Vocaroo and MailVU

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If you want your students to practise speaking outside the class, use Vocaroo - Online voice recorder. It is very easy. You just click on the record button and start speaking. Then, you can play your recording back and listen to your voice. If you go to their website, you can save the recording, e-mail it to a friend or download it as an MP3 file. Another online voice & video recorder is MailVU.
 

A) Students can choose any post from the blog and answer the questions. They can send the recording to you or their peers. In the lesson, you can listen to the recordings together and comment on them.

B) Choose two pictures you will want you students to describe and compare.  Ask your students to make a short recording (1-2 min.) at home. The students then e-mail you the recordings as MP3 files. You collect the most common errors which you then comment on in the class. By choosing the same pictures for all the students, you can easily compare their performances and uncover the strengths and weaknesses.