When it comes to practising listening and
speaking skills, there are several webtools that can be used. I’ve decided to
try Vocaroo out. In it I recorded an idea to use to practise modal verbs. Check it out!
In the following list you will find several webtools that you can used in your classes to help your students practise listening and speaking skills. If you click on the name of the webtool, you will go to the webpage: choose one and try it out!
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“Vocaroo”: same as Audioboo.
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“Fotobabble”: free webtool, it's a talking photo: you upload a photo (or a drawing) and you record
yourself talking about that image.
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“Present.me”: you upload your power point presentation and you record the explanation of that
presentation. Try to use simple layouts and no animations for the presentation.
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“Petcha Kutcha”: you select 20 images and you have
20 seconds to talk about each image. People usually use this webtool to present anecdotes or things
they like or hate, they tend to be funny, not formal, for example: how to be a nasty
teacher. You can find examples of this on Youtube.
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“Brainshark.com”: you upload your power point
presentation and it turns it into a video. You can also record your voice.
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“Voxopop”: you create a folder and students
record themselves. You can create a collaboratively story, because you can have
several audios together.
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“Sound cloud” or “Podomatic”: a space to store voice recordings. You cannot comment.
Students can record their queries, or questions, and other students can record
their answers.
Hi! Very interesting post, since you provide a list of tools and their possible uses. I've blogged your post in my blog, with due acknowledgement, because I think it's useful and thorough!
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