Audio In Mfl Teachmeet Nw Oct09

Using Digital Audio In The MFL Classroom
Isabelle Jones (@icpjones)
The RadclyffeSchool, Oldham
MyLanguageshttp://isabellejones.blogspot.com

Whyusing Digital Audio in MFL?
Range of voices/accents (use of FLAs)
Quality/ reliability.
Easier to store evidencefromstudents.
Can be portable.
Studentscanlisten to theirrecordedvoice (self-assessment)
More discreetpeerassessmentwithheadsets.

How canwe use Digital Audio in MFL?
Range of voices/accents
Quality/ reliability
Easier to store evidencefromstudents
By addingsound to turnteacherpptinto « speakingPowerpoints »
By encouragingstudents to design theirown « speakingPowerpoints » to practise new words and for revisionpurposes.
By setting listening and speakinghomework (canbemanaged by email and through a VLE)

Tools we use
Range of voices/accents
Quality/ reliability
Easier to store evidencefromstudents
Recordingfunction in Powerpoint
Audacity + headsets.
Digital recorders/ Easi-speak microphones.
Mobile phones (+bluetooth)
Mp3/ ipods
Text to speech software:
Voki/ Odiogo (for English)

Why audio not video?
Whenconcentrating on pronunciation, usingvideoscanbedistracting.
Audio recordingisless intrusive.
Confidence issues whenspeaking the foreignlanguage (added pressure withvideo)
Audio canbe the first training step for colleaguesreluctant to use new technologies.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.easi-speak.org.uk/
http://www.odiogo.com/
http://www.voki.com
Ppt recording function
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Using Digital Audio In The MFL Classroom
Isabelle Jones (@icpjones)
The RadclyffeSchool, Oldham
MyLanguageshttp://isabellejones.blogspot.com

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