2012年4月7日星期六

各適其適學習英語。Englishtown EfektaTM 真英語教學法


學海無涯,冰在工餘時間也希望進修英語,精益求精。坊間有很多進修英語的渠道,近日冰嘗試用Englishtown的iLAB多媒體互動教室及Life Club英語大本營,很想和大家分享。

Englishtown 簡介:

Englishtown採用Efekta真英語教學法™,擺脫傳統書本教學,讓你同時學到英語知識和文化。學員透過學習、 嘗試、實踐三個步驟,結合面對面課堂、網上互動學習及英語課外活動,加強語言能力,又接觸到不同文化。活學「真」英語,自然能融入世界。


真英語=知識+文化!


以下過程能讓你活學真英語,更可體驗英語背後的文化意義。
程度評估(進行測試)>學習(多媒體互動教室)>嘗試(面對面課堂)>實踐(Life Club社交活動)>認證(獲發證書)




在上述過程中,冰體驗了學前英語程度測驗iLAB多媒體互動教室Life Club 英語大本營

學前英語程度測驗是活學真英語第一步,讓學員針對自己的需要來集中提高英語水平。通過免費的程度評估,課程顧問會提供學習建議。有的放矢,事半功倍。

測驗分三部份:文法、聽力及閱讀。


開始測驗前,網站提供清晰說明。


首先進行的是文法測試。


看過例題後,需回答十條問題,都是多項選擇題。

然後進行聽力測試,請確保喇叭已開。


最後是閱讀測試。

測試結果顯示,冰最需要改善的是聽力。對,從來冰的聆聽理解能力也是很弱的喲......


iLAB多媒體互動教室讓學員留在家中足不出戶、任何時間也可以透過Englishtown學習英文噢!所需器材,就是一台可以上網的電腦 (需具備Internet Explorer,其他瀏覽器不能開啟Englishtown網站)、喇叭及咪高峰。

網站以不同主題作課題單元,一個課題單元具備聽、說、讀、寫及文法元素,讓學員全面提昇英語水平。


看過電影短片後,需回答問題以作評估。


網站亦附設一些協助學習的小工具,其中兩樣冰覺得很有用的,是Flash卡片和翻譯員。

「Flash卡片」可加強學員認識英語詞彙。

每張 「Flash卡片」 均備有解釋及發音,學過的卡可drag到「已學過」的位置,未學過的就drag到下邊吧,方便打理。


若果做練習時,遇上不明白的字,只需啟動「翻譯員」的功能......

......就會有一個popup彈出來,為學員解釋生字,不用再查找字典了!


寫作和說話是語言輸出的途徑,單靠電腦系統難以作出評估。Englishtown很貼心的提供網上會話課及寫作課,以便學員隨時學習。

先介紹網上會話課。這是實時與老師及同學對話的課堂,每小時一節,每二十四小時轉換話題。今次,冰準備上的課題叫 Dealing with a disaster。

上課前,請先進行技術測試。沒下圖左邊的headphone連mic也不打緊,冰用兩隻headphones,一隻用作mic,一隻用來聽就好了。

等到00分,課堂開始,在橙色s位置click一click,就能進入課堂。

課堂內有一些操作是必須用到的,例如 「raise hand」回答老師提問。

不是自己發言的輪次,冰會mute my mic,以免背景聲量影響其他人。

這個課堂的老師來自南非,六位學員中,兩位來自日本,三位分別來自中國、意大利及俄羅斯,還有香港代表的冰。聯合國式的課堂,使學員可聆聽不同國家的人的口音,機會實在難得。

課堂配備投影片介紹,如有查詢,或想其他人閒聊,可使用左下角的chat box。冰不太肯定自己的咪高峰是否OK,利用chat box詢問眾人,幸好everything is OK。

