Showing posts with label activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label activities. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2012

CALL Websites


Jeff's Favorite Sites(totally subjective)

Useful Lists
General/Mixed Purposes
Games & Activites
    Listening

    Podcasts
    Pronuciation & Speaking

     Top Practice Sites

     Other Sites

    Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed say certain things
    or  interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or  avatar)

      Vocabulary
       
      Reading
      Writing
       
      Grammar

      Young Learners / Elementary
      See the publication below for descriptions of other sites for young learners. 
      Reference
      Tools

      Mobile Tools

      Make your own comics and animations

      Assorted Tools
      Fun Sites
       (personality tests)




      EFL Blogs
        Blog Lists

      Here are some EFL Related blogs and blog lists.

        Blogger Blogs

        		More EFL Teacher blogs
        Other News & Tech Blogs
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        Tuesday, March 1, 2011

        Language Learning Activities - Creating, Finding, & Using them

        Computer based games, activities, and quizzes are perhaps the most common examples of CALL.  These can be created with downloadable software or online services.  It is possible to create activites using a program on your computer (like Hot Potatoes) or online site (like Proprofs, Quzlet, or Google Forms).  There are also many, many activities already online that you can access and sometimes download.

        Finding Activities
           Online Activities  (some made with Hot Potatoes, some not) and test taking prep

        Game Sites for Young Learners

        Sites designed specifically to provide test taking peparation
        Creating Activities
         Hot Potatoes: If you don't already have Hot Potatoes installed on your computer,  you can download it (for free) here
        Guide:  Jeff's Hot Potatoes Guide  Jeff's screencast guide
        Other Guides:  Official HotPotatoes Tutorial  MakeUseOf.com Guide

        Look at examples of different kinds of Hot Potatoes activies below
        Jquiz JCloze JMatch JMix JCross
         exercise exercise 1
         exercise 2        		 exercise 1
        exercise 2         		 exercise 1
        exercise 2        		 exercise1 

        Look at a couple of websites that use Hot Pototoes
          Other programs and web-based tools
           (You don't need to do anything with these. There just here for future reference.)

          Optional Tasks:
          •  Hot Potatoes
            -Create any kind of Hot Potatoes activity.  Jeff's Hot Potatoes Guide The activity can be very simple (i.e. a 3 questions quiz, a gap activity with a few blanks, etc. ).
            - Save it (Save as & Create webpage) in c:\temp and save a copy on your USB drive. Make sure the file name includes your name and class#.
            -  If time permits, try different kinds of  activities
          • (Optional) Post a Hot Potatoes Activity on your  blog.  (details here - Cick 'Questions' above)
            Create a new post on your blog.
            Then paste this code into a blog post (make sure to use  'Edit HTML tab, not Compose tab)
              <iframe src="URL Here" frameborder="0" height="500" width="600" scrolling="auto"></iframe>
            In another tab, upload it to your Dropbox public folder and 'copy public link'. 
          • (Optional) Use Google Forms (guidehere) or Proprofs.com Quizmaker  and try to  create a basic quiz or survey with at least two questions.  Post a link to that quiz (or embed it) in a blog entry on your blogger.com blog. 
          • Explore some of the websites below which have many, many different kinds of activities.
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