Creating your own ELT materials
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This document discusses different types of online quizzes and materials that can be created for language teaching, including interactive quizzes, Kahoot, ESL Video, Quizlet, and Puzzlemaker. It provides information on the features of each tool, such as automatic marking, instant feedback, study modes, embedding options, and ability to customize with your own content and share with students. Key considerations for creating effective multiple choice questions and distractor options are also outlined.
Creating your own ELT materials
- 1. CREATING YOUR OWN ELT MATERIALS ARJANA BLAZIC 2014-2015 HUBERT H. HUMPHREY FELLOW
- 3. TYPES OF ONLINE QUIZZES Paper-based quizzes Online interactive quizzes paperless instant feedback automatic marking quiz results analysis virtual classroom sharing reusability multimedia supported randomization of questions different types of questions suitable for classrooms without computers and Internet access
- 4. TYPES OF QUESTIONS Multiple choice T/F Gap fill Matching Puzzles Short answer Multiple response Jumbled sentences .....
- 6. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: DISTRACTORS Reading Comprehension Listening Comprehension Use of English – Grammar/Vocabulary Difficulty of construction Time-consuming
- 7. DISTRACTORS Plausible Reasonable Meaningful Clear Simple Relevant Similar in length Avoid “all of the above” or “none of the above”
- 8. DISTRACTORS Homophones male - mail seas - sees - seize Minimal pairs wheel - seal cart - cut tent - tenth Phonemic errors think –thing think – sink Phrasal verbs take up – take after – take off
- 9. DISTRACTORS Contractions she’d - she’ll Prefixes or suffixes repack – repay - replace fatten - flatten - freshen Word families excited- excitedly – exciting Collocations strong traffic – heavy traffic Idioms pull someone’s leg – pull someone’s arm
- 10. kahoot.it
- 11. getkahoot.com
- 12. getkahoot.com
- 14. ESL VIDEO Very easy to create & edit Step by step guide Very simple embedding on your blog or website ESL Video
- 15. ESL VIDEO Automatic marking Instant feedback Scores sent to the teacher Disadvantage: Videos: disabled or removed
- 16. QUIZLET My mission for Quizlet is to make learning not a chore. For example, I know a lot of teachers assign vocabulary to students, but few students actually "absorb" words into their vocabularies after they take their test. Which kind of defeats the purpose, right? So Quizlet is my response - it aims to make learning fun, thus make learning effective. At the very least, it can help students do better on quizzes and tests even if they don't fully "absorb" their words. Andrew Sutherland founder of Quizlet, a college student Quizlet
- 17. QUIZLET Built-in dictionary Use of Flickr images Audio Create a virtual classroom Embed on websites and blogs Share on social networking sites Study on the go Disdvantage: Advertisements
- 18. QUIZLET • Follow simple steps • Unlimited set of flashcards with flickr images • Private or public sets • Edited by the creator or together with other contributors
- 21. PUZZLEMAKER Discovery Education A puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents Customized puzzles Own word lists Printed out, not saved Puzzlemaker
- 22. Types of puzzles: Criss-cross Word search Double puzzle Fallen phrases Mazes Letter tiles Cryptograms Hidden messages Puzzlemaker