Making mistakes when using grammar is common. Let’s face it. Even native speakers could not avoid themselves for doing such mistakes. Why is grammar important when acquiring English? Well it is the most basic part that one must master in order to be able to speak and write better in this so called International language. Failing to do so will result to his or her incompetency in mastering this language and it will eventually affects their self-confidence among other English users. For those of you who look at grammar in learning English as something that gives headache, worry no more as sometimes people make mistakes when it comes to the usage of grammar whether in their written or spoken language. Moreover, I have a wonderful tool that can help you to overcome this problem. The tool is called English Cafe. This is the link to English Café. www.englishcafe.com. So to those who have problems in Grammar in English. You should keep on reading this post. =)
How can English Cafe help students who are weak in Grammar?
Firstly, English Café has English Library for its users. English Library gives users the opportunity to learn grammar as it has many topics related to grammar that are posted by users everywhere. For example, If a student would like to learn on nouns, he or she just need to type the word “nouns” in the search section and the results will appear in many forms. Such forms include lesson, blog, chatting area, quizzes and etc. This feature is really effective as it is free as well as it gives users to learn about grammar in just nick of time.
Secondly, English Cafe also provides a section called “Connect” where as in this section, users get the opportunity to improve not just writing but also their speaking skills especially the grammar part. This is simply because users in English Café come from various background in English learning as well as different levels of mastery. The good part is that those people in this section always help each other as they help each other mistakes in using the grammar. Besides that, what makes this section great is the fact that it also allow users to share and talk about other things instead of just grammar and others that are related to English learning only. For example, they could share about their cultures, customs, etc.
Lastly, if you still think that the two points above are not good enough to help you in learning grammar in English. You can always go for other alternative. By this I mean the “Learn” section. What is this “Learn” section? “Learn” section is a place where users can find English teachers and book them. Besides that, users also can learn lessons and take quizzes related to the topic that they learn ( in this case is the grammar) provided by their teachers. In order to use this section, users need to have credits or to make it clearer, they need to pay for this service. But if users are willing to do so, then they should be good. This is another good way of learning grammar as it has two-way communication among a teacher and a student just like in normal classroom. Only this way is more into virtual type of learning.
I myself have signed up for English Cafe as it is a good site that can help users to learn not just about English but also about other interesting things. Therefore I urge you to join so that you can also enjoy the benefits.=)
By,
Muhamad Nizam Ashraff Bin Mohd Taharim (A131950)
"Web-mediated and computer-assisted language learning, along with recent more globally oriented curricular trends, are stretching the boundaries of traditional university foreign language and literature programs, offering multiple opportunities for cross-cultural communication, and enabling a promising new pedagogy."
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