MOVIE SEGMENTS FOR WARM UPS AND FOLLOW UPS
This is another amazing blog in which you can also find movie segments called "Movie segments to warm ups and follow ups". This blog contains a series of movie segments to be used to brainstorm, warm up, follow up and activate schemata, preparing the students for the topic that will be discussed in class. In this fantastic blog you can find not only the movie segments but also the leson plans and varied topics to foster conversation. Although in this blog the idea is to use the segments in the warm up stage, you can adapt it to use it in the stage you want!In conclusion, this blog is full of excellent ideas, but you can create your own lesson plans using these movie segments!
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SONGS FOR TEACHING
Entering this page you will find useful songs to engage your students in different topics and create a relax environment to teach and through listening to songs not only we expose our student to a native English but also we help them to develop their listening skills. Click on the image to listen to a song.
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MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS
Videos are a very motivating listening tool to use in our classes. We can use them to introduce, to practice or even to assess a topic.
In youtube we can find many movie segments called "Movie segments to assess grammar goals".
The searching of an appropiate movie could be a bit time consuming but there is an amazing blog in which we can find numerous movie segments already classified according to the topic practiced. Besides, there are some worksheets with activities that teachers can carry out with each segment. If you explore the blog, you will realize that you can download the videos as well as the worksheets. These segments are meant to use for assessing different grammar rules but as we said before teacher can also adapt and use them in other stages of their lessons.
The movies are perfect to learn and have fun!!! It is time to try and see the results!
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INTERNET RADIO UK
Online radio Stations
Internet Radio UK is a web site which allows us to listen to radio stations from different regions of the United Kingdom.
Teachers can use this tool in order to give students the opportunity to listen to a real context audio.
Although you can choose between several stations from UK, you can also have access to stations from other countries in the world.
The site's interface is nice and easy to use; a good point is that you can choose the radio station through an icon or their the numerical frequency.
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BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH
This is an interesting site in which you can find news about international events. You will be informed about news, and at the same time, you can listen to the articles either in British or in American English. Besides, on the same page, you will find a lot of exercises to improve your other language skills.
A great advantage of this web site is that you can download the audio as an mp3 file. Moreover, you can get the script of the news, which can be used in an English class as authentic material, and ready-made exercises for all levels.
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STORYLINE ONLINE
This site is part of a program called "Screen Actor Guild Foundation" in which different actors read famous stories. Besides, you can download written activities connected them. This material can be used in an English class as a useful listening activity. Besides, this site has an attractive interface which is easy to manage.
A great advantage of the videos is that they have subtitles, which can help students to follow the narration. A disadvantage is that despite the fact that you can easily download the videos from youtube, you won't get the subtitles.
FAIRY TALE CORNER
"The Emperor's New Clothes" and other stories can be found in this page providing an useful tool to gain exposure directly from native speakers. The page provides several stories in audio form. Click on the image to listen to the story!
Clearly, teachers will need to complement the recordings with visual support and will have to create their own exercises. Click here to enter this page.
REAL ENGLISH
This site offers the chance to watch and to listen to different videos. It also has interactive exercises that make the typical pronunciation tasks more bearable and attractive. Learners can also record themselves and then compare their pronunciation. Moroever, the videos present a real language with spontaneous speech, breaking schemes of the books.
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MAILVU
In this page you can record your message and send it in a simple way; as a result you can also practise your English. You have to follow three easy steps and your message is ready to be sent. It is also a fantastic way to encorauge your students to speak! Watch our welcome message by clicking on the image below:
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VOKI
Voki is a free educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. Voki characters can be customized to look like historical figures, cartoons, animals and even yourself! Give your Voki a voice by recording with microphone or uploading an audio file. Voki characters can be emailed, shared on social networks and embedded on websites! See our Welcome Voki at the top of the right-hand column!
For teachers, these speaking avatars can add a more "human" element to the online class website or blog. It is especially useful for those who may not be all that great with video taping or vodcasting.
Teachers can use Voki avatar to introduce the course or topics. It can also be used to aid in instructing those who are more audio/visual learners. Besides, Voki is a very helpful way to get shy students involved, to get foreign language students to feel more comfortable talking, to help students proofread their papers and to share comments with students in other countries.
What is a voki classroom?
