WEEK 4: BUSUU| Autonomy learning

 "Genuinely successful learners have always been autonomous." 
                                                                                      ---Little
                                               
Hi! language teachers! Welcome back to my blog! As we all know, language learners who have more autonomy tend to have a better learning outcome. Nowadays, with the rapid development of technology, lots of different language learning websites emerged online, but it takes a lot of time to find a helpful and advertise-free one. So! I'd like to introduce a very concise and user-friendly language learning tool named BUSUU to you!

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💥Advantages of BUSUU: 

✨First, it is easy to use BUSUU! The three buttons on the left contained everything a user should know: lessons,   social and review. Users can easily find：

• Where to learn the lessons.
• Where to find friends to learn together and provide a community platform.
• Where to review what they have learned. 

✨Second, there are 11 different languages users can choose to learn.

A screenshot from the BUSUU website

✨Third, users can design their own learning plan through BUSUU. Not only can they chose how long to learn, but also can they choose a level that fits best. Without paying any money, one can learn from the beginner A1 to upper-intermediate B2.

✨Fouth, the learning contents including audio records, pictures, and exercises! Users can practice what they have learned from the website instantly through many different kinds of exercise. Nevertheless, if the learner made a mistake, the right answer and explanation will be shown at the bottom, and later the same question will appear until the learner chose the right one.   

A screenshot from BUSUU gap-filling activity

 ✨Fifth, BUSUU with motivation! when the learner completes a whole lesson, there will be a scatter of colorful ribbons. 🌈This little reward might help learners to keep learning extrinsically.  Further, when passing the A1, A2, B1 and B2 Level tests, users will receive a certificate.

A screenshot from BUSSU website

💥Disadvantages of BUSUU: 

💭Not totally free, for access to more services like a personal-designed study plan, users should pay for it.

💭It's a good idea to seek autonomous learning by using online tools or technologies like BUSUU, and even though the app and website of BUSUU are delicacy enough, users need to keep going by themselves. Some learners might quit in the learning process without enough motivation. 

💥How to use BUSUU in ELT class: 

From my perspective, language teachers can use BUSUU as an expansion after class, tell learners there is an app and let themselves explore a course after school as the homework. Besides, language teachers can enrich the existed content from BUSUU to make a fancy lesson. 👍