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Image via CrunchBase The Benefits Of English Attack! For Your Learners English Attack! was created to address the problem of insufficient exposure to real English by most English language learners . It does this by providing an entertaining, immersive, autonomous and motivational online learning and practice resource which is complementary to, not in competition with, classroom and course-based lessons.  TEACHER & SCHOOL ADVANTAGES Class time is precious time, and there never seems to be enough of it. In part, that’s because too much class time is taken up by tasks designed to provide initial exposure to input, such as reading a text or viewing a video. English Attack! allows some of this time to be shifted to the time in between classes, in the learner’s own time, at home, in the library, or in the language lab. This allows classroom time to be focused on those tasks requiring interactive, in-person teacher direction or supervision, such group work and ...

FREE Photo Vocab For 4-10 March 2013                         About Photo Vocabs The human brain retains new knowledge much better if it is paired with visual imagery ; if it is contextual; and if subsequent repeat exposures to the new information can be provided so that the knowledge moves from short-term to long-term memory . That, in a nutshell, is the pedagogical foundation for Photo Vocabs: themed visual mini-glossaries that provide a dose of useful vocabulary (interpreted as not just associated words, but also expressions, acronyms, cultural references and slang) across a variety of subjects. A Photo Vocab can be about almost anything: a sport, a hobby, a city, an industry… anything that can be illustrated with photos and which uses vocabulary specific to the topic. Each Photo Vocab item, beyond having its photographic illustration, is defined; used in a sample sentence; and has an ...

FREE Video Booster Of The Week 4-10 March 2013                         About Video Boosters Video Boosters are video-based interactive English language learning units that help you reinforce your vocabulary; oral and written comprehension; grammar and usage skills in just 15 minutes. Each is based on a short (one to three-minute) authentic-language video drawn from a wide range of current sources , such as blockbuster movies; hit TV series ; chart-topping music videos ; reports from global television news channels ; documentaries; how-to videos; and lectures by opinion leaders. There then follows a sequence of five interactive exercises dedicated to comprehension, vocabulary use, listening skills, and grammar usage. Each video is preceded by a snapshot of the vocabulary which will be encountered (from six to eight items) and a summary of the video. Learners can then view t...