UsingEnglish, a platform with resources for learning English

Description: UsingEnglish is an online resource for English language learners and teachers. It provides a wide range of materials, including grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, quizzes, worksheets, and forums, divided into skills and topics. UsingEnglish is free to use with advertisements, also offering a modest subscription plan. It does not require having an account for use, but logging in allows users to participate in forums and discussions and save exercises.

Evaluation: UsingEnglish is a practical and straightforward website for teachers and learners of English. It offers many exercises and explanations for virtually all linguistic competencies, making it an ideal tool for learning autonomously. For teachers, it offers a plethora of complementary resources. As a downside, there is so much content on UsingEnglish that it is easy to get lost browsing its interface.

Cost: Free.

Respect for privacy Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments: Medium. UsingEnglish collects both information that users provide directly (such as contact data, credentials, demographic data, and content) and information that is automatically collected when using the service (such as service use data, device connectivity and configuration data, and location data). This is done to manage the service, provide customer support, enhance products and services, personalise content, and serve tailored advertisements. Also, it collects cookies for various purposes, including tracking visitor behaviour and compiling statistical reports. Users are provided information on how to manage cookies in their browsers. UsingEnglish mentions employing appropriate security measures, including administrative, technical, and physical precautions. It acknowledges users’ right to request access to their information. UsingEnglish complies with the GDPR. See more here.

Type Of Interaction: Individual work,

Skills: Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar,

Content: Website/other users supply,

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