ABOUT US

Learn English with apps: the purpose of this project was to make students test and write

about apps that can help them improve their English language skills. The project aimed at taking

advantage of a powerful and engaging learning tool the students smartphone. Considering

the huge amount of apps everywhere, the project wanted to make students test some of them

(chosen by the teachers) for some time and see if they were effective or not.

The final products of this project are 2 digital magazines, logos and some posters. Twinspace

and Google Docs were used by students and teachers, allowing everyone to work in the same

shared files.

The Teams:

Poland (Zesp Szk Zawodowych im. w. Barbary w Bogatyni)

Portugal (EBI So Domingos, Covilh)

Portugal (Mira de Aire Secondary School, Mira de Aire)

Turkey (Darca Anadolu Lisesi)

We hope you enjoy our first magazine!

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LEARN ENGLISH WITH APPS ETWINNING PROJECT

Name: Duolingo

Website: https://en.duolingo.com/

Operating system: iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Price: Free

Size: 24,4 MB

Authors description: The best new way to learn a language. Learning with Duolingo is fun and addictive. Earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up. Our bite-sized lessons are effective.

STUDENTS RATINGS

SVITLANA SHEVCHUK, PORTUGAL (MIRA DE AIRE)

POSITIVE ASPECTS

I think that this app is very interesting. This app has many exercises of grammar and vocabulary.

There are a lot of graphics and the sound is appealing. Directions are clear and simple to follow. This

app has also got some levels of difficulty and it develops reading, writing and listening skills. This app

teaches with pictures, quizzes, matching exercises and translations.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS

It is boring and repetitive.

LANGUAGE LEVEL

beginner / intermediate / advanced

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BAD NEEDS WORK

AVERAGE GOOD GREAT

STUDENT MOTIVATION: I dont want to use it anymore.

X I will keep using this app.

OVERALL APPEARANCE & SOUNDS: It is very boring.

X The app has excellent graphics and sounds.

DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS: What am I supposed to do with this app?

X The app is very easy to use and the directions are clear and easy to follow.

PERFORMANCE: The app crashes a lot.

X The app has no technical problems and loads quickly.

DIFFERENTIATION: It has just one or few levels of difficulty.

X The app has several levels of difficulty.

BEATRIZ GOMES PEREIRA, PORTUGAL (MIRA DE AIRE)

POSITIVE ASPECTS

I like this application because we can practise our English and it helped me remember some

vocabulary and grammar that I had forgotten. It has some difficulty levels. I can practise my writing

and translation skills. There are a lot of graphics and the sound is appealing. Directions are clear and

simple to follow. My app does not have advertising. The app uses pictures and translations. The app

also has lessons.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS

It is a little boring and repetitive.

LANGUAGE LEVEL

beginner / intermediate / advanced

RATE IT!

1 2 3 4 5

BAD NEEDS WORK

AVERAGE GOOD GREAT

STUDENT MOTIVATION: I dont want to use it anymore.

X I will keep using this app.

OVERALL APPEARANCE & SOUNDS: It is very boring.

X The app has excellent graphics and sounds.

DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS: What am I supposed to do with this app?

X The app is very easy to use and the directions are clear and easy to follow.

PERFORMANCE: The app crashes a lot.

X The app has no technical problems and loads quickly.

DIFFERENTIATION: It has just one or few levels of difficulty.

X The app has several levels of difficulty.

SELDA KKAY, TURKEY

POSITIVE ASPECTS

It is very good app for listening, speaking, writing, reading and grammar. This app is very interesting.

This app has many exercises of grammar and vocabulary. It is very good for your unpronounceable.

There are a lot of graphics and the sound is appealing. It develops writing, listening and speaking. The

app uses pictures and translations. You can have exams of the lesson. You can identify your level and

this app develops your language skills. It is very good for learning new vocabulary. Its very

motivating because the app has a great variety of exercises and vocabulary. You can record your voice.

