This document discusses various online tools that can be used to teach and learn speaking and listening skills in a language, either synchronously or asynchronously. It mentions free virtual conference rooms for synchronous communication, voice tools for creating podcasts, and applications for recording, editing, and uploading audio recordings or videos. Text-to-speech applications are also listed as a tool for listening practice. The document poses questions about how these tools could be used for language teaching and learning and what the advantages and disadvantages are of synchronous versus asynchronous communication.

1. 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

4. Free Virtual Conference Rooms

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

6. 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. Videos:
Look for videos or upload your own videos to…
Create your videos using
(for PC users)

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

9.  How can podcasts, videos and text-to-speech
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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?

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