The following online resources offer fun and easy ways to step up student participation and interaction in your classroom :
Socrative is an app that boosts classroom engagement. Launch a pre-prepared quiz or ask an impromptu question for instant student feedback.
Plickers lets you easily collect real-time data in the classroom without student devices. Check whether your students understand key concepts.
Padlet is a virtual bulletin board that allows students and teachers to express their thoughts on a common topic in real time.
Quizlet is an online learning tool that allows users to create various types of practice tests.
Showing an excerpt from a TED talk or from a documentary film helps kick start student discussion or shake up a class that is already in progress.
Take one of the screencast video workshops created by UCLouvain English coaches to help increase student participation, improve your lesson planning or boost assessment in your courses :
Workshop 1: An introdution to CLIL
Workshop 2: Scaffolding your classes
Workshop 3: Assessment in CLIL
Workshop 4: CLIL Feedback and Comprehension Checks
Workshop 5: French-Friendly Policy in CLIL
Workshop 6: Using Humor in the Classroom