Independent learning log

12 April 2014

Busuu website.

http://www.busuu.com/dashboard#/timeline/regular/a1

I really liked this website very much. In my opinion it is very useful for all who want improve or learn new language.  Website has very different tasks, such as: speaking, listening, watching and writing. You can chose level which you want. From my point of view it is very important to chose right level if you want get good results. I worked along and I sped 2, 5 hours there from 21.30 to 00.00 p.m. It was so exciting. It also enlarge your vocabulary and particularly what I liked people from the entire world who help you during your study. I did some tasks and I could not to say that I did not any words before but I think it is because I spent a little time there. Also I enjoyed socialize with other member of groups. Unfortunately site is pay it is free only for 7 days. Generally speaking I advise everyone to visit this site I'm sure you will not regret.

Independent learning log

1. Date: 11 April 2014

2. Work done and resources used: English centre

http://lyricstraining.com/play/lana_del_rey/young_and_beautiful/HGuRFPT2FG

3. Activity type: Listening, Speaking

4. Location and partner: Home, no partners

5. Time spent: from 8:05 p.m to 8:45 p.m

6. Evaluation: I was training my listening and writing at the same time in Lyrics Training  by a game. I liked this game very much. It was very interesting and entertaining. It was like a karaoke. First of all I listened to music once. I chose the song “Young and beautiful”. Secondly, I was writing missed words in the gaps while I listened to the song. At the beginning I did not have enough time to fill the gaps. However I tried and I got into the way, so I could do it. It was not only interesting and also it was compensative game. At the end I got 612 scores. I think it is nice job for the first time.

 To my mind such kind of game is very helpful. It is not important to know English perfectly. That is why, there are four levels of game (beginner, intermediate, advance and expert ) and everyone can choose suitable level for himself/herself. There are a lot of languages not only English. And students, who learn other languages, can use this site. I think it enables them to improve their listening and writing skills. I prefer such kind of resouces og learning English than traditional methods. They are comfortable to use. I suggest you use it.

Independent Learning

1.Date	2. Work done and resources used	3.Activity type	4.Location and  Partner(s)	5.Time spent from  -to	6.Evaluation
11.04.2014	English central http://lyricstraining.com	Listening Speaking	Home No partners	09.15 a.m. - 12 00 a.m.	I have never heard about this site before. It interested me when we had your lesson. I like music very much and I like singing. Of course,when we sing a song and don't know some words we just say "na-na-na" or "mmmmm". And I think this site can help us.  This site is very unusual and interesting. From the very beginning I chose my favourite songs. I tried to be very attentive and quick. I made a lot of mistakes because my listening is not very good.But it was very funny. My mistakes were shown and then I didn't repeat them.  I should improve my listening and this site will help me. I will use it necesseraly!
12.04.2014	Sounds: The Pronunciation App https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.macmillan.app.sounds	Listening Writing	Home  No partners	2.30 p.m. -  3.20 p.m.	This program was not in prezi. I forgot that we had to use programes from prezi, but I hope that it is not a big mistake. This program is comfortable to use. I downloaded it on my phone. It was difficult to do some listening exercises. For example, I had to listen words and write their transcriptions. If you don't know correct answer you can show it.However it is very useful program, I think.
12.04.2014	Проверка уровня английского https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.englishlevelchecker	Reading Writing Grammar Vocabulary	Home  No partners	6.05 p.m.- 6.30 p.m.	This program also was not in prezi. If you want to know your english level, just download this program on your phone! It is very quick! But, my results was not so good as I expected...So I will check my knowledge again later.

12.04.2014

SpeakingPal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speakingpal.speechtrainer.sp

Listening Speaking

Home No partners

7.10 p.m.-8.15 p.m. 9.20 p.m. - 10.15. p.m.

It is the last program which I have used. I downloaded it on my phone too. I recommend this program everyone!!! This program can help us to improve our speaking! There are many types of conversations and also you can watch short videos. Then you can repeat them. The characters of videos tell you sentences from conversations. Answers are shown to you below and you must read them into the microphone. Then you can see your result. If you have 3 stars for your speaking your pronunciation is very good. I like this program very much!

Date	Work done and resourcesused	Activity tipe	Location & Partner(s)	Time spent From- to	Evaluation
12.04.14	English central http://lyricstraining.com/	Listening Speaking	Home  No patners	12.00 p.m.- 3.00p.m.	I loved this site. This is a very interesting site. This is exactly what I was looking for. I liked here that you can listen to your favorite music and practice your English at the same time. This site has many new clips which is good because that other sites are not new clips.Here you can not only listen to your favorite music but also watch clips. Also after of each clip has English subtitles. This site is intended for people with different levels of knowledge. Because this site has levels from beginner to advanced. I think that thanks to this site you will become better understood aurally. That's what I really need. Because I'm not quite understand aurally. And I think that if I often listen music with this site then I will become better understood.