Creating social phrasebooks with Phraseum

I spend a lot of time looking at different web-based tools and apps and thinking about if and how they can be used for learning. Sometimes i...

Using Wise Quotes with EFL ESL Students

I've always found wise (and sometimes not so wise) quotes really useful, both within the classroom with students and as a way of introdu...

Adventure Narratives for EFL ESL Students

For a long time now I've really admired and been fascinated by the work of Amanita Design . They have a really unique approach and I lov...

Artificial Intelligence Chat bots and EFL ESL

Earlier this week I posted a short article to my Quick Shout blog about a new site called Virsona that enables teachers and students to d...

Using Word Clouds in EFL ESL

I've just discovered Wordle , which is a really useful site for creating word clouds. The word clouds are created by entering either a t...

Microblogging for EFL with Plurk

Well I never thought I'd say this, but I've become a fan of microblogging ! I have to say that it's mainly because of Plurk . Wh...

Prompting reading speeds

This is a really handy little tool which is doing the rounds at the moment. It's called CuePrompter and it's an online Teleprompter...