Independent Learning.

1.Date: 8 Apr 14

2.Work done and resources used: Elllo 

http://www.elllo.org/video/1101/V1127-Generous.htm 

3.Activity type:Listening   

4.Location and Partner(s): Home,no partners  

5 .Time spent from -to:  9.00 p.m-11.00 p.m.

6.Evaluation: Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:From my point of view, it is very interesting.The speakers are representatives of different countries and nationalities.They have there own accent and also people speak about interesting topics and they share their own experience.It will be usefull when we go abroad.After listening you have test quiz,you answer the questions about the auditioned material.The number of questions depends on how long the recording continues. Usually it is 3 or 4 guestions with the variety od answers. It helps you improve your listening skills and memorise main points.

Disadvantages: Most of the speakers are students.And sometimes they talk about useless things.Also the quality of some video recordings are low and you are not able to hear what exactly speaker says.

1.Date:9 Apr 14

2.Work done and resources used: English central

 http://www.englishcentral.com/video/21709/how-to-greet-someone

3.Activity type: Listening,Vocabulary,Speaking   

4.Location and Partner(s):Home,no partners    

5 .Time spent from -to:  7.00 p.m.-8.15p.m.

6.Evaluation: Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages: I really enjoy this site.Firstly, I watched video ,then I had to type the missing words.It sharpens hearing and attention.During the speech of people you can click the words you do not know.After listening and typing missing words you are able to speak to microphone about the topic.And I think after hearing correct spelling you try to speak correctly and repeat after the speakers.That is very effective, beacause after this the contingency that you would speak incorrectly is very low.After speaking you have quiz vocabulary.It is my favourite part.Due to this quiz I have learnt many words and it was very easy.You can click at any word you do not know and the meaning of the word and example with using this word appear.

Disadvantages: To my mind the number of the words in quiz is not enough.It should be much more.Because it was to esy to me to learn only 4 or 5 words after each conversations..Also the choice of levels are insufficient,I think after the level "Intermediate" they should create the level "Upper-intermediate".Many people knows english better than level  "Intermediate" but worse than level "Advanced".

1.Date: 7 Apr 14

2.Work done and resources used: Papper rater 

http://paperrater.com/ticket/6e7c43391bcf3f3-774495

3.Activity type: Writing   

4.Location and Partner(s): Home,no partners 

5 .Time spent from -to:3.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m. 

6.Evaluation: Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages: It is a big discovery for me.I need this type of site for months.Fistly I wrote an essay and then I pasted it in this site.They checked my spelling:the words that were written incorrectly were underlined in red.And you have a choice to ignor replace or to choose the suggested changes.After this you analyze and realize you mistakes.Then the checked my grammar and there were many grammar suggestions about commas.The best thing I liked about this site is that they check you word choice!It is really useful for me.Due to this my vocabulary will increase.There were also information about style and evaluation of my vocabulary words,which is important too.After all this I had my grade.I am content with this evaluation.

Disadvantages:There is one big disadvantage:it is just computer and sometimes it does not understand what you mean.

1.Date:11 Apr 14

2.Work done and resources used: Lyrics training

http://lyricstraining.com/play/john_lennon/stand_by_me/HzhbW8nmYz

3.Activity type: Listening. 

4.Location and Partner(s): Home,no partners 

5 .Time spent from -to:9.00 p.m.-11.00 p.m.

6.Evaluation: Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages: This site is not only for improving your listening skills ,to my mind , it is also for soul and mood.I am sure that I will use this site very often. Firstly,I chose my favourite song and them I chose my level.I listened to the song and if there were missing words I tried type them quickly if I did not catch the song stops  and I had some attempts to type another words.If I do not guess I am able to listen again.Due to this experience I have learnt by heart my favourite songs and I knew the spelling and pronunciation of many new words.As for me the best thing of this site is that after guessing all words I can sing karaoke and enjoy the video.I am very excited.

Disadvantages:Sometimes the song is to quick and you do not catch.You start to panic.

                                                                Independent learning log

Date: 11.04.2014
Work done and recources used: English Center http://www.englishcentral.com/myenglish
Location and partners: Home, no partners
Time spent from-to: 22:00 - 22:30
Process of learning:  I really liked it. I learnt some interesting information.

There were a great number of video shoots. I chose one of them and passed 4 steps there.

The first step was just to watch this video. There were subtitles and while I was watching the video, I could stop it and click the word that I didn't know. And when I clicked it, there were all information about this word ( transcription, meaning, example, pronunciation). 

After watching, the next step was to learn the words. So this video played again, in that time the places of words were missed, that I saw on the first step. I typed these words and started to remember them. 

The third step was to speak the video. Using microfon, I pronounced every word that I learnt in the previous step.
And in the end, I passed small quiz vocabulary, where I could check how many words I remembered.
Cons: One can say when I passed  the second and third steps, it was a bit difficult to remember words at once. It seems to me that if I didn't write words correctly, it would be better to repeat these words for the second round or more. And so I could remember them quickly. But it depends on person.
Pros: To my mind, generally it helps you to improve your speaking(spelling), listening skills and it enables you to expand your vocabulary. Also you can compare your speech with the speech of native speaker and correct your pronunciation if it is necessary.
Accordingly, I recommend you this recource and  if you use this site permanently, you definitly improve and  practise your English. It is better and more interesting than to learn words from the dictionary and without practising to forget them sooner.