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INNUONLINELESSONSPEDAGOGICALANDUSERGUIDEURL:https://lessons.innu.atlas-ling.ca

Writtenby:LaurelAnneHasler,Marie-OdileJunker,YvetteMollenandClaireOwen;CarletonUniversity.

Fundedby:NationalResearchCouncilCanada(2019).

TableofContents

I. Introduction..........................................................................................................3

II. TargetAudienceandMethodology.......................................................................3

III. IntroductiontotheInnuLanguage......................................................................3ClassificationofInnuDialects..............................................................................................4MapofInnuCommunitiesinLabradorandQuebec.............................................................4WritingSystem....................................................................................................................4StructureoftheInnuLanguage...........................................................................................5

IV. ContentandProgression(Literacy)......................................................................61.ReadingandWritinginInnu............................................................................................62.InnuVocabulary(BasicWords).......................................................................................103.ThematicVocabularyI....................................................................................................114.ThematicVocabularyII(Advanced).................................................................................125.WordFamilies(MorphologyandSemantics)...................................................................136.Text-basedGames..........................................................................................................137.VerbConjugations(Grammar)........................................................................................148.DialectRecognition.........................................................................................................14

V. SoftwareandActivityTypes................................................................................15Evaluation..........................................................................................................................15Scoring...............................................................................................................................15UserInteraction.................................................................................................................15ActivityTypes.....................................................................................................................15AvailableActivityTypeswithExamples..............................................................................17

NounorVerb?Identify[Categorization]..............................................................................17VTAorVTI?Identify[Categorization]...................................................................................17RecognizingNewWords[Choose].......................................................................................18RecognizingAllWords[Choose]..........................................................................................19WordFamilies[Classifybytheme].......................................................................................20WhichVerbsareVTI?[Classifybytheme]...........................................................................20

URL:https://lessons.innu.atlas-ling.ca ©2019atlas-ling.ca

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MatchingWordstoImages[Matching]...............................................................................21Dictation[Worddictation]...................................................................................................22MissingWordsDictation[Missingwordsdictation]............................................................23SentenceDictation[Sentencedictation].............................................................................24DialectRecognition[Identifydialects].................................................................................25WordMemoryMatching[Memorygame]...........................................................................26MissingLetter[Missingletter(s)].........................................................................................27MissingLetters[Missingletter(s)]........................................................................................28ScrambledWords[Missingletter(s)]...................................................................................29ManyMissingLetters[Missingletter(s)]..............................................................................30AllLettersMissing[Missingletter(s)]...................................................................................31WordSearch(small)[Wordsearch].....................................................................................32CrosswordPuzzle[Crossword].............................................................................................33Spelling[Spelling].................................................................................................................34ChangedForms[Wordpairs]...............................................................................................35VTADirectandInverse(1-2)Matching[Wordpairs]...........................................................35Nikaui:ChoosetheCorrectWord(Fillintheblanks)[Fillintheblanks]..............................36Nitassinan:VerbClasses[Fillintheblanks].........................................................................37

VI. SigningIntoTrackScores..................................................................................38


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I. IntroductionThisguideisintendedforusersoftheOnlineInnuLessons,availableatinnu-aimun.caandtshakapesh.ca(https://lessons.innu.atlas-ling.ca),andforteacherswhowishtouseitasasupplementtotheirclasses.Theguidecontainsabriefdescriptionofthetargetaudienceandmethodologyused.Then,afteranintroductiontotheInnulanguage,wepresentthesoftwareandtheproposedprogression,highlightingeducationalobjectivesforeachleveland/orlesson.Lastly,wegiveexamplesofactivitytypesavailablewiththesoftware.Sincehundredsofactivitiesarepossiblewiththousandsofcombinations,weinviteuserstotrythemonline.

II. TargetAudienceandMethodologyThisseriesoflessons/activitiesisdesignedprimarilyforadultswhospeakInnufluentlyandwanttolearnandmasterthestandardspellingoftheirlanguage.

Ourapproachcombinesthephonicmethodandtheglobalmethodforlearningtoread.Lettersarealwayspresentedinthecontextofcompletewordsandactivitiesaredesignedsothatstudentsgraduallylearnthepresentedelements,includinglettersandgraphemes,vocabulary,andgrammaticalconcepts.Numerousactivitiesarealsobasedoncompletetexts.

