Hi, my name is Shane and in this video
I'm going to show you inside the English Understood Academy.
Let's have a look right now!
So the first thing you'll see when you log in
is your dashboard.
And you might notice firstly up the top
I have some notifications.
This is because this
online English school is not just a school.
It's also an online community
where you can meet with and connect with
other students who are learning English.
So you can see here that I've got a message.
I've got a private message from another student.
I've also got some notifications
so it tells me when people
reply to my comments
or reply to my posts
or discussions.
Now you'll also notice here that we have our
newest lessons and our newest quizzes.
We release new lessons every single week
and we release new quizzes
every single week
on a lot of different topics.
Like you can see here,
we've got 'not only, but also',
capital letters,
adjectives,
conditionals, listening and much much more.
Now if we move down the page a little bit,
you will see
that I can continue with my last course.
So you don't have to remember the last
lesson that you studied.
Simply come to this section here
and you can click Continue Course
and it will take you to the last
lesson that you got to
in your course.
So this is a great feature
because you don't have to remember.
Now, we also have the word of the week
and the word of this week is 'resilience'.
If we scroll down a little bit further,
we'll see some links
to the main parts of the academy.
So we've got our Courses,
our Library of Lessons,
our Discussion Forums
and our News Feed
and I'm gonna show you inside these
sections in just a little bit.
Now if you scroll down a little bit further,
you'll see the latest
activity from the community.
So we can see here
what is happening in the forums.
We can see what people are talking about
We can also see the latest activity.
So for example, we can see
Levan he replied to a discussion
two hours ago.
Will posted an update 22 hours ago.
So we can see what other students are doing
and the activity that is happening
inside the community and inside the academy.
We also have Latest News.
The academy is always getting better.
We're always adding new features,
new lessons, new resources
so we like to keep you up to date right here.
Now let's go back to the top of the page.
Now you'll note here that we have a search bar.
So let's pretend that you are
searching for a lesson on pronunciation.
Simple type in
'pronunciation'
and there will be lots of suggestions for you.
So you can see here these two are courses,
this is from our Library of Lessons
and here are some specific lessons that you can click on.
Maybe you're looking for lessons on conditionals.
You can see here we've got
lots of different lessons.
'What are conditionals?'
Zero conditional. First conditional. Second conditional.
So this is a great feature.
If you're looking for something specific,
simply type it in to the search bar.
Now I want to show you a quiz.
So let's do a quiz on
conditionals.
Simply click Start Quiz to start the quiz
and you'll see that there are a lot of
different question types.
We have fill in the blanks
so I can type in my answer.
We have matching.
So for example, zero conditional.
What is it?
Which is the correct answer?
So these are matching questions.
We have multiple choice questions
and we also have questions where you
can rearrange the words
to make a correct answer or sentence.
Now when you've chosen all of your answers,
I'm not looking. I'm just putting any answers in.
You can click Finish Quiz.
Now this will show you your result.
So for me, I got zero questions correct.
Now at the end of the quiz,
you'll also be shown a link
for where you can get more information about this topic.
So if you want to learn more about conditionals,
simply click here
and you'll go to our section on conditionals.
Now if you want to see the correct answers
or you want to see which questions you got wrong,
click on View Questions
and the answers will appear.
So we can see here
that the correct answer for number one was 'take'.
So you'll see that we've got all of our seven courses here.
We have over 500 lessons
for you to learn from.
Let's have a look at one of our most popular courses,
our grammar course.
So this course alone
has more than 150 lessons
and more than 90 quizzes.
This is a quick summary of the course
and after that,
you can see the different sections and the
individual lessons.
So let's go to formal and informal English.
So when you go into a lesson, this is what you'll see.
You'll see all of the other lessons on the left
and you'll see the title here.
You'll see the lesson here.
The video lesson here.
And in this section, you can click.
It's called the Materials section
where there are some extra materials
you can download for the lesson.
Now let's go back to the lesson.
