SpiceUpELT

New seasoning is coming today! 😀We are going to explore Flipgrid, which is a useful platform where you can improve your speaking performance. What is Flipgrid? ‘ Flipgrid is social learning — because learning is more fun when we do it together. Our free video discussion app provides a safe, accessible space where students of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can explore new ideas, connect with others, get creative, and contribute to meaningful discussions . ’ The link is: https://info.flipgrid.com/

Today I am going to share a simple and useful platform called Scribblar for group collaboration. 😀  What is Scribblar? Scribblar is a virtual whiteboard – which also allows the playing of video and audio and the upload of documents and the presentation of details from websites.  It is designed to be an online collaborative effort that empowers users to develop and maintain a scholarly conversation at any time. Tools are optimal for the use of the online whiteboard, while the audio and text messaging features facilitate collaboration among users. Here is the link: https://scribblar.com/   Group work through Sribblar 😝 If you try to get students together to work on the same thing , you can take this platform into account! Sribblar provides you with a lot of beautiful templates to organise the group ideas . Opening the Sribblar, you can see a brand new whiteboard available to write down your thoughts . You can collaborate with your team members. (You can even see your teammates ’   m

Today I am going to introduce you to an interesting English learning platform called Simple English Videos that contains hundreds of high-quality English videos. You can find amazing teaching materials here according to the proficiency level and needs of your students. 😀 What is Simple English Videos? Simple English Videos is a site by English language teacher and author Vicki Hollett. On this site, you can find hundreds of excellent language learning videos   made by professionals, to help you learn English.  The videos are categorized by genre. Each video comes with a handy clickable transcript that you can follow along with as you watch.  There are also optional teaching resources, including downloadable videos and worksheets that teachers can purchase for some of the language learning videos.  Here is the link : https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/videos/

Today I am going to introduce an amazing ICT tool for English teaching---WebQuest, which is especially useful when applying task-based language teaching (TBLT)! 💘 What is WebQuest? WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which students get all information from the web. It is an assignment students complete using the Internet to research a specific topic . Teachers provide their students with documents that include links to websites to use the information, according to the activity. The link is: http://questgarden.com/147/00/7/120731094657/index.htm An English Holiday Today I explore a Webquest called 'An English Holiday'. The WebQuest is mainly about working collaboratively to plan a trip to the UK.  If you are interested in it, please take a look at the following link: http://questgarden.com/147/00/7/120731094657/index.htm  Analysis from different perspectives: Reading 💬 1.  Students have a chance to read through some key points of the history of England together, and