The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Independent Learning Centre

Software	Description	Location
Clear Pronunciation 1 (Sounds)	Use Clear Pronunciation 1 (Sounds) to practise and perfect the sounds of English. Learn to recognise and practise the sounds through activities, audio and video.	Online (Usage Notes)
Clear Pronunciation 2 (Speech)	You will learn important areas of pronunciation: consonant clusters, word stress, sentence stress, connected speech and intonation. You will also revise the International Phonemic Alphabet.	Online (Usage Notes)

Software	Description	Location
Tense Buster	Tense Buster helps you to improve your understanding of 33 key grammar areas from elementary level to advanced level.	Online (Usage Notes)
Practical Writing	Practical Writing helps you develop your skills in writing, from essays to business letters to personal email messages, using teacher videos, interactive activities and study sheets. It's useful both to your writing for school and beyond.	Online (Usage Notes)

Software	Description	Location
Active Reading	Active Reading helps you to improve your reading in an effective and systematic way.	Online (Usage Notes)

Software	Description	Location
Road to IELTS V2	With over 100 hours of interactive activities, advice videos from British Council experts, hints and tips on question types as well as downloadable practice tests, Road to IELTS is comprehensive, up-to-date and aimed precisely at the challenges candidates face.	Online (Usage Notes)
Study Skills Success V9	Study Skills Success helps you develop academic study skills in a range of areas from speaking and listening to research. General English self-learning course. Also useful for language development for the IELTS test.	Online (Usage Notes)

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