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2. Useful Websites for Practising
Speaking
Jo Gakonga

3. How important is speaking?

4. How can learners get practice?
• In an English speaking country?

5. How can learners get practice?
• In their own country?

6. • But learners, even in an English speaking
country often find that it’s difficult to get
practice.

7. A few tools
• www.vocaroo.com
• www.voki.com
• www.mailvu.com
• www.present.me.com
• www.mybrainshark.com

8. Vocaroo

9. Vocaroo
• It’s free
• It’s really easy to use

10. Vocaroo
Limitations
It has a five minute limit
You need a microphone.

11. Voki

12. Voki

13. Voki
• It’s free
• It’s easy to use
• It might be entertaining/ motivating for
younger (or older!) learners.
• You can embed a Voki on a blog or website.

14. • Only a 1 minute limit
• Making the avatar can become more time
consuming than the language practice.

15. Mail Vu

16. Mail Vu
• Free and easy to use.
• May seem more personal than just a voice
recording.
• You can see facial expressions and other
paralinguistic features.
• I will play on an iPhone, Blackberry or
Android.
• 10 minute limit

17. Mail Vu
• You need a webcam
• Learners might feel embarrassed/ inhibited
about making a video of themselves.

18. Present Me

19. Present Me
• It’s free (at least for the limited version) – 15
mins and 50MB.
• Good for Academic English or Business
English.

20. Present Me
• Need a webcam and microphone.
• Need to be able to use Powerpoint.
• Trickier to use than the other websites.

21. My Brainshark.com

22. My Brainshark.com

23. My Brainshark.com

24. Great website for instructions for all
these sites and more…
Russell Stannard’s Teacher Training Videos.
www.teachertrainingvideos.com

25. Any questions?