using new technologies and apps in language teaching
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Using new technology to develop independent language learning in the network’s schools.
Autorap
Turns any voice recording into a rap – you select a tune, record yourself
speaking and the app turns it into a rap !
What I used it for?Who with?
• Make up own rhymes/poems/songs using a range of topic and structures previously learned :
Greetings / family relationships/ hair & eyes colours/ ‘I am’ / ‘Who are
you?’• Producing a creative piece of writing/speaking. • Link with a school in the South of England.
• Year 4 class : 1 hour/week since September.
• 1 lesson.
What I used it for?Who with?
Planning and preparation
• Made my own ‘rap’ and played it to the children to set the scene. (
http://www.smule.com/EmilieWoodroffe)
• Listening task.• Gap fill text : Brainstorm and whole class
examples. • Working in pairs and practicing speaking their
rhymes.
Year 4 raps :
• Louisa and Isabella : http://www.smule.com/p/173498153_34709301
• Barming Primary, Maidstone, Kent.
http://www.smule.com/p/173503992_35180484
Evaluation:
• Engagement• Motivation • Relevant to their own interest• Fun• Real purpose
Yakit
‘Make any picture talk’‘Bring any photo to life’
What I used it for? Who I used it with?
• Describing an outfit you would like to wear using the verb ‘porter’ (je porte), nouns for clothes and adjectives of colour.
• Year 5s
Planning and preparation • Nouns for clothes: listening > repetition activities>
speaking.• Simple sentences with ‘je porte’ and a connective (et).• Adjectival agreement : regular/irregular. • Lots of listening/reading based activity to drill the
structure.• Write own description based on a picture I gave
them/drawn picture. • Talking to partners to practice describing their outfit
orally before the recordings.
Fashion Show !
• Year 5 – St Elphin’s CE Primary School http://freakngenius.com/yak/DD3Bhttp://freakngenius.com/yak/DD95http://freakngenius.com/yak/DD96
Year 5 – St Luke’s Primary Schoolhttp://freakngenius.com/yak/A60A
Evaluation
• Engagement & motivation. • Great for practicing speaking ( - 30 sec recording
only). • Any topic.
Youtube videos : going on virtual trips.
• Paris No words video, fast paced.
• Tour Eiffel: Let’s take a tour of the Eiffel Tower with a French guide.
• Tour de France Great as an introduction to the race, France (geography, etc.).
Other Apps
• PuppetPals2 – create animated cartoons (storytelling)
• Pic Collage – project/investigation work
• Tellagami – create an animated characters & record a message.
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Emilie Woodroffe
Janet Lloyd Network Associate Teacher
www.bonjour-madame.blogspot.co.uk
@Ewoodroffe