Thefirstseriesoflessons/activitiesisdesignedforself-directedlearningwhiletheadvancedseriescomplementsliteracycoursesbyfurtheringvocabularyenrichment,masteryofspelling,andgrammaticalconcepts,andknowledgeofthelanguage’smorphologicalstructure,andfocusesonworkingwithwholetexts.

Detailedobjectivesforeachseriesoflessonsaredescribedfurtherbelow.

III. IntroductiontotheInnuLanguageTheInnulanguageispartofthelargefamilyofAlgonquianlanguagesthatstretchesfromtheAtlantictotheRockyMountains.Moreprecisely,itispartoftheCree-Innulanguagecontinuum(seewww.atlas-ling.ca).In2016,Innuwasspokenbymorethan11,000peopleinQuebec(86%)andLabrador(14%).Thereare11Innucommunitiesandthedifferentdialectsaregroupedasfollows:


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ClassificationofInnuDialectsWEST EAST

‘l’dialect‘n’dialects

CentralLower-North-Shore(Mamit) Labrador

Mashteuiatsh UashatmakMani-utenam

Ekuanitshit Sheshatshiu Natuashish(Mushuaudialect)

Pessamit Matimekush Nutashkuanit

Essipit(†) Unaman-shipit

Pakut-shipit

InnufromLabradortendtospeakEnglishastheirsecondlanguagewhilespeakersfromQuebectendtospeakFrench.

MapofInnuCommunitiesinLabradorandQuebec

WritingSystemInnuhasarelativelylongwrittentradition.Itsfirstwritingsystemsdatefromthesixteenthcenturyandarebasedontheromanalphabetusedbymissionaries.However,thestandardizationofInnuorthographyonlybeganin1974anditwasn’tuntil1997thatworktowardsasinglespellingsystemforallInnudialectsbegan.

GrammaticalformsarebasedontheEasterndialect,whilespellingwasinspiredbytheoldestformsofInnu,whicharemoresimilartotheWesterndialect.InstandardInnuspelling,vowel


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lengthisnotmarkedandliswrittenasn(or,optionally,ń).Writtenformsreflectpronunciationswithoutcontractionsandthesisneverwrittenonitsown,butalwaysaspartofthegraphemesss,sh,andtsh.Theraisedu(ᵘ)onlyappearsattheendofaword.

LettersandGraphemesinStandardInnu

Vowels a e i u ᵘ

Consonants h k m n p s t

Graphemes ń ss sh tsh

Formoreinformationontheprocessofstandardizationoronthespellingitself,consultOtherResourcesatwww.innu-aimun.caorSpellingatgrammar.innu-aimun.ca.

StructureoftheInnuLanguageInnustructureisquitedifferentfromEnglishandFrench.Somedifferencesinclude:

Gender:InInnu,thereisadistinctionbetweenanimateandinanimategender.People,animals,andmostplantsareanimate.Someobjectsarealsoanimate,forexampleushpuakan‘pipe',pishimᵘ'sun',pakueshikan'bread',andashtish'mitten'.Everythingelseisinanimate.

VerbClasses:Innuverbsaredistinguishedbywhethertheyaretransitiveorintransitive,aswellasbythegender(animateorinanimate)oftheparticipants(agentorpatient).

TransitiveAnimateVerb(VTA)uapameu s/heseeshim/her,it(anim) TransitiveInanimateVerb(VTI)uapatamᵘ s/heseesit AnimateIntransitiveVerb(VAI)nipau s/hesleepsmikushiu it(animate)isred InanimateIntransitiveVerb(VII)tshimuan it’srainingmikuau it(inanimate)isred GrammaticalCategories:Innuonlyhasfourwordclassesorgrammaticalcategories:nouns(wordsthatdesignatelivingbeingsandthings);pronouns(wordsthatreplacenouns);verbs(wordsthatdescribeactionsandstatesofbeing);andparticles,whichincludetheequivalentsofconjunctions(‘and’,‘but’),prepositions(‘under’),andadverbs(‘very’).


