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📘 NotebookLM: A great tool to help you read literature easily!

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 🧰 What is NotebookLM? NotebookLM is an artificial intelligence tool from Google that allows users to upload study materials, such as articles, notes or PDFs, and then ask questions about the content. Google recently launched a new feature called Discover sources for its AI note-taking app NotebookLM. This feature utilizes Gemini technology to automatically search the web for resources, greatly improving the efficiency of users in data collection. 1. Log in to the website, use gmail or other email to log in. 2.Click "Try Notebook LM" to enter the interface of Notebook LM  3.Create a new notebook: you can name the notebook in the upper left corner of the page, click "+souce" to add books. Click “+souce” to add books. Upload the books you need to read, you can upload more than one book at a time. 4. After uploading successfully, notebook LM will give a short summary of several books, you can ask questions directly, or you can choose the books you need to ask question...

📱 A Mobile Apps for English Vocabulary Learning—— MoMo Vocabulary (墨墨背单词)

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📱Introduction Nowadays, people are increasingly dependent on their cell phones and have more and more fragmented time. As a result, MoMo Vocabulary has been increasingly used as a mobile app. MoMo Vocabulary is a vocabulary learning app designed for efficient memorization and recall. Let's explore its role in English learning and how learners can maximize its use! 🚀 🛠️ How to Use MoMo Vocabulary for Effective Learning? 1) Log in to your account and set personalized learning goals, such as the number of new words to learn each day and the number of words to review each day. 2) Choose your learning goal (e.g., CET, IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, General English). When you recall the meaning of a word and tap on the screen, the following screen will appear. In addition to the basic word meaning and example sentences, there are three buttons: 1. Recognize (green button) - This option indicates that the user has recognized and memorized the word. When clicked, MoMo  Vocabulary  will ...

🚀 H5P for TESOL: a powerful interactive tool

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🎯 What is H5P? H5P is an open source tool that enables educators to create interactive, media-rich learning activities. It's worth noting that H5P requires no coding to use! Additionally, it is compatible with Moodle, Canvas, WordPress and other LMS platforms. Thus, students can use H5P to enhance speaking and pronunciation practice. 🛠️ Step-by-step guide: how to use H5P for speaking activities? 🔹 : Visit H5P Option 1: First the familiar step, go to H5P.org and create an account. Option 2: If your organization supports it, use H5P in Moodle, WordPress, or Canvas. ✨:After logging into the H5P platform , you will first enter the content creation interface . In this interface, you will see a list of various content types . At the top of the interface, there are sorting options such as: “Popular First” (most popular) “Newest First” (newest) “A to Z” (alphabetical order) These sorting methods help you quickly find the type of content you need! 🎯 Common Content Types I...

🌟 Speechling: a great tool to improve your English speaking fluency 🌟

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🌍 Introduction Speaking is an important skill in language learning. Fluency in speaking depends not only on vocabulary and grammar, but also on confidence. So how can we improve our speaking skills? Speechling is an innovative language learning tool that improves speaking fluency through real-time pronunciation feedback, shadowing exercises and expert coaching. Let's explore this language learning tool in depth next! 🛠️ How to use Speechling?  ✅ Step 1: Sign up & choose a language 🌍 👉 Visit https://speechling.com to create an account and choose your target language (English, Spanish, French, etc.). ✅   Choosing different learning modules for learners🎭:  Speechling Foundations  Speechling Core Curriculum  Speechling Conversations™  Speechling Phrasebook  IELTS + TOEFL + TELC  ✅ Step 3: Submit Voice & Get Feedback 🎤 📤 After recording your voice, a live tutor will provide specific pronunciation improvement suggestions and even mark pro...

🚀 Notion Experience Sharing: Making Collaboration More Efficient, or More Complex?

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 ✦ Idea: a dynamic collaborative writing center✨ Have you ever wondered how digital workspaces can revolutionize team projects? This week, our class explored Notion as our go-to collaboration tool, and the experience was both enlightening and inspiring! ★Getting Started with Notion★ Notion is an all-in-one workspace that allows you to seamlessly create, share, and collaborate. Here's the process for using it: 1. Enter the Notion (https://www.notion.com) 2. Register an account. You can select a language on this page 3. Choose the type of account usage. ★The functionality of NOTION★ Create pages and sections: in addition to the main workspace, sub-pages are created for different parts of the project: brainstorming, drafting, editing and fact-checking. Add blocks: Notion allows you to add blocks of text, images, tables, and even embedded content. Each team member can add their ideas directly to the relevant section. Collaborate in real-time: With real-time editing, everyone sees upda...
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Introduction Learning a new language can be challenging, but what if you could learn through music? LyricsTraining is an interactive platform (https://lyricstraining.com/) that allows learners to learn a language by filling in the missing lyrics of popular songs or singing along. This method makes learning fun, engaging and immersive. In this post, we will explore the benefits of using LyricsTraining for language learning, as well as some of its limitations. 🎮 Selecting a Game Mode LyricsTraining offers different difficulty levels to cater to learners of all stages: Beginner – Fill in 10% of the words in the song. Intermediate – Fill in 25% of the words. Advanced – Fill in 50% of the words. Expert – Fill in all the words (100%) – A true challenge! This gradual difficulty scaling allows learners to start at a comfortable level and progressively improve their listening and vocabulary skills. The Expert mode is particularly beneficial for those looking to challenge themselves with ...

How to use Kahoot in teaching

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  1. What is Kahoot Kahoot is a great gamified interactive platform that can be used to do some real-time testing/surveys. There are web and app versions, both of which are free to use. Kahoot's testing feature is perfect for classroom teaching, motivating students and keeping track of their learning at the same time by setting up gamified competitions to answer questions and score points. 2. How to use Kahoot Step 1: Go to https://creat.kahoot.it.  2. Click Sign Up (or Log In if you already have an account).  3. Choose the Teacher option and select your institution type (School, University, etc.). Step 2 : Creating a Kahoot Quiz  1. Click Create at the top.  2. Select a Quiz (there are more than ten kinds of fun quizzes).  3. Add Questions:  • Type your question in the box.  • Provide 4 answer choices (one must be correct).  • Set a time limit (5s–120s) depending on the question difficulty.  • Add images, videos, or audio for enhanced e...