Getting the most out of ICT for speaking

Elena Merino

EICE, 6 May 2016Valencia

1ICT & Oral

Contents1 Teaching and ICT

2 Advantages of using technology

3 ICT and speaking

4 Examples

5 Final Thoughts

2ICT and Speaking

Teaching and ICT

“Using ICT will make the students more interested in the learning

process”Wiwid Widayanti (2010: 14)

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“Using computers isn’t interactive. My students could do computer

work at home”;

“Preparing materials is so time consuming”

Gavin Dudeney & Nicky Hockly (2007: 9)

Advantages of using technology in the

classroom

I can produce attractive teaching material

I look more professional

and up to date

It teaches me new

skills

I can add variety to

my lessons

I can use it for all skills (W, S, R, L)

Gavin Dudeney & Nicky Hockly (2007: 175)

I use media I can use in my daily life

It gives me practice for real-life ICT

contexts

I can access authentic websites

I can talk with people from other countries

I can get personalized

feedback

Gavin Dudeney & Nicky Hockly (2007: 175)

It might teach me new skills

ICT and Speaking

RECEIVE?

Speak

Read

Write

Listen

PRODUCE?

In your classes, do your students use technology mainly to…

What is Digital Competence?

Digital Competence Technological Competence

Tíscar Lara, 2008

What is Digital Competence?Digital competence Communicative Competence

Tíscar Lara, 2008

Speak

Write

Listen

Read

Right… But how?

Examples

Primary

My talking book!

CEIP San Sebastián El Boalo. Marta Cervera

Let’s interview them!

Draw a self-portrait!

http://goo.gl/ovLFG

Let’s put it all together in a talking book!

Why is the activity effective?There is an emotional experience.

Students are protagonists.

They show (and see for themselves) what they’ve learned. They feel competent.

They will want to watch each other’s videos

Students can learn from each other!

Morfo

What apps can we use?

The Three Little Pigs

How does it work? • Students create an avatar

using a picture of themselves.

• SS add features to transform into one of the three little pigs of the big bad wolf.

• SS use those pictures to record themselves as the characters.

Animal Face Chatterpix Kids

Other teaching ideas: storytelling

And Android?

Choose your dream destination

Go there with Google Earth and take a screenshot

Do reseach about your destination

Make a tellagami describing your destination and why you want to go there

Watch your classmates’ work and learn about different places!

Teaching ideas: Describe a place

Use video!

Let them be viewers….

And actors, directors, screenwriters…

Europe Day!

Some tools for video projects

Teaching ideas(Auto)biographical stories, book trailer videos, video timelines, role-plays, interviews, TV programs, presentations, etc.

• Parents can see what their children are doing (=sharing)

• SS prepare the script, check and correct each other (=grammar, vocabulary, peer correction)

• SS rehearse (=practice!)• Intercultural awareness (=topic)• Competition: motivation to win (=better

performance, trying)

Benefits

Secondary

Rapping

Practice before recording!

Text-to-speech

Similar tools / apps

Text-to-Speech (Windows)

Google Text-to-Speech (Android)

Voice Generator (IOs)

Natural Reader (IOs)

Dubbing

Who lives there?

New Vocabulary Vocab from unit Describing

Podcasts

Benefits

Anytime, anywhere

Create your own podcast (radioshow, talkshow, interview, storytelling, jokes, etc.)

Listen to other podcasts

Vocabulary (100 word challenge), grammar, pronunciation, intonation

Reviewing a school performance

Teaching ideas

• Teacher sets up the podcast page where SS can post their recordings

• T records instructions• Today is April’s Fools Day. SS have to give original excuses for not doing their homework.

• SS listen to their peers and make comments• Parents can also listen to them!

Some apps / tools for podcasts

Primary & Secondary

Conversations around media

Lesson• SS give a guided tour of the

school from a birds eye view picture of the school grounds (describe different parts of the school, verbally elaborate and adding extra details).

• They put into practice what they’ve learned about the school in previous lessons.

• The video is put on the TVs at the entrance to the school for all visitors to see.

Guided Tour of the school

What tools can we use?

Voice Thread

Teaching idea: T uploads images of a place and have the class suggest what they think it is (describing, places, inferring)

Other teaching ideas?• Descriptions: family, house, describe your friend’s face, describe your

favorite food, an experiment, a process (circulatory system, water cycle, etc.), a graph, make comparisons, etc.

• Upload a problem or questions around a topic.• Upload an artwork (famous or created by the SS): identify the author,

describe key features, etc. They can annotate and label it.• View and discuss a video clip.• Error correction activity: upload common errors taken from their

writings. They comment on the errors.• Upload images of people. SS comment on what the characters might

be saying (prediction, inferring)• Create digital portfolios of the students’ learning. Example.• Talking postcards or talking photo albums

Similar apps

Great tool for storytelling

Example

• It allows its users to create electronic storybooks.

• You can write, draw and record audio.

Similar apps

Screenchomp

These tools also work for creating and sharing tutorials or lessons with your students.

Let’s have a peep!

Shadow Puppet Edu

Digital poster

Lesson• Children created a fact sheet

about polar bears.• Then T recorded the children

sharing their facts and linking these to make an interactive fact poster.

What do we know about polar bears?

How does it work?

• Create an account www.thinglink.com

• Upload a picture• Upload a video to

the picture• Done!

Interviewing

Interview a famous person

Lesson

• Students import pictures and cut round the mouth.

• Then using the camera and holding the iPad in a position SS can film their mouth talking as if it is the person in the picture.

Apps

Funny Movie Maker Face Fun

And why not use Skype?

And much more!

http://en.unesco.org/themes/ict-education

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

http://blogs.ihes.com/tech-elt/

http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.com.es/

Proyectoguappis.blogspot.com

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com.es/

Final Thoughts

Be aware of new trends

Always have a contingency plan

Use technology if…1) You have a clearly defined task and a clearly

defined time frame in which to achieve the task.2) You are going to tell your SS why you are using it

and what for.3) You don’t use it for technology’s sake (vs. How is

this tool going to help my students learn?).4) You are not afraid that your SS teach you.5) You start small. Don’t try to integrate many digital

tools at once!

Thank you!

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