Information resourses, exercises, activities you create yourself for students to use on a computer （ web page, CD-ROM content, … ）

The kinds of materials The time avialabe The resources you have

Determine the choice of tool

Provide extra practice for weaker learners

Build up a collection of your own resources which meet your own learners’ needs

Provide a change of pace Highly motivating

http://a4esl.org/ http://www.manythings.org/ puzzle maker（ P128 ） Smilehttp://smile.clear.msu.edu/

What is an authoring tool? An authoring tool is an installable

program that allows you to create materials in electronic format.

When choosing a suitable authoring tool, you have to pay attention to

1. cost 2. your ability to use it

Mediatorhttp://www.matchware.com/en/

products/mediator/showcase.htm Macromedia Directorhttp://www.adobe.com/products/

director/

The masher

Audio mp3 test

What?How?Why?Who?

Learners read scenarios and then make choices to decide what they will do at certain key points

They are excellent for reading comprehension

and small-group discussion 1. collaborative skills 2. critical thinking skills 3.listening to debate 4.agreeing and disagreeing 5.make points and supporting them

Because they are text-driven activities, we can produce them

for any level.

Take Quandary , a reading maze, for example

1.Clarity Software J:\Clarity English language teaching online

Home.mht

2.Creative Technology – Software for Teaching J:\TexToys - Authoring tool for Rhubarb and

Sequitur language learning exercises.mht

3.QUIA http://www.quia.com

1. various types of interactive exercises. 2.websites which allow for the creation of interactive exercises 3.examined reasons for using interactive exercises with learners 4.learn how to produce different exercise

types 5. produced an interactive reading maze