Blabberize
This is kind of silly but I the students in my context would have fun with it because its kind of like making a puppet where they can upload an image of an animal, cartoon character, or famous person and record their voices to make them talk. They can also listen to the ones that others have done.
The Art of Storytelling
This site gives students the opportunity to record a story based on a work of art at the museum. Students can also listen to stories that other students have created. This works a lot like creative writing, but it's creative speaking. Students could record a story about the same picture, then they could vote for the funniest or most creative.
Speaking avatar
This site is a free service, which allows you to create your own talking avatar. Students can customize their avatar and add it to an English blog. Teens could have a lot of fun with this.
Oral English Activities: Resources for Teachers
These activities have been rated by other teachers and they are presented in order of popularity. This site divides activities into general (in which there is no particular theme and may be easily integrated into any classroom lesson), adaptable (where teachers can adapt the activities to suit a particular theme), and themes (such as food and drink, recreation, health, home, etc.) I liked the communicative crossword activity and the one question survey activities.
http://www.teachenglishinasia.net/efl-esl-games/middle-school-efl-esl-games
This web site is full of speaking games that would be suitable for middle school students. The three kingdoms game looks like it would be a good activity to get students talking.
I like your choices, Crystal!
ReplyDeleteI will forward some links to my teens in Russia! Speaking avatar is fun stuff. The chance to listen to peers picture description makes the experience so much more enjoyable, and it gives them the feeling of belonging to an international team of learners, which adds up some motivation!