How to use VOICETHREA

D.COMActivity to assess

your speaking and check your

progress

Main Objectives• To self assess, peer-assess and receive feedback

from the teacher about your speaking, in terms of:

• A. Coherence: if ideas are clear and related to the topic.

• B. Accuracy: if you say ideas using the correct grammar structure, vocabulary and pronunciation.

• C. Fluency: if you say diverse and many ideas, linked to the topic. In other words, if you expand or elaborate on your ideas.

• D. Interaction: if you listen to others, asked questions and answered the questions others asked you.

Other Objectives• To use pronunciation patterns such as stress,

linkings and intonation.

• To have additional speaking practice.

• To identify and correct coherence, fluency, accuracy and interaction flaws in your speaking.

• To interact with classmates in English out of class.

• To improve and increase your oral expression.

THE LEARNING PROCESS IN EACH ACTIVITY100

minutes or less

15 minutes or more

Voice recordings Increase practice:

more

IN-CLASS PRACTICE:

1. Introduction to a topic.

2. Understand the topic .

3. Personalize the topic.

TASK PREPARATION: 1. Brainstorming ideas.2. Checking vocabulary,

grammar , pronunciation, connectors, etc

ASSESSMENT SPEAKING TASKS IN A WEB 2.0 TOOL:

1. Record and SELF ASSSESS the recording until you consider is O.K

2. Listen to your classmates, PEER-ASSESS and interact.

3. Monitor your progress.

How to improve and identify progress in

your speaking Indentify

Self-assessme

nt

Speaking practice on the Web 2:

Focus on overcoming difficultiesHave additional practiceSelf- and

peer assessme

nt

Speaking practice on the web 3:

Focus on previos feedback.Assess progress

Speaking practice on the web 1

Ralated to class-work

and constant teacher

assessment

Speaking practice on the web 1

• Record your narration of a personal memory in Voicethread.com.

• Listen to the recording and self- assess.

• Give your self-assessment to the teacher.

• Receive feedback from the teacher.

• Record again a final improved version.

ONE WEB 2.0 TOOL: Voicethread

Instructions to use it

1. Go to voicethread.com 2. Clic on

register

2. Register

3. Create an account

4. Check that you are logged in your

account

5. Clic on create and follow the three

steps

6. Upload an image from your computer

7. Choose an image

8. Clic on the photo

9. Clic on step 2 “ comment”

8. Clic on permit to be able to record

your voice

9. Clic on record

10. As you record, you can draw

with the pencil icon parts of the

image

11. Once you finish the voice recording,

an icon will display on the left with your

recording

12. You can listen to your voice recording if you clic

on the icon1. Listen, self-assess taking notes for the teacher and delete the recording, you can clic on the X, and record it again.

2. Record again, include the corrections you consider are necessary.

Follow-up work on pronunciation

• http://funeasyenglish.com/american-english-pronunciation.htm

• http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

• http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html

• http://www.manythings.org/pp/

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ (British accent)

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/ (British accent)

• http://www.trainyouraccent.com/ (American accent)

• http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/ (American accent)

• http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/resources/english/english.php?c=6

• http://www.pronunciationpatterns.com/ (really good one)

• I hope you enjoy it and can take great advantage of it.

• If you have any questions, you can

contact me: andrea.a.bernal.h@gmail.com