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March 09, 2005
Tips & Tricks - A Great Teaching Aid
Hi Readers,
Here's a quick tip for improving your student's listening skills.
Many times students become accustomed to their teacher’s voice and accent, and have a difficult time understanding other people—even though they may do great in class. That’s why it’s vital to expose them to different styles and variations of speech. That can be difficult to do if you teach in an area where English is rare.
One great solution to this problem is . . .
. . . to have them listen to different video or audio files that involve other people speaking, and then discuss the conversation or story in class.
A great web site where you can find a multitude of these is:
This site includes fifty video files and over one-hundred audio files to select from.
What’s more, they’re all free! You’ll simply need RealOne Player to watch or listen to them, which can be downloaded for free from the Internet.
I highly recommend using this site to allow your students to listen to other people speak, so that they will be better prepared when they begin to interact with English speakers. The files are varied, and should provide enough diversity to appeal to everyone.
Until next time,
Michelle
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Posted by msimmons at March 9, 2005 08:07 PM
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Comments
For teaching Vocab or Spellings or if you have to teach the Time, try the Internal Eyescan and the Edinburgh Teachning Clock.
Both can be had at www.edinburghstudies.co.uk
There are many more techniques there. The Repeat Reading Technique has been harnessed by many foreign language teachers in the UK to improve pronunciation and flow.
Hope this helps.
Brian
Edinburgh Studies
Posted by: Brian Hill at March 17, 2005 09:15 AM
I just had the chance to check both pages they´re grate!!!!! thank you! america de b
Posted by: america de b at May 26, 2005 05:40 AM
