Apps+for+learning+English

PHRASALSTEIN Another free app from CUP for learning phrasal verbs. The meaning is illustrated in cartoons, and then there are exercises to practise them.


===Encourage learners to download the FREE DICTIONARY BY FARLEX App and tell them they can learn the "Word of the Day" every day and read the "Article of the Day" and other texts, as well as play hangman, spelling bee and other games at 3 different levels:===

WORDREFERENCE allows you to find translations of words in other languages:


===WHATSAPP - use this to create class groups where learners can be in touch with you and one another to ask questions about classes, homework tasks, exchange useful links and ideas for lerning English, sound files, and send you pictures you can use for class speaking activities:===

PREZI: Watch and make your own presentations on Prezi:


===POETRY This App allows you to find poems which match different themes (e.g. optimism, doubt, disapointment, joy, etc.) with different topics (e.g. life, youth, love, family, etc.). You can read or listen to some of them. Idea: encourage learners to find a poem they like, learn it by heart, and recite it to the class and comment on why they chose it.===

**SKITCH** allows you to draw arrows on pictures and add text. Ideal for pictures you want to use as part of a presentation, or for sending postcards of places you have visited.


===TELLAGAMI is a mobile App that lets you create and share a quick animated video. You can choose what your animated character looks like. Click here for a teacher tutorial on how you can use it for introducing yourself, talking about your family, telling stories, making a postcard about a place you have visited, sending messages with your own pictures, etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8qJlL_DEk===

SURVEY MONKEY Create surveys you can use with your classes:


===**PLICKERS** Lets you poll your class for free, without the need for student devices. Just give each student a paper a card (a "paper clicker"), and use your iPhone/iPad to scan them to do instant-checks-for-understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls. Your data is autamatically saved, student-by-student, at plickers.com. Here you can see it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMAX2EQnUXE and here is a brief description of how to set it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpx56rjCVjQ#t=67.063===

CAMDICTIONARY scans texts and translate them into different languages:


===GOOGLE TRANSLATE allows you to record your voice in any language and play back the translation in 90+ other languages, as well as see the written translation, and there is a device for scanning and translating written text:===

**STOP MOTION** Make animated videos of objetcs or people from your photos for as long as you like. Use them as part of presentations, explanations, etc.


===**AURASMA** This augmented reality App allows you to scan an image - a word, a picture, a drawing, a wall poster - and then attach a video to it which will play when someone scans it with their smartphone. It can be used to talk about a topic, talk about a book, almost anything. Watch the following tutorials on how to make and use them, and then get learners to create their own examples:Quick denmo for teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYm3DRHRuzs and Step by step guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im532nQsPnA and Making an Aurasma for your classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm2skiMTUJ8 and best of all for teaching ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHIxYpBW7sc===

Here is an App called ICT Teaching which has lots of ideas and videos showing you how to use IT in your teaching:


=**APPS AVAILABLE FROM PUBLISHERS AND OTHER SOURCES**=

Here are apps for an ipad: **http://appsineducation.blogspot.ch/p/english-ipad-apps.html**
===**Here is a link for more teaching tools: http://www.scoop.it/t/tools-and-ideas-for-your-efl-class and here is one example you might like to try out for telling stories:** **http://www.scoop.it/t/tools-and-ideas-for-your-efl-class/p/1242154547/story-robe-a-storytelling-app**===

**Here are 15 great free android apps: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/15-great-free-android-apps-for-english.html**
===**Here are apps from Macmillan publishers: http://www.macmillaneducationapps.com/** **I strongly recommend you download the free App for the Sound Chart as it allows you to hear all the phonemes of English and practise writing them.**===

WORDREFERENCE: You can download this as an App on your smartphone to help you find the equivalent of English words in your own language.
=**CREATE YOUR OWN APPS**=

Visit this website, watch the introductory video, and start making interactive Apps for learning: http://learningapps.org/
=**KAHOOT**= ===Go to https://getkahoot.com/ and create an account. Then create a quiz with 4 options for answers. Tell learners to go to https://kahoot.it/#/ on their mobile devices, enter the PIN number for the game, give themselves a nickname, and then play the game as a class. Great fun!===

=**SOCRATIVE**= ===This is similar to Kahoot (above) but has more options and allows your learners to answer questions on any internet device in the classroom. Play real-time quizzes, do immediate surveys in class, or play a space race game. It provides you with reports on the progress and performance of learners. Watch the introduction at: http://www.socrative.com/=== =**WEBINAR on using Apps and games**=