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Six online resources make college life easier
Samantha Sigmon
Issue date: 10/29/07 Section: Life & Style
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College can be stressful and sometimes it's hard to attend every class and do homework all of the time. If students don't have time to copy a friend's notes, find reference information, define a word quickly, read all of an assigned novel with precision or need help with foreign language vocabulary, there is a Web site out there that can help, and it's free.
Many Web sites are offering quick and easy access to information for students, making overnight camp outs in the library nearly obsolete, according to Market Wire Canada.
Six of these free, student-friendly Internet resources are www.BBC.co.uk/languages, www.DailyLit.com, www.PinkMonkey.com, www.Qipit.com, www.Ninjawords.com and www.Refdesk.com.
BBC Languages offers resources in multiple languages including Spanish, Mandarin, English, French, German and more. Resources include MP3 downloads, tutorials and testing.
Once a particular language is selected, the language page is divided into those who need to "get by" with a quick printable overview of key phrases. Beginners take one step-by-step through the language, and the intermediate page has crossword puzzles, audio-based activities, slang guides and a section for other resources as well. The site also includes tests to gauge language level, tips on how to improve, advice for tutors, games and TV and radio in the particular language, according to BBC.co.uk/languages.
DailyLit helps students manage their reading schedule. It sends regular installments of the latest reading by e-mail.
"We created DailyLit because we spent hours each day on e-mail but could not find the time to read a book. Now the books come to us by e-mail," said the creators of DailyLit, according to www.dailylit.com.
The idea for DailyLit came to its creators after the New York Times serialized a few classic works in special supplements. They read books they had always meant to by making them a part of daily routine. They started e-mail supplements with "War of the Worlds" and "Pride and Prejudice."
Many Web sites are offering quick and easy access to information for students, making overnight camp outs in the library nearly obsolete, according to Market Wire Canada.
Six of these free, student-friendly Internet resources are www.BBC.co.uk/languages, www.DailyLit.com, www.PinkMonkey.com, www.Qipit.com, www.Ninjawords.com and www.Refdesk.com.
BBC Languages offers resources in multiple languages including Spanish, Mandarin, English, French, German and more. Resources include MP3 downloads, tutorials and testing.
Once a particular language is selected, the language page is divided into those who need to "get by" with a quick printable overview of key phrases. Beginners take one step-by-step through the language, and the intermediate page has crossword puzzles, audio-based activities, slang guides and a section for other resources as well. The site also includes tests to gauge language level, tips on how to improve, advice for tutors, games and TV and radio in the particular language, according to BBC.co.uk/languages.
DailyLit helps students manage their reading schedule. It sends regular installments of the latest reading by e-mail.
"We created DailyLit because we spent hours each day on e-mail but could not find the time to read a book. Now the books come to us by e-mail," said the creators of DailyLit, according to www.dailylit.com.
The idea for DailyLit came to its creators after the New York Times serialized a few classic works in special supplements. They read books they had always meant to by making them a part of daily routine. They started e-mail supplements with "War of the Worlds" and "Pride and Prejudice."
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