Reading and Comprehension-Record Yourself!!!!

Anca Belascu Activity withAudio

Subject Area/Student Grade Level Taught

Reading and comprehension Seventh grade (5th year of study)

What goals will students use multimedia to meet?

·                     Become better consumers of multimedia

·                     Learn material in greater depth

·                     Work with material from multiple perspectives

·                     Create personally meaningful learning experiences.

·                     Become engaged and motivated to work on their own

·                     Generate a product with high standards

What will students do? Why will they do it?

The teacher records herself on http://vocaroo.com/  giving them instructions how to use it correctly. She sends them by email the oral, but also, the  written instruction of what they are going to do. The text is given in an attachment.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1un3uK3Cz2E 

They have to read a text in English as well as they can. After reading the text they have to answer the questions. The questions are multiple choice. It is a reading and comprehension exercise.

They are free to tell the teacher the problems they encountered while reading the text, or understanding some words.

They must send the recording to their teacher who will send her feedback, as a written email.

This way the students can hear themselves reading and they will have the feedback of their teacher. They have the chance to repeat the reading as many times as they want until they are happy with their work.

The teacher can also send the recordings to the parents and this way they will be able to hear their children reading in English and receive the comments of the teacher by email.

Advantages:

• Use of modern tools
• Privacy (they may be embarrassed to read in front of the class)
• Faster teacher/student communication/feedback
• Teacher/parents communication.
• Home work

Observation:

The activity can also be done in the class, but requires equipment: laptop/computers/microphone/headphones

 Vocaroo- Reading activity

 Read the text and answer the questions please.

OBS: Please let me know if you encounter any problems or if you do not know all the words.

Please use this online site to register yourself and then send it to my email

Steps to record yourself:

1. Open the following link: http://vocaroo.com/
2. Press Click To Record
3. Start reading the text and answer the questions).
4. Press Click to stop (when you finish)
5. Click here to save
6. Choose Email
7. Complete: From(your email)

To: (ancabelascu@yahoo.com/ancabelascu@gmail.com)

8. Click Send
9. Relax and have fun

Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method. Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country?

The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country. You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go. Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people. In Italy, it is always possible, in the class, to speak Italian if you want to and the learning is slower.

On the other hand, there are also advantages to staying at home to study. You don't have to make big changes to your life. As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK. If you have a good teacher in Italy, I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school.

So, in conclusion, I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK. This is simply not possible for most people, so being here in Italy is the only viable option. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximize your opportunities: to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class.

1. What is the article about?
    How many people learn English.
    The best way to learn English.
    English schools in England and America.

2. What is one of the advantages of going to the UK to learn English?
    There are no Italians in Britain.
    You will have to speak English and not your language.
    The language schools are better.

3. What is one of the advantages of staying in your country to learn English?
    The teachers aren't very good in Britain.
    You have to work too hard in Britain.
    Your life can continue more or less as it was before.

4. People who don't have a lot of time and money should...
    Learn English in Britain.
    Try and speak English in class more often.
    Go to Italy to learn English.

These are two of the recordings the students allowed me to make public. Enjoy !

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0OkqeOUUkUv

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ntkvZMcOGA

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0yHnYHKm5yx  

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0SXtIjnJEnn