ListeningLive
Lecture Note-Taking Trainer
Students listen to a short lecture and take notes. The app compares their notes with the key points and the signposting language that marks the lecture’s structure.
Key pointsSignpostingNote structure
Learning design × AI in education
Small, smart tools that help students think, not just get answers.
AI-supported apps for academic English. Each app targets one real skill students need at university, gives feedback that makes them do the thinking, and runs in any browser with no sign-in.
The apps
New apps are added as they’re built and tested with students.
ListeningIn development
Dictogloss
Students hear a passage twice, then reconstruct it in their own words. Feedback covers both meaning (what they kept or lost) and grammar.
Listening for meaningGrammar in context
Coming soon
ReadingIn development
Skim & Scan Timer
Timed skimming and scanning tasks with a main-idea check, so speed never comes at the cost of understanding. Reading speed is tracked over time.
SkimmingScanningProgress tracking
Coming soon
WritingIn development
Paragraph X-Ray
Students paste a paragraph and see it labelled: topic sentence, evidence, analysis and link. The app flags which parts are missing or weak.
Paragraph structureSelf-review
Coming soon
WritingIn development
Synthesis Builder
Students combine two short sources in one piece of writing and get feedback on how well they integrate the ideas and cite them.
Source integrationCitationParaphrasing
Coming soon
GrammarIn development
Error-Correction Coach
Instead of fixing mistakes, the app marks them with error codes teachers already use, like VT (verb tense) and Art (article), so students correct their own writing.
Self-correctionError codes
Coming soon
GrammarIn development
Nominalisation & Hedging Drills
Transformation drills that turn everyday sentences into academic ones: verbs become nouns (“analyse” → “analysis”), and claims are softened appropriately (“may suggest”).
NominalisationHedgingAcademic style
Coming soon
VocabularyIn development
Register Swapper
Students turn informal language into academic language (“a lot of” → “a considerable number of”) and learn why each choice fits the academic register.
Academic registerWord choice
Coming soon
Design approach
Three principles shape every app.
Feedback that makes students think
The apps give hints, codes and comparisons instead of correct answers, so students do the thinking and remember more.
One skill, done well
Each tool targets a specific academic skill, like signposting, paragraph structure or hedging, and fits into existing lessons or self-study.
Open and private
No accounts and no installs: open the link and start. Student work stays on their own device.