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VerbConjugations:Innuverbconjugationsareveryrich.Seetheconjugationguideat:verb.innu-aimun.ca

WhilethecomplexityofEnglishandFrenchliesatthelevelofthesentence,thecomplexityofInnucanbefoundattheleveloftheword.InInnu,asingleverbcanalwaysconstituteafullsentence,asisshowninthetranslationsoftheverbsgivenabove.Formoreinformation,see:grammar.innu-aimun.ca

IV. ContentandProgression(Literacy)1. ReadingandWritinginInnu2. InnuVocabulary(Basicwords)3. ThematicVocabularyI4. ThematicVocabularyII5. WordFamilies(MorphologyandSemantics)6. Text-basedGames7. VerbConjugations(Grammar)8. DialectRecognition

1.ReadingandWritinginInnu

GeneralObjective:ThemaingoalofthislevelisforadultspeakersofInnutomasterthebasicsofstandardInnuspellingusingself-directedlearning.EachlessonpresentschallengingInnuspellingsbyhighlightingcertainletters,withexamplewords,followedbyavarietyofactivities.

BecausethetargetaudiencealreadyspeaksInnu,oralinstructionsaregiveninInnuandwritteninstructionsareinEnglish(orFrench).

HereisareminderofthelettersandgraphemesintheInnualphabet:

Vowels a e i u ᵘ

Consonants h k m n p s t

Graphemes ń ss sh tsh


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ReadingandWritinginInnu

Lesson Letters InnuVocabulary1

Lesson1 a,i,ku,ᵘ amishku,amu,anik,anushkan,akunishkueun

Lesson2 u,ᵘ amishkᵘ,amu,anik,anishku-enikᵘ(C,E,W,M)/aianishku-enikᵘ(S),atshikᵘ,innasht,kashkuan

Lesson3 a,e,i apita-tipishkau,ashtish,emikuan,esh,kanakunass

Lesson4 k,p,sh,ss akup(C,E,W,S)/ishkueukup(M),epishiminishkueu,emikuaniss,akunishkueun,ashtueikan(C,E,W,S)/ashtueiaputshikan(M)

Lesson5 i,sh anikutshash(C,E,W,S)/anissikutshash(M),ashatsheu,anushkan,ashtish,esh

Lesson6 sh,ss,t akussutakaniss,esh,innasht,innu-assi,kashikueuniss

Lesson7 m,naiamieutshuap,anakapeshakan(C,E,W,S)/kassipishun(M),inniminan(C,E,W,S)/ashtassiminish(M),amishkᵘ,ashtuannakan(C,E,W,S)/atutshimiutan(M)

Lesson8 a,k,nakushiuakan/tatakushkaian,anakapeshakan(C,E,W,S)/kassipishun(M),akuaiashkuaikan/akuaiashkuanakan,ashtuannakan/atutshimiutan,ashtueikan/ashtueiaputshikan

Lesson9 a,eanakapeshakan(C,E,W,S)/kassipishun(M),atusseussin(C,E,W,S)/mishtikussin(M),emikuan,auass-meish,esh

Lesson10 a,k,t kaishkuteusht,kakashteuat,kamikuat,kashipekut,kaiapitshiminet(E,W,S)/kaututshi-mikuatsh(M)

Lesson11 k,n,p

akushiutapan(C,E,W,S)/natukunishiutapan(M),ishkuteutapan,ishkuteu-ush(C,E,W,S)/katshishipanishtush(M),kaneukatet(C,E,W,S)/uapush(M),kapimautishunanut(C,W,S,M)/kapimauishunanut(E)

Lesson12 t,tsh,uakushiutshuap(C,W)/natukunitshuap(E,S,M),atautshuap,kamitshishunanut,aiamieutshuap,katshipaikanisht,kaishetshishimakanit(S)/kamatau-katshiunanut(E)/kamatanikashiut(M)

1C=central,E=est,W=west,S=Sheshatshiu,M=MushuauWhereunmarked,thewordisusedinalldialects

“/”betweenwordsindicatesthattheyaresynonyms


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AdditionalInformation:

Lesson1:Writinginitial“a”,whichisonlypronouncedinsomedialects

Studentswilllearnthatsomeinitialvowels(inthislesson,“a”)arenotpronouncedincertaindialects,butarestillwritteninthestandardorthography.

