Transcript Speaking with Web 2.0 tools

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ENJOY GRUNDTVIG 10 TIMES!
Raising our Students’
Confidence in their
Speaking with Web 2.0
Tools
Dr. Anisoara Pop,
Dimitire Cantemir Univeristy, Targu-Mures,
Romania
Languages as a Lifeskill - New
Perspectives on LSP Teaching and
Learning
May, 21st – 22nd , 2010
Bucharest, Romania
Levering learning personalization
• Mixed ability, adult learners
• Learning styles
• Affinity for different environments
CHOICE: CONTINGENCY PLANS
Speaking and listening can be
moved into the 21st century
In-vitro
conversations
Voice tools are
fundamental to
language
teaching/learning
2-hours/week
T-dependence
Repetition is the
mother of learning –
asynchrony allows
revision and reediting
The world outside
does not speak the
classroom language
Motivation
Engagement
Confidence
Communicati
on is not
pleasant, fun
Speaking: Problem - Solution
Outside commitments
How to motivate less
proficient users who
fear face loss?
The world outside does
not speak the language
of the classroom
Flexible:
Asynchronous
tools
Safer
environments
Pull down
classroom walls
Speaking solution
Frequent
speaking
Speaking for an
audience
Speaking that
matters
captivating,
engaging
speaking
Improve
speaking
Help raise your students’ confidence
in speaking
with Web 2.0 speaking tools
Voice Web 2.0 tools
• Free, versatile platforms for asynchronous
communication
• EVO 2009/2010/.. - online teacher development workshops: Becoming a
Webhead http://baw2010.pbworks.com
Voxopop
Web 2.0 voice
tools
Voice
Thread
Vaestro
Lingt
Audacity
Voxopop
http//www.voxopop.com
• Message boards with real voices: discuss with
people all over the world
You can:
• Build a threaded audio discussion
• Explore and join existing talk groups
Reflective speaking: http://www.voxopop.com/topic/51bd74ec-87ef4db2-a8df-6cef2a23903c
Practising structures and vocabulary:
http://www.voxopop.com/topic/5e20c5b2-31ed-4eaf-83d6-ae3a2d6ebc6e
Specific to VOP
• Focuses on the sound rather than on an image
• comment only with the voice (microphone but not video
cam)
• Text comments - a few words
• Cannot be embedded in blogs
• Has a more linear structure
• It can be subscribed to: you are automatically updated
VP examples you/students can
explore
• What’s happening today?
http://www.voxopop.com/topic/6d4a163c-1a0e4897-8247-952c06fdc0be
• Whadaya:
http://www.voxopop.com/topic/1e77d4b6-f6e343c6-b38b-0cf0740f7e02
• Featured talk groups: TOEFL, CAE, IELTS
VOICE THREAD (VT) = group
audio blog
http://voicethread.com
• Voice tool about having conversations
around videos, images, presentations.
• Can securely capture and hold a group
discussion on one simple page. You can
leave audio, video, text comments.
• To leave an audio comment you can use your:
telephone
microphone
video camera
http://voicethread.com/#u621
787
VT examples you can explore
• Add yourself on the World Map
http://voicethread.com/share/4400/
• Why do people hate? http://ed.voicethread.com/#q.b88781
• View and discuss a video:
http://voicethread.com/#u578.b161763.i863134
• Mystery places:
http://voicethread.com/#u205451.b385249.i2032533
• Brazil: http://voicethread.com/share/69307/
• Romania: http://voicethread.com/share/88714/
SIMILARITIES
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A new way to talk online
Build new vs. Explore and join existing ones
SHARED vs PRIVATE
Embedded in wikis, personal sites
OPPORTUNITIES
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Talk to real people
Encounter different accents: natives and non-natives
Impact and motivation
Enhanced exposure and use outside the classroom
• Flexibility
• Collaboration
• Asynchronous tools develop autonomy and
critical thinking which are skills for life
No response
pressure of
f2f
Facesaving
communication
www
Join in at
convenient
times
Reedit,
improve
memorability
Accomplishment, pride
Are engaged:
remove
apprehension
of production
Communicate
and
collaborate
across
countries
Weaknesses/Threats
• Invest time
• Students who lack digital affinity/Internet
connection
• Upload latest version of Java
• School policy about public speaking
• Vop comments cannot be moderated (however,
security is ensured through membership moderation)
• Voice quality
Explore the potential of Web 2.0 Voice
Tools
Education is not the filling of a pail but the
lighting of a fire (W.B.Yeats)