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ESL Bits

Hauptfunktion(en): AudiobooksAutonomous learningHörverstehenLesenStudentWebsites/andere Nutzer*innen

ESL Bits is a website that offers free English language audiobooks, audio stories, poems, and essays, together with their transcriptions and comprehension exercises. ESL Bits is free to use, offering open access to its resources online, but not for downloading. It does not require having an account or logging in for use. Bewertung: ESL Bits is a valuable tool for English teachers and learners since it offers a wide range of high-quality audio content and other materials. These are organised into 6 sections: classics, novels, novellas, short stories, intermediate material, and advanced material, so that teachers can filter out content and find what they need for their students. It is also interesting that, for every audio, there are faster and slower versions.

Kosten: Free without registration.

Website: https://esl-bits.eu/home.html

  

Kategorien

Interaktionstyp

Kompetenzen

  • Hörverstehen
  • Lesen

Inhalte

  • Websites/andere Nutzer*innen

Benutzerfreundlichkeit

Benutzeroberfläche User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Simple, slightly old-fashioned.

Zeiteffizienz Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

High.

Sprache(n) der Benutzeroberfläche The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

English.

Datenschutz Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

High (?). ESL Bits is completely non-profit and contains no advertising. Although it lacks a well-developed privacy section, it presumably does not collect user information or cookies. It abides by the U.S. Code 17/Sec. 107 as regards copyright since it uses materials only for the purpose of teaching, thus being consistent with ‘fair use’. ESL Bits does not state compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Arbeit für spätere Verwendung speichern Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

No.

Individuell anpassbar (wenn ja, wie?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Limited; users can access the materials on the website, which are many, but this can hardly be tailored.

Interaktivität

Engagement

Zusammenarbeit

Kommunikation

Technische Voraussetzungen

Installation erforderlich?

No; it is a browser-based tool.

Kompatibilität/ Betriebssystem

Any browser.

Andere technische Voraussetzungen