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6 BEST Apps and Tech for Learning Languages – Android and iPhone


everyone and welcome back to english
with lucy so you guys might not know
this but i love tech i love tech i
always want the latest gadgets i always
want the latest software i am a little
bit of a nerd
in this video i’m going to combine two
of my passions technology and languages
to bring you an amazing compilation of
all of the very best apps and technology
to help you improve your language skills
so let’s get started so you’re gonna
have heard me say a million times before
that one of the best ways of learning
english and improving your language
skills is watching TV shows and movies
in the language you’re learning in
english for most of your cases
this is obvious it’s a no brainer and
it’s also a really really fun way of
learning however the biggest problem
that my students face is they can’t
actually access the resources TV shows
and films and apps might not be
available in your country i know that
when i promote certain things on this
channel i get loads of disappointed
comments from people who can’t access it
they have all of the motivation and
willingness to learn but find annoying
technological barriers that prevent them
from improving i have teamed up with
hidemyass calm i love that name and they
have kindly sponsored this part of the
video hidemyass comm provide a VPN
service if you haven’t heard of a VPN
before it stands for virtual private
network a VPN keeps you secure anonymous
and private online no matter which
websites you visit emails you send or
receive what you buy online you can keep
it hidden from scammers governments and
even your own internet service provider
but apart from the obvious benefit of
security what I really want to talk to
you about is how you can use a VPN to
access restricted content and websites
for example news websites that are
restricted in your country and you can
use it to stream movies and television
shows from almost anywhere in the world
perfect if certain channels aren’t
available in your country the hidemyass
network covers 190 countries so you
really can connect to streaming services
from just about anywhere I always found
it so frustrating when I couldn’t watch
my favorite Spanish shows when I was
living in England or when I was living
in Spain I couldn’t watch the English
news every morning having a VPN has
solved all of my problems I don’t even
think about it anymore if you’re
interested in installing a VPN it is
very cheap to do so just click on the
link in the description box and use my
code Lucie 24 20 percent of an annual
subscription it is such a good way to
access restricted content number two is
Google Docs and Google Drive Google Docs
is honestly one of the best things to
ever happen to teachers gone are the
days of marking pages and pages and
pages of written essays that you can
hardly read that then get lost the
students don’t look at the corrections
they throw them away gone are the days
when I was teaching I was pretty tech
savvy I used to make my students write
their essays on a Google Doc that they
had shared with me I could then see what
they had written and make tweaks so they
could see what they had written and how
I had changed it and my explanation why
I could add comments I could add those
Corrections meaning that they could
always come back to it and use the
corrections for revision let’s face it
when I was a student I never ever kept
hold of all my essays I would lose them
and then find them two years later if
you can find somebody who can correct
your work ask them to do so on a shared
document and keep it neatly in a folder
it will be your best revision resource
honestly you will thank me for it number
three this is something I have mentioned
in a previous video but it’s so old now
I think I need to mention it again
because it’s such a great tool it’s the
Oxford learner’s dictionary I am a
qualified teacher I have been teaching
for many many years and I am Telling You
this is the best dictionary I have ever
used
and when I say dictionary I mean online
dictionary so why is this dictionary so
so good well it basically ticks all of
my boxes it’s designed with learners of
English in mind and the most incredible
feature in my opinion is that every
single word has the IPA transcription
that’s the international phonetic
alphabet transcription in both British
English and American English that’s rare
there aren’t many websites that do that
as well as that for each word they also
have two audio pronunciations at the
very least sometimes they do have extra
accents like Australian or Scottish for
example another really cool feature is
that when you search for a word you can
add that word to your word list so you
can create a list of all of the words
you’ve ever had to search for and that
is such a powerful resource I really
would
bookmark this website on your computer
and use that word list to your advantage
if you use it consistently every single
word you search for add it to the word
list it’s only one click of a button
over two years you will have this huge
glossary of everything you’ve learnt you
will also hear how it’s pronounced you
will see how it’s pronounced you will
compare how it’s pronounced in different
countries
ah it’s glorious aside from all the
pronunciation features and the word list
features they also have very clear
definitions and just lots of other
information that might be useful for
learners of English its top-notch
whoever designed it deserves an award
right number four is Quizlet Quizlet is
such a powerful learning tool it has
taken off in the past few years and its
really really incredible it’s basically
a digital place to store flashcards it
also offers so much more than that but
at the very heart of it it’s a place for
you to write your own flashcards whether
it’s about English whether it’s about a
subject you’re learning at school and
then you can look back at them teachers
can also create flashcards and you can
then learn from them however now they’ve
added so many features there are games
you can play matching games you can play
spelling games where you hear the word
and you have to
write it out you can play writing games
where they give you the definition and
you have to write the word there are
loads of options and you can see
resources that other people who have
written for you and that other teachers
have written for their students try
searching IELTS try searching business
English try searching photography
English there will definitely be
something for you you should absolutely
give prison ago flashcards have been
used for years and years and decades if
not hundreds of years for language
learning so it only makes sense that we
can now do it online and through an app
and the fact that we can share our
flashcards with the world and have the
world share their flashcards with us is
just a blessing I never want to hear
anyone with a computer or a smartphone
say that they can’t learn English
because they haven’t got enough
resources everything is here for you you
just have to educate yourself number
five is the BBC sounds app this is the
BBC audio app where everything audio is
just included in one app so that’s
basically their music their radio shows
and their podcasts and when I say there
is something for everyone there is
something for absolutely everyone on
this app BBC is a British corporation so
naturally you’re going to have a
plethora of British accents at your
disposal
you know I recommend the archers that is
available through this app but there are
so many podcasts and radio shows that
will be interesting to you and will also
help you improve your listening skills
you can search by category so type in a
word that’s interesting to you or
something you want to learn about and
see if a podcast or radio episode comes
up listening to English music will also
help you definitely check out the BBC
sounds app and the last one number six
is Google Translate and you might think
what a teacher recommending Google
Translate is she mad I don’t recommend
putting all of your essays and all of
your homework into Google Translate I’m
more interested in a certain piece of
software they have it’s been available
for a couple of years now but I’m always
amazed by how few people know about it
you can use your camera on your phone to
translate things in real-time say your
traveling for example in a foreign
country and you want to read the menu
instead of having to type out everything
into Google Translate which in some
places might be impossible because it’s
a different alphabet you can just put
your camera over the menu and Google
will recognize the characters and
translate it into your language for you
now I wouldn’t say this is the best ever
tool for learning a language but it will
really really help you get by especially
in times of need and the great thing
about it is you don’t always need to use
an internet connection you can already
download the capability of translating a
specific language right that’s it for
today’s lesson I hope you enjoyed it I
hope you learnt something it was a bit
different but I really enjoyed doing it
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shall see you soon for another lesson No
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not know this but I la someone’s just
tasted me asking if I’m doing the
filming if I’ve done the filming for
this I’m doing it georgina okay right
and you can use it to stream movies
corner ok I always found it so
frustrating on what I couldn’t watch and
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anyway I don’t wanna get across with you
cuz you’re just the camera lens it’s not
you know even here right okay number two
is Google no just Google when I was
Inbetweeners which I think you look
pretty trending I was pretty tech savvy
I’ve literally just had an appetizer
that is all I’ve had today when I was I
used to make my students write their de
beber
so why is this online dictionary Oxford
learner’s dictionary I spent so long
laughing at myself that I ran out of
battery but it’s all good I always have
two batteries on the go I am in control
of my future right
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