Subject Specific Tools (English)

Here are some ICT tools that will help you teach your subject content or skill. 

Idioms

 Web Based

Idioms are the real guts of English. Idioms app provides learners with an opportunity to improve strategies for successfully utilising native level expressions.

Voyant

 Web Based

Voyant Tools is a web-based text reading and analysis environment. It is a scholarly project that is designed to facilitate reading and interpretive practices for digital humanities students and scholars as well as for the general public.

NIE Well Said

iOS

The NIE Well Said provides a mobile platform for students to improve their pronunciation.

Grammaropolis

iOS

Grammaropolis is where grammar lives! Hailed as a Schoolhouse Rock for the 21st Century, Grammaropolis uses the parts of speech as animated characters whose personalities are based on the roles they play in the sentence. From the shady pronoun always trying to take the noun’s place to the motherly conjunction who just wants everyone to get along, Grammaropolis achieves the seemingly impossible: we make learning grammar fun!

Vocabulary

iOS/Android

With its uniquely effective word learning system, the Vocabulary.com app helps you master words through a fun and addictive game. And it’s powered by the world's smartest, fastest dictionary. From the makers of the award-winning Vocabulary.com website, this app will expand your vocabulary with lightning speed!

Snakes & Ladders Board Creator

Web Based

The Snakes & Ladders Board Creator lets you make your own custom Sight Words Snakes & Ladders board!

Curriculet

Web Based

A curriculet is a digital lesson consisting of thoughtful interactions that enhance any text to deliver a deep close reading experience. Curriculets can be side-by-side companions to physical books or articles, or they can be fully embedded overlays of digital texts.