Activities using voice record in Excel and Word

• Why use sound?Audio is clearly an integral part of MFL teaching and

learning but is often overlooked in PC-based activities other than those provided on CD ROMs

• How can sound be incorporated into teacher created activities?

Every multimedia PC has a voice record and playback facility. Once you’ve learnt how to record your voice into one Microsoft application, you can do it in any – they all work in the same way.

How can sound be used?

• To create interactive activities – the students respond to an audio prompt

• To create “talking” PC or interactive whiteboard based flashcards – combine a recording with a picture.

• To provide opportunities for the students to record their voices – a role play or individual piece of work can be recorded into Word or any other application and saved or emailed for teacher feedback. Students can revisit recordings produced earlier in the year to compare with later, improved efforts.

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• Run the slide show for 2 more slides to see an eample of talking flash cards then stop the show and see how the gray area around the slides can be used to support pupils in creating their own sound files as answers to questions.

der Park

Sound (OLE2)

der Supermarkt

Sound (OLE2)

der Marktplatz

Sound (OLE2)

Sound (OLE2)

Gehen Sie = go

Nehmen Sie = take

links = left

rechts = right

geradeaus = straight on

die erste Strasse = the 1st street

die zweite Strasse = the 2nd street

die dritte Strasse = the 3rd street

und dann = and then

hier = here

Sound (OLE2)

Sound (OLE2)

Sound (OLE2)

Sound (OLE2)

Sound (OLE2)

Sound (OLE2)

Gehen Sie = go

Nehmen Sie = take

links = left

rechts = right

geradeaus = straight on

die erste Strasse = the 1st street

die zweite Strasse = the 2nd street

die dritte Strasse = the 3rd street

und dann = and then

hier = here