ILC Subscription Software
Our Independent Learning Centres subscribe to the following educational Apps, web-based software and online resources to help you develop the English language and study skills that you will need to succeed on your academic programme and in your future career. These include reading, writing, listening, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation, study skills & the IELTS exam. Please contact your ILC Coordinator on your campus for further details and a demonstration.
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Feature ILC software videos "Road to IELTS", "Grammarly" & "iRead"
Clarity 'Road to IELTS' (App & web-based)
Road to IELTS is ideal for IELTS preparation. The interactive activities, advice videos, and practice tests are aimed precisely at the challenges candidates face. Click here for the syllabus Tap here to download the iPad App Clarity 'Tense Buster' (App & web based)
Helps learners improve their understanding of 33 key grammar areas from some/any at Elementary level to phrasal verbs at Advanced level. Click here for the syllabus Tap here to download the NEW iPad App Clarity 'Active Reading' (App & web-based)
Help your students improve their reading in an effective and systematic way. Includes dozens of texts, video, audio and stimulating activities. Click here for the syllabus Tap here to download the iPad App Clarity 'Study Skills' Success (Web-based)
A comprehensive course in academic study skills: focuses on language skills as well as critical thinking, independent learning, lectures, seminars and research. stress, connected speech and intonation. With video and audio input. Click here for the syllabus Clarity 'Clear Pronunciation 1' (Sounds) (App & web-based)
Learners find it extremely useful to practise pronunciation independently. This program will help them recognise and pronounce 43 English phonemes through activities, audio and video. Tap here to download the iPad App Clarity 'Clear Pronunciation 2' (Speech) (Web-based only)
Learners focus on recognising and producing the features of natural, native-speaker speech: consonant clusters, word and sentence stress, connected speech and intonation. With video and audio input. |
Clarity 'Practical Writing' (App & Web-based)
Practical Writing is for students who need to use written English both at college and in their personal life. Whether they are writing a descriptive essay for their teacher or sending a text to a friend, Practical Writing helps learners structure their message, select the right vocabulary and choose the most appropriate style. Tap here to download the iPad App Click here for the syllabus Clarity 'Course Builder' (for teachers) (Web-based)
Create, schedule and deliver your own online courses! Include YouTube videos, audio, worksheets, weblinks, interactive activities... Quick, easy and efficient. Clarity 'Author Plus' (for teachers) (Web-based)
Bypass the big publishers! Publish professional activities direct to your students. Includes 12 activity types, an image bank and enhanced multimedia features. Clarity 'Results Manager' (for teachers) (Web-based)
Links with Clarity's content programs to produce a detailed insight into student activity. Generates class, student and content reports. Clarity 'It's Your Job' (Web-based)
A detailed approach to finding a job in an English-speaking environment. Includes videos with employers, job-seekers' stories and interactive activities. Click here for the syllabus Clarity /HCT 'i-Read' (Web-based)
The i-Read program contains more than 50 hours of independent online work for lower intermediate English , to help students improve their reading skills, but also their writing, listening, vocabulary and spelling. Topics students can read about include sports for charity, cars and status, UAE dreams, health and happiness, and reading the news. i-Read won the HCT Nikkai Award for Innovation in Teaching for promoting reading among students. Foundations English Spelling Bee Quizzes
Practice quizzes based on the weekly vocabulary quiz lists for Foundations Level 1, 2 and 3 for Cycles 1, 2, 3 and 4. Click/Tap here to access the quizzes |
'Selfaccess.com'
Selfaccess.com provides online lessons from elementary to advanced level. There are more than 470 online lessons available in the library based mainly on Reuters news articles. Intermediate level students and above can use the Academic lessons to assist in preparation for IELTS. The General English exercises provide listening, reading, writing and grammar exercises from elementary to advanced. All lessons are interactive and are done online. Click here for access 'Visual Thesaurus' (Web-based)
Visual Thesaurus is an interactive thesaurus and dictionary based on word maps. Their website includes: A lesson plan finder; Word Shop (Vocab-enriching activities that teachers can incorporate into daily lessons); VocabGrabber which automatically create lists of vocabulary from any text and generates a spelling bee for your students, Contest Corner; Edulinks; Instructional videos and a manual for teachers. Click here for access 'Math Living Worksheets'
Math Living Worksheets provides a huge number of interactive (iPad compatible!) math exercises in a variety of areas including number, algebra, data, space, and measurement with something for every level of math HCT offers. The level of the worksheets are graded in line with the British National Curriculum levels 2-8. Click here for access 'Grammarly Premium' (App & web-based) is an online English language writing-enhancement platform that helps our students revise their assignment and coursework providing automated instructional feedback. Grammarly Premium fixes grammar and spelling by checking students written work against more than 250 grammar rules. It also prevents plagiarism, corrects common mistakes, punctuation issues, poor sentence structure and contextual spelling errors and helps build vocabulary.
Grammarly Premium Sign-Up Instructions for HCT students To create your HCT Premium Grammarly account:
For comments, suggestions, feedback on Grammarly, please email me |