• Seehttps://grammar.innu-aimun.ca/english/spelling/letters-and-sounds-vowels/short-vowels-at-the-start-of-a-word/

Lesson2:Thedifferencebetweentheregularuandtheraisedᵘ(attheendofaword)

• Seehttps://grammar.innu-aimun.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Using-the-Raised-u.pdf

Lesson3:Differencesinpronunciationacrossdialectsforthevowelsa,e,i

Lesson4:Objectives:

• Studentswilllearnthatothervowelsbesidesacanappearatthebeginningofaword• Studentswilllearnthatthevoweleisalwayslongandalwayspronounced• Studentswilllearnhowthevowelsa,e,iarepronounceddifferentlyacrossdialects• Studentswilllearnhowconsonantsk,pandsharepronounceddifferentlyacross

dialects(thereisanotabledifferencebetweenQuebecdialects(West,Central,East)andLabradordialects(SheshatshiuandMushuau)


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Lesson5:Objectives:

• Studentswilllearnthatothervowelsbesidesacanappearatthebeginningofaword• Studentswilllearnthatthevoweleisalwayslongandalwayspronounced• Studentswilllearnhowthevowelsaandearepronounceddifferentlyacrossdialects• Studentswilllearnhowshcanbepronounceddifferentlyacrossdialects(sometimesit’s

pronouncedlikeanaspirated“h”butit’salwayswritten“sh”inthestandardspelling)

Lesson6:Studentswilllearndifferencesinpronunciationacrossdialectsforshandss

• shissometimespronouncedlikeanaspirated“h”,butisalwayswritten“sh”;ssissometimespronouncedlike“sh”butisalwayswritten“ss”

Lessons7-8:Theending“-akan”isoftenpronounced“-an”

Lesson9:Studentswilllearnhowthevowelsaandearepronounceddifferentlyacrossdialects

• Thevoweleisalwayslongandalwayspronounced

Lesson10:Becomefamiliarwiththewordsforcolours,whicharenominalisations;learnaboutparticiples

• Wordswiththeformka-…-t/-k:“thethingthat…+conjunctverb”or“theonewho…+conjunctverb”https://grammar.innu-aimun.ca/english/grammar/participles/

Lesson11:Consonantsk,n,pwiththematicvocabulary:modesoftravel

Lesson12:Consonantst,tsh,u:

• Nominalisationswiththepreverbka-(forsomewords)

https://grammar.innu-aimun.ca/english/grammar/participles/

• Thefinal“–tshuap”usedforbuildings


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2.InnuVocabulary(BasicWords)

GeneralObjectives:

Studentswilllearntoreadandwritebasicwords.

Studentswilllearn/reviewvocabularyandpracticespellingwithavarietyofthemes(seethetablebelow).

InnuVocabulary

Lesson Theme(s) InnuVocabulary

pishimuat MonthsoftheYear

tshishe-pishimᵘ,epishiminishkueu,uinashku-pishimᵘ,shiship-pishimᵘ,nissi-pishimᵘ,uapikun-pishimᵘ,shetan-pishimᵘ,upau-pishimᵘ,ushkau-pishimᵘ,uashtessiu-pishimᵘ,takuatshi-pishimᵘ,pishimuss

atushkan-tshishikua DaysoftheWeek

verbs:ushkat-atushkanu(W),nishu-tshishikau(E)/enishu-tshishikat(C)/nishutshishikua-atushkanu(W),tetau-tshishikau(E,W)/etetau-tshishikat(C),neu-tshishikau(E,W)/eneu-tshishikat(C),namesh-muakanu(W)/nameshemuakanit(C,E),mashten-atushkanu(W)nouns:minashtakan,ushkat-atushkan(C,E,S,M),nishu-tshishikᵘ(S,M),nishtu-tshishikᵘ(S,M),neu-tshishikᵘ(S,M),namesh(C,E,W,S)/namesh-muakan(M),mashten-atushkan(C,E,S,M)

uiau BodyPartsututan(C,E,W,S)/mitutan(M),utshikun(C,E,W)/uitshikun(S,M),utashtan,ushukan,ushtikuan,ushpishkun,upuam,uiau,ushkatai

ushtikuan PartsoftheHead

utashtamikᵘ,utun,utenni,ussishikᵘ,utamakan(C,E,W,M)/utamakana(S),uipit,ushkush(E,S)/ushkut(M)/ussun(W),ushkatikᵘ,ukueiau,ushtikuan,umamama,utukai(C,W,S)/uitukai(E,M),mishuiapunan,pishkueun

atshitashuna(1-10) Numbers1-10

peikᵘ,nishᵘ,nishtᵘ,neu,patetat,kutuasht(C,E,W,S)/ashutash(M),nishuasht(C,E,O,S)/nishuashutash(M),nishuaush(C,E,W,S)/nianeu(M),peikushteu,peikunnu(E,M)/kutunnu(C,W,S)

atshitashuna(10-100)

