Evaluation of online language courses:

These courses have been reviewed and evaluated by María José Sánchez Blanco. She has taught Spanish to foreigners (Hull, Glasgow and Dublin) for 9 years, participating in a project for teaching Spanish for several years. She also participated for several years as freelance working on lexicography (Collins and New Oxford Dictionary, first edition), in both languages.

She is currently professor of English at the Official School of Languages in Madrid, where she teaches courses of Anglo-Saxon culture and English. In her daily class, she combines new technologies with traditional teaching, doing self-learning projects for students and using the Internet. For this reason, occasionally likes to “look out the window” of the new courses available, which might be useful to improve skills and update knowledge of her students.

Because of her experience in implementing online courses in her classes, we rely on her assessment to deliver the best possible guidance and information for you to choose the online language course that best suits your needs and / or level.

Evaluation and recommended Online Language Courses:

BBC Language Courses: For beginners

This is an excellent course for those wishing to learn Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, English, German, etc. at beginner level.
Has an interesting interactive video ("Mi Vida Loca” drama / thriller), where you are the protagonist of a story set in Madrid. You will be involved in different situations of diary routine where you will have to use the communication skills you will learn little by little, in order to carry out tasks such as shopping, finding accommodation, out of "tapas" ...
Interesting, entertaining, dynamic and fun.

LiveMocha.com:

Dynamic and well-organized English online course to learn from levels ranging from beginner to intermediate level.
For learning English online there is a main course ("Active English") containing: video-clips, grammar and writing exercises, explanations, vocabulary exercises, role-play with dialogues ...
Has the support of an online tutor who can be sent to the different exercises in order to review them and he forwards them back to you already fixed.
In addition to the main course, "Active Spanish" there are another two courses over 30 hours each, "English for travelling" and "English-Plus", both with audio, video and documents available to download in your computer .
From the moment you sign up for this online English course, you will have access to a "Social Net" where you can connect with more students of the course as well as students from around the world whom you have the option to communicate with them and learn directly from native speakers.
Upon you finish the course you will have a certificate that you can print as proof of completion of your online English course.

World-English.org

This is a site full of links for those who are learning English online.
Entertaining "Puzzles" and "Quizzes" for entry-level students.
More than a website for an English online course, is a helpful tool for English students.
Several vocabulary exercises, test (advanced level) is included.
Recommendations of books, grammar and test information.

Edufind.com

Contains a free English test by simply registering your email.
You have access to a section of the site with professional management class once registered.
Information of more online English courses with tutor.
CAELT test

Language.com

The online English course is divided into 70 lessons, divided into four levels at same time: Lessons 1-12 (Beginner), 13-25 (Elemental), 26-47 (Pre-Intermediate) and 48-70 (Intermediate / High).
The first two levels contain among other topics: presentation, with one or two conventional dialogue (audio / write), + vocabulary, grammar exercises ...
The third and fourth levels consist of sets of grammatical rules and explanations with examples.
The course home page includes links to several other courses and material for downloading.

English-online.org.uk

It is aimed at beginners who want to learn English online. In spite of it, the course runs a little closer to an intermediate level.
The main page offers a service called "prof' 'responding to the questions in great detail, easy to use exercises and the answers come quickly.
Recommends books (including grammar) and links to newspapers.
Jargon and specific vocabulary.

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Englishonline.net

American – based website for learning English online.
In this website you can find English courses online focused into practicing writing skills more for those people who have an advantage level and want to improve their writing habilities for practical purposes (seminars, colleges, researches...)
There are four courses ( “writing essentials”, “research papers”, “business writing” and “technical writing”) divided in 19 lessons, 4 hours per week, with a maximum of 12 weeks per course.
Englishonline.net counts with10 years of experience claimed to be managed by four people, all of them academics
There are daily free lessons for those registered users with dialogues with audio about any topic; also one section called “word of day” for increasing your vocabulary skills.
Learn English online and get your “certificate of completion” when you finish your course.
Tutor online who can be sent different exercises in order to review them and he forwards them back to you already fixed through the “discussion-board”.
Provision of support materials such as tests, reviews, examinations, writer's handbook ...

1-language.com

Learn English online through the several structural self-correction exercises to help students to promote their own autonomy and improve their reading comprehension and grammatical skills.
Meanwhile for an intermediate or advanced level is focused on grammar exercises, the starter level of grammar is focused on acquiring skills aimed at dialogue.
This course is guided to younger and adults students.
The page is structured in a simple easy and comfortable way, with an index where the grammar points are ordered by difficulty.

Learn-english-online.org

Learn English online with this short course, well-structured, aimed at beginners.
This online English course focuses mainly on grammar and usage in various everyday topics such well presented and easy to use.
Have some audio content and links to videos and materials to be used free of charge.
The structure of the units, 11 in total, is as follows (with the exception of the first and last):

"Remember it": review of the previous unit.
"Learn it" : presents the topic in question in a friendly, somehow childish way, with a Mr. Bean-figure taking part in the dialogues for example. Includes audio content.
"Practice it": you will have a forum to answer your questions with other students and teachers.
"Test it" : exercises, especially, fill in the blanks and some other writing, to a lesser extent.

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