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🎊 The platform I will be introducing today is very suitable for younger children . If you are an early childhood language teacher, then I recommend you read this blog! I am sure you will learn a lot from my introduction. 🧒As a teacher of younger children, we should be aware that it is essential to develop students' creativity at this stage . Therefore, in addition to classroom input, students should be encouraged to use a variety of outputs to practice language use.  💻The platform is called Book Creator (click here to access it) and you can choose to use it on the web or on your mobile phone. ❤️‍🔥 Functions of Book Creator i) Its main function is to allow users to create their own eBooks. On Book Creator, students can add the text, images, icons and even video and audio they want to a blank eBook template. All of these steps can be decided according to the students' own preferences! For example, they can choose the shape of the eBook template they like, or they can draw...

Hello everyone! Welcome to the continuation of my blog series. Today's topic is related to "practicing speaking a foreign language". With the advances in internet technology and the emerging concept of "fragmented learning", online education has overcome some of the limitations and challenges of the past, not only helping teachers to plan their classes better, but also helping students to learn foreign languages on their own.  Here, I will introduce a free website which can help you learn a foreign language in a variety of ways. Are you ready? Follow me below and have a look! 📍Brief introduction The name of this website is Speechling (click here to access it). The most unique feature of the site is that it uses a combination of computer and live teachers to encourage users to practice their speaking skills and give feedback on grammar, pronunciation, word choice and other aspects of speaking. ❓ How to practice speaking Step 1: Listen🎧 First of all, you need ...

💻With the use of multimedia technology in English language teaching, collaborative online learning models through the use of websites or apps, for example, are becoming more recognisable and accepted by teachers and students. This blog will introduce a platform that can make the English classroom a collaborative, interactive and sharing model, namely Padlet . (You can click here to explore!) 💭One of the features of the Padlet is that there are multiple templates that allow for different permutations of each of the mini-modules. (as shown below)  Based on this, we as English teachers can develop different collaborative activities within and outside the classroom, such as completing flow charts, timelines, etc.  (different templates) 💯Before you start, you need to know how to create a Padlet with the chosen theme. For example, once you have chosen the "Wall" template, you need to set the title, description, background image and other basic information for the new Padlet....

Last week in my ICT class I explored a very resourceful website that can help learners learn English on their own and perhaps increase their autonomy in their learning. It's called British Council Learn English and you can access it by clicking here . Before that, please follow my lead and explore it briefly! No reader will be unfamiliar with the British Council, one of the organisers of the IELTS test, which works in the field of English language education in over 100 countries worldwide.  British Council Learn English is an English learning website it has developed to provide online learning resources for all levels of English learners in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary. As teachers, we can also make full use of these resources to supplement our instructional training. In short, it's official , authoritative and informative ! The main functions of British Council Learn English are ...... English level test Firstly, all the resou...

📌 Today I am going to introduce you to a website Quizlet that I have been exposed to in my ICT classes and which I think will give language teachers a lot of inspiration. Specifically, teachers can use Quizlet to help their students learn the language, both in classroom sessions and when assigning homework afterwards. If you would like to explore it in person, please click   here .  ✍️【Using it in the classroom】 Firstly, teachers can use Quizlet to help students understand and remember words. By importing the words (or phrases) and their corresponding definitions to be learned within the lesson into two sides of cards, students can then learn them while reversing the cards.   (corresponding definitions)  (the phrases) Then, once the students have mastered the target words and phrases, the teacher can use Quizlet to create exciting class activities to test the students' learning. Specifically, Quizlet can set different questions based on the target knowledg...