Numbers10-100

peikunnu(E,M)/kutunnu(C,W,S),nishunnu,nishtunnu,neunnu,patetat-tatunnu,kutuasht-tatunnu(C,E,W,S)/ashutash-tatunnu(M),nishuasht-tatunnu(C,E,W,S)/nishuashutash-tatunnu(M),nishuaush-tatunnu(C,E,W,S)/nianeu-tatunnu(M),peikushteu-tatunnu,peikumitashumitannu,peikutshishemitashumitannu


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3.ThematicVocabularyI

GeneralObjectives:

Practicereadingandwritingwhilelearningnewvocabulary.

ThematicVocabulary1


eshinakuakimitshuapa

Buildings

aiamieutshuap,atautshuap,natukunitshuap(E,S,M)/akushiutshuap(C,W),mashinaikanitshuap,mitshuap,metueutshuap,kapitaipimenanut(E)/kapimikatatishunanut(W)/kapitshipimanut(S)/kapitshipimanitsh(M),kamatau-katshiunanut(E)/kamatau-pikutakanit(C,W)/kaishetshishimakanit(S)/kamatanikashiut(M),kamitshishunanut(C,E,W,S)/mitshishutshuap(M)

matshunisha Clothing

akunishkueun,akup(C,E.W,S)/ishkueukup(M),anakapeshakan(C,E,W,S)/kassipishun(M),ashtish,matinet,mitash,mitashiapiu-akunishkueun(C,E,W,S)/kaiassimatanikanutsh-akunishkueun(M),ninikashtish,nipeukup,pishakanassin

aueshishat Animalsamishkᵘ,anikutshash(C,E,W,S)/anissikutshash(M),atimᵘ,katshinuakueiet,kukush,manatenish,mashkᵘ,matsheshu,minush,mush

nameshat Fish

atikamekᵘ,kashkanamekush,makanash(E,S)/kaushkanusht(C,W),matamekᵘ(C,E,W,S,M)/mashamekush(W),mishtamekᵘ,papakatishu(E,S,M)/pakatishu(C,W),unan,unushu(C,E,W,S)/ueushu(M),upimishui,utshashumekᵘ


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4.ThematicVocabularyII(Advanced)

GeneralObjectives:

PracticereadingandwritingwhilelearningadvancedInnuvocabulary.

ThematicVocabulary22


Pineshishat SmallBirds

kapiminau(E)/uishkatshan(W,S),uapikun-pineshish,uapishush(E,S)/uapitshiminikushish(W),pashpashteu,pipitsheu,pitshikaishkashish,shakuekanish(E,S)/kautshishtunitshesht(W),nutshipemakueshish,ashtukuteshish,anukᵘ

Pineshuat Birds

kakatshu,uhu/uhumishu(W),munaikutanish(E,S)/munaikutan(W),mitshishu,ahashu,uapakanu,tshiashkᵘ,umemeu(E)/umimiu(W,S),askushamesheu,kukukueshish,papanatshishish

Innu-mitshim InnuFood apuan,atiku-pimi,atiku-uiash,innu-pakueshikan,mush-uiash,niuaikanat,pashteu-uiash,pimikan,shaieuat,shikuteu-minapui

Etitauentransitiveverbsreferringtothefivesenses

uapatamᵘ,uapameu,kutshishtamᵘ,kutshipueu,minatamᵘ,minameu,petamᵘ,petueu,tatshinamᵘ,tatshineu

Ishkuaumakishkushiu

intransitiveverbsreferringtosize

tshinuau,tshinushiu,tshinuapekan,tshinuapetshishiu,tshinuapishkau,tshinuapissiu,tshinuashkuan,tshinuashkushiu,tshinuekan,tshinuetshishiu

Etshishitetmaketakattshekuan

verbsindicatingwhatishotorcold

takau,tatshishiu,tshishiteu,tshishishu,takapishkau,takapissiu,tshishapissiteu,tshishapissiu,tatshikamu,tshishakamishu,tshishakamiteu,tatshikamishiu

2TheselessonsdonotyetexistfortheCentralandMushuaudialects.


