Tech Tools for Interactive Remote Teaching Webinar
For English language learning, ELLLO is an online series of free listening , reading, and vocabulary activities. Creative Commons tools are accessible on the website. Teachers and students can use free audio, videos, tutorials, games, and quizzes. To access the services, you do not need an account. There is also an opportunity to buy a thousand files that can be downloaded from mp3s.
Views: This category includes natural conversations about several topics. Users can select them according to country, topic or level. There is an option for curated lists according to level. Check out this example on a conversation about Japanese Culture.
Mixer: This section collects 6 people from different countries answering to one question. You can check this example in which people from Canada, Mexico, and England share their opinions about the heroes they look up to.
Games: Games help contextualize the conversations. Users have to listen to a piece of a conversation, read a question, and pick up the corresponding image. Check this game about aquarium animals.
Videos: Maybe one of my favorite activities is one-minute videos that feature stories from speakers from around the world. A transcript and a quiz are included, sometimes a printable worksheet is also available.