Blogger for EFL teachers

Voicethread is a useful tool that emphasizes many skills in linguitic education, but specially in speaking skill. The main purpose of the tool is to make voice recorders, and that is why is perfect to improve the speaking skill. The tool can be used in two different ways which are: participate in a forum and create presentations. Allowing EFL professors to use the tool in some practical activities in their courses. . Participate in a forum: The professor creates a forum about a topic seen in class. The students have to participate giving their opinion. . Create a debate: In groups of or six, depending the amount of students, they have to create a debate about certain topic. The topic must have a moderator, students in favor, and students against the topic. It is necessary that students with  a medium level of English.  Complete a crossword: The professor brings a Voicethread presentation about a specific topic. Adterwards, the students have to complete a crossword with k...

It is a tool that allows the users make voice recorderdings, and reproduce them with an avatar operated by the users. It emphasizes many skills as listening but above all speaking, since its main function is recording the audios. It is ideal for English speaking students who wish improve their vocabulary, fluency, and the speaking ability in general. For this reason it is an optinal tool in education and in specific courses related to EFL classes. The tool allows the teacher exercises activities in the classroom as: . Nowdays, is trying to equip the classroms with computers, considering this, teachers can use the tool for discussion of a them with a specific time. Allowing listening each audio in detail. . Realization of rounds tables: The professors creates groups of five or six people, depending on the amount of students, to do a round table about a specific topic. . Audio presentations: The teacher brings an audio on Voki, and projects it to the students. Afterwards, the profe...

This tool is similiar a daily, but virtual where people can write their day to day, opinions, works, and others. The tool emphasizes a lot of skills like speaking and reading but specially writing because the writers can write what they want, and if they want they can put it public. Specifically, the tool can help people that are learning a new language and they want to know how to write in that language. Many activities can be developed by the professors in EFL classes using the tool. Here are some of them: . Creation and publishing literaty texts, novels, stories, and poems: Being a tool that emphasizes in writing, allows the professor to implement it to a writing activity. . Role play presentations: The students have to do a role play of any topic seen in class and upload it on blogger. . Reading comprenhension: The teacher will bring a lecture on blogger to project it, and the students have to read it. Finishing the lecture, the students answer some questions about the text b...

It is a tool that allows the users develop many English skills as writing and reading but above all speaking. This tool allows you make calls and video call of 10 people. You can speak in English, and it allows people feel confortamble because it is a conversation between known people. Developing in a great way the speaking skill. The teachers can use the tool to develop some activities: .Discusing themes: Students make a video call discussing certain topics, and recording it with the permission of Hangouts On Air. It is recommended for students with a high English level. .Online classes: The tool allows the professor to give online classes depending on the amount of students, or type of activity. Tips for teachers who want to use the tool .Create an account in Hangouts. .It is important to know all the posibilities that the tool offers like Hangouts On Air and many more to have a better use of the tool. .It is necessary to read the security policy because is a tool simi...