In my Foundation English class a couple of weeks ago I recorded a group of ladies (all in their 70's) talking about their Diwali Shopping expedition to Leicester, which was obviously a fantastic day out! One of the ladies looked at the recorder and said "Oh, its an ipod, I'd love one of those!"
they've been learning past tense since then, so after some present/past matching games and practice I replayed the recording, asking them to listen for wrong (or no!) use of past tense. The looks of revelation were a picture! absolutely no coyness about either being recorded or hearing themselves, just concentrating on the job in hand.
motto: 1. you're never too old 2. give every listening task a sharp focus
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Pauline
Thanks for adding this to the blog. It's a really good example of e-learning giving learners an opportunity which would not be available otherwise - ie the opportunity to review exactly what they said. Look forward to more tales of this group - it's great that they are so open to new experiences.
Thanks for sharing this Pauline, I can see how very useful the voice recorder can be. I'm looking forward to using one next term in my Spanish classes at Royal Forest of Dean College.
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