36 Tools for Digitising your ELT Course Book

Vocabulary developmentVocabulary developmentVocabulary development

Wordlehttp://www.wordle.net/create

Get students thinking about the vocabulary from the texts they are studying.

Wordnikhttp://www.wordnik.com/

Get students finding out more about words and creating their own word lists.

FlickRiverhttp://flickriver.com

Brainstorm topics using visual to stimulate vocabulary and existing knowledge.

Going beyond word levelGoing beyond word levelGoing beyond word level

Phras.inhttp://phras.in/

Get students to hypothesize and check collocations.

PhraseUphttp://www.phraseup.com/

Students can find out words that are commonly used together.

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PronunciationPronunciationPronunciation

Forvohttp://www.forvo.com/

Get students to do pronunciation research and find out about other accents.

HowJsayhttp://howjsay.com/

Get students to explore word stress and find related words.

Making example sentences and texts more interestingMaking example sentences and texts more interestingMaking example sentences and texts more interesting

Flickr Poethttp://www.storiesinflight.com/flickrpoet/index.php

Students can make visual records of sentences or illustrate short poems or paragraphs.

Phrasrhttp://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/

Create visual slide shows of sentences or short texts.http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/?id=27157

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Transl8ithttp://transl8it.com/

Students can translate example sentences to text speak and keep them as a record. They can build up text speak dialogues.

PhoTransEdithttp://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx

Students can translate text to phonetic script and keep their example sentences or short texts in phonetics

Going beyond sentence levelGoing beyond sentence levelGoing beyond sentence level

Telescopic texthttp://www.telescopictext.org/

You can show students how to add detail to sentences and they can examine sentence structure. they can also practice adding detail to their own sentences.

Developing receptive skillsDeveloping receptive skillsDeveloping receptive skills

WallWisherhttp://www.wallwisher.com/

You can create receptive skills work which draws on varied sources and different types of media.

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Simply Boxhttp://simplybox.com/main

You can create reading tasks that exploit multiple texts and get students to collect their own selections of texts.

Twurdyhttp://twurdy.com/

You can find texts based around key topics for lower levels far more easily.

Tag Bulbhttp://tagbulb.com/

Students can explore multiple sources and media types based on a theme.

Checking comprehensionChecking comprehensionChecking comprehension

Urtakhttp://urtak.com

You can create yes no receptive skills tasks and students can compare their answers with others.You can get students thinking about discussion topics.You can get students creating polls.

Intervue Mehttp://intervue.me

You can get students to answers comprehension questions verbally using video.You can create discussion questionnaires for them.

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Getting deeper into a textGetting deeper into a textGetting deeper into a text

Cue Prompterhttp://www.cueprompter.com/

You can develop students gist reading skills.

Cloze Test Creatorhttp://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html

You can create instant interactive cloze test tasks.

Momorizenowhttp://www.memorizenow.com/

You can create instant dialogue builds and gap fill activities that test students abilities to recognise word relationships.

Developing grammar through receptive skillsDeveloping grammar through receptive skillsDeveloping grammar through receptive skills

Bat Lyricshttp://batlyrics.com/

You can find songs that link to key grammatical structures or lexis.

VYouhttp://vyou.com

Set up your own grammar q&A video booth. Get students to ask you questions.

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Getting students practicing functional languageGetting students practicing functional languageGetting students practicing functional language

Dvolverhttp://www.dfilm.com/live/mm.html

Students can create dialogues. You can create short scenes that illustrate time relationships.

Makebelief Comicshttp://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

Students can create dialogues and link them to context.

Xtranormalhttp://www.xtranormal.com/

Students can create dialogues or news reports or more complex animated scenes.

Developing students speaking skillsDeveloping students speaking skillsDeveloping students speaking skills

MailVuhttp://mailvu.com/

Students can send in reports and homework tasks verbally using video.

AudioBoohttp://audioboo.fm

You can record and publish audio directly from your classroom.

Controlled practiceControlled practiceControlled practice

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Voxopophttp://www.voxopop.com/

You can create discussion tasks. You can set drills and get students to listen and record their responses.

Listening comprehensionListening comprehensionListening comprehension

Listen and Writehttp://www.listen-and-write.com/

Create your own listening activities for dictation or listening close tests.

ESL Videohttp://www.eslvideo.com

Create your own viewing and listening tasks based around video from YouTube.

VYou http://vyou.com/

Get students to listen and interact with real people.

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Developing writing skillsDeveloping writing skillsDeveloping writing skills

Sync Inhttp://sync.in/

Get students to work on text collaboratively in real time.

Write or Diehttp://writeordie.com/

Get students to write and to focus on fluency and drafting ideas rather than accuracy.

Posteroushttps://posterous.com/

Get students writing and publishing while integrating different media into their blogs.

Bookrhttp://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php

Get students to write illustrated reports.

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Lots morehttp://simplybox.com/public/?id=145809

Find lots more tools to digitalise your course book content.

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