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- Move beyond vocabulary with Quizlet: Language teachers typically create Quizlet study sets with key words in the target language and matching meanings in English.
- Incorporate listening and drawing activities with Pear Deck: Pear Deck is the perfect way to make your Google Slides interactive. Try using the Pear Deck Chrome extension for listening and drawing activities: Add a Pear Deck interactive “Drawing” slide and read a description aloud.
- Create a digital pen pal program via videos with Flip: Flip is a fun way to create videos. Rather than writing letters or emails to a pen pal, students can post videos of themselves speaking in the target language.
- Bring music and song competitions to your class with Lyrics Training: One of my students’ favorite tools for extra practice in the target language is Lyrics Training, which allows them to view a music video and type out the lyrics according to what they hear.
Aug 13 2021. Classroom. Exploring World Language Classes with Educational Technology. Spanish and STEAM teacher Rachelle Dene Poth shares how she uses invigorating tech lessons to immerse students in language and culture. by. Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12.
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Like many teachers, I used to say “I’ll play the tape twice”! I would move from asking global questions to more intensive questions, but always felt somewhat dissatisfied that I wasn’t really helping students improve their listening. Richard Cauldwell’s article on listening really helped me understand what was going on. It points out that “de-codin...
My EAP (English for Academic Purposes) students naturally use PowerPoint to deliver their presentations. The software is so familiar that they are unaware that they are using technology! Classes concentrate on strategies for making a talk effective, such as incorporating memorable images and reducing text to just key words. Many of my students have...
Many of my new students don’t have a system to record and review the new vocabulary we cover in class. As part of their learner training, I present the app Quizlet which allows learners to create sets of digital flashcards. It’s free. Students who choose to try it can decide what to write on the back of a card – a translation or a personalised exam...
There are many benefits of extensive reading and I encourage students to choose a graded reader to work on outside classes. One feature of some e-book versions is that the text is simultaneously highlighted while the text is read aloud. This feature appeals to some students – I would have loved it when I was learning Spanish!
One of my favourite tools is Padlet, the online noticeboard. Students can comment on classmates’ posts, encouraging collaboration. One backdrop is a world map. I ask students to drop a pin somewhere which is important for them. Then add an explanation why e.g., a great holiday, where they studied abroad etc. The contributions are both fascinating a...
Instead of modelling a word which is difficult for students to say, I visit an online learner’s dictionary and click on the symbol to play it. This encourages students to do the same in their own studying. In class, I keep a record of any word students have difficulty pronouncing. Then I create a minimal pairs activity in which Student A chooses a ...
Many of the apps and programs included in this post may already be familiar. This is no bad thing. Successful use of technology usually occurs when the technology is ‘invisible’, accessible and easy to use. As a teacher, I am free to focus on the language being taught, on pedagogy, rather than the technology per se. Technology can provide choice, w...
Caudwell, R. (2018) Listening – beware the smiling-class imperative In Modern English Teacher Volume 28 Issue 1 If you enjoyed this blog post, why not check out Tyler Shores on how to be mindful of your technology use.
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Apr 22, 2022 · Carley Spence. Published 22 April 2022. Insights, Research and Linguistics Technology and Digital. A helpful blog post about how technology can be integrated into the ESL classroom, with links to research and studies, to help teachers know what works.
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- Duolingo. Duolingo is the best language learning application I’ve come across. It’s adaptable to individual learners in that students can test out of topics they have previously mastered.
- Google Translate. Obviously, World Language teachers know all too well the inaccuracies and pitfalls of Google Translate, so I recognize that you have to be very careful in how you encourage students to use it.
- Speech Recognition Add-on for Google Docs. I try to connect the listening practice on Google Translate and Forvo to students speaking as much as possible, so I was very happy to find a Speech Recognition Add-on for Google Docs that allows the user to speak into the microphone of the computer, and the add-on will type what it hears.
- Slowing down YouTube videos. One of the top struggles beginning language learners have is developing an ear for the second language in authentic settings.
Mar 14, 2024 · A learning-centred approach to selecting technology. Choices about technology integration should be centred around effective practice and how it helps students move toward their learning goals. For this, teachers need to understand what effective learning is and how it happens.
Sep 18, 2013 · Gary Motteram, editor of the British Council publication Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching, explains how the arrival of digital technologies in the classroom has helped learning. Technology is very much part of language learning throughout the world at all different levels.
