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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

Charades!

Principal function(s): Game apps

Multiplayer activity game available in app form. Pick a deck of cards which will, depending on the chosen theme, give you a word to guess. Hold the phone up in front of your forehead facing your group while they give you clues to guess what your word is before time runs out. Choose from a variety of themed decks including movies, science, literature and TV shows. Evaluation: Great group activity for practising a target language. Requires participation from everyone involved so everyone gets a chance to practice their speaking. Includes other activities such as impersonating and trivia games. Can also be used as a good icebreaker.

Cost: Free + in-app purchases

Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fatchicken007.headsupcharades2

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - classmates

Skills

  • Vocabulary

Content

  • Website/other users supply

Usability

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

Simple

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

English

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

Medium. The app may collect personal information and mobile device data. This information may be shared with third parties for marketing and business purposes. Moreover, Charades!’ privacy policy states that it does not apply to third-party online/mobile stores and warns users about the data collected by them. It also mentions that security measures are in place, but it also acknowledges that no security measures are perfect. While it mentions compliance with California's "Shine The Light" law but does not provide details about compliance with GDPR. See more here.

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

Not applicable

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)

Choose which themed deck you want to play

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

Yes

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows, Mac, Android, iOS

Other technical requirements

None


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Vocabulary
Grammar
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Intercultural

Content
You supply
Website/other users supply

 


Latest addition to the ICT-REV inventory

Playphrase (Tool to find the pronunciation of words from movies )

Playphrase is a tool that searches specific words or phrases out of movie snippets from a database of audiovisual media with over 60,000 phrases. In this manner, it provides real-life examples of words’ and sentences’ pronunciation. Users just have to type specific phrases, watch them being used naturally in context within popular movies and TV shows, and listen to their pronunciation. Playphrase works mainly with English. Playphrase is not open-source, but it is freely available. It does not require setting up an account or signing in. ... View details

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