My Words is fabulous to some extent. Here, I want to mention the two parts in it: Say it Right and Mark My Words.
As an English teacher from mainland China, I would recommend my students to make use of Say it Right, as the common problem of Chinese students learning English is their poor pronunciation. There is little opportunity for them to practice oral English with native speakers, and teachers do not have sufficient time to correct their pronunciation problems in class.
As to Mark My Words, I think it can help to share some burden of giving comments to every work. However, it may only be used to correct problems related to vocabulary or some common English usage. In the college, when we give comments to each one's writing, we often firstly judge from the perspective of whole structure and the relevance to the given topic. Vocabulary is lastly commented and often not much is commented on. And I don't think it's a good idea to give students a generalized comment as they may not read it at all. Teachers have to give university students specific comments.
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Hey Lara, I'm Margaret. Have you thought about using English videos or films to help improve your student's oral English? That might help to gain their interest as well. Maybe correcting just and vocabulary won't help you students communicate with native speakers. Since there is not much of a chance to do so in main land China. But for the students to hear it more often from a video or film, it might help them gain some insights on pronunciation.
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