Technological Tools
Below are a variety of websites and online tools, and resources beneficial for language teachers. Some of these resources can be used as activities or creation tools, while others can be incorporated as recurring parts of lesson plans and curricula. In this section, you can find multilingual stories from around the world, online games, websites for digital authorship and multimedia creation, AI tools to generate voice-to-text, text-to-speech or video content in multiple languages, and chatbots that can be used by educators and learners for language teaching and learning
AI tools 🧠💻🤖
DeepL
A neural machine translation platform that uses AI to translate text from one language to another. It’s known for its accuracy and fluency, especially for European languages.
ElevenLabs
A text-to-speech tool that uses AI to generate voiceovers of text-based content. Emphasizes realistic AI voice agents.
Google Translate
A free online tool that translates text, speech, and images from one language to another. It’s available as a website, a mobile app, and an API.
Heygen
A tool for video translation into multiple languages. Its advanced features include voice cloning and lip movement adjustment to guarantee a seamless, natural-looking translated video.
Mizou
An AI chatbot creator that allows users to select a chatbot for specific learning paths. Learning paths can include schools, language education classrooms, or conversation partners.
Murf AI
A text-to-speech AI tool useful for creating voiceovers in different languages. Has generated more than 200 voices in more than 20 languages.
Poe
A website that provides access to multiple AI chatbots. Use this to create language learning partners and assistants. Useful for all languages.
Suno
A tool that converts words and storytelling into songs. This text-to-speech tool creates songs in different languages and styles using AI. An effective music generator.
Synthesia
An AI Video generator that converts text to video using AI avatars. Has created videos in more than 140 different languages. Useful for creating a wide range of plurilingual tools
Digital storytelling tools and websites 🗣️🐲
More Than One Story
An online card game that tells a story using multiple languages and multiple possible endings. Good for creating multilingual and multicultural awareness.
StoryJumper
An online platform that allows users, primarily students and teachers, to create and publish their own illustrated storybooks. Stories can be customized using the user’s own voice, uploaded images, and designed characters.
Twine
An open-source, digital storytelling tool that generates stories in HTML format so that they are easily transferable to any interface. Stories are available to the public. With this online platform, users can create interactive, nonlinear stories and build on stories using coding. Use in your browser or a desktop app.
World Stories
A growing collection of short stories, including retold traditional tales and new short stories from around the world. The stories can be read and listened to online or downloaded.
Multimodal content creation and authoring tools ✍️🎨📹🎙️
Canva
A graphic design platform that allows users to create a wide range of visual content. That includes social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other visuals for social channels, websites, and marketing materials.
Genially
An authoring tool that allows users to create presentations, posters, flyers, asynchronous interactive resources, breakout/escape rooms, branching scenarios, and embed external resources such as padlets, videos, and mentimeters. It offers the possibility to export creations in SCORM packages.
H5P
A website that provides opportunities to create HTML content that can then be reused and shared. Useful for creating content, such as classroom activities, slideshows, and flashcards.
Virtual reality platforms 🖥️🥽
ImmerseMe
Offers a vast library of interactive language modules, covering a wide range of real-world situations, cultural contexts, and proficiency levels.