Technology use in language classrooms
Updated: Apr 21, 2021
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-- What do you need to know for using technologies in language classrooms? --
10 ways to increase your confidence when using technologies
◦List what you know
◦Begin by using the tools that you are already comfortable with
◦Ask your students for help
◦Appoint digital leaders in your school
◦Search for solutions online
◦Set up short training sessions in your school
◦Attend a webinar
◦Take a free online course
◦Read blogs or (e-)books
◦Try it out yourself first
10 key technology terms to know
◦Hardware & software
◦App
◦iOS & Android
◦Browser
◦Audio & video files
◦Document formats
◦URL
◦Bandwidth
◦Synchronous & asynchronous
◦Social network
10 questions to ask your students about technology
◦How confident are you as a technology user?
◦What technology tools do you use regularly?
◦Do you have a mobile phone?
◦Do you already use technology to support English learning?
◦Would you like to include the use of some technologies such as mobile devices in your language classes?
◦What are your favourite technologies and apps?
◦Do you have any favourite English websites or games?
◦Are there any technologies or tools that you dislike or would prefer to avoid?
◦Would you like to use technology in class, or out of class, or both?
◦What do you think of how we used technologies during this course?
10 questions to ask yourself about integrating technology
◦What technology is available?
◦What will students learn?
◦What does the technology bring to the activity?
◦What is the syllabus fit?
◦Is the effort spent on learning to use the tool worth it?
◦Is the time spend on using the tool in class worth it?
◦What skills do I need?
◦What skills do my students need?
◦Where and when will the tool(s) be used?
◦Do my students consume or produce information with the tool?
10 ELT technology scenarios
◦The no-resource scenario
◦The low-resource scenario
◦The high-resource scenario
◦The IWB scenario
◦The mobile tablet scenario
◦The classroom stations scenario
◦The computer lab scenario
◦The blended learning scenario
◦The online learning scenario
◦The in-company scenario
-- How to use technologies to develop various language knowledge and skills? --
10 ways to use technology for listening
◦Language teaching listening materials online
◦Podcasts
◦Podcast dictations
◦Picture dictations
◦MP3 audio format
◦QR codes: audio treasure hunt
◦Video materials online
◦Music video lyrics
◦Movie trailers
◦Literal videos
10 ways to use technology for speaking
◦Pronunciation practice
◦Tongue twisters
◦Speech to text
◦Voice search
◦Voicemail greetings
◦Opinion piece
◦Animations
◦Presentations
◦Exchange project
◦Mystery guest
10 ways to use technology for vocabulary
◦Flashcards
◦Vocabulary games
◦Online mind-maps
◦Virtual stick notes
◦Word clouds
◦Vocabulary notebooks
◦Teens and tens
◦Close-ups
◦Photo-find
◦House tour
10 ways to use technology for grammar
◦Explaining grammar
◦Dictations
◦Grammar games and apps
◦Grammar quizzes
◦Group grammar games
◦Word cloud jumbled sentences
◦Grammar and spelling checkers
◦Translation tools
◦Predictive text
◦Real-time polling
10 ways to use technology for pronunciation
◦Phonemic chart apps
◦Dictionary websites and apps
◦Word games
◦Minimal pairs
◦Sound clouds
◦Sound-cloud sorting
◦Speech-to-text minimal pairs
◦Song sounds
◦Songs and sentence stress
◦Speaking along
-- What language learning activities could be held using technologies? --
10 activities with word clouds
◦Class names
◦About me
◦Course topics
◦Spelling cloud
◦Phrasal verbs
◦Contractions
◦Language cloud
◦Pre-teach vocabulary
◦Key words
◦Word frequency
10 activities with polls and surveys
◦Concept-check poll
◦Get examples
◦Visual displays
◦‘Before and after’ polls
◦Favourite words poll
◦Needs analysis survey
◦Course expectations survey
◦Technology survey
◦Class survey
◦Language practice survey
10 activities sticky-note apps
◦Goal setting
◦Weekly learning points
◦Essay content
◦Project resources
◦Language wall
◦Feedback on work
◦Post-class Q&A
◦Class yearbook
◦Birthday wishes
◦Controversial statements
10 online reference tools
◦Dictionaries
◦Thesauruses
◦Translation tools
◦Online encyclopaedias
◦Mother tongue translations
◦Translated translations
◦Country research task
◦Simple English Wikipedia
◦Wikipedia features
10 ways to use blogs
◦Setting up a blog
◦Continual professional development(CPD) of blog
◦Homework blog
◦Exam tip blog
◦Class writing blog
◦Story summary blog
◦Cultural exchange blog
◦Student journals
◦Photo and video blogs
◦ePortfolio blogs
10 ways to use wikis
◦Lengthening sentence
◦Group lists
◦Good advice
◦City guide
◦Famous people encyclopaedia
◦My story
◦Preparing presentations
◦Resource bank
◦Digital CV
◦Teacher wiki
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