Teacher Generated Podcasts:
1. Vocabulary Lists: The teacher could create a podcast with the correct pronunciation of each weeks vocab terms.
2. Read-Alongs: The teacher could create an audio version of reading selections in the textbook for students to listen to while they follow along in the book, to help with the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. Depending on the level of Spanish, they could also include commentary in English for unfamiliar phrases or idioms that maybe students wouldn't easily find in the dictionary.
3. Dialogue practice: This one has both a student and teacher generated part. The teacher would record a dialogue or text selection that she wants the students to practice as a part of their oral participation, and then the students would record themselves reading it for the teacher to evaluate and comment on.
Student-Generated:
4. Cultural Projects: As a group projects students would be a Spanish speaking country to do sort of a report on. Instead of a written report they would create a podcast, including music clips from that culture,etc.
5. I think it would be neat to do sort of a "podcast pen pal" thing if it would be possible to work with a school from a spanish speaking country and they could send recorded letters to those students and vice/versa.
6. For maybe a Spanish 5 or AP spanish class, an ongoing project could be to make a radio program(all in spanish) about news/events/entertainment/music, etc relevant to a spanish speaking country or the hispanic population here in the US. The finished project could then be used in the lower level classes.
3 comments:
I think that these are great ideas. I really like the idea about the students creating their own radio show. I think this would be really great if the teacher shared authentic recordings of Hispanic radio shows.
I think the idea about the recordings of pronunciation for vocabulary lists is great. My question for you is where would this podcast be available for your sudents. And, how would you ensure that students without a home computer are not at a disadvantage?
For the cultural project reports, would you want your students to submit a written report or some other kind of product in addition to the podcast? Also, this would be a great way to finish a webquest! The students could go to authentic sites about the country and then create a podcast with the information that they would have acquired.
The podcast pen pal would be great either with an English class in a Hispanic school abroad or with Hispanic members in your local community.
My favorite idea is the read-along. It would be easy for the teacher to make and very beneficial for the students to learn good pronunciation. The only issue might arise in making sure the students actually listen to the follow-along. This would be difficult to assess.
The pen pal idea is creative, but I feel it will be difficult to implement. It would take up a lot of time on the teachers end to coordinate the exchange. The students will probably also have a fairly difficult time understanding the native Spanish-speaking students. In addition, they will have no written artifact from which to look up unknown words or see examples of grammar rules and patterns.
Hi Angela,
Thanks for the comment on my blog!
Yes, I think we did go to Fluvanna together. Your maiden name was Griffin, right? Mine was Clatterbuck. Are you still living in the area?
Dana
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