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Using Voicethread with your textbook

Sunday, November 8, 2009

One of the hardest parts of being an EFL student is not getting enough opportunity to speak. In class, there are usually too few opportunities for really spontaneous and “real” production/output. Voicethread is a tool that offers this in abundance. Read all our blog posts about Voicethread HERE.
I’ve spent the last few hours on this [...]

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Getting students Speaking – CO2!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

As a post-methodist (and not of the religious kind!!) I’m really big on getting students producing language and talking. CO2 is what I call it. Comprehensible Output for 2 people (communication). We all need to give our students more CO2 – forget the oxygen!
In that vein, I’ve promoted extensively both Voicethread and Voxopop. Two [...]

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Getting your students “speaking” – Some Strategies.

Friday, May 8, 2009

It isn’t easy to get students speaking sometimes. But it is well worth it! It is truly the road towards a fluent, confident speaker of English.
I remember when first confronted with a “silent” class. They were really passive and not willing to speak. After lots of trial and error I finally came into class gagged! [...]

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