The Best Language-Learning Apps
Learning a new language takes a lot of time and hard work. These are the best apps (应用程序) that can help with your learning.
| Duolingo Best for Free Education Score: 4.5 Pros and cons (利与弊) ☆ Free. ☆ Wonderful new short stories for some languages. ★ Not enough materials for several languages. | Busuu Best for Vocabulary Score: 3.8 Pros and cons ☆ Very clear teaching plans. ☆ Excellent value for long-term use. ★ Small number of languages. ★ Some long and boring exercises. |
| Quizlet Best for Personalized Study Score: 4.0 Pros and cons ☆ Simple to use. ☆ Excellent for self-study. ☆ Different study modes (模式). ★ Only proper for testing some kinds of information. ★ Some spelling mistakes. | Beelinguapp Best for Reading Score: 3.5 Pros and cons ☆ Excellent for reading in foreign languages. ☆ Lots of free materials included. ☆ 12 languages. ★ Complicated (复杂的) pricing and plans. |
| A．It has 12 languages. |
| B．It’s simple to use. |
| C．It’s free. |
| D．It has clear teaching plans. |
| A．Duolingo. | B．Quizlet. | C．Busuu. | D．Beelinguapp. |
| A．Quizlet is good for self-study. |
| B．Busuu has complicated pricing. |
| C．Duolingo has some spelling mistakes. |
| D．Beelinguapp has some boring exercises. |
| A．Duolingo. | B．Quizlet. | C．Busuu. | D．Beelinguapp. |
| A．For advertising the apps to learners. |
| B．For helping learners to choose the apps. |
| C．For comparing the apps with one another. |
| D．For providing free information about the apps. |
Welcome to learn English in Los Angeles! We can offer you great summer English courses.
The courses last for four, six or eight weeks.They start at the end of July. Our teachers are well trained and have a lot of experience.They teach English classes for four hours a day.You can work in small or large groups: it depends on your personal choice. We provide books, and we set tests every week to check your progress.There are also computers for personal study.
As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the US. You can stay as a guest with an American family and take part in their daily life. You will have meals with the family and do some activities with them too. For many of our students this is the best part of the course. Many families form close friendships with the students and stay in touch with them. But if you prefer, of course, you can stay in a hotel.
There are many exciting things to do in Los Angeles. We plan activities every day after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or San Francisco, or you can go shopping.
In a word, you are certain to get the best possible experience of English learning and life in the US. But you must pay for your course at least one month before it starts. Do not wait--fill out our form and come to learn English in Los Angeles!
【小题1】The longest course probably ends in ________ .
| A．July | B．August | C．September | D．October |
| A．They are well trained. |
| B．They set tests every day. |
| C．They have a lot of experience. |
| D．They work for four hours a day. |
| A．going shopping | B．staying in a hotel |
| C．learning English | D．experiencing American family life |
| A．fill out a form | B．work in small groups |
| C．take trips to Hollywood | D．pay for your course after class |
| A．an advertisement (广告) | B．a travel guide |
| C．a language introduction | D．an entertainment (娱乐) report |
Project-based learning (项目化学习) is learning while doing. It gives learners the chance to get a deeper understanding of a topic (主题). During the learning, learners solve problems by using real-world examples and challenges. Let’s take the example of Sandra. Sandra is a 15-year-old student. She wanted to know more about Chinese ancient stories. Well, how did she make it?
| Step 1 Choose a topic She chose Chinese ancient story characters as the topic because she was interested in the characters and their stones. | Step 2 Do the research She had to learn about that topic and do some research on it. To collect information, she read many books about Chinese ancient stones. |
| Step 3 ▲ She created a project based on (基于) her talents and skills. She loves to build with Legos (乐高), so she decided to build lego creations based on Chinese ancient story characters. She’s also good at art, so she created a book about her favorite characters. In her book, she drew pictures of them and wrote the stories in her own words. | Step 4 Do the presentation(展示) After all of that work she made a living room presentation for Mom and Dad and shared the two products that she had created. Then she shared her project online with friends, and even shared her project on social media. |
Not everyone is a great test taker, but everyone is good at something. Through project work, students can not only learn deeply about a topic, but a so have fun learning. So if you’re interested in something, why not start with project-based learning?
【小题1】What can the project-based learning help the learners?| A．Improve learning speed. | B．Make a topic easier. |
| C．Understand a topic deeply. | D．Develop the spirit of teamwork. |
| A．By asking her parents. | B．By reading many books. |
| C．By look through the social media. | D．By interviewing some students. |
| A．Build a Lego | B．Draw a picture | C．Write a story | D．Create a project |
| A．Introduce a learning method. |
| B．Explain the ways to choose topics. |
| C．Describe the importance of studying. |
| D．Give information about Chinese ancient stories. |
It is very important for us students to learn to use dictionaries.
| proud adjective/praʊd/ 1. You’ll feel proud of things you have done, or things you own, if you are pleased with them: Peter was proud of himself for winning the race. Sarah felt very proud of her new watch. 2. Your parents or teachers are proud of you when you do well: Michael came top of the class and his parents were very proud of him. The cat seems proud of her six lively kittens. 3. A proud person thinks he is better or cleverer or more important than other people: The ugly sisters were too proud to treat Cinderella as a sister. See also pride. |
| voice noun/vɔɪs/ 1. Your voice is the sound you make when you speak or sing: Speak in a loud clear voice so that everybody can hear you. I didn’t recognize Andrew’s voice on the telephone. We could hear angry voice coming from next door. Lucy has a nice singing voice. 2. Lose your voice: You lose your voice when you have such a bad cold that you can’t speak. |
| encourage verb/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/ encouraged, encouraging, has encouraged 1. You encourage someone when you keep telling them that you know they can succeed: My parents have always encouraged me in my music. 2. You encourage someone to do something when you tell them that they should do it: Our teacher encourages us to ask questions. Antonym (反义词) discourage: Our parents discourage us from playing computer games all the time. |
【小题1】If you try to find a word similar to “proud”, you can look up the word “__________”.
| A．pleasure | B．pride | C．person | D．price |
| A．An English-English dictionary. | B．A Chinese-English dictionary. |
| C．An English-Chinese dictionary. | D．A Chinese-Chinese dictionary. |
| A．feel proud of yourself | B．lose your voice |
| C．encourage your parents | D．do well |
| A．proud | B．voice | C．discourage | D．speak |
| A．adjective | B．noun | C．verb | D．adverb |
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