My ES(O)L SIG Pre conference day talk IATEFL 2015 Manchester

1. Exploiting web-based sources
for practice at home.
Jo Gakonga
elt-training.com

2. Study
time

3. ESOL
learners
Work
Family commitments
Money/ work/ family/ visa worries
Language study at home???!!!
Digitalliteracy?

4. Flipped
classroom
Homework

5. Advantages of
authentic material
Real language
Sense of
achievement
Promotes
autonomy

6. Difficulty of level
How can you
support them?

7. Two tools that will help to support
learners with online authentic content.

8. For video content

9. For text content

10. http://www.educanon.com/index

11. What does it do?
Takes authentic video
Allows you to add tasks
• Multiple choice
• Check all that apply
• Reflective pause
Can link questions to web
pages/ embed material

12. Here’s one that I made
earlier…
The present perfect
www.educanon.com/public/13020/198985?cn=s

13. Why is this better than a worksheet?
• It’s all on one link for learners
• Questions inserted at certain points
• You can know if they have done it and
which questions they have got right.
Much more control
www.educanon.com/listcode/198985/e8e217

15. Will this take me a
lot of time?
Yes… but…
• Useful
• Re-useable
• Shareable

16. For text content

17. Takes text content
• Underlines/ highlights
• Adds notes/ questions/ definitions
• Shareable

18. Here’s another one I made
earlier…
http://www.scrible.com/contentview/page/QK
G80905H4KSO23A14O1O0PE42C0G0A2:12737
0526/index.html?utm_source=tb_share&utm_
medium=email&utm_campaign=trans&_sti=21
68269

20. http://1000words.org.uk/would-you-like-to-
come-in/

21. http://1000words.org.uk/would-you-like-t
come-in/

22. http://www.scrible.com/contentview/page/QK
GQ0901H40C827A14C3O19R42E0I4A6:127425
770/index.html

24. Any questions?

25. NATECLA
Language Issues
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