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Flip: A Free Way to Increase Speaking Practice

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Keith M. Graham

When I was teaching elementary and junior high school, there was no easy way to give students speaking-based homework. I had always wished there was some app, preferably one that could integrate into Edmodo (which I used initially) or Google Classroom, but I could never find a simple solution.

Technology has improved a lot since then, and the app I always wished for is now available. Flip (formally FlipGrid) is a video discussion app from Microsoft, and I believe it is perfect for giving students speaking-based assignments in the bilingual education classroom.

According to this article from Weina Li Chen, “Students can post short videos and view and respond to their classmates’ videos … [and] can be embedded in some LMSs as well, including Canvas, Google Classroom, and Sakai.”

In other words, it checks all the boxes for what I had wished for earlier in my career.

For teachers interested in incorporating this app into their classrooms, Chen’s article provides some resources for getting started.

Admittedly, I have not tried Flip yet, but I plan to give this app a try in my bilingual teacher education courses to learn more about how it works and gain a better understanding of its potential in bilingual education.

Category: For Bilingual Teachers

About Me

Keith M. Graham, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the School of Teacher Education at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). His research interests include English-medium instruction (EMI), bilingual education, and teacher education. He has extensive teaching experience at all levels of education and holds teaching licenses for English as a second language (K–8) and music (K–12) from the State of Texas.

Current Courses at NTNU

00UEB 03: Introduction to Bilingual Education

00UEB 01: Teaching Materials and Methods: Bilingual Education

00UEB 02: Practice in Bilingual Teaching

00UEB 06 Classroom English for Bilingual Education

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