It
is a students, class and lesson management system for Voki. With Voki
Classroom, teachers are able to control their students´ privacy
settings.
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SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM
You probably know that Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are. What you may not know, is that teachers around the world are using Skype to connect their classes. As the site states: "Skype in the classroom is a free and easy way for teachers to open up
their classroom. Meet new people, talk to experts, share ideas and
create amazing learning experiences with teachers from around the world."
You can also find lessons ready to use with Skype, and all kinds of topics to choose from. Get your students to have real life conversations in real time with native or non-native speakers of English (and many other languages) without moving out of your classroom!
You need to install the programme before you join Skype in the classroom. Click on the following image to download it.
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You can also find lessons ready to use with Skype, and all kinds of topics to choose from. Get your students to have real life conversations in real time with native or non-native speakers of English (and many other languages) without moving out of your classroom!
You need to install the programme before you join Skype in the classroom. Click on the following image to download it.
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CROAK IT
It is a free online platform where students can express themselves using their voice instead of text, which is quite boring. Every unique voice stamp is called a croak on the platform.
Croaks have a wide variety of uses, depending on the user! From personal messages to picture tagging to holidays wishes, a croak can allow your students to make it much personal than a text box and 26 letters. The most awesome feature being you can croak anywhere on the internet!
Students will love practising speaking with this amazing and fun tool! You can make them practise speaking through any topic sending messages...
Students can also share their croaks through facebook, Twitter and other social networks! They can also listen to other audios.
However, you must be careful! There are too many audios that maybe will not be useful or appropiate for your students! If you want them to listen to any audio, first you have to assess if it is suitable or not.
Listen to an audio from the series "Friends" in which Joey explains the meaning of "A Moo Point."
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PODOMATIC
This is a website especialized in the creation of tools and services that enable users to easily find, create, distribute, promote and listen to both audio and video podcasts.
What is a Podcast?
It is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio radio, video, among others, suscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device.
An outstanding point is that podcasts are classified into different topics such as education, arts, comedy, and many others. You can use podscasts to work with a specific topic, to check listening comprehension and later on you can ask your students to make their own podcast! They can work alone or in groups.
Students can also make minicasts, which allow you to combine photos with an audio track to create a video slideshow. You can share your minicast with friends on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and beyond. The following is the full playlist of podcasts by the Scottish Poetry Library:
Your students will find these tools fun and interesting. It is an awsome way to motivate your students to work in a collaborative way. Besides, they are free!
Your students will find these tools fun and interesting. It is an awsome way to motivate your students to work in a collaborative way. Besides, they are free!
If you still have not tried the largest community of independent podcasters on the planet, what are you waiting for?
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LYRICS TRAINING
In this page you can find a fun way to develop listening skills through entertaining lyrics with exercises, in which students listen to the song, watch the video and fill in the blanks with a few words, several words or the whole song, depending on their level. We find this very interesting because it can please different likes and each student can choose videos of their favourite singers. Alternatively, students can sing along in the Karaoke mode!
Here is an example:
Here is an example:
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FOTOBABBLE
This page is a useful tool that allows you to personalize your pictures with your voice saying what you want or just sending greetings in an amusing way. That is why it would be very useful for any students' level or age because they can lose shyness and gain confidence. Look at the following example and try it for yourself!
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VOXOPOP
This is a tool oriented to students and teachers. Voxopop allows you to create talkgroups which can be used for practising and learning a language. Although it is organized like a chat room, it uses voice messages instead of text.
The advantage of this site is that teachers can create a room for their students, where students can send messages to their partners. A disadvantage is that the messages can't be sent in real-time and it can be a bit boring
because students have to record any message that they want to deliver first.
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NURSERY SONGS AND RHYMES
In the BBC free webpage teachers can find different sources to practice listening and speaking skills. There is a vast amount of listening for all ages and levels.
We found the "nursery songs and rhymes" particularly interesting. They are within the section called "School Radio". There teachers can find audio resources for primary schools from "Listen and Play" and "Playtime", both of which provide podcasts available for download.
These songs are excellent to motivate young learners to learn vocabulary about numbers, animals, and healthy habits, among others. Futhermore, each song has video that students can watch and enjoy. You can also print the lyrics!
We hope you find it useful for your classes. For sure, your children will love these songs!
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