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Strategy 1: Academic Conversations
Please attend a training on Academic Conversations if you have not done so already. You will learn strategies and skills that will push students toward authentic interaction and academic language development. They are available during the Summer Institute, at the EL Office, and most likely at your building. Check here for resources.
Strategy 2: Information Gap
from: http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash/best%20of%20bilash/info%20gap%20activities.html
“An Info Gap activity takes place between students, not between a student and a teacher, though a teacher can certainly demonstrate the activity. The two students will be asking each other questions to which they don’t know the answer. The goal of the activity is for the students to discover certain information, whether about the other person or related to a specific activity.”
Examples:
20 questions: Students work in pairs or small groups. One student chooses an object or person and keeps it a secret. The other students must ask yes or no questions to determine what that object/person is. The maximum number of questions is 20.
Fill in the chart: Students work in partners. The students are both given tables with information missing. What is missing in one partner’s table is there on the other partner’s table and vice versa. Students must ask each other questions to discover what is missing in each of their tables.
More information at
http://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/teachers-corner-speaking-information-gap-activities
Strategy 3: Vocaroo
We are all aware that students take the Speaking section of the ACCESS online, talking into a headset instead of to a human. It is important that this not be the students’ first experience with headsets and audio recording. I found one website (I am sure there are many) that makes audio recording on the computer extremely easy. Though it is not alone in voice recording, Vocaroo is unique in how easy it is to use, making it a winner to use with kids. Go to http://vocaroo.com/ and check it out. There is a very short tutorial that takes you through how to share or post recordings, but you will see immediately how easy it is to record and play back voice. Voice files may also be shared through a variety of formats.
Quick idea to get started: During centers, give students a picture book without words (like a Carl book or Pancakes for Breakfast), model how to use Vocaroo, and let them get comfortable narrating into the headset. Try asking them to answer questions, talk information off a Thinking Map, or explain a science concept.
Strategy 4: Add voice to slides
PowerPoint
Did you know that you and/or your students can add voice to any PowerPoint? Follow this link for further instructions:
Adobe Voice/Spark Video
This app makes it easy and very fast to create a listening file supported by visuals. If your technology resources permit, it is a great way to get students to record and share their own voice files. The possibilities are endless.
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