Excellent "Scaffolding": Improve your English with BBC English

    Hello, it’s Yutong here, welcome back to my blog! Today I would like to introduce a very useful website to learn English in an autonomous way: BBC English. You can find the website here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/ 

    BBC English has a full range of functions, and it also has a good categorization and summary of the material for each English learner, which makes independent learning more systematic and convenient. If you are interested, please read on!

1. It covers standardized language teaching from pronunciation to grammar

    When you open the BBC English web page, you will see that the top of the site is indexed by "Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar, Courses, News". Under each category, there are 2-3 levels of difficulty. English learners can use this index to correspond to the parts they need to learn, so that they can study or practice in a more focused way. The search box at the top also gives learners the opportunity to actively search for content that interests them.

2. It provides many close to life examples and cases

    Perhaps English learners are getting bored with boring textbooks and grammar, or don't know how to use them flexibly after learning. These cases or news can help learners make connections between their lives and their English learning.

3. It allows learners to improve their English skills in a holistic way

    This is one of the reasons I appreciate this website the most. For example, if you go to a "News Review", you can not only watch a video about the news but also learn about the English contained in the video through the explanations.

    In addition, the site has summarized the main content of each news article, as well as key words and phrases for the learners.

    Learners can also check their learning through the quiz at the bottom.

    If you think only English learners can benefit from this site, that's not enough. Teachers can also collect materials from this site and use them as tools in the classroom or as homework for their students. Teachers can also use the site in conjunction with other modules if they wish to achieve better results.

    That's all for today's English teaching tools. BBC English is a very formal and complete English learning site, so if you want to get interesting English news or spontaneously supplement your English learning materials, feel free to explore this site!