除了會話部分,老師亦會教授生字。

同學亦需回答老師提問。

此外,課堂還提供學員之間討論的機會,是很寶貴的經驗哩 。

完成會話課後,還會收到老師評分及評語呢!評分是很喜出望外的95% !評語非常詳細:
Thank you Bing for your big effort in class today, you did such a good job answering the questions and giving your opinions, and it is really hard to find mistakes in your speech when you talk, wow you are an You have an excellent choice of English words when you are talking, because I noticed you use words that not most foreign English speakers can say or understand so that is a plus on your grading. You have wonderful vocabulary and that makes it easy for the person you are talking to or answering to understand what you are communicating to them. You seem to be more experienced in this topic than the other stundent, clearly because you had more to say and more to give to the lesson today and that is a great contribution to the class and a big boost for yourself. You are also a very good fluent speaker. You don’t take long to say what you want to say and you know exactly what you are saying so you have no reason to get stuck and that is a special skill to have as a foreign English speaker You pronunciation is great, which makes the sound of whatever word or words you are saying sound correct to the person you are talking to. excellent student. :-) weldone.




網上寫作課方面,不需等待,任何時間,只需登入Englishtown網站,在左邊的菜單click「寫作」:


就可以按題目寫作了!

冰在三月下旬所寫的劣作如下:
The open polling organised by HKU is attacked by hackers today, claimed the director of this polling, Dr. Robert Chung. The open polling started at midnight today, supposed to finish at 8 pm but due to hackers' attack, the polling is extended for one more day until tomorrow. The polling site has been down since today morning. The officers of the polling station had to take immediate actions in response to such an attack by using paper polling forms. There is a long queue outside the polling station in PolyU. People want to express their opinion by casting their votes, though it is sad to say most of them are not eligible to do so this Sunday, when the actual polling is held.

不足四十八小時,冰已收到老師回覆的電郵,評分為89%,批改後並附以評語:


Your writing with Corrections
The open polling organised by HKU is attacked by hackers today, claimed the director of this polling, Dr. Robert Chung. The open polling started at midnight today, (MW)(>>it was )supposed to finish at 8 pm but due to(AR)(>> the ) hackers' attack, the polling is extended for one more day until tomorrow. The polling site has been down since today (WC)(>>this )morning. The officers of the polling station had to take immediate actions (WC)(>>action )in response to such an attack by using paper polling forms. There is a long queue outside the polling station in PolyU. People want to express their opinion by casting their votes, though it is sad to say most of them are not eligible (WC)(>>able )to do so this Sunday, when the actual polling is held.



Overall Teacher Comments
Dear Student,

I enjoyed reading your writing the polling and the hackers troubling. It was very clear and precise. You have made a good effort at putting your thoughts down.

Please review the following:

Review corrections highlighted as (MW) to check places where you have missed out connectors in sentences, e.g. today, (MW)(>>it was )supposed 

Article: The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular: due to(AR)(>> the ) hackers' 

Choose the correct words, e.g., it is accurate to write - not eligible (WC)(>>able )to 

You have a good command over the language and the flow and focus on the topic is good. Review the other edits too. Read English material; newspapers, books, sign boards, notices etc to gain fluency, memorize the spellings and phrases and check them up later. It is also helpful to listen to pod casts and make use of the language lab a t Englishtown. Happy learning!


這種隨時隨地學習英語,並可按個別情況而作評語的服務,實在很貼心!只要持之以恆,定時登入系統,假以時日,英語水平定必能被提昇。


Life Club 英語大本營讓學員透過生活體驗,在真實環境使用英語,也可迎合喜歡外出跟其他人互動學習的學員。今次,冰參與的是cocktail workshop,地點是尖沙咀的香港調酒學校。學員和Englishtown導師圍圈而坐,細心聆聽調酒導師Kit的講解──當然是英文的噢!


每次Kit示範後,均會請學員實習,讓學員感受一下調酒過程。以下是Kit曾作示範的cocktail:

冰也嘗試弄一杯After Five。這三層酒分別是Kahlua、Peppermint Green及Bailey's Irish Cream。濃濃的Bailey's令這個shot很香滑,也很易入口。


最後,Kit為學員示範Flaming Lamborghini。看著火在燒,老師們及全班學員也很興奮!

關燈後,效果更美!

Englishtown的導師不單很健談(這才可以有更多機會聽、講英文吧),而且很幽默有趣,令整體氣氛加倍輕鬆。


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