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Being a teacher is a noble thing. You get to share your knowledge and make people smarter. It is a challenging task, as well, because you need to constantly search for new ways to interest your students and to be inspiring and creative to make them want to learn. Modern technologies can make English teachers' lives a bit easier. There are mobile applications that help teachers get information, collect material for classes, organize students' work, etc.   

FluentU

This app may be of great success among your students. The app contains a huge number of different videos in English with additional studying material. All the content is divided into groups according to your level of knowledge. The coolest thing is that the videos are current and popular; your students would want to watch them any way.

Grammar Up

This app is a nice way for your students to improve their Grammar knowledge, get prepared for tests or exams or just to check their knowledge. It offers numerous quizzes on different Grammar topics.   

Pumpic

We live in times when almost every student has a smartphone. I'm not going to say whether it is a good or a bad thing; it is just the way it is. Teachers often find it hard to catch students' attention, especially if they have all those games and websites in their hands. Taking their phones away may be too harsh for some schools. That is where Pumpic can step in. You can talk to you students' parents asking to install it on their kids' phones. This app can block different distracting sites and applications leaving kids with no choice but to focus on studying. It is a great solution for students of different age.  

English Podcasts

Listening skills are very important when learning a foreign language. The app offers 130 different podcasts in English. You can use them in many ways. You can ask your students to listen to them at home and to give them exercises base on the podcast, you can listen to them in class and discuss them, etc.

Alphabytes

This app will be very useful if you teach kids. It is a great solution to teach kids alphabet as the app is fun and colorful which is everything the kids need. They will learn the shapes of letter as well as hear how each of them and different combinations sound.

Teaching English is hard but also a fun job. You are free to find creative techniques and methods to make the learning experience unforgettable for students. Hopefully, these apps can help some o you be a better teacher.