Sunday, September 11, 2011

Use your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to Practice for IELTS

What are you doing at the bus stop while you're waiting for your bus?  Get to the doctor's office on time but you still need to wait?  A perfect time to practice for IELTS.

Here are some apps:


IELTS Master Vocab Guide (English) powered by Cambridge University Press

By DW Education Group Limited

IELTS Master Vocab Guide (English) powered by Cambridge University Press
View In iTunes
  • $0.99
  • Category: Education
  • Updated: Mar 09, 2011
  • Current Version: 4.0






IELTS 7 Trainer

IELTS 7 Trainer


By Cambridge University Press - English Language Teaching

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And an e-book you can read on any nook, computer or tablet.  I have this on my nook and will show it to you in class.

IELTS A Very Brief OverviewLeann Richards
 
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$0.99
NOOK Book

GRE Apps for iPhone, iPad & Android


KAPLAN GRE



Barron’s
·        View In iTunes
·        This app is designed for both
iPhone and iPad
·        $9.99
·        Category: Education
·        Released: Jun 30, 2011
·        Version: 1.0
·        1.0
·        Size: 1.2 MB
·        Language: English
·        Seller: gWhiz, LLC
·        © Copyright 2011 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.





GRE Practice For Dummies
By gWhiz, LLC

This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
$9.99
Category: Education
Updated: Jul 29, 2011
Current Version: 2.1
2.1 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
Size: 2.0 MB





And since you asked ..... my opinion:



Betsy’s Overview
Advantages of these APPS
Disadvantages of these APPS
·        Inexpensive
·        Students can work on them anywhere.
·        Students can keep track of their progress, go back to unfamiliar vocabulary, and easily see their improvement.
·        These are still vocabulary based, addressing only one section of the test.
·        None of the new tasks or sections are here yet.
·        None of the publishers ask students to come up with two synonyms that both