Utilising educational freeware & games in ELT

Unlicensed software that may be used and distributed without payment.

John Daintith, 2004, A Dictionary of Computing

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee.

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware

An approach which focused on the provision An approach which focused on the provision of various resources and contexts for of various resources and contexts for learning which learners could choose learning which learners could choose according to their needs.according to their needs.

Broady & Kenning (1996)Promotes autonomous learningPromotes autonomous learningStudents learn at their own discretionStudents learn at their own discretion

NO. QUESTION TAGS PERCENTAGE (%)

1 ARE YOU AN ACTIVE USER OF INTERNET? 7070

2 DO YOU DOWNLOAD MATERIALS FROM THE INTERNET TO ASSIST ELT?

4242

3 HAVE YOU EVER USE EDUCATIONAL FREEWARE IN ELT?

1515

4 HAVE YOU EVER USE INTERNET GAMES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM?

2020

5 DO YOU ENCOURAGE SELF-ACCESS LEARNING IN YOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM?

5050

SOURCE: http://apa.org/ed/new_blooms.html

•E-LEARNING SITE •YAHOO CHAT

GROUP

•SOCIAL NETWORKING•AUDIO-VISUAL

SENSORY LEARNING

•Dictionary+ thesaurus+ word finder Dictionary+ thesaurus+ word finder •Able to get meanings of words quicklyAble to get meanings of words quickly•Includes pronunciations and usage Includes pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful spelling and examples, and has helpful spelling and sounds-like links. sounds-like links.

It includes It includes sixsix applications: applications: • multiple-choice questions multiple-choice questions •short-answershort-answer•jumbled-sentencejumbled-sentence•crosswordcrossword•matching/ordering matching/ordering •gap-fill exercisesgap-fill exercises

•Share presentation slides with your peers and Share presentation slides with your peers and students.students.•Share presentation slides with your peers and Share presentation slides with your peers and students.students.

•use Kerpoof to spark creative writing.•Have students write a fictional story or a report on a scene as though they were a newspaper journalist. •use Kerpoof to test reading comprehension.•demonstrate comprehension by creating a scene that illustrates the story.

•Provide free customisable flash templates Provide free customisable flash templates to be embedded into blogs or websites.to be embedded into blogs or websites.•Create free educational games, activities Create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash!and diagrams in a Flash!•Can easily be adapted according to Can easily be adapted according to students’ proficiency levels and learning students’ proficiency levels and learning objectives.objectives.

LO: LO: LEARN VOCABULARY & HELP END HUNGER LEARN VOCABULARY & HELP END HUNGER LEVEL : LEVEL : ADVANCE ADVANCE

•It is a unique, interactive life simulation game that enables you to live one of billions of lives in any country in the world.•Real Lives brings to life different cultures, human geography, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, war, peace and more!

LEVEL : LEVEL : INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCEINTERMEDIATE-ADVANCE

LO: LO: BUILD NEW WORDS BASED ON THE BUILD NEW WORDS BASED ON THE ANAGRAM GIVEN.ANAGRAM GIVEN.LEVEL : LEVEL : LOWER-LOWER-INTERMEDIATEINTERMEDIATE

LO: LO: WORD BUILDER GAME FOR TEACHING WORD BUILDER GAME FOR TEACHING STUDENTS VOCABULARY, WORDS & SPELLINGSTUDENTS VOCABULARY, WORDS & SPELLINGLEVEL : LEVEL : LOWER-LOWER-INTERMEDIATEINTERMEDIATE

Source: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com

•Most of engaging learning resources are becoming free (democratizing the access to knowledge). •Developing our own learning materials could never be easier with the existence of the Internet freeware.•Technogogy accelerates self-access learning.•Accommodates multiple learning styles using a variety of delivery methods geared to different learners.