Getting young learners of English to practice speaking can be tough! The key is motivation. Try motivating children to speak with games, finger plays, songs, chants, and hand clap games. Another way is to use puppets. Children are less shy answering if a puppet is involved because the puppet is the one who makes the mistakes. Another way to motivate young learners to practice English is with web tools and apps. Below, is a list of over 20 free web tools and apps we recommend for motivating children to speak. To learn about speaking activities for children and discover more about these tools, attend our free Friday webinar on February 12th, Motivating Children to Speak English!
Recommended Web Tools
- Talking Pet Cards by American Greetings
- Voki
- Blabberize
- UTellStory
- Picture a Story
- Little Bird Tales
- Fotobabble (Web/iOS)
- Educreations (Web/iOS)
- 30 Hands (Web/iOS)
- Voicethread (Web/iOS)
Recommended Mobile Apps
- TinyTap (iOS/Android)
- Bookcreator (iOS/Android)
- Yakit for Kids (iOS)
- Chatterpix for Kids (iOS)
- Adobe Voice (iOS)
- Tellagami (iOS)
- Toontastic (iOS)
- Puppet Pals HD 2 (iOS)
- Sock Puppets (iOS)
- Tell About This (iOS)
- Piiig Talk (iOS)
- Talking Tom (iOS/Android)
- Talking Ben and Tom News Reporter (iOS/Android)
- BuddyPoke 3D Avatar Creator Videos (iOS/Android)
If you enjoyed the resources in this post, check out the TESOL Children Certification course and the Teaching with Technology Certification course we offer online.
Live TESOL webinars are presented every Friday at 4 PM EST or New York time with Shelly Terrell. TESOL Lectures are open to the public, so feel free to invite a friend. To enter a TESOL Webinar, click here https://americantesol.adobeconnect.com/terrell/. Next, click Enter as a Guest, type your name, and click Enter Room.
*Flickr photo by James Jordan http://flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/3346369669, CC BY-ND 2.0
