Speaking and Listening

OVERVIEW

In this module, you will be learning about a variety of instructional technology tools and strategies that support students' speaking and listening skills.

OBJECTIVES

  • transform a traditional lesson plan that incorporates student-centered close reading through meaningful instructional technology tools and strategies

WONDER

Have you ever wondered how you can support your students' speaking and listening skills in the World Languages classroom?

INVESTIGATE

Choose some tools/strategies from the list below that you'd like to investigate further.

LEARN

Visit the Resources page to view some video tutorials and read various support materials about your chosen tool/strategy to learn how to integrate technology into your lesson. Don't see what you'd like to learn? Please contact Rob Leo, Coordinator of Instructional Technology Training for support.

CREATE

Create a real-world example of whichever tool/strategy you have chosen, transform a lesson plan that integrates your selection, and deploy your lesson with your students.

Tools

  1. Powtoon
  2. WeVideo
  3. Adobe Spark
  4. Google Slides
  5. Seesaw
  6. Flipgrid
  7. ReCap
  8. VoiceThread
  9. Screencastify Chrome Extension
  10. Edpuzzle
  11. Vocaroo
  12. RecordMp3Online
  13. Soundtrap
  14. Google Keep
  15. Backchannel Chat
  16. Google Forms
  17. Nearpod
  18. Socrative
  19. Kahoot
  20. Pear Deck
  21. Plickers

Strategies

  1. Task students with creating a script that integrates key vocabulary relevant to a unit of study. Students can create a narrated digital story using PowToon, WeVideo, Adobe Spark, or Google Slides/Screencastify to demonstrate meaning and context.
  2. Task students with using Seesaw, Flipgrid, or ReCap to video record themselves using appropriate vocabulary in context. Follow up the assignment by tasking students to reply to their peers.
  3. Task students with viewing world languages videos and assess their listening comprehension using Edpuzzle.
  4. Task students with creating audio recordings of themselves speaking to demonstrate mastery of vocabulary and grammar using VoiceThread, Screencastify Chrome Extension, Vocaroo, RecordMp3Online, or Soundtrap.
  5. Allow students to use Google Keep to create audio notes. Use the Google Docs or Google Slides "Tools" menu to insert Keep notes into a document or slide show.
  6. Set up a "back channel" using Backchannel Chat for students to communicate and ask questions as they view World Languages videos. Refer to the transcript to respond to students' comments and questions after your lecture has concluded or in real time.
  7. Use Google Forms, Nearpod, Socrative, Kahoot, Pear Deck, Plickers, or some other digital formative assessment tool to gauge students' listening comprehension skills.