A Portfolio for English Language Teaching by Batuhan C Geckil https://padlet.com/160008211/batu A magic tool for language learning en-us 2021-10-29 08:55:25 UTC 2026-03-02 05:50:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1411494336/aa8efc01b08433da2d1ff97dbaceb697/bcg1.png 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855343404 English language acquisition requires instruction, patience, an practice. Quill's features provide ELL students to grow in their This remote tool evaluates your students based on their skill level and then provide differentiated instruction for every single student. The activities take about 10-15 minutes, 3-5 times a week. Also, the vocabulary PDFs provide students with the content that they need to successfully complete the grammatical practice and they receive instant feedback. 

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]]> 2021-10-30 10:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855343404 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855345734 WordVis is an online graphical dictionary where users can look up words to find their relationships to other words. So, it is an English dictionary for exploring synonyms in a flexible web of words and meanings. The artificial intelligence based WordVis is also backed by the WordNet database. It produces diagrams in a mind-map fashion that show associations between words. A detailed description of words can be both found on the clickable diagram and also on the left-hand side drop-down window.

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]]> 2021-10-30 10:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855349271 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855350625 Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab provides free online English listening comprehension activities for EFL learners. It helps learners improve their listening comprehension through a variety of audio and video conversations. The Lab has also three accompanying Web sites at DailyESL, EZslang, and Trainyouraccent for further practice. Activities focus on everyday English comprehension skills. The tool also has a fun TikTok Channel for English Learning!

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]]> 2021-10-30 10:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855350625 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855352130 Voki is a language tool that students can enjoy using it for homework, classwork or projects related to their speech. It can be used as a management tool allowing teachers to manage and monitor students' classwork. Voki can be used in class and in a virtually supervised discussion forum called Voki Hangouts. The Basic account is not time limited and students and teachers may use it for as long as they like. Basic Voki users have access to most Voki characters and are limited to 5 accounts.

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]]> 2021-10-30 10:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855352984 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855353940 Hot Potatoes, developed by the University of Victoria, is an online free tool for creating  interactive exercises and quizzes. At first look it may seem challenging but you do not need to know coding to unlock its full potential. By downloading the quiz module, teacher can enter his/her data as text or multiple choice questions. To prevent cheating, question and answers can be mixed in a single quiz. The tool provide you with sophisticated scoring and adjust weights grades depending to the difficulty level of questions.

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]]> 2021-10-30 10:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855353940 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855358977 Visuwords is based on Princeton University’s famous WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. Combined with a visualization tool and user interface built from a combination of modern web technologies, it is as a free resource to all teachers and stuedents at all level of language fluency. Typing a word into the search query for using the applet. Touching a node will reveal all of the synonyms for a given word. Nouns are blue, verbs are green, adjectives; orange and adverbs; red.

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]]> 2021-10-30 12:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855467267 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855495822 ClassMarker is an an easy-to-use web-based quiz maker and is customizable online testing tool. The training and educational assessments are graded instantly.  With an easy-to-use quiz interface, it is a leading online testing service provider for schools and private tutors. It is also is easy-to-use with all common web browsers, operating systems and smart devices including Windows, Macintosh, and smartphones.  

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]]> 2021-10-30 13:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855495822 160008211 https://padlet.com/160008211/batu/wish/1855506198 In British Council's this "writing" site, one can find activities to practise his/her writing skills. Students can can improve in their writing by understanding model texts and how they're structured. The self-study lessons in this section are written and organised according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR). There are different types of model texts, with writing tips and interactive exercises that practise the writing skills you need to do well in your studies, to get ahead at work and to communicate in English in your free time.

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