Clicknlearn- learn language on your own is easy and fun.

Clicknlearn is an interactive language learning website which promotes autonomy in learners through its interactive presentation, games and exercises. The lessons are constructed using tests of ESOL and BAT as main agenda. There are six levels- four  ESOL for primary and secondary education and two BAT for prepraration into tertiary education. In each level, it is further divided into three categories-easy, intermediate, and difficult.

How to use it??? Let's watch the tutorial!!

Application in language teaching:

• Preliminary activity to introduce the new topic/lesson. 
• Preliminary activity to activate their schemata of the previous lesson.
• Weekly Quiz. for example, at the end of the week, students are given quiz using this website to test students' understanding of the week's lesson.
• Homework for students. This helps to reinforce knowledge learning.

Advantages:

• The are six main levels, where in each level , students can choose the activity according to its difficulty level.
• The topics are arranged accordingly to each level which suit learners in general to their age.
• The activities are interactive and context-based.
• It uses functional approach in teaching language.
• The documents can be printed. As source of note or further reference for students.
•  The instructions are clear and easy to understand.

Disadvantages and limittations:

•  Insynchronize use of keyboard typing and mouse click for data entry. The repetitive need to use mouse click instead of Enter keyboard to submit the answer, after having typed the answer using keyboard is tiring after a while.
• Some exercise cannot be skipped and must be finished till the end. This would demotivate students to continue playing the exercises as their motivation to explore and preview the lesson is hindered.
• Some of the exercises are content- based which without prior knowledge/presentation is difficult to answer.

Dvolver - animated video maker

 Dvolver is an animated moviemaker which allows students to practice making dialogue in contexts. This software provides basic elements of a story such as characters, background settings, and  plot where students can choose from the various selection and create their own dialogues to make up their own stories. The step by step procedure eases its use for the students while allowing them to share their works at the end of the movie, which helps teacher to evaluate students' work directly.

Application in language teaching:

• Teacher can demonstrate language functions such as inviting, describing, and persuading to the students through dialogues more effectively as it depicts real life situations.
• Teacher could ask students to share their works and comment on each others works.
• Class project or group work on making a movie sets on certain themes and language points learnt each week.

 Advantages:

• It allows for learning language in contexts.
• It encourages creativity in the students as they can play around with the animation to create their own dialogues and stories.
• It is fun, interactive and engaging for the students since they have control and choices of their own works/learning.
• It helps in language learning as it caters different learning styles(multiple intelligences), especially visual and music intelligences.
• It is free, easy,and quick to use, thus avoids much time spent for teaching the procedures.
•  Students can share their works by sending emails and able to have immediate responses through the comment section below it.

Disadvantages:

• The characters' lines do not match with their expressions and there is no voice when they are talking. Thus, students cannot learn pronunciation.
• Some of the characters' profiles are not appropiate to Malaysian context as they could be opposing the mainstream culture.

Here is an example of a complete mini movie: