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ChatterPix Kids : It is a free app, where students can create talking pictures. It is a photo-editing app through which children can change their photos into moving, talking messages. Students open the app, snap a picture or import it, draw a mouth on it and then record themselves talking for up to thirty seconds. It was created by Duck Duck Moose. It encourages kids to explore and learn in a safe and fun environment. They work with educators and do lots of play-testing with kids to ensure the apps are frustration free for little fingers and full of whimsy and wonder for all to enjoy. Children can make objects, people, animals, characters, drawings to talk by creating recordings. It can be useful for children that feel ashamed of speaking. It encourages communicative skills. Communicative tasks can be asked by teachers for children who will have fun and will be encouraged to develop speaking skills. Socrative :   Created in 2011 by the MIT in the States. The main aim w...

Mobile learning apps or digital tools enhance language learning in engaging, interactive environments. The Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics published a paper in which three apps are suggested to try in the classrooms:  Kahoot,  Edpuzzle and  Audioboom. These digital tools provide students with the opportunity to work on a variety of  language skills independently, and also interactively. Every app is suitable for any level of proficiency in English and can easily be adapted to meet individual learning differences and styles. We have already presented Kahoot , so now we will introduce Edpuzzle and  Audioboom. Using the first one you can turn any video into an interactive and engaging lesson. While AudioBoom is a voice-based, audio podcast and social sharing platform that allows you to record, listen to and publish unlimited podcasts or audio files. You can find more information, tutorials and examples of using them in the complete paper publishe...