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From Theory to Practice in Computer-Assisted Language
Learning:
Mastering Foreign Language Proficiencies with Audacity, Wikis,
and
YouTube
Irina Ivliyeva and Audra Merfeld-Langston
April 25, 2008
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New vocabulary recognition (audio and visual components)
спорт – sportмолекула – moleculeэлектрон – electron математика –
mathematics университет – university
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Foreign Language Skills
SpeakingWritingActive
ListeningReadingPassive
OralWritten
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ACTFL GuidelinesAmerican Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages
ACTFL guidelines: Speaking
•Novice•Intermediate•Advanced•Superior
ACTFL guidelines: Writing
•Novice•Intermediate•Advanced•Superior
ACTFL guidelines: Listening
•Novice•Intermediate•Advanced•Superior•Distinguished
ACTFL guidelines: Reading
•Novice•Intermediate•Advanced•Superior•Distinguished
Written Oral
Passive
Active
http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/contents.htm
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Oral Skills: The Game Plan
Warm-ups1. Greetings
2. How are you?
3. Set goals
Drills (individual activities)
1. Listen and repeat
a) Read aloud
b) Answer the questions
c) Record yourself
2. Dictation (new vocabulary, activate dictionary use)
Scrimmage (group activites)
1. Work in pairs (phone call)
2. Q & A
Game1. Real time
response
2. New vocabulary acquisition
3. Non-verbal clues
Post-Game Evaluation
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Audacity(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
Create an Audio File
• Click the red Record button.
• Speak into the microphone.
• Click the orange Stop button.
• Press the purple Rewind button.
• Press the green Play button.
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Save Your Audacity Project and Export to the MP3 Format
To Export to MP3 Format • Click File on the menu bar. • From the
File menu click Export As MP3. • Click OK to any warning messages.
• Choose the location to save your MP3 file. • In the Edit ID3 tags
for MP3 file window enter the Title,
Artist, Album, Track Number and Comments. (The ID3 tags show up
in media players such as Windows Media Player or iTunes to describe
the audio file.)
• Click OK.
To Save Your Audacity Project• Click File on the menu bar. •
Click OK to any warnings
that may appear. • Choose the location to save
your Audacity project. Thenenter a name for the project.
Finally, click Save.
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Audacity Basic Editing Tools To Zoom In/Out of an Audio Track 1.
In the upper left corner of the Audacity
window, click the Zoom Tool. Then left click the Audio track to
zoom in.
2. In the upper left corner of the Audacity window, click the
Zoom Tool.Then right click the Audio track to zoom out.
Zoom Tool
Selection Tool
Edit an Audio File To Delete/ Remove Pieces of an
Audio Track1. In the upper left corner of the
Audacity window, click the Selection Tool
2. Highlight the portion of the audio track you wish to delete,
and then press the Delete keyon the keyboard.
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Speech Samples (Russian 2)
Reading aloud (children’s poem) after independent practice
Unscripted narrative (weather description)
Can be:
• saved
• edited
• sent
• evaluated
• shared
• demonstrated (e-portfolio)
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Missouri S&T 2007 Freshman Class ProfilePatty Frisbee –
Director, New Student Programs
• 949 surveys completed• 97% will bring a cell phone to campus•
94% will bring a personal computer to
campus– 71% new computers– 78% laptops– 7% Macs
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2007 Freshman Class Profile
• How important was information available on the internet /
e-mail in influencing your decision to attend UMR?– 22% - very
important– 43% - important– 27% - not important– 8% - does not
apply to me– Not marked - 12
65%
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2007 Freshman Class Profile
• How important was the technology available at UMR in your
decision to attend UMR?– 49% - very important – 41% - important– 9%
- not important– 1% - does not apply to me– Not marked - 13
90%
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2007 Freshman Class Profile
• Time spent on the Internet each week:– More than 15 hours –
13% (121)– 11 to 15 hours – 11% (107)– 6 to 10 hours – 28% (263)– 2
to 5 hours – 39% (367)– 1 or less hours – 9% (80)
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What Is a Wiki?
• “wiki” = Hawaiian for “fast”• “a type of web page designed so
that its
content can be edited by anyone who accesses it, using a
simplified markup language” (Oxford English Dictionary*)
• Relatively simple to create and edit• Free – and will be
available soon via
Blackboard at MS&T• No knowledge of html required
* http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50293088
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French 2 Wiki Homepage(on wetpaint.com)
List of embedded pages
Recent site activity (who, what)
Easy Edit!
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What can you do with a wiki?
• Use as a discussion forum• Showcase or collaborate on
compositions• Planning for course projects• Add photos, video and
audio clips• Include links to websites• Could use as a tool for
creating e-
portfolios (writing samples, speech samples, résumés)
• Create virtual personalities
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Final Project Planning Page
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Virtual Personalities
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Virtual Personalities
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Virtual Personalities
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Why create virtual personalities?• Already familiar with the
technology and the
format of online communities.• They enjoy online communities
– 67% have computer accounts with a social community (like
Facebook and MySpace). (2007 Freshman class profile)
• Some students are uncomfortable talking about personal topics
in language classes. Creating a virtual personality can eliminate
some awkward situations.
• Gives them the freedom to be creative.• It doesn’t seem so
much like “work,” but more
like edutainment• The students are still doing the work!
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2007 Freshman Class Profile
• How well do you feel you have been prepared in the area
of:
12302 32.23%484
51.65%151
16.11%Foreign
language
1471 7.59%421
45.02%443
47.37%Computer
usage
Not marked
Not preparedPrepared
Well prepared
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YouTube
• Students love it• Easily access videos on various
subjects,
including: – Music– News– Video blogs
• Post student projects
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International NewsPress Conference by French President Nicolas
Sarkozy
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Intercultural Collaboration(Song in English and French by Moby
[American] and
Mylène Farmer [French])
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International UnderstandingFrench song promoting understanding
between
America and Afghanistan
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Project ResearchCorsica (site of our “virtual community”)
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ACTFL Standards for Foreign Language Learning
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Communication• Cultures• Connections• Comparisons•
Communities
“Language and communication are at the heart of the human
experience. The United States must educate students who are
linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully
in a pluralistic American society and abroad. This imperative
envisions a future in which ALL students will develop and maintain
proficiency in English and at least one other language, modern or
classical.”
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392
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Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education at
Missouri S&T
1) Encourage Student-Faculty Contact2) Encourage Cooperation
among Students3) Encourage Active Learning4) Give Prompt, Frequent,
Informative Feedback5) Emphasize Time on Task6) Communicate High
Expectations7) Respect and Encompass Diverse Talents and
Learning Styles
Academic Council (4/17/03)
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Questions?
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Audra [email protected]
