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Welcome to English Discoveries

Congratulations! You have now joined the global community of English Discoveries.

In this study guide, you will learn:

1. How to start your ED experience

2. How to maximize learning

3. How to interact with ED global community

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English Discoveries

1,000+ hours of engaging, interactive learning covering 5

key language skills

Modular and flexible learning paths for young

adult to adult learners

Easy integration with existing curriculums

Community features – Forums, Magazines, Users

chat

10 CEFR-Aligned courses, from

beginner to advanced levels

Automated Speech

Recognition

Automated Writing Evaluation

Optimized for both PCs and tablets

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Welcome to English Discoveries

Students Home Page

Students Home Page

Click “?” to see Walkthrough and System Check. Click System Check before you start using English Discoveries.

System Check

▪ After you are logged in, ED will run its system check to ensure that you have all the components needed to use ED.

▪ The system will ask you to download the components to install in your computer

Note: no SR installation required in Chrome and Mozilla Firefox

Download the necessary components

Make sure both components are INSTALLED in your browsers. If not, please download the components first. Once it’s done, click Enter Site.

Walkthrough

To navigate through the program, use the Links in the navigation bar.

Click here to see My Profile, Study Planner, and Logout options.

▪ Fill in your complete name

▪ If you change your username or

password, please write it down on your

ED card (so you won’t forget it!)

▪ Fill in your email address (personal

email)

▪ Fill in your country of origin & DOB

▪ Select the community site level that suits

your level

▪ In the support language, please select

English Only so you can get full English

experience.

▪ Don’t forget to click UPDATE so you

won’t lose all changes that you have

made.

My Profile

Here you will see the course you are currently studying and the lesson you worked the last. To enter the last lesson, click the button below the lesson name.

This area provides you with information about your progress within the course.

Here you can see your progress through the unit

within the course.

Click the Lessons button to display the lessons in the

unit.

Here you can see your progress within each lesson. To navigate to a lesson, just click a lesson name.

Always do your learning in these three simple steps:

▪ Explore: It is the part where the new language is presented

▪ Practice: In this part, you will practice the language you have learned

▪ Test: Check your comprehension in this section and get instant feedback.

Interactive VideosEnsures student participation and real-world examples

Explore (Listening)

Tips for Listening:Explore

▪ Look at the title/picture and try to guess the situation

▪ Listen once and try to understand the main idea of the conversation

▪ Listen again and take notes when necessary (the main points)

▪ If you still don’t get the main idea of the conversation, click See Script

▪ Practice your speaking using the Record Yourself function

Tips for Listening:Practice

▪ Listen once before you start the practice

▪ Do the practice one by one

▪ Read the instruction carefully so you understand what you have to do

▪ Check Answer to see how many questions you answer correctly

▪ Give the practice another try if you have not had all the answers correct

▪ See Answer ONLY when you want to move to the next practice

▪ Matching questions

▪ Multiple choice questions

▪ Open questions

▪ Fill in the blank questions

Practice

Type of Questions

Writing Assignment

Students can write directly into the platform, and submit their work for automated writing

evaluation.

Writing Assignment Answer

Writing Assignment Question

Automated Feedback

Instant feedback lists specific problems and possible solutions for each section of the writing activity.

Automated Feedback: Comments

Automated Feedback: Areas for review

Teacher Feedback

Automated Writing Evaluation fits perfectly into a blended learning solution. Its automated feedback saves teachers time while still allowing them to control the learning process and provide personalized feedback.

Test Part

Click “Start Test” to start the test. There will be some questions in the test that you must answer.

After finishing the test, you will get an instant feedback on how well you do the test. Good luck!

Instant feedback▪ When you have submitted your answers, you will get an instant feedback

▪ You can always try to take the test for the second time if you wish to

▪ Lastly, good luck!

Test

See Script and Hear Part

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Practice your pronunciation with

Record Yourself function.

Record Yourself

Speech Recognition in Chrome

Speech Recognition in Mozilla

You need to hear first

After you hear, record yourself to

practice your pronunciation

Record Yourself

Start speaking when you see “Speak” appears

The bar shows the result of your

recording

You can record your voice eight times and choose which recording you are

going to send to your teacher.

Conversation by choosing one of the characters in the dialogue and

recording your voice

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Notice this MENU

Right click on specific words to get the meaning on the dictionary.

Grammar

▪ In ED, you will learn English grammar interactively

▪ Explanation is also provided if you want to understand the grammatical component in the example (See explanation)

Vocabulary

▪ In this part, you will learn vocabulary the fun way with:

1. Word meaning

2. Example of use

3. Pronunciation

4. Pronunciation practice1

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Comprehensive vocabulary practice

▪ In the practice section, you can practice the new vocabularies and practice other skills at the same.

▪ Activity in the picture shows that you need to listen and write what you hear.

▪ Pat attention to the pronunciation & intonation.

▪ Don’t forget to check your answer before you click Check Answer!

Listen & type your answer

Grammar Book: Your loyal companion

▪ The grammar book in ED is your loyal companion that will accompany your along your journey with ED.

▪ The lessons focused in the English grammar and how to use it in daily use

▪ It covers man aspects of grammar: Tenses, parts of speech, clauses, and other grammar points

Real-life grammar use

▪ ED gives your real-life examples of using the grammar

▪ Click the Play button and listen to the dialogue

▪ Click See Explanation to understand the grammar points and see more examples

Learning Experiencein Unit 9 – 10

▪ You can check your recordings from My Recordings bar at the right side of the page

▪ Listen again how you have progressed in your speaking after using EDO

My Assignments

My Assignments

• You can also check your writing assignments in My Writing Assignments bar. You can see the automated feedback both from the e-rater engine and also from your teacher.

• You can try again to make better writing assignments after you get the feedback

Contact Your Teacher

Teacher Support▪ As a complete learning solution, ED provides you with teacher support

▪ The Support feature enables you to:

1. Receive message, notification, or feedback from your teacher

2. Write message to your teacher

Write to Your Teacher

Whenever you have difficulties in learning or just want to say “Hi” to you teacher, use the Writemessage function.

Click to write to your teacher

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learning session.

English Discoveries Support

If you have questions about your ED account or learning, please contact us:

Your online tutor:

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