Quatre - CALL & Listening and Speaking

Linda and I presented CALL & Listening and Speaking this week. It was a verrryyyy long presentation and we had 50++ slides, hadn't slept all night, but we managed to pull through and I'm pretty confident that we did a good job ;))

Basically, we talked about how CALL can enhance the learning of skills, more specifically, listening and speaking. We demonstrated using examples of websites that use audio tracks and quizzes to test learner's listening abilities. One such website is esl-lab.com. It provides various listening tests ranging from beginner level to advanced. 

Linda later talked about podcasts and how they can be used as lessons or as a means of instruction for language learners. Podcasts are audio tracks that you create can post online and they can be subscribed to. Teachers can use podcasts to test students' listening abilities, as well as ask students to create their own podcasts to sharpen their speaking skills, Hey! It works both ways! Still wanna know what podcasts are? Listen to a few here. 

There is a whole process of choosing the appropriate podcast and subscribing to one and then to listen to every episode. So basically Linda had to explain to the whole class how to do it, but she did a pretty good job. 

Still not clear? Ask us if you want to know more!