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word-processing and presentation software

materials that can be created with a word-processor

A word-processor is an extremely useful piece of software, enabling teachers to produce professional-looking documents that can be printed and used as handouts or worksheets for learners.

word-processing skills

Opening a new document,

Saving a document,

Editing a previously saved document,

Basic keyboard skills,

Copying, cutting and pasting text,

Setting paper size and margins

Setting typeface and font

ABC Cards, Prompt Cards, Flashcards and Turn and Learn cards -Learning tasks

Improving on the exercise book

Access to computers

Building up a series of texts

Incorporating corrections

Productive tasks

Learning tasks

Electronic worksheets: reinforcement and recognition exercises

Electronic worksheets: developing grammar patterns

English speaker has no concept of gender other than that applied to the actual sex of humans or animals (with the faint exception of ships and motor cars, which are referred to as "she").

Wordsnake exercises appear in many elementary textbooks as a preliminary exercise in recognition. Students have to break down the "snake" into its component words

Other word-processing tools

Spellcheckers, grammar checkers and style checkers

is an electronic dictionary that scans the text entered by the user and highlights any word that it does not recognise.

VoyCabulary makes the words on any Web page into links so you can look them up in a dictionary or other word-reference-site of your choice

Using PowerPoint

was designed originally with business and academic presentations in mind as an alternative to the overhead projector, for example to present lists of keywords and bullet points to accompany a promotional presentation or a lecture

a popular presentation software application and is widely used by language teachers

Enhancing Word and PowerPoint documents with pictures and sound

It is assumed that you know the basics of creating a Microsoft Word document. The following procedure is common to most recent versions of Microsoft Word.

is recommended so that a whole class can be engaged simultaneously.

Students could build up from a series of original texts

any productive task is best set towards the end of any module or topic

Students at university level beginning a new language may well cover both types of topic.