Today I have learned
a very effective way in helping students to speak better English with audio
activities. In the English syllabus in my school, we actually have audio
recording activity for every student. They have to read a specific paragraph
from a book that we choose and send to the teachers through email. Students are
surely having more practices through activities like this, but technically
there are many problems like when the teacher has to sort out different
students’ homework through email in the mailbox. However, this problem is
solved today with a new website, Fluencytutor.
Messy files altogther
Fluencytutor is a
free platform by Google that promote reading and speaking. There are different
functions built in the system like reading-a-loud and recording directly. In
this way, students’ recordings could be reviewed easily by the teachers. Teachers
can view and grade students’ recording by using the teacher’s account. The
in-built functions also help students to learn the script first before reading.
This greatly helps students to learn the pronunciation of different words
before recording.
Fluencytutor reading page
The other thing I
learned is the use of Audacity to make recording with background. This is
especially useful when we are trying to make an example for students to follow
first. By using this free tool, we can make a professional-level recording in
no time. Please feel free to click on the photo for the link to hear my
example.
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