10 useful apps which can be used by teachers of English to encourage students to practise the language and interact with each other

1. Using Apps in ELT
Why use Apps?
• Saudi students like using mobiles all
the time
• Some colleges ban their use for what
might be obvious reasons
• But is this missing a trick?
• Cashing in on their interest could be
one more way to motivate them

2. Some guidelines
• All free
• They have websites
• Copy the URL address and make it
tiny with goo.gl which generates a QR
code
• Students scan the code with a QR
Code Reader app, which takes them
straight to the task

3. Goo.gl

4. QR code reader

5. Quizlet
• For learning vocabulary items, lexical
chunks, collocations
• You can create a class, and sets of
items (no more than 20 items is
optimal), you can use synonyms,
definitions or translate the terms
to/from Arabic), add images and even
use it for comprehension tasks.
https://quizlet.com

6. • It is easy to share with your students,
and you can encourage them to make
and share their sets.
• No need for students to sign up.
• SeeSandy Millin‘s detailed guide:
https://independentenglish.wordpress.c
om/2012/03/13/quizlet/

7. Whatsapp
• Useful for creating class groups to
share images, texts and recordings
• This is probably the most important
App of them all as all the URL
addresses can be shared with your
students via your class group.
https://web.whatsapp.com/

8. Answergarden
• For brainstorming, checking students
prior knowledge and getting short (20
characters) answers.
• No need for students to sign up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbi
CnrkrwZM

9. Mentimeter
• Good for brainstorming, mind
mapping, allows for longer answers. I
like the visual features. No need for
students to sign up.
https://www.mentimeter.com/

10. Linoit
• Collaborative board for sharing ideas,
images and videos via sticky notes.
• Easy for students to use.
• IPhone users now need to download
the app in advance to see the canvas
(collaborative board)
• No need for Android students to sign
up.
http://en.linoit.com/

12. Photofunia
• for creating fun posters, billboards and
other images on Smarphones, using
photos from the Smartphone gallery.
• https://photofunia.com/

13. Muzy
• Muzy for creating photo collages or
storyboards.
http://muzy.com/app/photobox

14. Canva
• Canva for creating Infographics.
https://www.canva.com/

15. Keep Calm-o-matic
• Keep-Calm-O-Matic for creating Keep
Calm posters.
www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk

16. Google Translate
Treat with CAUTION! But it has its
uses…
https://translate.google.co.uk/

17. Thank you for participating!