Talking comic strips are perfect for language learners

  A mix of colorful visuals, speech bubbles and audio content is the perfect combination for language acquisition. You can use the talking comic strips to teach specific grammar points, introduce a new topic, summarize a unit, the sky is the limit. Students will love creating their own talking comic strips as well. The image that you see here in the left is one panel of  a talking comic strip. Click here  or on the picture to see and hear the full size talking comic strip  My talking comic strip provides a general explanation of how it was created using free web 2 tools Glogster/ Toondoo and Audacity a free open source software for recording and editing sounds.   Be sure to turn up your speakers to hear the sound. If you are interested in learning more about how to create cool content using free web 2.0 tools subscribe CoachENG newsletter at the top right hand side of this page. Thanks!  Read more about teaching with comic strips here.

Did you create a comic strip of your own? You are invited to share links to your comic strips in the comments box below! Thanks, Karen Eini