So let's click play on the lesson right now.
So the lesson starts when you play
and obviously stops when you pause it.
Now if you want to turn on the subtitles, you can.
Every lesson in this academy has subtitles.
Simply click on the CC/Subtitles button
and then click English
and the will subtitles will appear.
You can also skip
to different parts of the video.
You can go forwards. You can go backwards.
It's really up to you
how you use these lessons.
Now let's go over to our library of lessons.
So you can see here we've got a lot of different topics.
We've got common mistakes, comprehension,
pronunciation, quick wins, quizzes
vocabulary and writing.
So let's pretend we want to learn about common mistakes.
Simply click on the link,
it will open and you can choose the
lesson that you want to learn.
The News Feed is where you can see
what is happening in the academy.
What are other students doing?
What are they talking about?
What are they posting?
What discussions are they making?
So if we scroll down,
we can see what is happening
and what people are talking about.
So if you want to share something with the other students,
simply post it here on the feed.
The feed is just like social media.
This is just like social media
for English learners.
Another part of the academy which is very important
is our forums.
Now in our forums, this is a place where
you can create discussions,
start different topics,
So you can see here we've got a number of different forums.
You can introduce yourself when you're a new member.
You can ask a teacher questions,
talk about something in general.
So let's have a look at General Chat.
So we can see people are talking about food.
Let's have a look.
So Levan he likes KFC.
Fern she likes Pad Thai.
So this is a great way to interact
with other students and to practise your English.
Now,
we also have a forum where you can ask a teacher questions.
Simply go into this forum,
post your question and a teacher will answer it for you.
For example, a student is asking something about
'except' and 'apart from'.
So you can see here Mayumi, she has
posted her question
and I have given her an answer.
This is a great feature in our academy
because a lot of the time,
students have questions about English
but they don't have anybody to ask.
But that problem is solved when you join the academy.
You can ask your questions here
anytime anywhere.
Now we also have a lot of resources
for you to download and use.
For example, we've got our 3 eBooks.
Simply click Download
and you can download the book
and save it to your computer
and/or your mobile.
We've got a lot of useful resources you can use here.
Now there's a lot of stuff on the academy
and sometimes you might need help or have problems.
So if you have problems or if you have
something you want to know,
simply go to our Help section
and type in your issue.
Maybe you want to change your profile photo.
Type in 'profile'
and it will find an article for you.
So let's have a look at what it says.
So we've got some instructions
and we've even got some
photos or screenshots
so you can see exactly what to do.
And over here are all of the different
articles we have and all of the different topics.
However, if you have something that
there is no answer to in the Help Desk,
simply click Contact
and you can send us a message.
Now when you first join the academy,
you will be taken to this page right here.
This is the Introduction.
On this page here, it will
tell you everything you need to know
about how to get started.
There's a lot stuff to do in the academy
and on this page, it will give you
all the basic information that you need.
Okay so I've got my phone out
and I'm logged onto the English Understood Academy.
As you can see right now,
you can definitely use it on your mobile and it looks great.
It might even look better than on the desktop.
So we've got all the same things.
We've got our search bar at the top.
We've got our messages.
We've got
our notifications.
We can have a look at the latest lessons,
the latest quizzes.
We can continue with our last course.
The word of the week.
Let's pretend we want to go to all courses.
Let's click here
and they come up and it's very simple to use.
Simply scroll down to find the course that you're looking for.
Also, on the top left, you'll see the menu bar
so you've got all of your links here.
Your dashboard. Your courses. Your library.
Your profile. Your settings. If you need help.
All of it is right here on the mobile.
So that is a very very quick tour of what's inside the academy.
I hope you can see that there is a ton of features and
so many lessons, so many quizzes and so many
great resources you can use
to learn English.
Also, I hope you can see
that it's not just an online language school.
It's also a community
where you can interact with people.
You can meet people and you can connect with people.
And I hope to see you inside very soon.