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Over my years of teaching ELLs, English Central was consistently the online tool that students liked the most.

The problem was that it’s pretty expensive, and I didn’t always feel like I could afford it (because, of course, it had to come out of my pocket).

I have always kept my eye open for l0wer-cost or free sites that have similar features where, among other things, users watch and listen to to snippets of videos, users repeat them, and then AI evaluates the user’s pronunciation.

Late last year, I finally found one called ShadowingGo but, I kid you not, it closed down for maintenance the very day I blogged about it and hasn’t reopened since.

I just learned about another tool that might have potential.  It’s an app called LingoLingo.

You have to pay if you want to use it without ads, but it’s free if you are willing to deal with the ads.  However, I don’t think it has the ability to create virtual classrooms.

Nevertheless, I’m adding it to:

THE BEST SITES FOR ONLINE PRONUNCIATION FEEDBACK – DO YOU KNOW OTHERS?

The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting English Language Learners

     

This infographic from Visual Capitalist would certainly be an interesting one to use in class, with students researching each one and deciding their own rankings.

     

How to Stop Hemorrhaging Teachers is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Even as some teachers seek other careers, school leaders can stem the flow.

Here are some excerpts:

     

There’s a new addition to the long list of research finding that learning another language helps your brain.

Want a younger brain? Learn another language is an article about the research, and the study itself is here.

The research is behind a paywall, but there are easy ways around it (see The Best Tools For Academic Research).

I’m adding this info to The Best Resources For Learning The Advantages To Being Bilingual.

     

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Presidents’ Day celebrates the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln (though there is some confusion about the day itself).

You might be interested in The Best Resources About Presidents’ Day