Developing Speaking, Listening and Writing Skills with Internet Technology With Tatiana Kuzmina [email protected] [email protected].

Developing Speaking, Listening and Writing Skills with Internet

Technology

With Tatiana [email protected]

[email protected]

Points to consider

fotobabble.com voicethread.com Breakingnewsenglish.com ESLdiscussions.com

Why Internet?

Easy to set tasks No time pressure Easy to share The task can be redone several times Motivating Blended learning Etc.

What can we do 4 Ss?

1) Make Ss speak online 2) Help Ss “be perfect”3 ) Make Ss listen to each other online4) Help Ss be creative5) ????

How to make students speak?

“Leave a voice comment” - Voicethread & Fotobabble

“Broadcast yourself” task – Voicethread & Fotobabble

Ready to Run?

Voicethread

Don’t fordet to check out the tutorial

Home-set broadcasting

Audacity (freeware )

&Platform(wiki, website)

Set your Mac Properly!Tutorial

Fotobabble.com

Any Fotobabble looks like

this

Fotobabble.com

Any Fotobable looks like

this

Fotobabble.com

Can give comments on Ss Speaking (ESOL exams, speaking about photos)

Can share on Facebook/Twitter etc Can give a link Can embed it on WIKI or site

What for?

Voicethread.com

Voicethread.com

Ideal Tool for running conversations or discussions online

There are many tutorials for basic and advanced users

Widely used in Higher Education and schools

Can Share or keep private

What for?

Voicethread.com

VoiceThread allows Ts and Ss to use a single tool to host secure conversations around any type of media, videos, documents, images, or presentations.

VoiceThread present course materials within a rich, online environment with a warmer, more engaging dialogue around ideas and concepts.

For Higher Ed

Voicethread.com

Distance Learning or adjunct coursework

ESOL Exam classes (discussions, talking about concept advantages and disadvantages)

Brainstorming ideas

Applications?

Voicethread.comMy Page

Breakingnewsenglish.comSean Banville

Breakingnewsenglish.com

EFL / ESL English Lesson Plans & Podcast for studying Current Events and News.

Thousands of HANDOUTS, Downloads & Quizzes.

Keep up with the news and learn English - Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking.

What for?

Breakingnewsenglish.comESL Discussions.com

Breakingnewsenglish.com

ESP – Lessons based on Themes

Links http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

index.html http://l.wbx.me/l/?p=1&u=http%3A%2F

%2Fwww.esldiscussions.com%2F http://voicethread.com/#home http://www.fotobabble.com/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net http://kuzmina.pbworks.com/w/page/

11856596/FrontPage http://kuzmina.pbworks.com/w/page/

28585216/Widgets-%27Try-ons%27

Ready to try?

Thank You...