Directions are clear and simple to follow. It helped me learn English. You should use app.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS

It is a little boring and repetitive.

LANGUAGE LEVEL

beginner / intermediate / advanced

RATE IT!

1 2 3 4 5

BAD NEEDS WORK

AVERAGE GOOD GREAT

STUDENT MOTIVATION: I dont want to use it anymore.

X I will keep using this app.

OVERALL APPEARANCE & SOUNDS: It is very boring.

X The app has excellent graphics and sounds.

DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS: What am I supposed to do with this app?

X The app is very easy to use and the directions are clear and easy to follow.

PERFORMANCE: The app crashes a lot.

X The app has no technical problems and loads quickly.

DIFFERENTIATION: It has just one or few levels of difficulty.

X The app has several levels of difficulty.

ADRIANNA KUDZIA, POLAND

POSITIVE ASPECTS

This app is very good and easy to use. It has a lot of graphics and sounds. The app helps to me in faster

remembering words in English. The app teaches grammar, vocabulary, listening and speaking.

Directions are clear and simple to follow. I will continue to use this application.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS

The application works only with connection to the Internet and It's a little boring.

LANGUAGE LEVEL

intermediate

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1 2 3 4 5

BAD NEEDS WORK

AVERAGE GOOD GREAT

STUDENT MOTIVATION: I dont want to use it anymore.

X I will keep using this app.

OVERALL APPEARANCE & SOUNDS: It is very boring.

X The app has excellent graphics and sounds.

DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS: What am I supposed to do with this app?

X The app is very easy to use and the directions are clear and easy to follow.

PERFORMANCE: The app crashes a lot.

X The app has no technical problems and loads quickly.

DIFFERENTIATION: It has just one or few levels of difficulty.

X The app has several levels of difficulty.

LEARN ENGLISH WITH APPS ETWINNING PROJECT

Name: memrise

Website: https://www.memrise.com/

Operating system: iOs, Android

Price: Free

Size: 23 MB

Authors description: Learning, made joyful. We make learning languages and vocab so full of joy and life, youll laugh out loud.

STUDENTS RATINGS

LARA MARTINHO LUZIO, PORTUGAL (MIRA DE AIRE)

POSITIVE ASPECTS

I really like Memrise. Its very useful. It has many exercises that help our spelling, listening, reading

and writing skill. Its very motivating because it has a personalised learning method to help with the

hard memorisation words and increase our skills, it has a daily reminder so that we can practise every

day. Its very captivating. The graphics and the sounds are very appealing and it loads very quickly. It

has 22 levels of difficulty. Its not boring its great.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS

The information isnt very clear and because of that its difficult to use.

LANGUAGE

intermediate

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1 2 3 4 5

BAD NEEDS WORK

AVERAGE GOOD GREAT

STUDENT MOTIVATION: I dont want to use it anymore.

X I will keep using this app.

OVERALL APPEARANCE & SOUNDS: It is very boring.

X The app has excellent graphics and sounds.

DIRECTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS: What am I supposed to do with this app?

X The app is very easy to use and the directions are clear and easy to follow.

PERFORMANCE: The app crashes a lot.

X The app has no technical problems and loads quickly.

DIFFERENTIATION: It has just one or few levels of difficulty.

X The app has several levels of difficulty.

CATARINA MARRIO ENES, PORTUGAL (MIRA DE AIRE)

POSITIVE ASPECTS

Memrise works very well and it's very motivating because the app has a great variety of exercises and

vocabulary. It loads very quickly. This app can teach several things, for example idioms, tests, it

teaches vocabulary, subjects (science, history and geography), pop culture, quizzes, memory exercises

and pictures. It is not boring. Memrise doesn't have any advertising. The app and the appearance are

very good.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS

Memrise is a little repetitive. The sound is very annoying. Its difficult to use because the information

is not clear.

LANGUAGE LEVEL

intermediate

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