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Whodunnit Answer Vault Still Working
I get a surprising number of e-mails telling me the Whodunnit Answer Vault is somehow broken. It isn’t. Students, teachers and even plain old , English-speaking mystery buffs from as far afield...
Teens Like It Too
Though all of my apps and analogue materials are aimed at adult language learners, especially university-aged students, some instructors find them to be adaptable for teens, tweens and even kids....
And the Plot Thickens…
Someone named Nikki sent me a review via e-mail of my Whodunnit Mystery so I decided to check the stats on all my apps and was surprised to find some movement on all fronts. The free apps are, of...
ToD Now Available in Three Flavours
The Truth or Dare app is finally approved for both platforms iOS and Android. This time it was Apple that was holding up the parade. They seem to have taken exception to how one tiny single sound...
SpeakEasy App available for free
My first app, The SpeakEasy App, is finally out of Android purgatory and available now for free download on either the Apple App Store or Google Play. It’s designed for conversational English c...
Drunken English App Published for iOS and Android
The third of my three initial apps is finally approved by Android. The first, very simple one, is still stuck in Android purgatory. They’ve all been approved for the Apple App Store for a coupl...
https://speekeezy.ca/drunken-english-app-published-for-ios-and-android/
Whodunnit PBL Murder Mystery App – Free Download
I’ve been learning how to make apps of late and the second of three has finally made it through all the submission hoops. My Whodunnit Murder Mystery is now available for both platforms, her...
Review TESL Canada
Game Review: TESL Canada SHARE Mark Graff put Truth or Dare for English Language Learners through its paces with a group of five Japanese learners, all with differing fluency levels and found the...
Catalyst Review from the Alps
Book Review: ETAS Newsletter – English Teachers Association Switzerland A deep review from ETAS. The reviewer offers some suggestions for using Catalyst in classes where students may not be uni...
Catalyst: Rave Review at HLT Mag
Book Preview Humanising Language Teaching Magazine Catalyst was selected by the gang at HLT Mag because of the strong ‘humanising’ element embodied in the student-centred approach at the hear...
Topic Creation Made Easy
Running a truly conversational Conversation class has never been easier. Like the app Talk It Up! described in the previous blog entry, the Associations! app is designed to generate conversatio...
Something for Zoomers
I just finished making a web app called Talk It Up! that should be useful in dedicated conversation classes, especially as Zoom-based remote teaching seems likely to dominate for the foreseeable ...
Happy Hollandaise, it’s Wholly Festivus!
Speekeezy celebrates Festivus this year with a special Festivus offer. For one day only, single-unit purchasers of Truth or Dare for English Language Learners will double their fortune, receiving...
Woulda Shoulda Coulda™ Game
Finding authentic opportunities to practice the Third Conditional can be difficult. Since this particular set of targets is often used to express regrets, students may be reminded of personal tra...
Seconds Come in First
We’re starting to accumulate a few damaged goods and we want them out of the inventory. Though eminently usable, these “seconds” are deeply discounted to make that happen. Singles can be ha...
Summer Sale: 50% Off
The Heat is On! Truth or Dare for English Language Learners is be being deeply discounted for a short time only. Use coupon code $ummer $ale and receive 50% Off the normal purchase price. This sp...
Japan Gets Catalyzed
Great news for Japan-based EFL Instructors. Apple has decreed that you and your students will finally have access to a wider range of ebooks including the first-ever interactive, multi-touch ESL/...
Instructors Stretch ToD Gameplay
English teachers are a creative lot, ever molding, shaping, adapting canned content to their unique teaching situations. Of course, it’s always great to hear back from teachers about their expe...
Catalyst Global Availability
The release last month of Catalyst ESL Taskbook seems to have struck a chord in our initial four English-speaking markets. Emboldened by the reception of this one-of-a-kind resource, we’re curr...
ToD Theft: A Moral Lesson
A customer in Japan had to reorder a 5-Pak. It seems he left the games in the classroom for easy access and someone walked off with all five. That’s great for sales at our end but — Ouch! —...