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AdditionalInformation:

Etitauen(Senses):Learnvocabularyandspellingfortransitiveverbs(whichtakeanimateandinanimateobjects)inrelationtothefivesenses.

https://grammar.innu-aimun.ca/english/grammar/verbs/verb-classes/

Ishkuaumakishkushiu(Length):Learnvocabularyandspellingofverbs(animateintransitiveorinanimateintransitive)thatindicatelength.Thesewordsalsoincludeclassifiersthatindicatespecificpropertiesoftheobjects:metallic,string-like,etc.

Etshishitetmaketakattshekuan(HotandCold):Learnvocabularyandspellingofverbs(animateintransitiveorinanimateintransitive)thatindicatewhatishotorcold.Thesewordsincludeclassifiersthatindicatespecificpropertiesoftheobjects:mineral,liquid,etc.

5.WordFamilies(MorphologyandSemantics)

Objectives:Practicereadingwhiletestingvocabularyknowledge.Identifymorphologicalandsemanticregularities.

Thewordsinthesefamiliesallcontainanelementofmeaningincommon,oftenindicatedbyaparticularmorpheme(shortformsforanimalnames,classifiers,orfinals),oraresynonyms(ordialectalvariants).

6.Text-basedGames

Objectives:Practicereadingandwritingusingcompletetexts.Theseactivitiesincludevarioustypesofdictations(withaudio)andfillintheblanks(withoutaudio).

Dictationsarewell-knownexercisesforlearningorthography,whilefillintheblanksareanexcellentwaytoevaluateandpracticereading.

ThetextspresentedherecomefromthedictationsgiveninInstitutTshakapesh’sannualcompetition.

• Nitassinan• Aitinanuipanshashish• Nikaui• Auasskanakatakanit• Tipatshimun


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7.VerbConjugations(Grammar)

Objective:Masterthestandardspellingofverbconjugations(readingandwriting).

VerbClasses(VAI,VII,VTI,VTA)

Objective:Testknowledgeofverbclasses,includingtheterminologyusedtodescribethem.Innuverbsagreeingender(animate/inanimate)withtheirsubjectand/orobject,whichresultsinfourdifferentverbclasses:VAI,VII,VTI,VTA

InnuVerbStems:ChangedForms

Objective:Recognizeconjugatedformsandchangedformsofthesameanimateintransitiveverb(VAI).

ConjugationofVTA:DirectandInverse

Objective:Distinguishbetweendirectandinverseformsoftransitiveanimateverbs(VTA).

8.DialectRecognition

Objective:PromotestandardInnuorthographybyraisingawarenessofdialectaldifferences,includingdifferencesinpronunciationandlexicalitems.

Seethemaponpage4.

Note:Generally,thereisonlyonevoiceperdialectsothatitispossibletorecognizethevoiceratherthanthedialect.However,thelearnerwillhearallvariantsatthebeginningofeachactivity,whichensuresthatalldialectalvariationswillbelearned.


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V. SoftwareandActivityTypes

EvaluationPerformanceisevaluatedbasedonprecisionand/orspeed.

ScoringResultsaredisplayedasfollows:

Thescore(35/35intheillustrationabove)reflectsthenumberofcorrectanswersandthetime(29.283sabove)indicateshowquicklythestudentwasabletocompletetheexercise.Bothaccuracyandspeeddeterminethestudent’soverallresult.

Forexample,toreachthegoldlevel,thestudentmustget100%accuracyandcompletetheexercisewithinapredeterminedamountoftime(forexample,in25secondsorless).

Forsomeexercises,scoringisonlybasedontimebecause100%accuracymaynotbepossible(e.g.,intheWordMemoryMatchingactivity).

UserInteractionForaccessibilityreasons,manyoftheexercisesmustbecompletedusing“clickandclick”ratherthan“draganddrop”.

