Or go the traditional route and network with your fellow language teaching colleagues—they may be able to help you contact a teacher abroad. With Lyrics Training, you can host a competition to see who can fill out the lyrics at the quickest pace. In the process, students learn the words to their favorite songs in the target language.
There are music videos available in a variety of languages, and students can compete against other users. This is sure to get all of your students singing and engaged. Host an online discussion via Padlet: Padlet allows students to view a prompt and respond on an online discussion board. If you want to engage students in a digital discussion rather than an oral one, you can have them respond with text, images, videos, or links.
This can be a great tool for pre- or post-reading discussions in the target language, as well as for warm-up activities or exit tickets. They can express whether they agree or disagree as an extension activity. I need to change my entire teaching methods. The wonderful thing about these tech tools for your online language lessons is knowing that they exist, knowing what they do, how to use them, and using them only when needed. In fact, you might find that for some students, all you ever use is Skype with a little pinch of Google Drive stuff going on now and then.
Click here to learn more about it and enroll now. If transferring your teaching online is confusing the heck out of you and you need some inspiration to keep your language lessons fresh, try Creative Ideas for Online Language Teachers , an ebook with digital supporting resources and templates. Finally, get yourself organised with The Online Language Teacher Planner , a planner designed specifically with online language teachers in mind.
Click here to find out more. It allows teachers to use the same content in different ways. Teachers can click on the options, accessing different types of language games using common content. Teachers can also create their own activities and share with the students. As practical tools for remote language teaching, Kahoot, Wordwall, and Padlet are the three resources that provide the extra material that I can apply to my lessons.
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