YouGlish is an excellent website that will advise you how to pronounce tricky words in English. Type in a word, select a variety of English (American, British, Australian or mixed samples (All)) and click on the red search button. You will then see and hear different people pronouncing your keyword.
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Some useful vocabulary sources
One crucial thing in mastering a foreign language is to have a broad set of vocabulary. Some words and phrases are used in daily conversation and there is basically no time to look them up from a dictionary. There are plenty of websites where lists of this sort have been compiled. You can google "most frequent words English" to get an idea of the scope of lists created so far.
Omniglot.com
Some typical phrases used in daily conversations can be found e.g. via the list on Omniglot.com. The direct link to the list displaying English - Finnish conversational phrases (both very frequently used and to some extent very rare) can be accessed by clicking this link: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/finnish.php
You can test how many of these you know already and also read about the origins of the curious sentence "My hovercraft is full of eels."
Quizlet.com
When it comes to creating your own lists of English words, Quizlet is a worthy option. When creating a list, the user needs to use a reliable dictionary or course book to create the list. You should remember to use the copy and paste functions if you are using an online text source. A simple example video of how to create a Quizlet list can be watched from this YouTube link:
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Ice hockey English with a Finnish twang?
Three players from the U20 Finnish ice hockey team interviewed by an IIHF representative. See and hear for yourself how these Finns reply to questions in English!
Hotkeys for Google Spreadsheets
When devising lists in Google Spreadsheets, you might want to consult this list of hotkeys (just click the picture). Both PC and Mac users should be pleased with the lists.
An American English teacher writing a blog about Finnish education
While preparing a lesson for a group of students who are going to start their high school next autumn, I googled "suomalaiset tavat" and happened to find a blog written by Tim Walker. Refreshing viewpoints.
FUSE
Planning on taking course ENA8? Surf to www.fusecorpus.eu/explore and listen and read how other student pairs have performed in the final exam (suullisen kielitaidon koe) of the best English course offered in Finnish high schools.
Did you spend your savings interrailing?
If you spent all your savings living the blissful life of a backpacker, do not despair. You can explore a number of sights freely via Youvisit.com. They have a huge amount of places for you to visit virtually. Fancy walking around Central Park in New York? Click below.
Who tracks new words?
One answer to the question presented in the title above is Word Spy. I happened to find this interesting and well-built site via Krista Kindt-Sarojärvi's links. So, if you want to keep your English vocabulary up-to-date and impress your friends, family and teachers, click on the image below!
Kotikansainvälisyys
Mitä on kotikansainvälisyys? Perustietoa ja nettilinkkejä aiheesta Opetushallituksen ja CIMO:n julkaisussa (PDF), jonka saat auki alla olevasta kuvalinkistä.
Words and context go hand in hand...
Collocate clouds provide language explorers countless hours of joy. Try the SCOTS corpus collocate cloud with your favourite English word.
Here is a cloud generated with the word builder.
Here is a cloud generated with the word builder.
Summarizing
Summarizing a text. A significant modern skill. Read more about it. A useful article from the MIT Handbook for Students. Over and out.
https://integrity.mit.edu/handbook/academic-writing/summarizing
https://integrity.mit.edu/handbook/academic-writing/summarizing
"Did you know, for example, that around 90%..."
"The Bank of English™ forms part of the Collins Corpus. It contains 650
million words from a carefully chosen selection of sources, to give a
balanced and accurate reflection of English as it is used everyday" [...]
"Did you know, for example, that around 90% of English speech and writing is made up of approximately 3,500 words? Corpus tells us which these words are, and helps us ensure that when you use a cobuild dictionary, you can be sure that you are learning the words you really need to know."
Source: http://mycobuild.com/about-collins-corpus.aspx
"Did you know, for example, that around 90% of English speech and writing is made up of approximately 3,500 words? Corpus tells us which these words are, and helps us ensure that when you use a cobuild dictionary, you can be sure that you are learning the words you really need to know."
Source: http://mycobuild.com/about-collins-corpus.aspx
Digabi: Project schedule
According to the current Digabi project schedule, the new format of the Finnish Matriculation Exam in English will be taken into use in spring 2008. The picture below is from the project website.
Source: https://digabi.fi/digabi/projektin-aikataulu/
Source: https://digabi.fi/digabi/projektin-aikataulu/
Anybody and anyone
After reading a sentence written by a student, I needed to refresh my memory regarding the indefinite pronouns anybody and anyone.
First, I reached for a frequently used book in my bookshelf: the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English by Biber et al. The conclusion I made, based on information found on pages 351-353, was that the two indefinite pronouns mentioned above differ the most in terms of usage frequency. In English: anybody is used more frequently in AmE than BrE and it is considered to be more informal than anyone.
This finding was corroborated via Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/anyone-anybody-or-anything
First, I reached for a frequently used book in my bookshelf: the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English by Biber et al. The conclusion I made, based on information found on pages 351-353, was that the two indefinite pronouns mentioned above differ the most in terms of usage frequency. In English: anybody is used more frequently in AmE than BrE and it is considered to be more informal than anyone.
This finding was corroborated via Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/anyone-anybody-or-anything
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