{"id":3375,"date":"2017-07-18T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T09:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2017-07-18T14:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:09:41","slug":"8-websites-that-are-sure-to-diversify-any-language-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/8-websites-that-are-sure-to-diversify-any-language-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"8 websites that are sure to diversify any language lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More and more teachers take advantage of non-standard foreign language teaching forms. Also many online tools supporting the teaching process emerge and materials are available in abundance. We selected 8 links to websites with free tools and materials that are bound to arouse passion for foreign language learning in your students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0TED-Ed<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A library of original movies created by 250 thousand teachers from all over the world. You will find interactive lessons in\u00a0 English for youth there. A very extensive and useful source.
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2.\u00a0Story Wars<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

An interesting initiative developing writing skills in English. It consists in shared creation of a story with people from all over the world by adding its subsequent parts.<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0Canva<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

You don\u2019t have to be a professional graphic artist to create interesting visuals jointly with your students. Design your own business cards, posters, infographics in a foreign language using the simple and free tool.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0Diki podcasts<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

You will practice listening skills with the use of free podcasts. You will find there various categories of files for listening: business, technologies, travel or entertainment. Every student will certainly find something for themselves.<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0Study Stack<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It has been long known that flashcards make memorising of words easier. Use millions of ready flashcards or create your own ones with the free tool. See interesting exercises with the use of flashcards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0YouGlish<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Your students have problems with correct pronunciation? The educational version of YouTube to the rescue. After inputting of a selected word, the website browses fragments of movies where characters say the given phrase.<\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0Thinglink<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A super cool way to involve your students is to create interactive graphics. Owing to Thinglink tool you can place on photos various links that direct users to subpages, describe a given item or display a video about a marked object. You can also create 360\u00b0 photos.<\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0Quizizz<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Your students like learning through fun? An excellent tool to combine those two activities is Quizizz, helping you to create quizzes. Those are time educational games, just as is the case of Kahoot. It is worthwhile giving both tools a try.<\/p>\n

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