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the ELT Websites:

WWW.VOXOPOP.CO
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 What is the
VOXOPOP?
Online Voice Discussions
andLearning
A voice-based web application tool uses the real voice (vox) of
people (populi).
An online tool for teachers to create talk-groups where they
can ask questions , initiate discussion or assign a homework
task.
OUT-OF-ClASS PRACTICE :Learners communicate and interact
via voice recorded messages.
A web application program, it is also quite simple to manage
and you can use it as an online learning tool to create podcasts,
speaking forums or threads based on one particular topic.

VOXOPOP
A website application tool
that uses the real voice of
people to create talk-groups,
which help students to
develop their oral speaking
skills by having students
reply to questions using
voice recorded answers and
by hearing the recorded
answers from other students.

 What is the content of

VOXOPOP?
Talk-Groups/Discussion
points
Creating narratives
Pronunciation drills/ dictations
Oral feedback

 Voxopop is the vehicle for the content,

not the content itself.
The content is made up of all the
contributions of native speakers of the
target language who share their ideas
from across the miles and sometimes
from different parts of the globe.
Voxopop is used by educators all over
the world.

 Voxopop talk-groups are a fun,

engaging and easy-to-use way to help
students develop their speaking skills.
They're a bit like message boards, but
use voice rather than text and a have
a specialized user interface.
No longer confined to a physical
classroom, teachers and students of
oral skills can interact from home, or
even from opposite sides of the
planet!

 How does VOXOPOP

work in teaching
English?
You can record a series of contentious statements
and ask students to respond to each one.
You can record the first sentence of a narrative and
then ask students to listen to the thread and add a
sentence each to the story
You could record your own online dictation texts. Get
the students to listen to the text, and write down
what they hear and then record their own version of
the text for you and other students to listen to.
Pronunciation drills - Record some pronunciation drills
and get students to listen to them and then record
themselves saying the words or sentences.

 Record some statements about yourself and

get students to leave questions for you to
find out which of the statements are true.
You can leave your answers to the questions
online too.
You could allow students a week to leave
questions for you to answer, then in class
you can get them to tell you which
You could also get students to create their
own true false statements and question
each other about them.

What else can teachers do?

The power of Voxopop is mainly related to your
imagination as a teacher, one of the best ways to
use it is..

to create online portfolios for students, which

they can access, study and practice.
For instance,
you can create an IELTS portfolio to practice the
Speaking section and provide feedback based on
example questions of previous tests.

A final consideration deals with the privacy

of your recordings. There are three different
options: Public, Restricted and Private.
Public:
Anyone can view, listen and become a member of
your discussion, not very useful if you want to
work with a control group.
Restricted:
Anyone can view and listen but they need to ask
for permission to join the group.
Private:
No one can view or listen unless invited to the
group.

Streng
ths
allows for real communicative speaking and listening
its free
you have a good record of examples of your students
speaking that you can listen to any pronunciation problems
assess their progress as their speaking develops
helps with ESOL students
students can subscribe to the feed and update on their
iPod, phones, computers when a new message is added

Weakn
ess
students need a valid email address and parents may not
want them to have one, has some playback problems, and
students may not be capable to record.

Opportunit
ies
create online portfolios for students
easy to create
students can share thoughts, ideas with other
on the internet
can involve parents
can be looked at from home
provides authentic student work

Threat
s
anyone can explore and listen to public
discussions

Conclusion
Voxopop is one of the Websites that can be used by
teachers and trainers as an online learning tool to
create forums where questions are asked using
voice recordings instead of text.
It can be used to help students develop their oral
speaking skills by having students reply to
questions using voice recorded answers and by
hearing the recorded answers from other students.
In this Voxopop, you can create talk-groups and
initiate discussion forums to get people discussing
a topic, and how to be notified when someone
responds, where a teacher can post a question in
the language they are teaching and have students
respond orally to the question in the same

THANK
YOU