Mailvu, Presentation, Speaking activity

  Mailvu enable you to make a video recording of  yourself  by using your web cam and  you send it to whoever you want.It a way of doing video messaging. It is a good tool to be used in language classrooms.

Why is it good for language learning?

• teachers can use it to record their notes that provide extra support for the students.
  
• students can use it to practice presentations.
• teachers can use it to give feedback.
• it makes students motivated
• It is free
• Students can use it at home
• It can be used as speaking activity
• It is a simple way to get students speaking at home.
• It is a fantastic way of encouraging students to interact and communicate by doing interviews with each other.

How it can be used in the class?

 It can be used in the classroom in many ways . The teacher may get students doing interview or create dialogues and record themselves. It can be used at home as a connection of class activity.  For example,  after teaching students how to talk about a their hobbies, their typical day or the most interesting holiday they had, teacher ask students to record themselves at home and send the recording to s/he.

its limitations

You can not embed mailvu.
It needs the Internet, web cam and microphone.