ActivityTypesThesoftwarecurrentlyincludes15typesofexercisesandcloseto54sub-types,accordingtothesettingsoftheparameters.Forexample,forRecognizingNewWordsexerciseswecanchoosetoexposethelearneronlytowordsinthecurrentlessonortowordsinprecedinglessonsaswell.Wecanalsochoosethemaximumnumberofelementstoincludeinanexercise,andcontroloradjustaudiospecifications.


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Herearethe15typesthatappearontheright-handsideofthenavigationbar.

• Categorization• Choose• Classifybytheme• Matching• Worddictation• Missingwordsdictation• Sentencedictation• Identifydialects• Memorygame• Missingletter(s)• Wordsearch• Crossword• Spelling• Wordpairs• Fillintheblanks


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AvailableActivityTypeswithExamples

NounorVerb?Identify[Categorization]

VTAorVTI?Identify[Categorization]

Thegoalofthisactivityistoselectthegrammaticalclasscorrespondingtotheworddisplayedabovebyclickingonthecorrectbox.


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RecognizingNewWords[Choose]

Inthisactivity,studentslearntomatchaudiorecordingswithwrittenwords.Atanytime,astudentcanclick“Replay”tohearthewordpronouncedagain.


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RecognizingAllWords[Choose]

Inthisactivity,thestudentlistenstothewordbeingpronouncedandthenclicksontheboxcontainingthecorrespondingword.Atanytime,thestudentcanclick“Replay”tohearthewordagain.

ThisismorechallengingthanRecognizingNewWords,becauseitincludeswordsfrompreviouslessons.


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WordFamilies[Classifybytheme]

WhichVerbsareVTI?[Classifybytheme]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistoclassifywordsasbelonging(greenboxontheright)ornotbelonging(redboxontheleft)tothecategorypresented.Toplaceawordinoneofthetwoboxes,thestudentclickstheappropriatebox,thenclicksthecorrespondingword.


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MatchingWordstoImages[Matching]

Theobjectiveofthisexerciseistomatchwordstotheircorrespondingimagesbyclickingonthem.Thestudentcaneitherclickthewordandthentheimage,orviceversa.


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Dictation[Worddictation]

Afterlisteningtoarecordingofaword,thestudenttypesthewordintotheboxandthenclicksthecheckmarktoverifytheanswer,atwhichpointanarrowappears.Ifthewordisspelledcorrectly,thetimerispaused;ifnot,thetimercontinues.Tomoveontothenextword,thestudentclicksthearrow.Atanytime,thestudentcanclick“Replay”tohearthewordagain.


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MissingWordsDictation[Missingwordsdictation]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistolistentothesoundfileandthentocompletethesentencebytypingthemissingwordsintothecorrespondingboxes.Thestudentthenclicksthecheckmarktoverifytheanswer,atwhichpointanarrowappears.Ifthewordisspelledcorrectly,thetimerispaused;ifnot,thetimercontinues.Tomoveontothenextword,thestudentclicksthearrow.Atanytime,thestudentcanclick“Replay”tohearthewordagain.


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SentenceDictation[Sentencedictation]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistolistentoasoundfileandthentypethesentenceintothebox.Thestudentthenclicksthecheckmarktoverifytheanswer,atwhichpointanarrowappears.Ifthewordisspelledcorrectly,thetimerispaused;ifnot,thetimercontinues.Tomoveontothenextword,thestudentclicksthearrow.Atanytime,thestudentcanclick“Replay”tohearthewordagain.


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DialectRecognition[Identifydialects]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistoidentifythedialectbasedonthepronunciation.Thestudentclicksonthesoundiconstolistentoeachrecordingandthenselectsthecorrespondingdialect.Iftheansweriscorrect,theiconisreplacedbythenameofthedialect.Thestudentcontinuesuntilallsoundfileshavebeenassociatedcorrectlytotheircorrespondingdialect.Atanytime,thestudentcanclickthesoundicontoheartherecordingagain.


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WordMemoryMatching[Memorygame]

Inthismemorygame,aplayerclicksonblanktilestouncoverwordsandfind10pairsofmatchingwords.


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MissingLetter[Missingletter(s)]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistocompletethewordbyclickingonthemissingletterandthenonthecorrespondingemptybox(orviceversa).


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MissingLetters[Missingletter(s)]

Thistypeofexerciseisavariantoftheprecedingone(MissingLetter).Thestudentselectsaletterorgraphemebyclickingitandthenclicksthecorrespondingemptybox(orviceversa)tocompletetheword.


