Good Idea Joyce & Steve!   

 

At the Partnership some of our members are Janitors and Housekeepers.
They are now using their I-Pods while they work...this would be a very
useful tool....We can probably include a HOW TO Download lesson in our
curricula........

 

 

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[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Steve Kaufmann
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:38 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2783] Re: Ipods in the ESL classroom - HELP

 

The iPod (or MP3 player) is the language learner's best friend. If you
want to understand the usefulness of an iPod I suggest you buy one and
start using it for learning French or Spanish or some other language.

Here is how I use it for Russian. 

1) I have iTunes installed on my computer. It comes with the iPod.
2) I go to a Web site called Echo Mosvki which is full of news,
interviews and articles, all with audio and text available for download.
3) I download my desired audio files to iTunes on my computer. I can
provide more info on how to do this if needed. 
4) I then hook up my iPod to my computer and transfer the audio files to
my iPod.
5) I download the text of each sound file to my computer.
6) I read the text, saving words and phrases for review in Flash Cards,
while using an online dictionary.
7) I have been at Russian for over 2 years. At first I would listen to
easier content and listen 30-40 times to each item. Now I listen to
difficult content and listen only a few times. I have learned over
40,000 Russian words. ( Russian is a highly inflected language).

Some people read or watch videos in their iPods. I do not. I find that
just listening, in combination with reading and word review, is more
portable and more effective.  The iPod is small and can be carried
everywhere so the language is always with you.

Let me know if you need more information. I think that ESL teachers
should  be helping each other by creating and sharing content. 

At LingQ much of our content is contributed by learners, e.g. Brazilians
and Japanese learning English give us Portuguese and Japanese, English
people learning Russian give us English etc. Most of them use Audacity,
a free software, to manage the recording of their content for sharing.

Steve

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Norma Joyce Juarez
<jjuarez at sbcsc.k12.in.us> wrote:

Our teachers have just been given Ipods to use in their classrooms.
Those of us who do not have the advantage of a teenager in the house are
learning to master how to download items onto the Ipods.

 

Our question is:  From anyone who has used them in the adult ESL
classroom, how are they best utilized? What other equipment would you
add to make them a viable tool for classroom use?

 

We're beginners, but eager to learn more. Please no geek speak.

 

Joyce Juarez 

ESL Lead teacher

Adult Education - South Bend Community School Corp.


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