Activity 4: Using OUwiki to help students learn by repeating

Aim: Help students practice speaking by listening and repeating

Moodle modules: OUwiki

Extra programs: NanoGong

Ease of setup: **

There is much value in helping students listen repeatedly to the targeted language. It helps them get used to the sounds and the meaning. This activity goes one step further as it allows students to listen to a model text and then to record their own version of the same text. The easiest way to organize this on Moodle is by using NanoGong to record and OUwiki to write the scripts and embed the sounds. Don't forget that NanoGong doesn't work in the normal Moodle Wiki.

In this example we're going to record a poem line by line. Poems often work well, because there is a strong rhythm, and they can be interesting and enjoyable as well as useful.

What it will look like

Each mini-recording will go in a table on a wiki. Students click on the audio button to hear the model. Then they record their own version next to...