Students’ guide to the Net Languages platform IELTS preparation course - Premium

Contents

1. How to enter the course...... 1 2. How to navigate around the preparation course and practice test...... 1 3. How to view your progress...... 5 4. Internal mail...... 5 5. Your tutor...... 7

1. How to enter the course

Type your codes into the Username and Password section and click on “Login”.

2. How to navigate around the preparation course and practice test

Once your have logged into the platform, you will see the “home” page of the preparation course and the practice test.

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com To go into your course, click on the IELTS preparation course or the practice test depending what you want to do.

You will see the contents page of the course or the practice test and the navigation column on the left.

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com In the navigation column you will the different sections of the course. Click on the section you want to do.

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com The section will open and you will see the different exercises on different tabs.

To finish a session, click on “log out”.

To view the support documents click on My documents:

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com 3. How to view your progress

On the homepage you can view your progress in graphic representation. Each pie-chart corresponds to module tests and tutorials.

You can see your exercise scores by click on the icon:

4. Internal mail

To contact your tutor, you need to click on the “mail” link.

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com This will open up your mail. When you have new mail, the number of messages appears next to your tutor’s name on the left. Your unread messages are in blue. Click on the message subject to read it.

Once you have opened and read a message it changes to white.

To reply to a message from your tutor, click on the arrow on the right of the message.

This will open a window in which you can write the subject of your mail and write your message. You can also attach 1 or 2 documents. This means that you can send your tutorials as attachments in Word documents if you like. To attach a document, click on “browse” and find the document you want to attach. To send it, click on “send”.

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com Or to send a new message to your tutor, click on the pencil icon and write your message.

5. Your tutor

You can see who your tutor is by clicking on the link: My tutor

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com 6. Other tools and resources

To see what resources are available in your course, click on My Resources:

The following tools and resources are available. (See more details below.)

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com Text to Speech

The Text to Speech tool allows you to listen to any text you write into the text box.

Text to speech / Translate into any language

You can also select any text on the page and listen to it or translate it into any language:

Record yourself On each page of the course you have access to the "Record yourself" tool, which allows you to record yourself and save these files. This tool is designed to help you to improve your pronunciation. You can listen to yourself and compare your recording to the original.

Dictionary

The dictionary is an online dictionary which allows you to translate words from English to other languages on the list.

Grammar reference

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com The Grammar reference opens up a level-specific Grammar Reference which you can use at any time.

Business centre

The business centre contains useful information for students who need to use English in a business context. Resources include templates for different types of texts, language and tips.

Additional Resources

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com In "Additional Resources" you can find links to useful listening and video material as well as online reading material suitable for language learners.

Interactive English

Interactive English is a monthly Net Languages publication available at three levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Each issue contains an interesting news text, vocabulary and language exercises, and discussion tasks. You can listen to native speakers talking about the topic (also available as a podcast), and you can access previous issues.

Interactive English is mobile friendly and available as an app for Android and IOS smartphones.

Forums

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com You can use the Forums to contact other students.

Pronunciation The "Pronunciation" link opens up the phonemic chart. You can click on each phoneme to hear the sound of the phoneme in isolation as well as in a word.

Net Languages S.L. – C/Trafalgar 14, 1º, Barcelona 08010 – Tel. (+34) 932687146 [email protected] – www.netlanguages.com