This section provides helpful links to tools for online teacher-led learning and tips on how to use them.

Voice Chat

Skype is a free downloadable, real-time voice and text chat communications program. We recommend it, because

• it has perhpas the best voice quality of any Internet voice program.
• it works with any firewall.
• it is available in 17 languages: Danish, Dutch, Estonian, English, Finnish, German, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Swedish.
• it easy to install and use.

Using Skype, you can have private communications with up to four other people. Skype requires a Windows 2000 or XP computer.

For more information or to download a free copy of Skype, please visit the Skype website here.

Paltalk is a free, real-time voice and text chat communication tool. We recommend it, because it has very high voice quality - even when using a standard modem. It is also an established and very popular software, so you can readily find help files from across the Internet, often in several different languages. You (or your teacher) can create a private, password-protected room to conduct your lessons. Paltalk requires a Windows 98 or later PC.

For more information or to download a free copy of Paltalk, please visit the Paltalk.com site here.