Useful websites for language teaching (Listening)

1. BBC

 

 

 BBC stands for 'Brithish Broadcasting Corporation'. It's website provides many elements for English learning, especially for listening skill.

 In the website, There are many categories learners can choose to learn English. Various levels are provided, so learners can choose a right course for them based on their English skill.

 

 As you can see, the website provides audio files and scripts. It also show lists of hard vocabularies so that listeners can focus on the audio file easily.

 The website also provide many videos for learning English.

 Quizzes llike this is provided with work sheet. Learners can evaluate themselves with this work sheet.

 It has pretty everything which English educating website should have. The only problem is that the speakers are all British, but I think that it doesn't really matter since we also need to learn British English to be fluent.

 This website can be a good teaching method because it gets updated once a week. I would direct my students to look for updated materials every week and I'll test them.

(one of the videos from BBC Learning English)

2. TED

 TED stands for 'Technology, Entertainment, and Design.' The website provides hundreds of videos for learning English.

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

This is one of the most viewed video file. It you click 'Interactive transcript', it will show you the script of the video. It also provides you Korean script!

 It doesn't provide any quizzes though. However, the videos are really qulified, so showing these to students and making quizzes by myself would be a great way to teach children.

3. TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests - YBM Sisa

 The last website is TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests - YBM Sisa. This website provides many lectures and working sheets for English learners. Since this website is made for educating purpose, it's teaching method is quite well-built. Moreover, Korean students need to get good a good score of TOEIC so it would be the best way for them to study English with TOEIC teaching program.

 The educating system is all in it, so I would just need to check students' works.

http://exam.ybmsisa.com/

MUNOS

 As I mentioned before, getting a position in UN is my final foal. Therefore, I would need to learn many things about works in UN. One of the most effective method I can use is to participate for  MUNOS, Model United Nation of Seoul.

Model United Nations of Seoul Summit is a…

-Three-day simulation of the United Nations for university and graduate students, conducted entirely in English.
-Student-led conference marking its seventh anniversary as of 2012.*
-Partner conference with The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN), world-renowned NGO in the Roster Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
*Unlike other MUNs, MUNOS Summit is not affiliated with any university and is a completely independent student organization.

You should participate so that you may…

-Have a taste of what it’s like to work as a diplomat in the United Nations.
-Obtain extensive knowledge surrounding the most pressing international issues of our time.
-Practice English public speaking and debating in the presence of over a hundred delegates from across Korea and foreign countries.
-Receive insight and guidance through speeches from distinguished guest speakers from the Seoul diplomatic scene.
-Polish up your grasp of international debate tournaments and other MUN conferences

UN

 Passing JPO test is actually for my ultimate goal - getting a position in UN.
The United Nations (abbreviated UN in English, and ONU in French and Spanish), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.
There are 193 member states, including every internationally recognised sovereign state in the world but Vatican City. From its offices around the world, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization has six principal organs: the General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly); the Security Council (for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security); the Economic and Social Council (for assisting in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development); the Secretariat (for providing studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN); the International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ); and the United Nations Trusteeship Council (which is currently inactive). Other prominent UN System agencies include the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The UN's most prominent position is Secretary-General which has been held by Ban Ki-moon of South Korea since 2007.

http://www.un.org/

Difference between British and English accent

 In the video, the British guy pronouce 't' strongly, which not like American would pronounce it.
 The regional accents of English speakers show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This article provides an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation, usually deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect, of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers.

JPO

JPO stands for 'Junior Professional Officer'. JPO test is a test which collect people for international organization. Passing the test is one of my final goal.

http://prezi.com/f9xqxipanfj2/present/?auth_key=3uc88w4&follow=emll08m0pkcz

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TEPS

Since my final goal is to pass JPO test, I would have to study TEPS first. 
 The 'Test of English Proficiency developed by Seoul National University' or 'TEPS' is an English proficiency test created by the Language Education Institute to evaluate Korean test takers' English language skills. TEPS has been administered nationwide since January 1999. TEPS consists of 200 questions which are divided into four sections: Listening (60 questions), Grammar (50 questions), Vocabulary (50 questions) and Reading (40 questions). TEPS is designed to test applicants' communicative English skills and to minimize test-taker reliance on certain strategies such as rote memorization. A study of the test indicated that it is valid and fair.
This test may be reliable, but the multiple choice nature of the test may raise test validity concerns. While TEPS is taken by thousands of Koreans each year, the scores are not recognized by many organizations outside of Korea as an indicator of English proficiency.
 It's similar with TOEIC, so I'm expecting to get a fine score by studying TOEIC.