners of any level.
The website was created by Joerg Poehland. He is an English
language teacher with the exprerience of 25 years in Germany. To know about him
more, you can take a look at this interview with him. And click here for the
contact information.
In the website, there
are 4 main sections in which each has sub-sections. Sub-sections are ordered by
levels.
In the first one, Grammar & Vocabulary, grammar rules of the
language are explained clearly and vocabulary is given by topic-categorized
lists including information about confusing words, idioms, phrases,
abbreviations etc.
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| Grammar and Vocabulary Explanations |
Each of Grammar and Vocabulary explanations are followed by different types of exercises.
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| Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises |
In the second part ‘Test & Exams’, complex testing and exams are given to strengthen what is learned.
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| Exams |
Third part ‘English & School’ supplies English dictionaries, lessons and worksheets as avaible to download and use as handouts.
The fourth part ‘English & Free Time’, attention is into daily English lessons which provides listening prfactices with conversation transcripts and games which are three types; ‘crosswords’, ‘find the pairs’ and ‘hangman’. Games are also categorized by topics and levels.
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| Games 1 |
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| Games 2 |
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| Daily English Lessons |
I liked the website regarding its orderly settled arrangments, clear explanataions,
categorized sections and sub-sections, which any one could use the website
without getting lost in it. I mean it is detailed in giving information but
tidy at the same time! Beside that, lots of exercises are easy to use there. It
supplies many avaible materials espacially for grammar. And they all are for
free. So, you can benefit from it to make a gradual learning for your students.
When it comes to disadvantages, the biggest one is that
unfortunately the website lacks improving
‘listening’ and ‘speaking’ skills as it is dominantly based on
grammar-vocabulary teaching. So the website alone is never enough for 4 skills
of English. Secondly, visuality and variety of exercises/games are inadequate.
Although the website’s audience embraces all levels, I wouldn’t reccommend it
for kids since attractive items for little learners are very limited on this
website.
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