Wijng: A New English Learning Site

Mathias Müller wrote to tell me about an English learning project he's involved in called Wijng. The site consists of four areas: Read, Listen, Learn and Enjoy, and is available in English or German. In Read you will find recent articles at three levels of difficulty. Grammar notes are provided for selected words and phrases and key vocabulary is defined. Each text is followed by a series of multiple-choice questions. Listening has a selection of YouTube videos with transcripts and vocabulary along with gap-fill/multiple-choice exercises. Learn has grammar notes and accompanying exercises.

WHAT I THINK
Wijng is still in beta, so some of the features are not operational yet. The activities seem interesting, if not particularly original. A couple of negative points: some of the English is not very English ('Do you like to start a further exercise?'), and there are a few spelling mistakes ('perfekt', 'to practice'). And why have hints in German? Non-German speakers will find this offputting. Still, these are minor criticisms, and as more resources are added, Wijng should become a useful addition to the ever-expanding list of ELL websites.

FOOTNOTE

I asked Mathias how to pronounce 'Wijng' and this is what he replied:

Wijng has no real origin, we like the short and very unique spelling. In the logo you might imagine the "i" and "j" like two people looking at each other, we thought about making this a more prominent feature in future. A lot ask us, how to pronounce the word, we like to pronounce it like "wing" but with more emphasis on the "i".