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ScrambledWords[Missingletter(s)]

Theobjectiveofthisexerciseistounscramblethewordrepresentedbytheimageabovebyplacingeachletterinthecorrectorder.Thestudentselectsaletterandthenclicksthecorrespondingemptybox.Thisprocessisrepeateduntilthestudentcompletesthewordcorrectly.


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ManyMissingLetters[Missingletter(s)]

Inthistypeofexercise,thestudentclicksaletterandthenclicksthecorrespondingemptybox(orviceversa).Thisprocessisrepeateduntilthestudenthascorrectlycompletedtheword.


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AllLettersMissing[Missingletter(s)]

Theobjectiveofthisactivityistoplaceallofthelettersinawordinthecorrectorderbyclickingalettertoselectitandthenclickingthecorrespondingemptybox(orviceversa).Thisprocessisrepeateduntilthestudenthascompletedthewordcorrectly.


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WordSearch(small)[Wordsearch]

Theobjectiveofthisactivityistofindallofthewordspicturedunderthewordsearch.Thewordcanbewrittenfromtoptobottom,lefttoright,ordiagonally.Toselectaword,thestudentclicksthefirstletterofthewordandthenthefinalletter.Ifcorrect,thewordwillappearhighlightedinaparticularcolour.Ifincorrect,thewordwillflashredandthestudenttriesagainuntilallwordsarefound.Thestudentcanalsoclickoneachimagetohearthewordpronounced.


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CrosswordPuzzle[Crossword]

Theobjectiveofthisactivityistocompletethepuzzlebyfillinginthecorrectwords.Thestudentclicksanemptyboxinthecrosswordtorevealthecorrespondingimageorimages(inthecaseoftwointersectingwords).Doubleclickingonanysquarewillplaytheassociatedsoundfile.Thestudentcontinuesbyclickingthelettersandintendedblanksquaresinordertospelleachworduntilallboxeshavebeenfilled.


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Spelling[Spelling]

Inthistypeofexercise,thestudenttypesthewordrepresentedbytheimage.Ifthewordisspelledcorrectly,thetimerispaused;ifnot,thetimercontinues.Tomoveontothenextword,thestudentclicksthearrow.


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ChangedForms[Wordpairs]

VTADirectandInverse(1-2)Matching[Wordpairs]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistoassociatepairsofwordsbyclickingonthecorrectboxes.


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Nikaui:ChoosetheCorrectWord(Fillintheblanks)[Fillintheblanks]

Inthistypeofexercise,thestudentcompletesthesentencesinatextonesentenceatatimebychoosingtheappropriatewordsfromasetofoptions.Insomecases,theoptionswillonlyincludewordsnecessarytocompletethesentence.Inothers,therewillbeadditionalwordspresented,whichdonotworkinthesentence.Tocompletethesentence,thestudentclicksawordandthenclicksthecorrespondingblankboxinthesentence(orviceversa).


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Nitassinan:VerbClasses[Fillintheblanks]

Theobjectiveofthistypeofexerciseistoselecttheverbclassthatcorrespondstotheprecedingverb.Thestudentclicksaverbclassfollowedbythecorrespondingblankbox(orviceversa).


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VI. SigningIntoTrackScoresLearnersarepresentedwithtwooptionswhenvisitingthewebsite:1)Proceedasaguest;or2)Signup/Signin.

Tosignin,usershavethechoiceof:1)creatinganaccount,2)usingtheirFacebookaccount;or3)usingtheirGoogleaccount.

TologinwithFacebook,click andfollowtheprompts.

TologinwithGmail,click andfollowtheprompts.

Tocreateanaccount,click andthenfilloutthefollowingform:


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Learnerswhochoosetosignineachtimetheyusethesitewillbeabletotrackwhichactivitiestheyhavecompleted,includingtheirpersonalbestscores,andwillbeabletocomparetheirresultstothehighestscoresachievedforeachactivity.

Acheckmark (togetherwithapercentageandtime)indicatesthatanactivityhasbeencompletedbythelearner.Agoldstar meansthatthelearnerhasachieved100%andagoldcup indicatesthatthelearnerhasachievedthetopscoreamongallusers.

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