Integrating Online Services into English Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Voki

Authors

  • Tatiana Yurievna Aikina National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 30
  • Olga Mikhailovna Zubkova National Research Tomsk State University, 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 36

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v10i3.4546

Keywords:

Communicative competences, English language teaching, Internet technology in education, Voki

Abstract


The article deals with teaching English as a foreign language with the use of modern Internet technologies. The emphasis is upon the online application Voki and beneficial ways to implement it in the classroom. The article also presents an overview of classroom activities using Voki aimed at developing students’ communication skills.

Author Biographies

Tatiana Yurievna Aikina, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 30

Associate Professor, Institute of High Technology Physics, Foreign Languages Department, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

Olga Mikhailovna Zubkova, National Research Tomsk State University, 634050, Russia, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue 36

Senior teacher, Foreign Languages Department, National Research Tomsk State University

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Published

2015-06-26

How to Cite

Aikina, T. Y., & Zubkova, O. M. (2015). Integrating Online Services into English Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Voki. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 10(3), pp. 66–68. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v10i3.4546

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Short Papers

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