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1 Learning English – a quick tourLearning English Getting to know the website. Interactive PowerPoint presentation Joost Dancet

2 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

3 Learning English The links on the welcome page (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

4 Learning EnglishLearning 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?

5 Learning EnglishLearning English gives the user a collection of hyperlinks Only a few for each category Only the best – I hope Sites without advertisements, if possible

6 Learning EnglishLearning English: my own pages > Dictionaries > Translation dictionaries – onClick English Dictionaries – a number of online dictionaries on one URL. onClick English Dictionaries > English on the Web > Watching & listening – Billy Collins – 8 poems Billy Collins – Barack Obama – a speech on studying Barack Obama –... > Computer tips > Word processor – Homework template & manual for templates (in Dutch). Homework templatemanual for templates

7 Learning EnglishLearning 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.

8 Online dictionaries Two double-click dictionaries on the website Cambridge vs Anwers: Fay Weldon / Laura Veirs Fay Weldon Laura Veirs

9 Online dictionaries onClick English dictionaries – remember one word ( Klikwoordenboek ) and get a lot of online dictionaries Klikwoordenboek – click on the icon (to switch between 2 versions) – click on the flags (to start a new search)

10 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...onClick Dictionary What words? – solution – proof – mark – bewijzen – herstellen

11 Use Firefox & its language tools Click here

12 Firefox (Free) valuable language add-ons – Handy dictionary – double-click dictionary on every web page o.a. Cambridge Online Dictionaries Handy dictionary – Answers – double-click dictionary & info on proper nouns Answers – Babylon Word Search – double-click translation dictionary Babylon Word Search – PDF to HTML – convert PDF-documents into HTML to use the dictionary functions of the browser PDF to HTML – Add to Search Bar – to add any search engine in the Google search window Add to Search Bar – British English Spellchecker – to check the spelling in your mail British English Spellchecker How to install add-ons in Firefox Instructions on Learning English < Computer tips < BrowserLearning English All-in = all the language add-ons of this page... ready to install. All-in

13 Learning EnglishLearning English > Computer tips > Word processor – Manual for templates (in Dutch). Manual for templates

14 How to become a computer expert Learning English > 3rd grade > 10 must dos Learning English10 must dos

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18 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 < Email Tip – to find a specific item on a webpage use Control-F Click on the next image for more...

19 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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