Welcome to my blog! I'm an ESOL teacher and teacher trainer in the UK, and you'll find some of the websites I know about in this blog, and some suggestions on how to use them. Hope it's helpful.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Cambridge English On-Line Cartoon Maker

This site has got lots of nice things in it, but the best two (I think) are the Phontics Focus (see next blog entry)and the  Cartoon maker - Sorry it's the wrong way round, but check this out! (double click on it to get a bigger view)

It's really easy to use - you just select whether you want a single page cartoon or one with 2 or 4 pics, then you have a choice of characters (only 2 in each pic) and you can add speech bubbles and 'Kerpoww' signs, as well as add some narrative and props.  It's very easy to navigate - you just have to remember not to press the 'apply' button for each picture until you've finished it, as you don't seem to be able ot change it after that.

This would be great with teenage or younger learners - You could do some authentic reading of English langauge cartoons and I think they'd have a great time constructing their own cartoons.  The final effect is quite professional, too.  Downsides? Not many, really - you can save the final product as a jpeg, but I couldn't get mine the right way up!


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