Tina Wang in NCU

E-yep KIDS BAR: A Helpful Website for English Learners

E-yep KIDS BAR is a website for kids, but I think it may be useful for English learners as well. Here I focus on its English Songs and English Stories which I mark on the Figure 1.

Figure 1: The Home Page of E-yep KIDS BAR

Click English Songs or English Stories on the home page as Figure 1, and the website will show a list of English songs or stories as Figure 2. You can choose whichever you like to listen or read. But, the most special is that E-yep KIDS BAR displays an Adobe Flash embedded in a web page, as Figure 3.

Figure 2: The list of English Stories

Figure 3: Adobe Flash embedded in a web page

On the web page of English Songs, flash videos display with lyrics and sounds, so learners can sing together with cute and interesting animation. On the other hand, learners can also learn more about what kinds of songs western children grow up with, some of which are translated or rewritten to Chinese as well. For example, the song did you ever see a Lassie is rewritten in Chinese as 當我們同在一起. While you are singing or viewing, you can also learn some new words, which you may not look up in the dictionary, because its image shows in the flash video.

How about the web page of English Stories? Well, it seems to have more fun, because learners can interact with the animation. Some of the flashes will ask you to do something. If you don’t know what it means, you will fail. For example, take a look at Figure 4. The flash asks you to click ALFY’s boots. The story will not develop if you don’t know what boots mean, which is a good way to learn English, isn’t it?

Figure 4: Asking

Alright, stop here. If you wanna learn more about E-yep KIDS BAR, EXPLORE IT NOW! Enjoy!

The URL of E-yep KIDS BAR: http://www.e-yep.com/index.php

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