EAL/ESL Review

English is known as the hardest language if you are not of English-speaking origin with many complex grammar rules and spellings. So prepare to learn the 3rd most widely spoken language in the world with a selection of useful and helpful websites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/-Definitive and essential guide from BBC World Service.
http://www.rong-chang.com/  - Created by a Chinese doctorate Ron-Chang Lee with a PHD in English Language, very useful.
http://a4esl.org - has bilingual translations of languages from across the globe, useful for any ESL student for any country.
Enjoy! Apprécier! Tanoshimu! Disfrutar! Xiǎngshòu! Jeulgyeo! سے لطف اندوز! 

Recommended sites for Maths, Science, MFL and Geography

Sorry for my recent lack of posts but here I hope get back up to date. ;)

Maths

Pearson active learn is a great resource for students to use outside of school. It means that students can access their textbooks, to get help with homework or to work on things they are struggling with. It is also useful for stretching yourself and having a go for those A* questions you didn't have time for.
It currently only has GCSE textbooks on there, so is very useful for years 10/11 but less so for younger years; although if you think you are ready for it go ahead!

www.pearsonactivelearn.com

Science

If you are interested in science or technology pick up a copy of focus magazine (available in the library). It features lots of interesting articles and is great if you want to know more. This month is about memory; how big is our brain's capacity?, Will our brain become full?, Can we implant false memories?

MFL

wordreference.com is a great website for translating between many languages, it provides an online dictionary so unlike Google translate it will show you all of the translations of a word and associated phrases, this means you will get a more natural and more correct translation. Hopefully you will find it useful!

Geography

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a great website to track natural disasters, earthquakes or other world events. It is great for extending your background knowledge and it may surprise you how many earthquakes are happening around the world every day, some even under your feet!

French Help!

MFL week!
It is a French game, where it lets you play as well as learning how to speak French...

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm

Including Fruit and Veg
Coulors
Animals
Clothing
Verbs
Time
Food
Days and months
Numbers and many more.

The game are all interactive which help learning much easier and fun!
Even if this app is good for mostly KS3 it can always be a way to remind you when you have to look over them again as you have forgotten.

-Heidi

Modern Foreign Language Websites!

Salut, bonjour! Hallo, guten tag! Hola! Konichiwa! I love Modern Foreign Languages and here are some websites to use to revise or to practice or to learn!

Pronounciation websites:

http://voki.com/

http://www.pronouncehow.com/

Here is a learning/practicing/revising website:

You may have to pay for subscription, or you could get your school to use this: http://www.linguascope.com/

Here are some translating websites, but they are not always correct so try not to use them a lot:

http://translate.google.com/

http://www.babylon.com/

Have fun learning/revising/practicing Modern Foreign Languages!

Learn Japanese! 日本を学ぶ！

Konnichiwa! For my MFL blog post, I'll reviewing websites which help you learn my favourite language JAPANESE! First up is anime-manga.jp. Which helps learn basic phrases using anime and manga style characters with a interactive manga comic and audio to learn pronunciation of words.

Next up is http://www.erin.ne.jp which also uses child-friendly cartoony characters although includes more detailed lessons with real-life Japanese people videos, suited more for beginners.

 Finally is http://marugotoweb.jp, my favourite of the three websites which also uses cartoony characters and real-life Japanese people videos similar to Erin's Challenge-I speak Japanese! website although is more intricate than the others creating you from a unknown to a fluent. With a wide variety of topics ranging from Basics to Food to Holidays.

The only disappointment of the sites is the requirement of Adobe Flash Player making them non-mobile/tablet friendly in this modern age of technology.