This presentation aims at introducing and evaluating some Listening and Speaking Tools ESL teachers may make use of both inside and outside the classroom.

1. Webtools and websites
Listening and Speaking

2. Fotobabble is an online tool to combine photos with audio.
It is free and easy to use.
It is appropriate for children,
teenagers and adults
Disadvantage: not available
offline

3. CREATING A FOTOBABBLE
In three simple steps
1. Upload your photo and press create
2. Give it a name and record your audio. Then press save
3. Enjoy! Now you have a picture that tells a story

4. LESSON PLAN
Using fotobabble
Travelling
Ss pick a photo of their holidays to tell a short anecdote.
Places I’d like to visit
Ss pick a photo of a place they’d like to visit and provide a short
explanation
Sample:
My pets
Ss pick a photo of their pets and describe them

5. LESSON PLAN
positive and negative aspects
The stories can be presented in a more creative way
Ss organize what they want to say and may feel more
confident because they are recording themselves
Fotobabbles can only last one minute so Ss’ll have to
select what information is more relevant
Fotobabble needs internet access both to create them
and to watch them

6. USEFUL LINKS
Video Tutorial:
Teaching ideas:
fotobabbles about teaching ideas
More ideas for the English Classroom

7. https://www.youtube.com/show/10questions
Time.com
Interviews
Trustworthy info
Famous people?
Free access
Constant video updates

8. https://www.youtube.com/show/10questions
Advertising
Extremely easy to use
Download the video onto your computer

9. https://www.youtube.com/show/10questions
Education-related features
Target: young adults
onwards
Level: Intermediate onwards
Topics: Rather serious; not for kids
Learning styles: auditory and visual mostly
Proper realia
Doesn’t offer ready-made activities
Some videos include a transcript

10. https://www.youtube.com/show/10questions
Research TIME! (pre-viewing)
Prediction TIME! (pre-viewing)
Guessing “what” TIME!
Guessing “who” TIME!
Interviewing TIME! Try
also using..
Try these teaching
ideas out...

11. https://www.youtube.com/show/10questions
Interviewing TIME!
(sample)
Created with.. http://blabberize.com/view/id/1129368

12. Accuracy and acceptance
Content ⇒audio files,while and after-listening activities (pdf and word files) and
quizzes (2 different ones)
Content => dated
No area under construction
No reference as regards the last time the site was updated
Some links are not valid ⇒ ‘About the author’.

13. Authority and coverage
Sean Banville (2006) = University of Birmingham
Contact = e-mail address , twitter or blog
Links to other materials -his personal e-book- and other sites of his own
Several adds = makes it annoying to navigate the website.

14. Audience and relevance
Intended audience ==> teachers of English and students
Topics ==> some are appropriate for children -Autumn, football or holidays-
whilst some others are not blood, prostitution, etc.
Material ⇒ Audio and while and post-listening activities
More relevant and ‘in-context’ material could be found somewhere else -tv
shows or films.

15. Educational focus
Main focus ==> listening skills
Learners with auditory preferences
Learners with visual preferences
Appropriate stages of the National Curriculum or examination body = no links
at all.

16. Ease of use
Easy to find the listening you are looking for = unnecessary to add a search
facility within the site.
Site = easy to use
It loads quickly
100% free
Registration=Not needed

17. Ease of use
It might be difficult to find the place where to listen to the audio file
No reference = level of difficulty or intended audience
Design = not attractive
Site is copyrighted –2006-2014- and Sean encourages users to recommend
this site on blogs, forums or other sites.

18. Ideas on how to use this website
- Select a topic you are interested in
- Listen to the audio file
- Do the while and post-listening activities related to that audio file

19. Sock Puppets
★ Free application
★ Available in the app store
★ For iPhone, iPod, iTouch, iPad or
your Mac PC.
SOCK PUPPETS

20. SOCK PUPPETS FREE APP
Create your own puppet shows.
Create lip-synched cartoons: puppets
automatically lip-synch to your voice.
Friends can work together and create hilarious
conversations with multiple puppets.
Share them on Facebook or YouTube.

21. Sock Puppet Tutorial
Learn everything you need to know about how to create and share
your very own movies! Click on the video link to watch a tutorial
hosted by our puppet friends Socky and Sandy..
Sock Puppet Home Screen
● start new projects
● open saved projects
● purchase add-ons from the
Store.
SOCK PUPPETS TUTORIAL
SOCK PUPPETS FREE APP

22. SOCK PUPPETS
SELECTION SCREENS
# Character Select Screen.
Choose and select up to four
characters for your story.
# Background Select Screen
Select up to five backgrounds.
Import your OWN backgrounds right from your camera roll by
tapping the Import button.
# Props and Scenery Screen
Choose several things to spruce up your sock puppet scene.

23. SOCK PUPPETS FREE APP
TEACHING IDEAS
TEACHING IDEAS:
*Young students can explore creative storytelling, show their
feelings, watch and listen to their creations, share them and
HAVE FUN!!
*Teachers can create puppet shows that review vocabulary,
model behavior, help children develop language skills, their
imagination, problem solving, and creative thinking.

24. SOCK PUPPETS FREE APP
Advantages and Disadvantages
ADVANTAGES
+It’s a free application available on the App store.
+It’s easy to use, it has a user friendly format,
+Tutorials included.
DISADVANTAGES
- It’s designed for iPhones, iPods, and iPads.
- You can also download it on your PC, but only if it’s
a
MAC!

25. http://www.listen-and-write.com/
Educational focus
* Free listening and spelling practice
* Target: teenage and adult learners
+ Offers practice in different
languages
+ Practice divided into levels of
proficiency. Level test available
+ Score for activities includes
animated fireworks if they have
done well
- Ignores some punctuation marks
- May contain some mistakes

26. http://www.listen-and-write.com/
+ Website updated regularly
+ Quite user-friendly website; tutorial
video available.
- Using the site requires registration
+ Registration is very simple

27. http://www.listen-and-write.com/
Teaching idea: T can prepare a
recording for their students to work
with
+ Users can contribute their own
recordings to the website