Using new technology in TEFL

On this page we include links to sites with information on using new technology in the English language classroom, including software sites.

We also include a short bibliography on using new technologies in the EFL classroom.

Technology sites

Hot Potatoes
Easy-to-use software for creating multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the Web.

IATEFL Poland Computer SIG
Articles, reviews and links in this excellent online journal for anyone interested in using technology in teaching English.

Puzzlemaker
A free, easy-to-use application for creating crosswords and word searches (etc).

Technology in English Language Teaching
A site with a superb collection of links and some interesting articles, for "anyone involved in using computers in language education", from an expert on the subject, David Eastment.

Using the Internet
For complete beginners who are unsure of the basics of using the Internet, this BBC tutorial is an excellent place to start.

Vance Stevens
An excellent site describing itself as "A Web Resource for CALL Lab Managers and for Teachers and Learners of Languages Online".

Bibliography

If you wish to learn more about using new technology in the English language classroom, we recommend the following books:

• How to Teach with Technology, Dudeney, G. and Hockly, N. (Longman, 2007)
• Teaching English with Information Technology, Gordon-Smith, D. and Baber, E. (Modern English Publishing, 2005)
• The Internet and Young Learners, Lewis, G. (OUP 2004)
• The Internet and the Language Classroom, Dudeney, G. (Cambridge, 2000)
• How to Use the Internet in ELT, Teeler, D. and Gray, P. (Longman 2000)
• Internet English, Gitsaki, C. and Taylor, R. (OUP 2000)
• The Internet, Windeatt, S., Hardisty, D. and Eastment, D., (OUP 2000)