Listening and Speaking skills

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!

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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!

-          “Audioboo”: you can record only one audio, otherwise you will have different links.

-          “Vocaroo”: same as Audioboo. 

-          “Voki”: a talking avatar.

-          “Fotobabble”: free webtool, it's a talking photo: you upload a photo (or a drawing) and you record yourself talking about that image.

-          “Blabberize”: another talking photo

-          “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.

-          “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.

-          “Brainshark.com”: you upload your power point presentation and it turns it into a video. You can also record your voice.

-          “Voice thread.com”: you can record a message, upload an image and make comments.

-          “Voxopop”: you create a folder and students record themselves. You can create a collaboratively story, because you can have several audios together.

-          “Go animate”: to create a comic strip, where you can also record your voice.

-          “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.

-          “Woices”: for guided tours, to give directions. 

Have fun!!