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Inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources

Welcome to the inventory of freely available online tools and open educational resources for language teaching and learning developed by the ICT-REV project! The inventory contains a list of tools that have been evaluated with specific criteria in mind. Read more
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This tool was developed within the framework of a cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission

YouTube

Principal function(s): Autonomous learning

An online video streaming site. Users can upload their own videos or view existing video material. Registration is not required, but registered users have more options (commenting, adding videos to favourites, following channels, etc.) Evaluation: Perhaps the most widely used online tool by language teachers as a source of authentic material. Please consider you are unlikely to find certain types of authentic material (e.g. people are unlikely to upload videos of unscripted conversations). YouTube can also be a collaborative tool where students create their own video projects, upload them on a class account on YouTube, and comment on each other’s videos. Uploaded videos can be made visible only to those with a link to them. Minimal IT skills required to find videos; average to advanced to upload.

Cost: Free without registration + paid features

Website: https://www.youtube.com

  

Best practice

Pronouncing a poem
Youtube based task

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - classmates
  • Group/pair work - outsiders
  • Individual work
  • Individual work
  • Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

Skills

  • Listening
  • Speaking

Content

  • Website/other users supply
  • You supply

Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Simple and straightforward

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

High

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

Material available in numerous languages

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Strong

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

No (you can add it to favourites)

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Low (material is ready-made)

Interactivity

Engagement

High

Collaboration

Low

Communication

Middle

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Windows phone

Other technical requirements

Speakers


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Type Of Interaction
Group/pair work - classmates
Group/pair work - outsiders
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Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

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Listening
Speaking
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Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Intercultural

Content
You supply
Website/other users supply

 


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