The Role of ICTtools in developing oral Skills

1. The Role of ICT in Developing Oral Skills Dafne González – Jan. 2010

2. Speaking and Listening can be learned and taught online! It can be done synchronoulsy and asynchronouly Synchronous – communication in real time Asynchronous – delayed communication Speaking and Listening

3. Synchronous communication tools

4. Synchronous communication tools Free Virtual Conference Rooms

5. Voice Tools for Podcasts These tools can be embedded in blogs and wikis Asynchronous communication tools

6. Asynchronous communication tools To record on your computer and edit your own recordings use: Then, you can upload the recording to Or to a podcasting blog, such as…

7. Asynchronous communication tools Videos: Look for videos or upload your own videos to… Create your videos using (for PC users)

8. Asynchronous communication tools Text-to-Speech Listen to any written text using these applications

9. How can podcasts, videos and text-to-speech applications be used in language teaching and learning? Have you used any of these applications? If so, how have you used them? Is synchronous communication better than asyncronous communication to learn or teach a language? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using these tools? Think!

10. All the links to the different applications shown in this presentation, can be found on this page: http://unedesp.pbworks.com/Tools References