Listening and speaking skills BY Ali, Signe and Emil From “Technology Enhanced Language Learning” by Aisha Walker & Goodith White

AGENDA Learning Objectives Listening Listening skills and strategies Listening activities Speaking Speaking skills and strategies Speaking activities AGENDA This is what we will say and do

Learning Objectives We know the speaking and listening skills and strategies We can identify which skills and strategies can be or are being used in technology based activities We know how to use technology to teach listening and speaking skills in our own teaching We have a shared list of resources

Listening WHAT!??

Listening skills Psycholinguistic (kantor) -How the mind processes language -using our cognitive skills -perception, memory and thinking Social features -using the contextual situation as a way of understanding language -The envoirment, context, genre, subject (Levelt) Acoustic-phonetic professor Parser Conceptualizer

Listening Strategies Compensating for lack of skills (field’s) No clear present evidence. Focus on helping students, which might be lacking on a specific strategy

Activities for listening Listen up!

Technology Resources for Teaching Let’s Share! KORTLINK.DK/S7NN Technology Resources for Teaching

Design your own tasks Lyrics and Music Create Podcast Youtube, Wix or other drag/drop free page, Students find a short video Watch it several times Design your own task Design good listening questions Make a webpage to present the video with questions/assignments Share Do the other students task Give feedback Youtube, Camera Find song Title: guess content Predict words Listen - check for words: Prize Play again - Write as many words as you can without pausing Display Lyrics - Compare Discuss Meaning Role Play Song - Make movie Audacity, Music Download Find Topic and make notes Record your talk Add music intro/outro from royalty free music site Export to MP3 Share Listen to other podcasts

Design your own tasks Lyrics and Music Create Podcast Signe Ali Emil Design your own tasks Lyrics and Music Create Podcast Youtube, Wix or other drag/drop free page, Students find a short video Watch it several times Design your own task Design good listening questions Make a webpage to present the video with questions/assignments Share Do the other students task Give feedback Youtube, Camera Find song Title: guess content Predict words Listen - check for words: Prize Play again - Write as many words as you can without pausing Display Lyrics - Compare Discuss Meaning Role Play Song - Make movie Audacity, Music Download Find Topic and make notes Record your talk Add music intro/outro from royalty free music site Export to MP3 Share TRY ONE!

Questions How are L2 listening skills practiced by the students finding their own video and sharing it with assignments? How are listening to a song different from other types of listening? How can you use audacity to make your own material? - how can the students use it? What kinds of listening skills and strategies were students practicing in the activities? What other programs can we use?

Speaking Bla bla bla

Speaking skills Opposite process of Levelt’s model for listening Cambridge ESOL exam speaking criteria: Being accurate and appropriate in their use of English, which involves intelligible pronunciation, grammatical and lexical correctness, and using language which fits the context and purpose for speaking. Being fluent, which involves the ability to keep talk flowing smoothly without undue hesitations, and in a coherent fashion, so that the listener can follow the train of thought.

The 3 speaking strategies

The 4 speaking skills

Activities for Speaking Speak up! - (after I am done presenting …)

Avatar Speech To Text Chatbots Voki, WOW or other games, Bitmoji, Wix, Audacity, Create your own avatar Record a story/ introduction for your character/yourself Post online Comment on other avatars Speechnotes, “Accessibility” Find a speech to text on your computer or phone - try app store and help functions Try different pronunciation and see what it picks up best. Try words, sentences, correcting yourself by saying the same word twice Read your text to a partner, or let a program read it out. Correct your text Siri, Alexa, Chatbot, Access ChatBot Try different questions Have a conversation Make information tasks

Avatar Speech To Text Chatbots Signe Ali Emil Avatar Speech To Text Chatbots Voki, WOW or other games, Bitmoji, Wix, Audacity, Create your own avatar Record a story/ introduction for your character/yourself Post online Comment on other avatars Speechnotes, “Accessibility” Find a speech to text on your computer or phone - try app store and help functions Try different pronunciation and see what it picks up best. Try words, sentences, correcting yourself by saying the same word twice Read your text to a partner, or let a program read it out. Correct your text Siri, Alexa, Chatbot, Access ChatBot Try different questions Have a conversation Make information tasks TRY ONE!

What are the advantages and disadvantages for learners of using ‘chatbots’ to practice speaking and listening skills? What do you think is the advantage of using speech to text? What happens if you repeat the word without first deleting the word you have said? What is the benefit in “hiding” behind an avatar? What kind of listening skills are being practiced in the mentioned activities? What other programs can we use? Questions